BIG things start from the small beginning.
Nathaniel Angelo Manarang started playing basketball in his makeshift half-court in their home’s backyard and at the covered court in their subdivision in Antipolo City along with his kid buddies.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
AN eventful first round of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 80 men’s basketball tournament ends this weekend with all eight competing teams seeing action.
All to be played at the Mall of Asia Arena, first-round UAAP windup games on tap carry varying significance for the combatants.
THE Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws moved to solo fourth early in Season 80 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) men’s basketball tournament after defeating the National University (NU) Bulldogs, 90-83, in midweek action yesterday.
Locked in a three-way logjam for fourth place entering the match, along with the idle Adamson Soaring Falcons, FEU broke off from the 2-2 tie with a gutsy victory, anchored on a balanced attack all game long, while sending NU down the standings.
LONGTIME National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rivals San Sebastian Stags and Letran Knights lock horns today in a key Season 93 match which has a lot of bearing for the Final Four race.
To do battle at 2 p.m. at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City, the season hosts Stags (6-6) and Muralla-based Knights (7-6) are out to boost their claim for one of the two remaining spots in the semifinals of the ongoing season of the country’s longest-standing collegiate league.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
THE league-leading Ateneo Blue Eagles stayed in top form yesterday, adding to the misery of still-winless University of the East (UE) Red Warriors, 83-65, to race to their fourth straight win in as many games in University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 80.
The lone unbeaten so far early in the new UAAP season entering the contest, the Katipunan-based Eagles made sure that such standing would hold with a convincing win over the Warriors, which dropped to 0-4 for the season following their latest defeat.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
THE University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons, currently sporting a 2-1 record, get tested anew in Season 80 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) when they collide with defending champions De La Salle Green Archers powered by the returning Ben Mbala this weekend.
Set for tomorrow at 4 p.m. at the Mall of Asia Arena, third-running UP will get a shot at still-unblemished La Salle which became all the more formidable with the return of reigning league most valuable player Mbala after playing for the national team of Cameroon in the recent FIBA AfroBasket tournament.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
GOT tripped in their previous assignments, the Letran Knights and Arellano Chiefs look to get back some lost ground and give their struggling campaign in Season 93 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) a jolt when they collide against one another in league action today at the FilOil Flying V Center in San Juan City.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
HARDLY having a solid run in the ongoing National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s basketball tournament, the Arellano Chiefs are training their sights on a mini win streak when they collide with the struggling Mapua Cardinals in league action today at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.
Victorious in their previous game against erstwhile rolling Jose Rizal University (JRU) Heavy Bombers, 115-109, in double overtime, the Chiefs (4-6) look to fashion out a rare string of victories for them in Season 93 in their 2 p.m. set-to with the Cardinals (1-10), who have lost nine straight games.
THE local sporting collegiate scene gets added oomph with the start this weekend of Season 80 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).
Hosted this year by Far Eastern University (FEU) and carrying a theme of “Go for Great,” the new season as customary will begin with men’s basketball as one of the first marquee sports to be played.
SEASON 93 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) takes a break from the regular wars as it holds the annual All-Star Game today at the FilOil Flying V Center in San Juan City.
Deviating from the usual East versus West format of all-star games past, this year’s edition of the mid-season classic of the NCAA will pit Heroes and Saints against one another.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
THE San Beda Red Lions and Arellano Chiefs, finals protagonists from last year in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), reengage for Season 93 today on the final day of first-round elimination play at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.
