Homegrown Cup

The Homegrown Invitational Cup is a collegiate basketball tournament in the Philippines. It aims to determine which is the best "homegrown" collegiate team. Homegrown players are those who came directly from the juniors team of the said school. As a rule, each team must have at least 3 players from its roster who came from their junior ranks.

The league gained TV coverage in 2006 through Studio 23. Fil-Oil and Flying V are the main sponsors of the tournament.

2006 Season

Participating Teams

• UAAP
  • Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles
  • De La Salle University Green Archers
  • Far Eastern University Tamaraws
  • University of the East Red Warriors
  • University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons
  • University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers

• NCAA
  • Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights
  • Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers
  • San Beda College Red Lions
  • San Sebastian College - Recoletos Stags

Format

• Each team must have at least 3 homegrown players in their roster.
• Cross over single-round robin format.
• Top two teams in each group battle in the semifinals.
• Single game championship.

Elimination Round

Group A

Qualified for playoffs

Eliminated

Team	W	L
File:FEU colors.PNG FEU Tamaraws	3	2
File:NU colors.PNG JRU Heavy Bombers	3	2
File:Letran colors.PNG Letran Knights	2	3
File:UST colors.PNG UST Growling Tigers	2	3
File:Ateneo colors.PNG Ateneo Blue Eagles	2	3

Group B

Qualified for playoffs

Eliminated

Team	W	L
File:La Salle colors.PNG DLSU Green Archers	5	0
File:San Beda colors.PNG UE Red Warriors	5	0
File:San Beda colors.PNG San Beda Red Lions	1	4
File:SSC-R colors.PNG San Sebastian Stags	1	4
File:UP colors.PNG UP Fighting Maroons	0	5

Playoffs

	Semi-finals				Final
	December 13, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
	File:FEU colors.PNG FEU	64
					December 17, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
	File:NU colors.PNG JRU	78
					File:NU colors.PNG JRU	67
	December 13, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
					File:La Salle colors.PNG La Salle	79
	File:La Salle colors.PNG La Salle	76
	File:San Beda colors.PNG UE	67
					Third place
					December 17, 2006 - PhilSports Arena
					File:FEU colors.PNG FEU	72
					File:San Beda colors.PNG UE	63

Awards

2006 Champion
File:DLSU Logo Clear Background.png La Salle

• Tournament MVP: Rico Maierhofer (DLSU)
• Mythical Five:
  • Guard: JV Casio (DLSU)
  • Guard: James Martinez (UE)
  • Forward: Paul Sanga (FEU)
  • Forward: Rico Maierhofer (DLSU)
  • Center: JR Sena (JRU)