The last time I enjoyed an Ateneo-La Salle game, live, was almost a year ago. It was Aug. 28, somehow the “end” of a terrible playing season for my Green Archers, but for some reason, even though ticket availability to this legendary display of rivalry (which probably sold more than any other game in UAAP history) was iffy, I still believed I could get inside the coliseum hassle-free—just because I willed it.
In the July 28 showdown between rivals Ateneo de Manila University and De la Salle University, students braved the long line and early hours (1 a.m.) of ticket-selling just to get good seats.
Considered the most important contest after the basketball tilt, the UAAP cheerdance competition proved why it’s the most prestigious in the country
His anxiety stems from three things. Bo Perasol, the new coach of the Ateneo men’s basketball team, admits to this as school officials introduce him before a small gathering of past and present players, alumni and supporters.
In the evening of Oct. 4, 2002, several dining tables and bedrooms in Linden Suites in Ortigas were filled with frames with this line, “One chance!” This was the night before game three of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines’ men’s basketball championship. It was in Linden Suites where the Ateneo de Manila UAAP men’s basketball team was quartered for the championship series.
Brothers Jeric and Jeron Teng have made a mark in the UAAP games because of their unlikely competition. Jeric is a UST Tiger and Jeron is a DLSU Archer—their sibling rivalry was elevated by a ball and a net. But life for the brothers go beyond basketball, and their Samsung Galaxy Note II helps them live it to the next level.
The powerful spikes used to echo in the gym. It’s a sound he remembers well, says coach Ramil de Jesus of this season’s champions, the La Salle women’s volleyball team. On many occasions, he had to deal with the loneliness of a quiet court.
He knows how a single game can turn a life around. LA Tenorio, unquestionably one of the country’s best point guards, had that game way back in sixth grade.
On June 8 at the FilOil Flying V Arena, the best of collegiate basketball took the floor at the first ever Master Game Face All-Star Basketball Challenge.
Though Ateneo Blue Eagle Kiefer Ravena and San Beda Red Lion Baser Amer don’t duke it out on the same basketball league, the two are considered rivals. Both reign supreme in their respective courts—Ravena’s UAAP, Amer’s NCAA—and parallels have inevitably been made regarding their athletic prowess.
