La Salle Wins Again! Ekwe May Lose!
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Sorry for the late report but I was extremely busy with the FHM 100 Sexiest Women show because I have a client who was a major sponsor. Had to watch the game on TV before the show.
La Salle and UST are truly legitimate contenders in UAAP Season 71. What a game it was, both from the players and the coaching staff of both teams.
From start to finish, it was an evenly matched game. While UST got the production from the players they expected, La Salle was getting its points from the ever reliable JV Casio and some of the most unlikely sources.
First it was James Mangahas who showed his moves. He surprised many people with the way he would post up and drive. He scored with less than a minute to go on a driving layup that gave SLAU a slim 1 point lead. If Mangahas continues to play like this, he will definitely raise the DLSU team a few notches.
Then, the player I call “feast or famine� definitely had a feast today. Bader Malabes burned the scoreboard with his clutch 3 point shooting, especially in the end game where he hit his last 3 pointer killing a UST rally. Malabes has been know to either hit his 3 pointers or miss them really bad. Today he was on target.
With LA Revilla also shining in the point guard position, La Salle took the Tigers to the limit and came away with a 1 point victory, 85-84.
But it was the defense that really made the day for La Salle. With 6 steals, La Salle converted on 5 of them. Rebounding went UST’s way. With Jervy Cruz dominating the paint, UST had 10 more rebounds than La Salle.
With a chance to win the game, Pido Jarencio set a play for the last shot. Then Jeric Fortuna, a former La Salle Zobel Greenie, took a hurried shot that left Coach Pido stunned. The rookie was actually playing well and could have been the hero but instead turned out to be the goat.
La Salle shot pretty well from the free throw line but it was their end game composure that sealed the win for them.UST is an awesome team so other teams beware. The Tigers are solid and they will come back stronger each game.
The officiating was mediocre at best and still a big question mark that will leave the UAAP a black eye this season if it is not remedied soon. A NABRO referee was recently suspended for that phantom foul called on
Barroca in the La Salle FEU game that La Salle won. The said referee is even the Vice President of NABRO.
On the NCAA front, it seems that San Beda’s victory over College of Saint Benilde is under question because Sam Ekwe was not wearing the right uniform.
Under NCAA rules, a player who is not in proper uniform, will be penalized by forfeiture of the game. There are already a number of precedents to this rule that a player’s team had to forfeit the game.
How could the coaching staff not have noticed this? How could Ekwe not been aware that he was not wearing the wrong uniform? Well, rules are rules. Let’s see how the NCAA handles this.
Tags: Green-Archers, La-Salle, NABRO, NCAA rules, NCAA-Season-84, red-lions, Sam-Ekwe, San-Beda, UAAPRelated posts
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LDC
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 at 4:32 pm
RAWR,
Glad to know you realize that.
Actually, the point I want to get at is this: there is no penalty that will be fair to both teams and still apply to all situations.
In the 90s I came across a coffee table style book commemorating 100 years of basketball. In it were two or three paragraphs about uniforms and here’s what I remember about it:
The uniform issue is nothing new, it is as old as basketball and that countless remedies have been tried.
In the “evolution� of a remedy, the penalty of forfeiture has become the best and most widely accepted penalty for two reasons:
1. It serves as an effective deterrent (according to the book, it was to clean up the notorious uniform issues in the 30s/40s, and it was successful),
2. It is the only penalty that protects the non-offending team in ALL situations.
It was an interesting read.
Here’s a bit of trivia I read somewhere (dunno if it’s true, though): No country can wear the same uniform design in 2 consecutive Olympics.
RAWR
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Thursday, 24 July 2008 at 3:08 pm
LDC,
I wasn’t implying that my suggestions were the most appropriate. I just wanted to say that I still think a game forfeiture is a bit too much for a wrong uniform infraction.
It sort of makes a team lose out of a technicality. Parang nawalan ng sense yung basketball game kung ganun.
I just wanted to share my view that I believe in the rules and that they have to be enforced without exceptions to anyone; but at the same time I wanted to say how I felt about the wrong uniform=forfeiture rule.
Red Cub
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 at 5:32 pm
red_cub,
so as not to create any confusion, i am giving way and now signing off.
LDC
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 at 1:50 pm
RAWR,
“…A freethrow to the opposing team sounds fair enough…”
A free throw in exchange for the contribution of an ineligible player, in this case 12 points and 20? Doesn’t sound fair to CSB to me.
“…Or even benching the player for the entire game…”
OK, for argument’s sake let’s assume the infraction was discovered in the last minute of the game and Ekwe was benched. The question now is, how do you undo his 12 points and 20 rebounds, both of which clearly affected the outcome of the game?
RAWR
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 at 1:27 pm
It’s funny how silly the rule seem right now. I do agree with most of you when you say that it’s a silly rule… I mean come on! Forfeiture for simply wearing the wrong uniform sounds a bit overkill.
A freethrow to the opposing team sounds fair enough for that. Or even benching the player for the entire game.
But regardless, rules are rules, and hate to say it but I really do believe that it’s a bad trait of ours as Filipinos. Di na nga mahilig sumunod sa batas, nagpapalusot pa pag mahuli.
Back to Basketball/UAAP/NCAA… I’m not a fan of all the rules, but I still believe they should be honored for the rest of the season. Changes should be made, but not in the middle of the season.
red_cub
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Monday, 21 July 2008 at 7:15 pm
this is the other red_cub.. not the RedCub.. hehe..
well according to the newspapers, sabi ni Atayde, the CSB representative, not the writer of this article, that the complaint is already with the CSB President, so it’s up to the CSB President if they will submit the formal complaint to the NCAA Mancom…
i read the rules posted here and commented by Datu Pula.. the “intent to play” part is ridiculous.. the penalty should be lowered down to a technical and the other team should be rewarded only with a free throw.. you can only play with 5 players on each team and sometimes, after a time out or when the game starts, 6 players who all “intend to play” enter a court, it happens sometimes and the refs sometimes don’t catch it right away and when they do, they usually get a technical… NOT FORFEITURE OF THE GAME! fielding 6 players in your team on the court is far worse than having a misprint logo on one player’s uniform!
an untucked uniform is also considered not proper but the refs usually just remind the players to tuck their uniforms in, and i haven’t heard one get a technical for that, although they could… but again, the refs, even Frankie Lim said he didn’t notice it, he didn’t say that he should get away with it.. everybody here is thinking why the CSB people waited ’till the game was over, where they could have told the refs and the refs would’ve probably have given San Beda technical fouls where the CSB would be awarded only technical freethrows, and maybe not let Ekwe come back in without the “proper” uniform..
but I think CSB has been waiting to tell the refs because they’ve stopped reading their playbooks and started reading the NCAA law book and they saw that they could actually win the game by forfeiture and made sure about it and tell it when the refs or the officials could no longer do anything about it, and that is after the game… hehehe..
style niyo bulok! hehe.. lol.. but rules are rules and the CSB has outsmarted us on this one and caught us offguard, and of course, the NCAA Mancom just love following the rules, old rules like this one and newly made up rules like the 1 foreign player on the court rule, etc… CSB would get their win and they deserve it, they studied the NCAA rules carefully during the game (kaya nga sila lalo natambakan eh, ibang diskarte na pinag-aaralan nila), and they waited until the game was over (perfect timing!).. the refs would have no choice on the small infraction.. dito ako napabilib sa DLSU-CSB coaching/official staff at tinalo nila dito ang San Beda coaching staff.. meron hindi napansin ang San Beda coaching staff na napansin ng CSB side at nalaman nila kung kailan dapat sila umangal para mapanalo nila ang game.. LOL!
RedCub
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Monday, 21 July 2008 at 11:56 am
Thanks Mr. Atayde for being a gentleman. You just restored our trust and more power to your future columns. Cheers!
The Green Mind
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Monday, 21 July 2008 at 10:04 am
Red Cub,
If I have misinterpreted your question, then I apologize. It’s just that the relationship between my cousin and I have been repeatedly brought up as a reason for my writing about this San Beda - CSB issue.
Grrr!
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Monday, 21 July 2008 at 10:01 am
@ green mind,
in one of my previous comments, i said i respect the respectable not the despicable. this is why i reply differently to your comments even though we don’t see eye to eye on several basketball matters. even though you’ve revelaed your bias for your favorite team, your comments on the other teams are fair, sensible and deserve respect. more importantly, you have the guts to reveal your true monicker to all and sundry, unlike the majority of us who hide behind our pseudonyms when we make our scathing, vocifeorus and violent comments and reactions. it makes me feel ashamed sometimes, but MAKAPAL naman ang mukha ko, so there…
Red Cub
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Monday, 21 July 2008 at 9:49 am
For the last time Mr. Atayde, I read your column and I admire the way you answer your critics. That was then. I never mentioned that SBC should not honor any sanction the MANCOM may impose on them. If SBC ends up losing obviously CSB becomes the winner. It is beyond our prerogative. By being a sportswriter you become a public figure and prone to a lot of criticisms and other innuendos. My point is not to compare you to the people I mentioned but to for you to act with diplomacy and decency. You don’t answer back telling people “We are first cousins.You got a problem with that?” I am now having second thoughts of enrolling my daughter at the De La Salle.
The Green Mind
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Monday, 21 July 2008 at 9:46 am
Grrr,
You and most of the readers here have really earned my respect. I am humbled by the way we can discuss, disagree and agree intelligently on our passion, colleiate basketball.
Thanks for your comments.
Grrr!
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Monday, 21 July 2008 at 9:44 am
Rejoinder: In fact it eould be UNFAIR to all teams and all players if the sanction is not handed down.
Grrr!
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Monday, 21 July 2008 at 9:43 am
@ Green Mind,
I have expressed my opinion on the matter of forfeitute in favor of the lions in the absence of the rules you’ve just shared with us.
Though I feel a game should be won or lost in the court, the rules are clear and there is NOTHING unjust, unfair or irregular if the forfieture is handed down.
Thanks for the enlightenment.
The Green Mind
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Monday, 21 July 2008 at 9:04 am
Red Cub,
I dont need your validation nor do I strive to be like anyone of those names you mentioned. I write because I enjoy it.
You are such a judgemental person. Why don’t you read and understand what I have posted. Did you see any mention that I believe CSN should get the win. My position is for San Beda to forfeit the game but not award the victory to CSB. That way, the winner will be the rule of law.
Maria
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 at 10:26 pm
Oo nga pareho lang kayong magaling humanap ng palusot!
Red Cub
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 at 10:19 pm
Mainit ka ata masama ba magtanong? Eh di ngayon maliwanag na ang lahat. Your answer to my question just took away my respect from you as writer. I won’t go down to your level. I just thought you are already at the caliber of Recah Trinidad, Quinito Henson, Philip Juico or Bill Velasco. I’m thankful you showed your true green color. No further.
The Green Mind
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 at 10:11 pm
We are first cousins.You got a problem with that?
Maria
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Sunday, 20 July 2008 at 10:10 pm
Kaya pala . . . . .
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