The Next Gilas

College basketball leagues, particularly the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), have been and continue to be premier suppliers of national players. These two leagues, which Fullcourtfresh.com has been religiously covering since 2010, produced six of the 12 members of the 2013 Gilas Pilipinas team, which recently won the silver medal of the recent FIBA Asia Championship and booked a seat for next year’s Madrid FIBA World Championship.

If there were six UAAP-NCAA alumni from the 2013 Gilas, why can’t the two leagues provide its men to the next batches of Gilas Pilipinas?

In this this week’s edition of From The 15th Parallel, I have selected six current cagers, three each from the UAAP and NCAA, who may have the biggest chance of playing for flag and country.

Here are the potential Gilas players from the NCAA:

Baser Amer

The former San Beda Red Cub triple-double machine is now the king Red Lion for the three-time defending champions.

Standing at 5’10”, he has considerable size to match up against Asia’s bigger point guards. The best thing about Amer is his stability and the willingness to play the role of overall playmaker despite having the skills enough to make him the NCAA’s leading scorer. That kind of point guard is tailor-fit for FIBA competition. Read the full story here

source: Fullcourtfresh.com