Interbasket

The San Beda Red Lions basketball team has boasted of one of the most successful basketball programs in the recent history.
The Lions are given all the financial support it needs, thanks to a very strong alumnae boosters program, and a very generous patron with extra deep wallets in Manny V. Pangilinan, more commonly known as [...]

It’s been a while since we did a rundown of the happenings in international basketball, so, here goes our periodic international Run-On Sentence:
Roko-Leni Ukic joins the Toronto Raptors
Croatian star guard Roko Leni-Ukic has been busy this last week, not only is he trying to help his national team qualify for the Olympics, but he’s signed [...]

The 2008 Fil-Oil Tournament Finals were held Saturday, June 14, 2008, at an arena in San Juan between the San Beda College (SBC) Red Lions and the University of the East (UE) Red Warriors. It turned out to be a great game, as expected, and below were my observations and opinions about the game.
Game [...]

The collegiate preseason tournament competitions are heating up near the end of the eliminations, and have finally started to schedule games during the weekends in the afternoons in alternate venues. I again was able to catch the game between the Ateneo De Manila University (ADMU) Blue Eagles and the Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT) [...]

This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to attend the 2008 Fil-Oil Tournament.  Below you’ll find a recap of the De La Salle and Ateneo game from June 7th as well as some observations about both teams’ future.
De La Salle Green Archers 78, Ateneo Blue Eagles 72 (Game boxscores)
Games between the Ateneo De Manila University [...]

Reading through some of the news about the ongoing pre-UAAP/NCAA season tournaments in the country, I wanted to write a little something concerning the Fil-Oil Tournament and the Nike Summer League.  My intention is not to report all the events that occured, but offering some of my opinions on those events I believe are worth [...]

I haven’t watched a Philippine Baskeball Association (PBA) game in months now, after that unfortunate incident I had at the Cuneta Astrodome. But I finally got to watch a game live last Friday, May 16, 2008 at the Araneta Coliseum, my first for this conference. Below are the some the highlights of the game:
AIR21 104, [...]

Fiba has a short article about basketball history in the Philippines and how the small Asian country used to be the dominant player, not only in their region, but was one of the basketball powers of their day.
“There was a time in Philippine sports when Filipino basketball players reigned supreme in Asia. In fact, Filipino [...]