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An Open Letter to LA Tenorio
Eriko dela Cruz Dear LA, I was in Grade 6 when I first saw you play. You were fresh off dropping 30 points on your rookie year… IN THE FINALS– Against a stacked La Salle Green Archers. In your second year, you were the clear cut starting point guard for the Blue Eagles contending for…
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Tatay Brand of Coaching
By: Toby Pavon Ask the players who have been under him, one of the most common descriptions you will get for Coach Leo Austria is, “Parang tatay.” He cares and teaches his players with a fatherly touch that is starting to make an impact in the Philippine basketball scene. His mind and heart coaching has…
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Allow Ange Kouame to Reintroduce Himself
Ange Kouame has not looked right all season long. The eye test showed it, but it was at its most evident statistically when the Ateneo Blue Eagles lost to the NU Bulldogs last November 2, 2022. Two points. Four rebounds. 1/4 shooting. The last time Ange Kouame had a game that poor was during his debut…
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Let’s Try to Fix The UAAP MVP Race
Yesterday, October 30, 2022, the UAAP released a statistical summary, detailing the first round of action for Season 85. At the bottom of the report was a table listing down the Statistical Points race in the league. It came out with these eleven players on top. It came as a surprise for many to see…
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The Bad Guy: On the UST Growling Tigers’ struggles as a basketball program
Three years ago, a basketball fan base was forced to splash water on its face every morning, so they could look at the mirror and ask themselves, “Are we the bad guys?” After years of being the underdog, holding bonfires to celebrate singular wins, and writing books about second-place finishes, fans of this basketball team…
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Anuna, La Salle?
By Gio Gloria At the conclusion of round one of UAAP Season 85, it can be said that the DLSU Green Archers can be much better than their current win-loss record On paper, the Green Archers are more stacked and talented than perhaps everyone in the UAAP except the defending champions UP Fighting Maroons. That’s…
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Are the NU Bulldogs Legitimate Championship Contenders?
Six games into Season 85 and the UAAP has been quite the entertaining mess. For every team that’s performed way below expectations *cough* FEU *cough*, there are surprising heroes that have emerged beyond their preseason rankings. The team that’s best exemplified that has been the NU Bulldogs. Technically speaking, we probably shouldn’t have been *that*…
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Jeff Napa may be onto something with the NU Bulldogs
By Gio Gloria Coaches can take on multiple roles within their teams, but a select few have the distinction of being known as program builders. They don’t need to make bold proclamations as their results speak for themselves; the championships and the success their players have with them and even after their time together loudly…
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Meet the Next King Tiger: Nic Cabanero’s On A Mission This Season
By Karl Batungbacal Opening weekend sure was a doozy – La Salle almost beating the newly crowned champions, UE nearly ending their losing streak, and Ateneo looking very vulnerable for the first time in the Tab Baldwin era. But for the UST community, they could very well be in the midst of Nic Cabanero’s on-court…
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Hindi Pa Rin Bibitaw: The UP Fighting Maroons are picking up right where they left off
UP has all the ingredients to build itself a dynasty. Close-to-Generational Talent who got better + New Shiny Parts + Same Core That Got Better = Dynasty It only made sense that during the offseason, the UP Fighting Maroons were largely considered the odds-on favorites to repeat this UAAP Season 85. Coming from the era…
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