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The UP Fighting Maroons can’t let up with the emerging prospect of back-to-back titles
By Gio Gloria The UP Fighting Maroons are by and large, the best team in the UAAP this season. The Fighting Maroons have thus far absorbed the best punches of their league peers from a talent and schematic standpoint and yet still sit at the top of the UAAP Season 85 standings at 10-1. UP’s…
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‘Di bale na lang kaya: the up-and-way down season of the La Salle Green Archers so far
By Eriko C. dela Cruz At this point, every speculation about what happened to the De La Salle Green Archers has been exhausted by everyone, whether they be an armchair analyst or a professional. To say that they are a disappointment is a massive understatement. Imagine, from proclaiming that the Green Archers are number 1…
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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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The Lastimosa Trap
By: Toby Pavon It’s no secret, Jerom Lastimosa is THE GUY for the Adamson Soaring Falcons. He is a thorn on the side of every opponent Adamson faces, he is a walking bucket, he is their unanimous, unquestioned, undisputed, reigning, defending, go-to guy. His presence has been a focal point for Adamson’s offense because of…
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What’s up with U, FEU?
By Gio Gloria Success has rarely eluded the FEU Tamaraws at least for men’s college basketball. The Tamaraws have been a beacon of consistency for so long that your father and his father know that FEU is a good basketball program. With 20 UAAP championships, the Tamaraws are the winningest Men’s Basketball program in UAAP…
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Catch Your Breath, Dave Ildefonso – Ateneo Needs You Right Now
Leche, matatalo na naman Ateneo sa UP. Okay lang. There’s a reason why the Fighting Maroons are the kings of the UAAP. Tanggap ko na. These were some of the thoughts racing through my head as Dave Ildefonso hit his pair of free throws to keep Ateneo within three points in the last minute of…
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