Jones Cup : Philippines takes 3rd Place

Source : Jaemark Tordecilla, InterAKTV
In their last game at the 2011 Jones Cup in Taipei, the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team played the role of visitors from hell, clobbering host Chinese Taipei, 82-72, to bag third place in the tournament Sunday night.

Smart Gilas-Pilipinas beats Japan; enters Jones Cup semis

Source : Jaemark Tordecilla, InterAKTV

For the first 30 minutes of the game, the SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team was flirting with disaster, trailing hot-shooting Japan, a young squad that had seemed to be gaining confidence as the tournament went on.

Smart Gilas-Pilipinas routs UAE

Source : Reynaldo Belen, InterAKTV

The SMART-Gilas Pilipinas national team showed no signs of slowing down despite playing its sixth game in as many days in the 2011 Jones Cup in Taipei.

Smart Gilas-Pilipinas defeats Malaysia

Source : AKTV

Japeth Aguilar with the "gigil" dunk

The SMART-Gilas Pilipinas flirted with one disaster after another, before finally dispatching Malaysia with an 86-68 victory at the 2011 Jones Cup in Taipei on Tuesday.

Smart Gilas-Pilipinas suffers first loss in 2011 Jones Cup; Some players having second thoughts in PBA Draft

Smart Gilas

Taipei, Taiwan - Smart Gilas-Pilipinas was not able to make it 3 straight wins in the 2011 edition of the William Jones Cup. In the third day of competition, they faced another might middle eastern team, Jordan. It was a close game but our team eventually fell 76-72

Smart Gilas-Pilipinas beats Chinese-Taipei

Smart Gilas

Taipei, Taiwan - Two evenly matched teams went head to head Sunday Night on the 2nd day of the 2011 William Jones Cup. It was a game that the refs decided to call it tight. Resulting to tons of freethrows for the home team. But it did not matter as Smart Gilas - Pilipinas cruised to a 90-78 win.

New William Jones Cup schedule!

Source : Chis Wang Asia-Basket.com

Smart Gilas

South Africa national team has withdrawn from the 2011 William Jones Cup tournament due to funding problems, the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association announced Thursday.

After the withdrawal, the entire tourney has been re-scheduled. A playoff round will be added after the eight-team single round robin preliminary round. The schedule is listed as follows:

Hamed Haddadi will play in the Jones Cup

Source : Joey Villar Philippine Star

Hamed Haddadi
 against recent Manila visitor Javale McGee

MANILA, Philippines - Smart Gilas Pilipinas will have a glimpse of what 7-2 Hamed Haddadi is really made of as the Memphis Grizzlies center is reportedly playing for Iran in the William Jones Cup set Aug. 6-14 in Chinese Taipei.

Smart Gilas' William Jones Cup schedule

Smart Gilas

Manila - As preparation for the upcoming FIBA Asia 2011 that will serve as a qualifier for the 2012 Olympics Basketball event in London, our National Team, the Smart Gilas-Pilipinas, will be joining the annual William Jones Cup tournament held in Taiwan.