2013-14 BFI-IMG Reliance College Basketball League Tips Off In New Delhi

Press Release/New Delhi, 30^th January 2014: The 2013-14 BFI-IMG Reliance College League kicked off this week in New Delhi at the Miranda House College after the amazing success of 2013-14 BFI–IMG Reliance School League in the city.

On the opening day of the College League in New Delhi, the women from Kirori Mal College beat Khalsa College 33-12. Tarasha scored 10 pints for Kirori Mal College and Shagufa finished with 8 points for Khalsa College. Rimjhim scored 20 points, Sumedha 14 and Jesus and Mary College beat Sri Venkateswara College 55-39. Banti scored 16 points and Padma added 13 for Venkateswara College. Shri Ram College of Commerce scored a 35-19 win over Gargi College and Miranda House defeated Ramjas College 46-37, wrapping up proceedings of day one of the 2013-14 BFI-IMG Reliance College League.

BFI, in collaboration with the IMG Reliance and State Basketball Associations, is organizing the 2013-2014 BFI-IMG Reliance College League in eight cities across India to help develop and promote an organized structure of basketball in colleges. The college winners from all the states will participate in the National Champions Cup to be held in April/May, 2014 in New Delhi.

The 2013-14 edition of the BFI-IMG Reliance College League includes 2 new cities – Indore and Hyderabad – in addition to last year’s returning 6 cities New Delhi, Mumbai, Indore, Ludhiana, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bangalore and Chennai.

The leagues will comprise of 20 teams per city (10 men’s & 10 women’s). A total of 1,920 kids and 160 teams are participating across the country. Each team will play a total of 8 games over a period of 2 months and a total of 640 games will be played during the group stage, which will be followed with a knockout tournament to crown a City Champion. Games will be held at rotating locations in different colleges to provide any institution the opportunity to host the league.

One of the main goals of the College League is to start the first pan-India League, as opposed to the current system of competition – tournaments. As part of the 2013-14 College League, BFI and IMG Reliance have put aside money for each participating college for refurbishments of their home courts. With the help of the State Basketball Association, BFI and IMG Reliance hopes this initiative will incentivize colleges to invest in basketball.

Groupings:

Men

Women

Results 29/01/2014

Women

Kirorimal College (Tarasha 10) bt Khalsa College (Shagufa 8) 33-12

Jesus and Mary College (Rimjhim 20, Sumedha 14) bt Sri Venkateswara College  (Banti 16, Padma 13) 55-39

Shri Ram College of Commerce (Shivani Ladha 16) bt Gargi College (Riya 11) 35-19

Miranda House (Anjali 14, Dharna 10) bt Ramjas College (Monika Vats 15, Jyotikumar 8) 46-37