Chris Tiu was struggling throughout the ball game. He just had a single point at half time. Then unloaded just six in the third quarter, mostly from the free-throw line. He was hounded all game long. No fouls were called, not unless he was sent to the floor. He had six turnovers, one on a [...]
Throw away the statistics. Burn the numbers. And forget all the win-loss records. Tomorrow will be another exciting day for the greatest rivalry in Philippine basketball. The Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles will meet the De La Salle University Green Archers for the fourth time this season, in a lone match set at 3pm, [...]
The University of Sto Tomas Growling Tigers stole the championship away from the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles last season. The Eagles were the number one team all throughout the eliminations, beat Adamson in the Final Four and won the initial game against UST in the Finals. But as fate would have it, Superstar [...]
There was a foul on Ford Arao! With 12 seconds remaining, Arao grabbed the offensive rebound after a Jai Reyes miss. He went up for the stick-back but clearly got fouled by Rico Maierhoffer, but the “luto†referees let it go. The result, the Dela Salle Archers escaped with a narrow 70-69 victory, and gained [...]
The Russians won against Pau Gasol and Spain in a dramatic fashion. They carved out a cardiac squeaker, 60-59, against the current World Basketball Champions. Andrei Kirilenko led Russia with 17 points and he added three blocks. The Russians trailed by as much as ten midway in the third canto. A further blow was sent [...]
The University of Sto. Thomas Growling Tigers survived a comeback surge from the Far Eastern University Tamaraws late in the fourth, to hack out an emphatic 80-69 win at the Araneta Coliseum. The UST win boosted hopes that they may defend their title against automatic finalists, the UE Red Warriors, a team that swept the [...]
Spain proved once again that their win against former Eurobasket Champions Greece in the World Basketball Championships was no fluke. Earlier, they hacked out a 82-77 victory over Team Hellas in front of their hometown fans in Barcelona. NBA stars Pau Gasol of the Memphis Grizzlies and Juan Carlos Navarro of the Washington Wizards paced [...]
The University of the East Red Warriors have swept the 70th season of the UAAP, via a 92-84 overtime win over the Dela Salle University Green Archers. And this win, another Warrior emerged as the hero. Hans Thiele, the seldom used forward, came up big in this ballgame, scoring a career-high 16 points and grabbed [...]
I was looking for some portable basketball systems and I came across sportswiki. After some browsing I came across this info about the 10 most popular jerseys. On the business side of basketball, if people are buying these players’ jerseys, then I bet that people would also buy other products endorsed by them. If these [...]
The beleaguered former Blue Eaglet MVP Ken Baracosso had three open lay-ups, and he missed all of them. The Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles had a chance to blow the ball game wide open earlier today, but with those three open lay-ups and one traveling violation on a fast break, the University of the [...]