Posts Tagged Ateneo

What Butler And NU Share In Common

Posted by Rich in Sports on April 7th, 2010

Watching the replay of the Duke-Butler 2010 NCAA Men’s basketball championship match made me remember one historic moment in our country’s local collegiate basketball league.

Well, Butler was just a small school with a also a small basketball program compared to its Finals rival Duke, Michigan State, Kentucky or North Carolina.
But the Butler Bulldogs didn’t allow [...]

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Ateneo, Poised To Bring Out The Broom In The UAAP Finals

Posted by Rich in Sports on September 27th, 2009

The UAAP men’s championship between Ateneo de Manila and the University of the East is moved to Thursday (due to Typhoon Ondoy), enough time to give some breathing room for the Red Warriors, who are coming off a hard-earned sudden death victory over the FEU Tamaraws last Thursday at the Big Dome.
Dismantling FEU’s twice-to-beat incentive [...]

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Take Your Pick: Ateneo or FEU?

Posted by Rich in Sports on September 12th, 2009

A lot has been said about De La Salle’s failure to make it to the Final Four e in the ongoing UAAP basketball wars.

Well, La Salle just can’t qualify in the tight Final Four playoffs all the time. And that has been a bitter pill to swallow for the entire Green Archers community considering that [...]

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Which Team Will Rule The UAAP in 2009?

Posted by Rich in Sports on July 26th, 2009

Now tied at 3-1 apiece in the team standings with University of Santo Tomas and Far Eastern University, Ateneo de Manila certainly has to start regaining its mental focus if it wants to maintain its consistency in the Blue Eagles’ bid for back-to-back UAAP men’s basketball title this season.
The Blue Eagles, sure, remain the solid [...]

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