Back in 2007, UAAP volleyball games were held during the first semester of the year. The UAAP board, however, decided to move the tournament to the latter half of the academic year for the thrilling games to be televised and step out of the shadow of basketball. The move was due to the rising popularity…
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Dating back to 1998, the DLSU Green Archers had already been perennial title contenders, proving it with successive trips to the UAAP finals. After grabbing silver for three straight years behind the four-peat champion UST Growling Tigers, the Green-and-White did not allow it to happen for a fifth time. With a new coach, experienced guards,…
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The historic La Salle victory of ’99
From The LaSallian’s Championship special, October 1999 October 9, 1999 was the fateful day that the last UAAP basketball match of the 20th century was played, pitting the DLSU Green Archers and the UST Growling Tigers against each other in the penultimate match of the finals. It was La Salle gunning for a back-to-back championship…
The teams duking it out this coming Wednesday are only repeating a history marked by the close clashes of the Tigers and the Archers back in the 90’s. It was in 1993 that the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) installed the Final Four format, allowing the top four teams in the league to…
In basketball, there are two questions one can frequently ask: WHAT are you playing for? and WHO do you play for. The first is quite easy, since the most common answer among dedicated players is “a championship”. The latter on the other hand, can bring out different answers from different players. One particular answer…
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Casio comes full circle
JVee Casio has always been known for making his presence felt in big games. From his days in the UAAP playing for DLSU, to the international exposure he received with the national team, Casio has always shown up when duty calls. Last May, he caught no one by surprise when he answered the call for…
Known around the Philippines to have a keen eye for young talent, San Beda’s legendary mentor Ato Badolato invited the youthful Tyrone Bautista to try out for the grade school varsity squad after the boy caught his attention playing basketball in P.E. class. Bautista proved Badolato’s talent for finding gems because a couple of years…
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2007 DLSU Green Archers: Against the odds
In 2005, the DLSU Green Archers returned the 2004 UAAP Championship Trophy after learning that they fielded 2 ineligible players. This warranted the UAAP board to penalize the entire La Salle community by suspending the school from every sporting event in the league for the 69th Season in 2006. This caused an outrage among members…
Crowd intensity is usually at an all-time high when it comes to La Salle-Ateneo games, but when it came to the Blue and Green Dream Game, it took a little encouragement from the players themselves to get the crowd going in the PBA Green Team’s 111-108 win over the PBA Blue Team. The Green Team was…
History repeats itself as the Lady Spikers completed the team’s latest feat by winning the women’s volleyball championship in UAAP Season 75 to extend the team’s streak to a three time repeat. The recent feat does not only make the Lady Spikers the three time back-to-back champion of the league; it has also made the…