My Take: My Impression on FEU’s First Game

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Hope all of you are doing fine! This is my first blog post for the month of September. But before anything else, I would like to greet you Advance Merry Christmas! And my birthday is coming, so I have an incoming giveaway to treat my followers and readers, hope all of you would be able to join, it’s coming this October!

Back to my blog post, it’s been a while since I wrote about sports story and I am so hyper that my favourite team, the FEU Tamaraws won in huge margin against the ADMU Blue Eagles. I want to share to all of you basketball and UAAP fans my first impression on their win. Yeah, I watch it from beginning to end and I must say I am a great home based cheerer.

Here are my Impressions from FEU’s last win

They Have Couple of Players that Step Up. (Tolomia, Pogoy, Belo, Jose and Escoto)

In the first minutes of first quarter, the game was head to head, both teams are exchanging baskets. But Tamaraws pulled away after Mike Tolomia baskets. Then they did not look back. They have couple of players that scored in double figures. Though I don’t know the exact numbers, the Tamaraws have more than assist against the Eagles that lead to uncontested shots.They have a total of 17 assists. They move the ball well and look for the open man. This resulted to four players with double figures. Pogoy led the way with career high 19 points followed by Tolomia with 17 and Belo and Jose with 16 points. Tolomia made a couple of highlight plays and Belo had a dunk to open the third quarter. Escoto stepped up in defense with couple of rejections in the basket. FEU Tamaraws play as team and they win with large margin, 88-64.

They Dominate the Boards

As a lot of sportscaster says, the team that dominates the board wins the game.   FEU Tamaraws limit the Blue Eagles with one touch to the basket. They dominate the rebound. Escoto, Pogoy, Jose and Belo battled for loose balls which lead to fast break and uncontested shoots. The young big men of ADMU were not able to keep up with the veterans of FEU. FEU was good in boxing out.

FEU have Deep Bench

I have read in Rappler’s preview that FEU focused in deepening their bench this season. They have seven (7) rookies in their line up. I saw one of their rookies, the Nigerian recruit Orizu played at center position take action. I had noticed that Coach Nash used a lot of players in his rotation. As a result, his players are all fresh when playing. One example I notice is Tolomia is playing in first quarter, then he would rest in the second quarter and Pogoy will come to play.

I believe, FEU Tamaraws are the team to beat this season given their hunger for the crown. With their depth and experience as their battle tested formula. As coach Nash Racela would emphasize, they don’t want to be arrogant in assuming they are a contender but they will act as a Tamaraw, once provoked, they will keep on fighting.

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Gilas Pilipinas made History!

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Today, Gilas Pilipinas made history. They snatch a win from a lower seed Senegal, 81-79. There win did not come in handy. They were ahead in scoring most of the time but things got different in fourth quarter when Senegal applied a full court pressure. They had a couple of turnovers during those times. At one point in below five minutes of time in fourth quarter Senegal snatched the lead and they trade baskets after baskets. Until its last two minutes of action they were tied and Tenorio’s last shot did not get in.

 Overtime came. Senegal started with a three and from there Gilas Pilipinas took charge. They hit their free throws. But the scary moment came when Andre Blanche fouled out with under a minute to play. The Philippines use an all Filipino five to counter the attack of Senegal and that is the time that Filipinos prove there never die spirit. They fought with all their heart and capture that elusive win after a week of hard work. They put a stop to more or less four decades of drought in the FIBA World Cup of Basketball.

It is my first time to watch them play live in television; I only saw their games in replay. I was so enthusiastic with this game and full of hopes that they will end there stint in the World Cup with a bang, I hope. When it started and I saw all the Filipino hopefuls in attendance, I really crossed my fingers that the night would turn out fine. When they outscored their opponent after back to back threes I was leaping with excitement. I know this is going to be great in Gilas side. But then, my officemate texted me saying they are just full of energy in the first two quarters and lie lowed at the end. I expelled the idea. I know about the last games of Gilas wherein they almost got it with the likes of Croatia, Argentina and most of all Puerto Rico who eliminated us. But I erased all the negatives in my mind, maybe it was not there time yet. That one elusive win will be tonight I declared. 

And that declaration turned out to be powerful. I believe a lot of Filipinos all over the world made it too. GIlas Pilipinas did win! They showed that #Puso never failed. Though they fall short, they bounced back and made it as a stepping stone to strive hard and win it not only for themselves but for the Filipino hopefuls in attendance in Seville, Spain but all over the world. They may not advance in the competition but they did great and made us proud. Congratulations Gilas Pilipinas! #Puso! You all deserve a Heroes welcome!    

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UAAP Basketball Awardees

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Before the thrilling battle of UST Growling Tigers and De La Salle Green Archers,, we witnessed the awarding ceremony of the men and women in who excelled in UAAP Season 76 Basketball category.

Here are the awardees and awards given away:

Seniors Category

Season 76 Most Valuable Player: Terrence Romeo (FEU)
Men's Basketball Mythical 5:
Terrence Romeo (FEU),
Roy Sumang (UE)
Bobby Ray Parks (NU)
Jason Perkin
Karim Abdul (UST)
Rookie of the Year: Kyles Lao (UP)
RCBC Savings Bank Game Changing Player of the Season: Jeron Teng (DLSU)
 PS BANK MAAASAHAN Player of the Year: Terrence Romeo (FEU)
JOLLIBEE Champ of the Season: Terrence Romeo (FEU)
 APPETON Most Improved Player of the Season: Arnold Van Opstal (DLSU)
YELLOWCAB BIG MAN of the Season – Karim Abdul (UST)
SUZUKI Fastbreak Player of the Season – Bobby Ray B. Parks, Jr. (NU)
 Winning school for AVIDA “HIT IT HOME” shoot for your SCHOOL PROMO – Adamson University

Juniors Category

Most Valuable Player (MVP): Ferdinand C. Ravena, III (ADMU)
 Mythical Five Team:
Hubert Cani (NU),
Ferdinand Ravena III (ADMU),
Dyke (NU)
Cauilan (NU),
Quinga  (AdU)
 Rookie of the Year: Aaron Reyes (UST)

Women Category

Most Valuable Player (MVP): Camille Sambile (FEU)
Mythical Five Team:
Camille Sambile (FEU)
Ara Abaca (DLSU)
Afril Bernadino (NU)
Rivera (UST)
Jose (ADMU)
Rookie of the Year: Love Sto. Domingo

Congratulations to all the Winners!

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Sports: UAAP Season 76 Basketball Schedule

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Hiyah! Basketball Fanatics out their specially the UAAP ones! UAAP is in full boast now. We will see the different sports being played by our favorite athletes. Speaking of sports, we all know what sports Filipinos love to watch and play. I'm talking about basketball. We love to watch the thrilling game being played. We love to cheer to our favorite team and rejoice with them when they win. The feeling is ecstatic. But before we can celebrate their wins and mourn in their losses, we need to know their schedules first. 
Here is the first round match up of the UAAP Season 76 in the field of Basketball. 

• UST versus ADU                  

          Jul 06 02:00pm              Araneta Coliseum

• UE versus NU

          Jul 06 04:00pm              Araneta Coliseum

• FEU versus UP

         Jul 07 11:00am             MOA Arena

• DLSU versus ADMU

         Jul 07 04:00pm             MOA Arena

• ADU versus UE

         Jul 10 02:00pm            Araneta Coliseum

• UST versus NU

         Jul 10 04:00pm            Araneta Coliseum

Note: This schedule is from UAAP Official Website.

What team are you routing this year?

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My Other World: Basketball

Every girl has different fancy. We like sky crapper heels, body hugging dress and the latest make-up trends. Yes, I also love them too. But what sets me apart from that stuff is the fact that I love Basketball. I am really addicted to NBA. You read it right. I am into National Basket Association, Philippine Basketball Association, UAAP and the list goes on. I find the thrill of the game interesting and exciting!

Basketball is a widespread sport active as we know it. It involves team work. Every team has five members starting line up with a shooting guard, point guard, power forward, small forward and a center. The center is the one jumping, with the tip off is happening. It signals that the game is about to. It is very basic in basketball. The required skill are dribbling, rebounding, shooting, passing and knowing the violations that should not be committed. Points are incurred when shooting the ball. Points can be one point, two points and the biggest is three points when it will be shoot from beyond the arc. Those are the basic knowledge that should be familiarize when watching a basketball game. It would tricky sometimes but it is an enjoyable to watch.

I began loving this game when I watched the Miami Heat playing last 2011 when they chased the Championship but fall short. I was really mesmerized by the moves of the players specially their Big 3 as they call it. I have followed the team even up to now. Because of my fancy for this sport, I was also encouraged to watch UAAP and PBA. I always have a team that I am betting. For PBA, it is the Petron Blaze Boosters and for the UAAP it is the FEU Tamaraws.

Basketball has become a vital part of my being. I am always updated with every game that is being played. When you follow me in twitter, you can see that I follow NBA and PBA players, fashion bloggers, online shops, actors and actresses and volleyball players. That’s how wide the scope of me. I tweet when my teams are winning, and I’m so quite when they are losing-a typical fan reaction.

I love basketball because of the thrill of the game. It encourages teamwork, communication and not individual game.

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