7-917: The Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier (after the PBA and the PBL) community league Liga Pilipinas . It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is the provincial governor, Gov. Oscar Moreno. The team won the National Finals of the Second Conference of the Liga Pilipinas against the First Conference Champions M Lhuillier Kuwarta Padala - Cebu Niños , 3-2. The Meteors were also in
14-755: A merger between Liga Pilipinas and the Philippine Basketball League was proposed. The professional Philippine Basketball Association had hoped to form a "developmental league" from the two leagues, similar to the NBA Development League of the National Basketball Association . Through an agreement between Liga Pilipinas and the PBL, a joint tournament was held starting in June 2010. The joint tournament
21-622: The 2010 edition by again beating Guangxi by 96-67. The Meteors participated in the Tournament of the Philippines (TOP), a merger of the Philippine Basketball League and Liga Pilipinas. Players who formerly played for the Meteors were MVP Mark Yee (signed up with Burger King in the PBA ), Joey Mente, Jeff Bombeo, Jerome Paterno and Dexter Micutuan. Liga Pilipinas Liga Pilipinas
28-714: The National Finals of the Third Conference of the Liga, which they lost to the same team (MLKP-Cebu). The Meteors also represented the Philippines in the 2nd China-Asean Basketball Tournament held in Pingguo County, Guangxi, China in October 18–24, 2009, winning the championship by beating the Guangxi basketball team and had an elimination-round average of 92.5 points. The Meteors successfully defended their title in
35-776: The TOP Champions by defeating the Misamis Oriental Meteors in a best-of-five final, 3-2. After the tournament, merger talks between the 2 leagues went sour and was put off for good. After the failure of the merger, the Philippine Basketball Association decided to independently form their own developmental league, called the PBA Developmental League . After the PBA D-League was formed, Liga Pilipinas
42-670: Was a regional basketball league in the Philippines . It was sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas , the country's national basketball federation, and owned by Pinoy Basketbol, Inc. The National Basketball Conference and the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association , along with Third Force Inc., were merged to officially form the league. The league's launch was on May 31, 2008, and games started on June 18, 2008. In 2010,
49-565: Was held as a dry-run of the proposed developmental league. The tournament was named the Tournament of the Philippines . Tournament of the Philippines used Liga Pilipinas' home-and-away leg format where 9 teams were involved, 3 from the Philippine Basketball League and 6 from Liga Pilipinas. The tournament started on June 9, 2010, and ended on September 13, 2010, when the M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-Cebu Niños became
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