The first round of games for the 2016 Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges (UPAC) Basketball Championship will take place on March 5 at the University of Ghana. The Championship will have 28 tertiary institutions participate in Ghana’s grandest tertiary basketball tournament.
This year’s edition is headlined by world best-selling deodorant Rexona and supported by MTN, CAL Bank and Fanyogo in partnership with Basketballghana.com, Y FM, TV3 and Graphic Sports.
With time running out on the UPAC wait, Basketballghana.com takes a look at the venues which will host teams and fans for the six week-long event beginning with the nation’s premier university, the University of Ghana (UG).
UG will hosts games in Zone A and G. University of Professional Studies, Ho Polytechnic, Ghana Technology University (Accra) and Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) will play in Zone A.
UG-the reigning GUSA (Ghana Universities Sports Association) Games Basketball champions will play Wisconsin University College, Central University College and Marshalls University College in Zone G.
The institutions hallow basketball court ranks as one of the best in the country with standard amenities which has been well maintained over the years. The court features two full courts either side of half court purposely built for three on three games.
Aside the smooth playing surface, the court also has good lighting which makes it very easy to play in the evening, unlike many of Ghana’s basketball courts which do not have proper lighting.
The Central Courts have seen many historic games played here including the epic finals of the 2011 and 2015 UPAC Championship that had Accra Polytechnic defeat University of Education (Winneba) and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology respectively.
