Cardinals S100 realizations:
1. Grit, Hardwork and Heart beats Talent!
No one predicted that Mapua will become champions this season; into the Final 4 and Final, almost all analysts favored CSB to win it because of their “talented” and “deep” roster with Coach Charles and Serbian Great, former Gilas Coach, Rajko. Yet, the Finals was a dominated by the Cardinals. Indeed, hard work beats talent.
2. Coaching staff
More than the players, having a coaching that will make the players believe and buy-in to the system will take you to places.
3. King Cardinal
enough said, Clint Escamis is the real deal!!!
4. Mapua Global Support, Inc. and One United Mapua, Inc.
A strong community is a big difference.
Lets not forget that Mapuans are Engineers, Architects, Scientists, Contractors and a bunch of DOE, DOTR, DPWH, DOTC secretaries/Asec, USec, etc.; Mapua doesnt have RSA, MVP, but the cardinals have hundreds of small MVPs & RSAs.
5. Intramuros friendly neighbor
Letran pirated Rosillo, so that Lawrence Mangubat will be the starting PG and have more minutes. Cardinals win the championship
thank you for the pit stop - Chris Hubilla, Drex Delos Reyes
6. winning program
The Cardinals now understands when you have a winning program (like San Beda and Letran), talents will always look for you. Cardinals Team B (residency players) can be already a Team A for other schools.
7. Mapua 100 for Season 100
This S100 championship is destined for the Cardinals as Mapua will celebrate its school founding anniversary this January 25, 2025.