Chennai witnessing the growth of basketball at the IMG-Reliance School league

After a successful first competition in New Delhi, the IMG-Reliance School Basketball League has shifted to Chennai, one of the most basketball crazy cities in the country. Featuring a total of 20 school teams in the Girls’ and Boys’ divisions, the league tipped off on the 22nd of November.

For the first time this year, IMG-Reliance, along with the Basketball Federation of India (BFI), have organised a home-and-away Inter-School basketball league system for Indian youngsters. It was first conducted in New Delhi between August 16-October 20th.

The teams for both the sections have been divided into two groups of five teams each. Each school will play the other schools in their group in twice - once home and once away. The top two teams from each group will then qualify for a ‘Super League’, and the top two teams from the Super League will play each other in the Finals. Each team will learn two points for a victory, one for a loss, and zero for a loss by forfeit.

The group round will conclude on December 3rd, and will be followed by the Super League.

The participating teams are:

Boys Group A

MCTM Hr. Sec. School
Don Bosco Hr Sec School, Perambur
PSBB Sr. Sec. School, K.K.Nagar
Santhome Hr. Sec. School
Vidya Mandir Hr. Sec. School, Mylapore

MCTM are on top of the group with 12 points, followed by PSBB on second place with 10.

Group B

St. Peter's Hr. Sec. Scjool, Perambur
Chettinad Vidhyashram Hr. Sec. School
Vellamal Hr. Sec. School
Sherwood Hall Hr. Sec. School
Hindu Sr. Sec. School

St. Peter's are currently leading the group with 12 points, followed by Chettinad Vidhyashram on 10.


Girls

Group A
Vidyodaya Hr Sec. School
St. Ursula's Hr. Sec. School
St. Joseph's Hr. Sec. School
PSBB Sr. Sec. School, K.K.Nagar
Vidya Mandir Hr. Sec. School, Mylapore

Vidyodaya Hr. Sec. School and St. Joseph's Hr. Sec. School are currently leading the group with 12 points and 11 points respectively.

Group B

Lady Sivaswami Hr. Sec. School
St. Raphael's Hr. Sec. School
Chettinad Vidhyashram Hr. Sec. School
MCTM Hr. Sec. School
Hindu Sr. Sec. Schoo

Lady Sivaswami Hr. Sec. School are leading the group with 12 points. St. Raphael's and Chettinad Vidhyashram are tied on second place with 10 points each.