8/16/2005
Sporting times
Newly relegated Wigan held off an expensive Chelsea squad for 92 and a half minutes before Hernan Crespo scored off a chip from nowhere. Definitely, this team deserves its place in the big league.
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The FEU Tamaraws are going down. Didn’t I tell you that before? I could just feel it. It all started when the Green Archers broke the 10-point barrier like the Berlin Wall.
A trend that went for the Red Warriors: they won the opening tip. However, they committed a 24-second shot clock violation in their very first possession.
One trend that went the Tams’ favour: Arwind Santos scored the first two points of the game from an offensive glass. And it’s a dunk at that.
Then it was followed by a fastbreak basket. 4-0. I thought the game was already over. How little faith I had. And how wrong was I proven by Dindo. A Pumaren at that.
By the end of the first quarter, it was 19-18, Warriors. Halftime, it was 39-32, still Warriors. Going into the final quarter, 53-46, East. I could already smell a monumental upset.
Alas, Far Eastern caught up. 67-all going into the final minute. Then Bon Custodio made a three-pointer that rolled around the rim and through the net over the outstretched arms of Jonas Villanueva. Two Custodio freethrows later, the game was over.
Again, history was made. Shades of Arnold Booker’s buzzer beater that stopped UST’s winning run during the 1999 men’s basketball season came into memory. Last year, the Recto-based squad broke Ateneo’s immaculate record. Then, Custodio’s not-last-stand.
What’s common with the previous two is that both UST and ADMU didn’t win the championship despite dominating at least half of the eliminations. Will it happen again? I feel it would.
And who was the beneficiary in both cases? The Green Archers. Thank your lucky stars for UE.
I could already taste the decline of FEU right in my lips. And the downfall continues this Sunday. Mark my wind.
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Was UP’s 2-0 start a fluke or are they in a midseason funk?
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The FEU Tamaraws are going down. Didn’t I tell you that before? I could just feel it. It all started when the Green Archers broke the 10-point barrier like the Berlin Wall.
A trend that went for the Red Warriors: they won the opening tip. However, they committed a 24-second shot clock violation in their very first possession.
One trend that went the Tams’ favour: Arwind Santos scored the first two points of the game from an offensive glass. And it’s a dunk at that.
Then it was followed by a fastbreak basket. 4-0. I thought the game was already over. How little faith I had. And how wrong was I proven by Dindo. A Pumaren at that.
By the end of the first quarter, it was 19-18, Warriors. Halftime, it was 39-32, still Warriors. Going into the final quarter, 53-46, East. I could already smell a monumental upset.
Alas, Far Eastern caught up. 67-all going into the final minute. Then Bon Custodio made a three-pointer that rolled around the rim and through the net over the outstretched arms of Jonas Villanueva. Two Custodio freethrows later, the game was over.
Again, history was made. Shades of Arnold Booker’s buzzer beater that stopped UST’s winning run during the 1999 men’s basketball season came into memory. Last year, the Recto-based squad broke Ateneo’s immaculate record. Then, Custodio’s not-last-stand.
What’s common with the previous two is that both UST and ADMU didn’t win the championship despite dominating at least half of the eliminations. Will it happen again? I feel it would.
And who was the beneficiary in both cases? The Green Archers. Thank your lucky stars for UE.
I could already taste the decline of FEU right in my lips. And the downfall continues this Sunday. Mark my wind.
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Was UP’s 2-0 start a fluke or are they in a midseason funk?
// posted by Unknown @ 12:05 
