The Basketball Unified Sports Group opens its 2008 Friday scrimmages season with four teams vying for a cash prize starting at 6:30 tonight at the Lopue's South Square gym in Bacolod City .

BACIWA, Tangub Riders, D' Axial Engineering and X BAC will see action after the opening ceremony and drawing of lots. The protagonists were divided into four teams from active membership of 50 BUS Group Huskies who will don the white and lavender uniforms.

The Watermen will be led by skipper Lupo Occeño and assistant Abet Jarder. Tangub is under Moises Padilla and Ed Cruz while D' Axial Engineering is captained by Rene Antones backed by Armando Soberano and Vie Dueñas. Adviser Bing Soyao and Siao Hua Ng are team leaders for the X BAC.

Tournament format calls for a double round elimination with the top two teams having a twice to beat advantage in the semifinal crossover – 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3. The winners will knock it out for the title while the losers play for third.

With nine to ten players per team, the first three quarters will be played in eight minutes and the last quarter at ten minutes.

This tournament is an offshoot of last year's two-team Friday scrimmages.*

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