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Adamson: This Could Be It
Adamson University has been to the UAAP Final 4 only once since the format was institutionalized: 2006, the same year Ken Bono was named MVP.
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Ateneo: Grand Slam Dreaming
Ateneo De Manila is gunning for its first ever UAAP Grand Slam this year. In 2008 they made an improbably run back to the UAAP Finals and beat archrival Lasalle....
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Lasalle: Climbing Back
2007 was not that long ago. Yet for millions of De La Salle basketball fans it seems like an eternity has passed.
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FEU: Now or Never
Whenever an argument is made about strong teams that seem to have it all, Far Eastern University is always in the conversation.
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NU: Getting Serious
Perhaps no other UAAP basketball program has come to be equated with futility like National University.
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UE: Still Fighting
It was an improbable run to the UAAP Finals last year for the University of the East. Although they were a talented and veteran-laden team...
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UP: Getting It Back
It has been quite a while since UP fans had anything to really get excited about. A lot of the present generation of UP fans, students and even recent alumni probably weren’t even born the last time the Fighting Maroons won the UAAP championship... >> read more
UST: Crouching Tiger
2006 will forever go down as perhaps one of the most improbable championship runs in the history of the UAAP, with the Santo Tomas Growling Tigers taking the UAAP title that year...
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- Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas

Careline-RP loses to Thais
(07/18/2010)

Careline-Pilipinas bowed to Thailand, 87-77, in a game marred by a controversial decision by the organizers of the ASEAN School Games allowing the Thais to play despite wearing a wrong uniform Saturday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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- Tournament of the Philippines

Taguig, Laguna seek semis slots
(08/17/2010)

Games Today
(Cong. Jun Duenas gym, Taguig City)

2 p.m. — Treston Laguna vs Cobra Energy Drink
4 p.m. — Taguig vs Ascof Lagundi

Hobe Bihon-Taguig and Treston Laguna try to clinch the first two semis berths when they collide against separate rivals at the start of the quarterfinal round of the Tournament of the Philippines (TOP) today at the at the Cong. Jun Duenas gym in Signal Village, Taguig City.

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NCAA Team Previews 2010

Perpetual Help: Building Up

Letran: Coming Around

JRU: Could and Should
When the ordinary basketball fan takes a look at the last couple of years of Perpetual Help basketball, it might be difficult to imagine... >> read more Was it really just the middle of the last decade that Letran was still a powerhouse in the NCAA? >> read more Jose Rizal University has seen two seasons practically slip through their fingers. >> read more

St Benilde: Rekindle the Flame

Arellano: Returning for More

San Beda: Regaining the Crown
It is sometimes a little difficult to believe that St Benilde is already among the ranks of NCAA basketball champions. >> read moreWinding up in the top half of the standings and actually having a chance to crack the Final 4 in the Season 85 campaign...
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San Beda had a disappointing end to their Season 85 campaign. Looking forward to completing a rare and unprecedented 4-Peat...
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EAC: New Battles Ahead

Mapua: No Time like the Present

San Sebastian: Going for Back-to-Back Titles
Emilio Aguinaldo College certainly must have learned a thing or two in their maiden season last year in the NCAA.
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When the Mapua Tech Cardinals last won an NCAA championship, their head coach and his assistants were still playing.
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It was a most unexpected turn of events. Even in their wildest dreams...
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- Fr. Martin Cup

8th Fr. Martin Division 2 Cup Elims (Game Results - August 30, 2010)

8th Fr. Martin Division 2 Cup Elims (Game Results - August 29, 2010)

- National Basketball Association (NBA)

NBA Players in World Basketball Championship
By Henry L. Liao for philippinebasketball.ph (08/27/2010)

While a number of National Basketball Association stars declined to suit up for their national teams in the ongoing 16th World Championship in Turkey, there are still 61 players with NBA experience on the rosters of the 24 participating countries. >> read more


Team USA Sets Sight on World Gold
By Henry L. Liao for philippinebasketball.ph (08/27/2010)

The 16th World Basketball Championship officially gets underway on August 29(Manila time) with first-round action in four cities (Ankara, Izmir, Kayseri and Istanbul) in Turkey. >> read more

   

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HOOPSTER: World's 3rd best, 56 years ago
By Henry Liao for philippinebasketball.ph (09/01/2010)

Believe it or not, the Philippines owns the best-ever finish by an Asian country in World Basketball Championship history.

This astonishing feat came during the 2nd World games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1954 (October 22-November 5) when the Filipinos gained the bronze medal. Only the United States (gold) and host Brazil (silver) fared better than the Philippines.

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HOOPSTER: FIBA Rankings - A Hocus-Pocus Game?
By Henry Liao for philippinebasketball.ph (09/01/2010)

Four Asian countries are taking part in the 16th World Basketball Championship in Turkey. They are two-time reigning FIBA-Asia titlist Iran, China, Jordan and Lebanon.

Going into the WBC, China ranked No. 1 among Asians in the FIBA ranking, taking the ninth spot overall. Iran was 21st, Lebanon 24th, Korea 27th, Qatar, 28th, Japan 32nd, Kazakhstan 36th, Jordan 38th, Chinese-Taipei 42nd, India 52nd (tie), Syria 52nd (tie) and Kuwait 55th.

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UAAP Round 1: No Real Surprises
By Joseph W. Buduan for philippinebasketball.ph (08/11/2010)

Round 1 is over and the dust and smoke of battle are slowly clearing. After 56 grueling senior division games, the top-seeded teams are on top as expected, while the rest of the board is looking about as projected before the season got underway. In other words there were no real surprises at the end of the first elimination round.

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La Salle on a Roll
By Joseph W. Buduan for philippinebasketball.ph (08/03/2010)

At the start of the season, not too many of the so-called experts and pundits gave the De La Salle University Green Archers much of a chance to make some noise in the 73rd season of the UAAP basketball wars. Now at 4-2 as of this writing though, the Green Archers are making a lot of those same experts look, well, pretty green. La Salle has seven rookies, four sophomores and less than a handful of veterans on their current roster. This is not the well-seasoned and powerhouse La Salle team of old that ran roughshod over the rest of the league. >> read more


FEU on Course in Season 73 Title Drive

By Joseph W. Buduan for philippinebasketball.ph (07/30/2010)

It began right there in the first game of the season: Far Eastern University drew great games from their superstar pointguard Ryan Roose Garcia, hotshot forward Paul Sanga and veteran center Aldrech Ramos to beat reigning champion Ateneo De Manila 72 – 69. The last time FEU beat Ateneo in their first encounter of the season was back in 2005, the same year the Tamaraws last won the UAAP senior division basketball championship.

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