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UAAP Season 74 preview – Adamson, NU, UP

Adamson University Falcons

2010 record: 9-5, 3rd place, lost to Ateneo in the Final Four

Additions: Mike Agustin, Genesis Manuel, Harry Petilos

Subtractions: Arnold Basilio, Michael Galinato, William Stinnett

Holdovers: Lester Alvarez, Rodney Brondial, Roider Cabrera, Eric Camson, Jerick Cañada, Jan Colina, Allen Etrone, Janus Lozada, Austin Manyara, Ryan …

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FEU’s Noundou tears Achilles tendon, out for most of the season

The UAAP campaign of the Far Eastern University Tamaraws suffered a serious blow even before the season could begin after Pipo Noundou, the team’s rugged Cameroonian forward-center, was feared lost for most of the season due to a torn Achilles tendon.

Noundou suffered the injury late …

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Ael Banal will play for the Eagles…sort of

After sitting out last school year to concentrate on the Philippine youth team, former Ateneo Blue Eaglet Ael Banal will be packing his bags to enrol in and play varsity hoops for a university in Memphis, Tennessee, Ael’s father, Alaska Aces assistant coach Joel Banal, …

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Toroman, Black, Compton share knowledge in Coach Now 2011

Local basketball coaches from all over the country gathered at the Blue Eagle Gym in Quezon City for three days to listen to some of the best basketball minds share their …

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UP names Ricky Dandan coach; open tryouts on Monday

THE University of the Philippines College of Human Kinetics (CHK) recently announced the official appointment of Ricky Dandan as the new head coach of the university’s men’s basketball team.

“Our new head coach is Frederick Dandan, or more commonly known as Ricky Dandan,” said CHK athletic …

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THREE-PEAT!

For the third straight year, the Ateneo De Manila Blue Eagles are the best team in the UAAP.

Exhibiting the poise and composure of a true champion team down the stretch, the Blue Eagles withstood Far Eastern University’s gallant stand to hammer out a 65-62 victory …

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Dealing With the Game 1 Fallout

I guess it just wouldn’t be FEU if some major distraction didn’t come up during the UAAP season. In 2006, the team was disbanded. In 2007, it was JR Guerilla’s sudden expulsion from the team. The following year, it was Mac Baracael’s shooting. Then just …

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Eagles thump Falcons, enter Finals

For the third straight year, the Ateneo Blue Eagles are headed back to the UAAP finals. The defending champions toyed around with a nervous Adamson squad, outclassing the Falcons 68-55 in their Final Four match-up to advance to the finals against Far Eastern University.

Emman Monfort, …

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Tamaraws squeak past Eagles, clinch top seed

RR Garcia, suffering through a foul-riddled performance for most of the game, came up big when it mattered most, burying a cold-blooded triple with 48 seconds left, and Far Eastern University hung on to edge Ateneo, 74-72, to clinch top spot at the end of …

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A Season Gone Bad

Don’t I look like a fool.

At the start of the season, I boldly predicted a Final Four appearance for the UP Maroons. A lot of people openly questioned my sanity, for wasn’t this UP we were talking about? The team with the longest absence from …

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Ponferrada’s triple sinks Adamson

Jewel Ponferrada, set on just enjoying the last few games of his UAAP career, came up with the biggest shot of his life when he buried a three-point shot with 2.1 seconds left to lift the NU Bulldogs to a pulsating 62-59 victory over the …

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Warriors derail Archers

University of the East, still out to atone for its miserable first-round showing, continued its second-round surge with an 80-74 conquest of Final Four-bound De La Salle University Saturday in UAAP action at the Araneta Coliseum.

The Warriors thus dealt a serious blow to the Archers’ …

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Atkins comes up big again for La Salle

SIMON Atkins bucked a nasty cut above his left eye to lift La Salle to a stunning 80-66 conquest of league-leading Far Eastern University and solidify its hold of fourth spot heading into the crucial last two weeks of elimination round competition in the UAAP.

Atkins …

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Eagles clobber Archers

THIS time, the Ateneo Blue Eagles made sure they wouldn’t squander a big lead.

Riding high on the hot shooting of Kirk Long, the defending champion Eagles plastered archrivals De La Salle Green Archers, 74-57, to grab solo second as the elimination round of the UAAP …

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Bulldogs escape, Maroons file protest

NATIONAL University watched Diony Hipolito miss two potential game-winning free throws with 2.2 seconds left to escape with a 61-59 squeaker Sunday in UAAP action at the Araneta Coliseum.

With the Bulldogs ahead 60-59, 10 seconds to go, Joseph Terso missed two free throws to give …

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