NCAA UAAP Power Rankings: Week 3 on Aug 18, 2010 in Ateneo JRU La Salle Letran Arellano Mapua Ateneo La Salle Rivalry NCAA UAAP Power Rankings SSC-R San Beda Adamson NCAA UAAP FEU Probably the most exciting week for college basketball. Plenty of awesome matchups that could determine the rankings and some really good rivalry games as well. A lot of good basketball to look forward to this week. Ateneo vs La Salle and San Beda vs...
Your 2010 Adamson Falcons on Aug 13, 2010 in Adamson UAAP These guys have figured out how to close games. In their last six games, where they are 5-1, they have only lost a fourth quarter once. And that was on a no-bearing quarter that they entered with a 19-point lead over UE.In four games that they entere...
Butiki Bullets: The Leo Awards on Aug 12, 2010 in Asi Taulava Rico Maierhofer James Yap Marc Pingris Purefoods Alaska Jay Washington Leo Awards Roger Yap San Miguel PBA Sonny Thoss LA Tenorio One funny thing is the Mythical Selections of Sonny Thoss and Asi Taulava at the center slots. My first thought was, weren't these guys having horrible years? I made a quick check of their stats this conference and yeah, they've pretty much been crud...
NCAA UAAP Power Rankings: Week 2 on Aug 11, 2010 in Ateneo JRU La Salle Letran Mapua NCAA UAAP Power Rankings SSC-R San Beda Adamson NCAA UAAP NU FEU Very interesting week for college basketball. Blowouts, come-from-behind wins, first round sweeps and even an NBA head coach sighting. Little bit of a shakeup in the rankings, too. Let’s get to it.Biggest jump: ADU (3 spots); Biggest drop: DLSU (4...
NBA Fit Camp: Spoelstra Meets the Tams on Aug 10, 2010 in Miami Heat NBA Glenn Capacio Arvie Bringas UAAP Erik Spoelstra FEU Some interesting stuff from the camp run by Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra for the NBA Fit program. Yesterday, he paid a visit to the undefeated UAAP leaders, the FEU Tamaraws.This part from an article in the Manila Bulletin made me chuckle a l...
Butiki Bullets: Monday August 9 on Aug 9, 2010 in Ateneo PBA Finals Asi Taulava San Miguel Norman Black PBA UAAP Smart Gilas Joseph Yeo Ael Banal PBA Draft Asi Taulava leads Smart Gilas to an 81-67 win. The premier big man of Team Pilipinas in international competition led the way with 16 points and 19 rebounds.Guess who's been the most prolific local scorer in the PBA Finals. Joseph Yeo has been a beas...
Head to Head: Diamon Simpson vs Gabe Freeman on Aug 7, 2010 in PBA Finals Gabe Freeman San Miguel Diamon Simpson PBA Alaska Amidst the small controversy brewing around the Best Import of the Conference award, it would be interesting to actually compare the two contenders and see if one is actually more deserving than the other. What makes it doubly interesting is that the...
Butiki Bullets: Saturday August 7 on Aug 7, 2010 in Asi Taulava Woody Co NCAA UAAP Smart Gilas CSB NU UP College of St Benilde (1-5) is having a tough season in the NCAA. They've dropped some perfectly winnable games like a 5-point loss to EAC, a 1-point loss to the defending champion San Sebastian Stags and yesterday, a two-point overtime loss to 3rd p...
Butiki Bullets: Friday August 6 on Aug 6, 2010 in Japeth Aguilar Gabe Freeman Asi Taulava San Miguel Talk N Text Coca-cola Purefoods Greg Slaughter PBA Air 21 Smart Gilas San Miguel import Gabe Freeman won the Best Import Conference for the second time in his young PBA career. Freeman now joins the ranks of only a handful of PBA imports who have won the award multiple times. There are only seven: Bobby Parks, Billy Ra...
NCAA UAAP Power Rankings: Week 1 on Aug 3, 2010 in Ateneo JRU La Salle Arellano Mapua UST NCAA UAAP Power Rankings SSC-R San Beda Adamson NCAA UAAP FEU It’s almost the halfway point of the UAAP season, and both college leagues are in full swing. We’ve gotten a nice, good look at most of the teams so it’s time to get the rankings started.1 SBC Red Lions (NCAA; 5-0)San Beda is all about size. Th...
