Posts Tagged UAAP
What Butler And NU Share In Common
Watching the replay of the Duke-Butler 2010 NCAA Men’s basketball championship match made me remember one historic moment in our country’s local collegiate basketball league.
Well, Butler was just a small school with a also a small basketball program compared to its Finals rival Duke, Michigan State, Kentucky or North Carolina.
But the Butler Bulldogs didn’t allow [...]
Ateneo And Its Second Back-to-Back UAAP Title
University of the East’s UAAP title futility has to wait another year or probably longer.
For Ateneo, the sea of blue and white are now celebrating inside the Big Dome after winning its second back-to-back UAAP championships at the expense of UE this afternoon, 71-58.
With Far Eastern University out of the picture after being booted out [...]
Small Is The New Big With The NU Bulldogs
New management. New players. New hope.
These are proper descriptions for the National University Bulldogs, who are in the rebuilding mode in the 72nd UAAP season.
What’s exciting is the fact that head coach Manny Dandan and his assistant Chico Manabat made a decision to combine physical-mental preparation with the spiritual feeding of their players.
Pastor Bong Navarro, [...]
Which Team Will Rule The UAAP in 2009?
Now tied at 3-1 apiece in the team standings with University of Santo Tomas and Far Eastern University, Ateneo de Manila certainly has to start regaining its mental focus if it wants to maintain its consistency in the Blue Eagles’ bid for back-to-back UAAP men’s basketball title this season.
The Blue Eagles, sure, remain the solid [...]