How was the match of the Instituto "selected" in the return of the National League?

Instituto was the National Basketball League team that contributed the most players to the Argentine national team in the last window of the 2025 AmeriCup qualification. The national team, which lost to Venezuela and beat Colombia, had five protagonists from the League, three of them from the Alta Córdoba club: Bautista Lugarini, Alex Negrete and Lee Aaliya. While the remaining two are from Boca: Cordoba native José Vildoza and Marcos Delía (he only played against the Venezuelans).

In addition, the glorious cast contributed a fourth “selected” in the window, Nicola Pomoli in Uruguay.

Lugarini, Negrete and Aaliya, who played on Sunday in Cali, Colombia, returned to Córdoba on Tuesday and participated in the training session prior to the match against Platense. Pomoli, who played on Monday in Paysandú against Paraguay, arrived late Tuesday afternoon.

With little rest, the four of them put on the Instituto shirt in the 76 to 49 victory over Calamar.

Lugarini , who turned 24 on January 31, has played four consecutive games with the national team, but also won the 2023 Pan American Games and started against Platense. The power forward contributed 5 points and 6 rebounds in 22 minutes.

Aaliya, barely 20 years old, made her debut on the national team on Thursday, February 20 in the 67-64 defeat against Venezuela , adding her second game against the Colombians, coming with her energy from the bench and contributing with 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 blocks in 24 minutes.

Negrete, 23, made his debut with the national team in the 98-82 victory over Colombia , and also from the bench, and with his talent, he was Instituto's top scorer with 15 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in 22 minutes.

While Pomoli is a regular in the Uruguay national team, which like Argentina has qualified for the AmeriCup to be played in Nicaragua in August, he started with 10 rebounds and 9 points in 26 minutes.