Pilipinas Basketball

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This article is about the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC)-recognized Philippine basketball govering body. For the FIBA-recognized body, see Basketball Association of the Philippines.

Pilipinas Basketball is the basketball governing body recognized by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). It was formed to replace the POC-backed Philippine Basketball Federation, Inc. (PBFI), which itself was formed to replace the FIBA-recognized Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) as the sport's governing body.

The BAP was expelled from the POC in 2005 after a series of disagreements. The POC then formed the Philippine Basketball Federation in 2005, but failed to get FIBA recognition. The country was banned from participating in FIBA tournaments soon after. The POC tried to form a new association again in 2006 this time involving the all of the country's major basketball stakeholders. This organization is simply called Pilipinas Basketball.

The structure of the association is similar, but not identical to that of USA Basketball. It consists of four of the Philippines's major basketball stakeholders - the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), the Philippine Basketball League (PBL), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP).

Bernie Atienza, the sports coordinator of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and Management Committee chairman of the NCAA during the formation of Pilipinas Basketball, was named interim President. Bernie Atienza resigned thereafter from the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in the middle of CSB's hosting of the NCAA 82nd season.

It is expected to be dissolved once a new basketball body has been formed as stated by a joint communique between the BAP and Pilipinas Basketball during the FIBA Congress in Saitama, Japan, as a possible solution to the current crisis.