Two weeks ago, thoughts of an Ateneo versus Adamson UAAP finals matchup fancied the minds of sports enthusiasts. But dreams of witnessing an “Angry Birds” showdown came to a halt as the FEU Tamaraws beat the more favored Adamson Falcons to force a finals rematch against the blue boys from Katipunan.
Visit us on Instagram To Be Ultimate; Facebook: To be You; e-mail [email protected] Dear University of the Philippines (UP) community,...
I love basketball. I appreciate the grace and the physicality of the sport. That is why even if my school team Ateneo Blue Eagles failed to make it to the UAAP championship, I still wanted to watch the NU-FEU title finals.
For the first time since 1993, neither Ateneo nor La Salle is playing in the UAAP finals. Last Wednesday’s do-or-die matches went down to the wire—the last dying seconds deciding the fate of the Blue Eagles and Green Archers against the National University (NU) Bulldogs and Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws, respectively.
It was a day made especially for them. The boys played with their hearts. They did not even give the Far Eastern University Tamaraws a chance to breathe with their fastbreaks and running game. Their lopsided victory emphasized that the day was theirs and nobody was going to take it from them.
The idea of a Teng-versus-Teng UAAP finals would have been a long shot, at least until the Final Four emerged. The Green Archers were riding an eight-game winning streak entering the playoffs, while the Growling Tigers had to fight for their lives just to book the last semis ticket.
The highlight of Ateneo De Manila University’s victory over archrival De La Salle University (DLSU) in the UAAP Season 80 men’s basketball finals last Dec. 3, aside from the euphoric celebration, was a photo of the DLSU main building bathed in blue lights—blue being Ateneo’s school color.
