In an exciting weekend of basketball, the Fruta/Oasis Purified Water D-League will pit its eight biggest teams in the cross-zone single elimination quarterfinals. D-League action will kick off at 6pm with the Group One winners Central Flames from Lucea taking on the Innercity Avalanche, Group Two's 4th placed team.
 

The Flames are keen on bettering their 2007 season when they failed to pass the semi-final round. They are beaming with momentum after coming up trumps against fierce rivals, UCC Blazers in overtime, last week and ending their best season with 9 wins and 1 loss.

Junior Avalanche are not new to competition, they are the development team of multiple time Lucozade Sport Mid-Season Champions, Innercity Avalanche. They are also seasoned participants; been around since inception. These guys practices with the division 1 counterparts most of the times, but they have displayed a lackadaisical approach lately and this could cost them an opportunity to progress.

At 7:30pm, Group One 2nd placed outfit Hopewell Vipers (7-3) will do battle with the City Knights. Vipers formerly Cobras were relegated from the Lucozade Sport Division 1, and so far depicted their intentions to jump back into the region's premier basketball league. Knights' whose first season, was an average one ended with a 5 and 5 record.

On Sunday, the undefeated Montego Bay Boys Club Warriors (Group 2), boasting the league's best record (10-0) will take the floor against a revered Negril Power Rangers - this match-up is sure to be full of fire with the cross zone mix-up always guaranteed to produce a show-down. 

The Warriors created history becoming only the first team to have a perfect season since the Development League was formed back in June 2006. On the other hand, Power Rangers (6-4) are potent contenders and will create a lot of mismatches for the team with the league's best record. Power Rangers, ranked 4th in their group (Group 1) earned their spot by snatching big wins when it mattered.

UCC Blazers (Group 1) third placed team will be aiming to extend their season when they challenge the red-hot Trelawny Tornadoes at 7:30pm on Sunday night. In only their second season, they have demonstrated much skill and talent throughout. They are much better than what their 5-5 record indicate, but not having a full complement of players at big games affected their outcome.

Trelawny Tornadoes is by far the best team from the parish since the hay-days when Falmouth Flames dominated basketball tournaments this side of the island. This season Tornadoes surpassed expectations accruing an 8-2 record and will be hoping that they can quench UCC Blazers when the face-off.

Western Basketball Association's VP for Marketing Khurt Comrie extended an invitation, "We encourage as many people, particularly young people to come down and see what this level of basketball is about...this should be an aspiration level, for kids to look up and see what it’s like to represent your club, community and your parish.”