NCAA’s Acido, Manalili, Diamante in top 10 of NBTC 24; Jared Bahay still on top

Published March 7, 2024 6:00pm

Updated March 7, 2024 6:00pm

Three NCAA high school standouts have been named in the top 10 of the National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) 24 released on Thursday.

NBTC 24 is a list of top high school prospects from the country.

Amiel Acido of the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA is at no. 3, while Colegio de San Juan de Letran’s Titing Manalili and George Diamante are at no. 6 and no. 9, respectively.

Other NCAA standouts named in the NBTC 24 are Perpetual’s Jhames Daep at no. 11 and Mark Gojo Cruz at no. 17, EJ Castillo of Emilio Aguinaldo College at no. 13, Mapua University’s Lawrence Mangubat at no. 15, and Ruvic Danag of San Sebastian at no. 18.

Perpetual and Letran are in the NCAA Season 99 Juniors Basketball Final Four scheduled on Sunday.

Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu standout Jared Bahay remained on the top of the list as he was also no. 1 in 2023. Bahay, the CESAFI Most Valuable Player, has already committed to Ateneo de Manila University.

The complete NBTC 24 list includes:

1. Jared Bahay, CESAFI/SHS-Ateneo
2. Kieffer Alas, UAAP/DLSZ
3. Amiel Acido, NCAA/Perpetual
4. Doys Dungo, UAAP/UST
5. Tebol Garcia, UAAP/Adamson
6. Titing Manalili, NCAA/Letran
7. Vince Reyes, UAAP/Adamson
8. Ports Porter, UAAP/Ateneo
9. George Diamante, NCAA/Letran
10. Veejay Pre, UAAP/FEU-D
11. Jhames Daep, NCAA/Perpetual
12. Jelomar Rota, CESAFI/SHS-Ateneo
13. EJ Castillo, NCAA/EAC
14. John Alejandro, UAAP/UE
15. Lawrence Mangubat, NCAA/Mapua
16. Macmac Alfanta, UAAP/NUNS
17. Mark Gojo Cruz, NCAA/Perpetual
18. Ruvic Danag, NCAA/San Sebastian
19. Daryl Valdeavilla, UAAP/UPIS
20. Wacky Ludovice, UAAP/UST
21. Andre Lumanag, NBTC Mindanao Regionals/Toyomoto Auto Supply-Davao
22. Jevy Hinoguin, NBTC North Luzon Regionals/Yengskivel Sportswear-CAMANAVA
23. Renz Apor, NBTC South Luzon Regionals/Batang Tiaong-Quezon
24. Peter John Peteros, NBTC Visayas Regionals/Khalifa-Cebu

The 24 players will be divided in two teams in the All-Star Game of the NBTC National Finals on March 23.

—JKC, GMA Integrated News