Student basketball league to start

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Basketball Association and the Ministry of Education and Culture are to stage an NCAA-like Students' Basketball League in Surabaya this March.

Promoter Ary Sudarsono said yesterday 16 universities from 10 regional student sports organizations will participate in the pre-league.

All players must be under 25 years old and not be members of the national team or the professional Kobatama basketball league teams.

Through league matches systems like this the association hopes to find new talent for the national team. (yan)