UAAP Season 2008

[CVT]

The double-post gremlin struck again... And it was kicking me out of the edit window....

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[Honda97]

congrats to ue and admu for clinching their second wins!

[Cult Zero]

^ shoo in na sa final four this year tong dalawang to...

[baludoy]

question regarding ateneo, how come they were able to play Burke the new white boy from Faith. Di ba UAAP teams are only allowed to have 2 foreign players in the team? Ateneo already has Rabeh and Kirk in the line-up. Alam ko si Jobe is filipino. Pero looks like they are playing 3 foreigners in their line-up.

pinoy po si rabeh. he spent his high school years at the pcu & he's actually the half-brother of carlo sharma (carlo is actually one of the persons responsible for rabeh's matriculation at ateneo). malutong po mag tagalog iyan pero ngayon bihasa na din mag-inggles

[Cult Zero]

pinoy po si rabeh. he spent his high school years at the pcu & he's actually the half-brother of carlo sharma (carlo is actually one of the persons responsible for rabeh's matriculation at ateneo). malutong po mag tagalog iyan pero ngayon bihasa na din mag-inggles

that's news to me.

mamaya ganda laban UE vs Ateneo. I hope UE wins hehe!

Go Warriors!

[Honda97]

congrats to ADU and ADMU for their wins this weekend! i was only able to watch parts of the games. naunahan ako ni wifey sa tv. the buzz yung pinanood nya

[Cult Zero]

Close win by La Salle yesterday...

Archers thwart Tigers; Tamaraws up


By Jasmine W. Payo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines—De La Salle University rode the clutch shooting of James Mangahas and Badel Malabes to escape with an 85-84 squeaker over University of Santo Tomas Thursday and grab a share of second place in the 71st UAAP men's basketball competition at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig City.
Mangahas shot 14 of his 18 points in the second half while Malabes added 16 as they played superb backup roles for top star JV Casio, whose two free throws gave La Salle an 84-81 lead with 16.4 ticks remaining.
“My role players really stepped up in this particular game,” said La Salle coach Franz Pumaren, after his Archers won the battle between champions of the last two seasons and joined a three-way tie for second at 2-1.
Earlier, Benedict Fernandez unloaded 12 of his 16 points in the first half to set the tone for Far Eastern University’s 88-66 rout of University of the Philippines.
The Tamaraws, who also improved to 2-1 like the idle University of the East Warriors, fired a sizzling 58.1 percent from the field in the first half to coast to a 21-point lead, 52-31, at the break.
The Maroons, who absorbed their second straight lopsided loss, and the Tigers dropped to 1-2.
Mangahas hit a key double-pump shot with 47.7 ticks left for an 82-81 La Salle lead after Malabes had shattered a 77-77 tie with a triple with 1:42 remaining.
Dylan Ababou nailed an inconsequential trey for UST at the buzzer for the final tally after Maui Villanueva’s free throw off a foul by UST’s Carlos Fenequito that extended the Archers’ lead to four, 85-81 with 5.5 seconds left.
Rookie point guard Jeric Fortuna earlier missed two attempts from beyond the arc that doomed the Tigers in the last 26 seconds.
“We did a good job in defending Jervy (Cruz),” said Pumaren. “He got only five offensive rebounds. My big guys played well.”
Ababou paced the Tigers with 23 points, while Cruz posted a double-double of 20 markers and 11 boards.
Casio, who paced the Archers with 19 points, had 12 in the first half built on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting from the field as La Salle took a 38-34 halftime advantage.
The Archers sustained the momentum in the third period with Mangahas scoring six of their first eight points to stay ahead, 46-38.
Malabes also got his offensive game going by firing eight straight points, including back-to-back triples, to put the Archers up at 56-48 late in the third quarter.

http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirers...rs-Tamaraws-up

[Honda97]

It was a good game. Congrats DLSU for the win.

[Honda97]

From the ABSCBN News Website:

Referee’s suspension NABRO’s decision

[SIZE=2][SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]The Philippine Star[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]The recommendation to suspend referee Bryan Tabañag for his lapses during the La Salle-FEU game last July 12 came from within the National Amateur Basketball Referees Organization (NABRO).[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]Rolando Omampo, a former referee himself and now NABRO president, called for Tabañag’s indefinite suspension that was carried out by UAAP commissioner Chito Narvasa.[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]"In view of the review and evaluation (of the game), the undersigned has concluded that Mr. Tabañag erred in his judgment," said Omampo in his July 14 letter to Narvasa.[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]Tabañag’s errant calls inside the last three minutes of the close game won by La Salle (73-62), Omampo added, "deprived FEU a fair chance to determine who the better team was."[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]Omampo added that NABRO, which has a pool of 24 referees working the 71st UAAP season, is "committed to uphold the integrity of the game/s as well as fair officiating."[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]The STAR was trying to get in touch with Tabañag, the vice president of NABRO, as of presstime. He is a certified architect who loves officiating, and has been with NABRO for 12 years now.[/SIZE][/SIZE]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2]It was the first time Tabañag was suspended, according to his peers who requested anonymity. – Abac Cordero[/SIZE][/SIZE]

This is a big blow for the credibility of the referees.

[tidus1203]

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage...StoryId=126272

FEU player critically wounded in gun attack

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A basketball player of the Far Eastern University is now fighting for his life at a hospital in Manila after a gunman shot him near the FEU campus after practice Thursday night.

"Mac Baracael just got shot near Philtrust corner Morayta and R. Papa now fighting for his life at Mary Chiles hospital," said FEU president Anton Montinola.

Montinola added that the assailant shot Baracael twice with a .45 pistol.

The victim was walking with fellow FEU players Ron Cabagnot and Robert Kave to buy food when the incident took place near the campus gymnasium.

Montinola said that Baracael was the target.

An initial report from the hospital said a bullet went through the victim's back and came out in front.

Baracael is a third-year power forward for the FEU Tamaraws in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines..

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