Sinag Pilipinas

According to Bleachersbrew, Coach Norman Black has chosen fifteen players who will soon become members of "Sinag Pilipinas," the national team who will suit up for the South East Asian Games in Indonesia. However, after a few weeks, the number will be trimmed down to 12 to conform to the rules set for the maximum number of players. The primarily chosen ones are:

ELLIS, Chris (PBADL: NLEx Road Warriors)
GARCIA, RR (UAAP: Far Eastern University Tamaraws)
HODGE, Cliff (PBADL: NLEx Road Warriors)
LANETE, Garvo (NCAA: San Beda Red Lions)
MONFORT, Emman (UAAP: Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles)
NEWSOME, Chris (UAAP: Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles B)
PASCUAL, Jake (NCAA: San Beda Red Lions)
PASCUAL, Ronald (NCAA: San Sebastian Golden Stags)
PARKS, Bobby Ray (UAAP: National University Bulldogs)
RAVENA, Kiefer (UAAP: Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles)
SALVA, Nico (UAAP: Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles)
SANGALANG, Ian (NCAA: San Sebastian Golden Stags)
SLAUGHTER, Greg (UAAP: Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles)
TENG, Jeric (UAAP: University of Sto. Tomas Growling Tigers)
TIU, Chris (Smart Gilas Pilipinas)

Furthermore, there are four additional players to join them in practice games, namely:

BUENSUCESO, JR (US NCAA: Brigham Young University-Hawaii Seasiders)
CHUA, Justin (UAAP: Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles)
FORTUNA, Jeric (UAAP: University of Sto. Tomas Growling Tigers)
JENSEN, Keith (US NCAA: New York University Violets)

Joining Coach Black would be assistant Coaches Glenn Capacio (who last coached the FEU Tamaraws in 2009 and 2010) and Gene Afable (part of the present Ateneo coaching staff).

It's really nice to see them set aside their school (and league) colors temporarily to work for a common cause, and as we can see, this team is clearly a threat, not only because it has stars but these stars also play dynamic team basketball when asked to (Oh, and surprising to see once again two prospects from US NCAA schools!).

And another piece of information from Mr. Olivares is that because of five players being considered for the SEAG national team, the Blue Eagles who will slug it out in the Unigames would be composed of the following (also consider the leave of Bacon Austria and Oping Sumalinog, who are playing under Freego Jeans in the PBADL right now):

CAPACIO, Gwynne
CIPRIANO, Bon Jovi
ERRAM, John Paul
ESTRADA, Jeric
GONZAGA, Tonino
GOLLA, Frank
PESSUMAL, Von
TIONGSON, Juami

Eight Team B players will join them (including Elorde and Adornado, perhaps?), with the team's coaching reins taken over by Coach Sandy Arespacochaga.

One Big Fight to Sinag Pilipinas and the Ateneo Blue Eagles!

All thanks to Bleachersbrew for the info.