Final score: Ateneo 73 – 58 UP
Filipinos live on a basketball island—at an impasse with the realities of modern basketball. We fancy ourselves a basketball nation, but in all reality, we barely measure a blip on the global stage. According to the Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) Rankings, we are ranked 53rd in the world, behind the great basketball states of [...]
THE FREE falling Green Archers hoped that an upset over their archrivals could spark a late season push towards the final four but after forty minutes of textbook defense, the Blue Eagles effectively slammed the door on La Salle’s playoff chances, blowing out the De La Salle Green Archers 79-62 on August 28 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
IN A season so aptly themed “All Heart, All Out,” the Ateneo Blue Eagles finally showed the rest of the UAAP that they aren’t just front runners, coming back from a 16 point deficit to top fellow Season 73 Finalists Far Eastern University (FEU), 74-67, on August 13 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.
THE ROAD to the finals rematch was a study in contrast.
By riding a combined 32 points from the tandem of Kiefer Ravena and Nico Salva, the Ateneo Blue Eagles showcased their offensive flexibility, routing the UST Growling Tigers, 66-53, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on August 4, 2011.
DESPITE A tough string of games to start off their Season 74 campaign, featuring three of the top teams from Season 73, the Ateneo Blue Eagles have made a clean 4-0 sweep to remain the only undefeated team in the UAAP. Following the dispatching of the defensive minded Adamson Falcons in their opening game, the [...]
FOR A quarter, inspired shooting helped the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons keep pace with the defending champions.
THOUGH THE outcome never seemed in question, the Blue Eagles nonetheless found a stiff test awaiting them in their 2009 UAAP Finals opponents: the UE Red Warriors.
THE THURSDAY matinee between the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the rising National University (NU) Bulldogs was pregnant with expectation.
AFTER BEING held scoreless for the first time in his career last Sunday, it took Kiefer Ravena all of 50 seconds to make his first basket of the UAAP season.
A GAME that was meant to provide a gratifying cap to a historic weekend for the Ateneo De Manila University came uncomfortably close to a spoiled season debut for the three time defending champions.