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The De La Salle Green Archers are the UAAP Champions for Season 70. They displayed dominance in the whole forty minutes, winning by nine, 73-64 over the UE Red Warriors, a team that swept the eliminations.
The Red Warriors had at least two weeks of rest, and that proved to have gone against them. They lose […]

The Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles ended their season last Sunday, via a 57-62 defeat to their arch rival De La Salle Green Archers. But they fought hard till the last few seconds. If only the desperation three by Chris Tiu would have gone in, they could have won that ballgame and advanced to […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Ateneo de Manila University orchestrated a magical comeback from ten points behind at the end of third, pulling a 72-71 season upset of the University of Sto. Thomas Growling Tigers. The much hyped American rookie Kirk Long answered all critics as he shot a fade-away jumper over the outstretched arms of UST center Gervy […]