Vmobile PBL Finals: The Big Battle Begin

The club as it is presently composed is made up of young and untested players who are probably having their first full feel of competitive basketball backed with a handful of experience players who are always hungry for success.

The club parades the best bench going into the grand finale in the person of Ayo Bakare who is the most successful coach in Nigeria today having led the country to it first FIBA World Championship in 1998.

The team will surely miss the services of three key members of the modest outfit due to national engagement.

Niger Potters basketball club, Minna - Though parades a young coach, Abdul Kuta but the club is parade one of the most potent team in terms of individual players who have played together for over six years.

The club gave a little of what to expect in the last leg of the Vmobile league when it decision all opposition in Kaduna last weekend to book a place in the final.

Its greatest asset lies in the last quarter of each game as demonstrated in the Savannah conference playoffs.

Dodan Warriors basketball club, Lagos - The team known for it fast pace and rugged style of play which will be hampered due to the absence of three of its players who will be away with the junior national team in far away South Africa.

The Warriors coached by upcoming lad Owoicho Alexandra is a never say die club whose tenacity is not in doubt.

Plateau Peaks basketball club, Jos - It is one of the oldest club in the country today and parades and equally tested players whose ability is complimented by some young and dependable players.

The Peaks is back to familiar terrain but whether it hold its own lives much to be desire when the first jump-ball goes off on Friday.