UAAP Season 69
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
This coming Saturday, July 8, 2006, the UAAP would again open its doors to college athletes and give them the chance to showcase their skills and ultimately bring honor to their respective universities. At the same time, this would usher in the start of the Men’s Basketball competition, wherein teams from the 7 member schools would now have the opportunity to oust the FEU Tamaraws from their reign as the Kings of UAAP Men’s Basketball.
Of course, I’d still be giving my full support to my Alma Mater, University of Santo Tomas. I believe that this year’s roster of Tigers will be able to match up with the stronger teams so I’m pretty optimistic about our chances of making it to the Final Four.
Aside from the Tigers, the Warriors (UE), Eagles (ADMU), and the Tams (FEU) are shoe-ins to the Final Four. The fourth and final spot should be a battle between the Tigers (UST) and Fighting Maroons (UP). Of course you could never count out the Bulldogs (NU), who most spectators see as the dark horse of this year’s tournament, and the Falcons (Adamson), who will be parading Leo Austria as their new coach.
I almost failed to mention that the De La Salle Green Archers are suspended from this year’s UAAP tournament. This was because of the controversy that some of their players were involved in late last year. Most observers are curious as to what the UAAP scene would turn out without the boys from Taft.
I guess we’ll just have to wait for a couple of more days to finally find out.
