NCAA Season 100

[totoy123]

Damn CSB's future looks good.

Just like San Beda until we saw how they played together. Yes, they are talented but whether the live up to the hype remains to be seen.

[Jowax08]

Mapua-PH clobbers Thailand

Albert Andaya Jr. (People's Tonight)

INDONESIA — Philippines (Mapua University) brought down Thailand, 97-79, to register its second straight win in the 21st ASEAN University Games basketball tournament at the Universitas Negeri Surabaya Sports gym here.

Clint Salvoro Escamis and Marc Cyrus Cuenco provided the firepower for the Cardinals of coach Randy Alcantara and assistant coach Jay-Ar Carlos for another victory in this short, five-team tournament.

Escamis, the Cardinals’ heart and soul, scattered a game-high 28 points while Cuenco added 17 points for Mapua, which is being supported by the Mapua community, headed by sports director Melchor Posadas Divina.

John Christopher Recto, Jeco Bancale, and John Edward Jabonete also played well for the Cardinals as they combined for 34 points.

Recto contributed 14 points while Bancale and Jabonete had 10 points apiece for Mapua, which is also being supported by One United Mapua Alumni Association, led by Benedict Areolla and Allan Abarquez.

Mapua earned the right to represent the Philippines in this prestigious tournament after bagging the crown in the Federation of School Sports Association of the Philippines (FESSAP)-organized Philippine University Basketball League (PUBL).

Mapua, which downed Malaysia, 93-79 in its opening game will gun for its third win when they face Singapore.

Takamn Sirijariyaporn top scored for Thailand with 18 points, followed by Emmanuel Ejesu with 15 points.

The Philippine delegation is being supported by Philippine Airlines, LT Group Inc., Healthy Options, Bakers Fair, Seascape Village, Bestank, and PAGCOR. AA

[Metta]

Not sure about the contract but dude's indecisive as f haha. Even my friends in his camp are having a hard time with him since whatever he decides to do, he'll immediately regret. Even his move to ust he wasnt 100 percent. He wanted stay in arellano but the coaching change made the move for him to espana.

I think Moore can fit CCT's system. If he doesn't improve in shooting, he can be the type of player who catches the ball "on the move" already attacking. But his potential versatility on defense and athleticism is what makes him interesting.

He does need to be more decisive though, he's not that young anymore.

[kinglion]

Damn CSB's future looks good.

As long as Charles is the coach meh.....

[totoy123]

As long as Charles is the coach meh.....

Amen.

[DlsuGleagueAffiliate]

Charles Tiu and CSB will be fine. In his 1st year, he lead benilde to the top 4. Nobody expected them to even reach the play-ins that year since they mostly comprised of untested transferees and recruits and 7 holdovers with no clear alpha since gutang decided to turn pro early.

Following year, again nobody expected benilde to be a f4 team, overachieved yet again to get the number 1 seed, leading the team to its best finish ever and first f4 appearance for more than 20 years and eventually the finals. If not for the shoddy officiating and key players cramping up in finals Game 1, they could have won italready in season 98

Season 99 was supposed to be their year but it mostly exposed how limited the players are than the system charles implemented. We cant just fault the coaches when its the players who are the one executing in the court, when its the players who doesnt have the right mentality coming to the game. Lets face it Gozum and company got over themselves after season 98 and thought season 99 would be a cakewalk. No matter how many times charles tiu reminded them they havent won anything yet, they still can get the overconfidence out of their sytem. Gozum and Corteza for me regressed and it didnt help that cullar and pasturan were bigger losses than it was believed to be since they lost 2 quality leaders on the court. Still, the team salvaged 3rd place. Again not bad for team that were consistent basement dwellers and heartbreak kids over the last 20 years.

Infact, in his early years with the team, Benilde didnt even have the same quality of recruitment consistent contenders San Beda and Letran have. They have no hs pipline and budget was not that competitive yet. Sure they had gozum but the rest were pretty under the radar. Guys like Oczon was a bakaw guard who did nothing else, corteza was undersized for his position, cullar couldnt cut it with ue as is with pasturan with adamson and marcos in ust. Still most of these guys developed with the team and we cant just credit these to the players themselves. Evident by the benildeans in the pros scene, wether international or local, the growth of benilde's program is a testament of charles tiu's ability to lead the team. Ask any benildean about him and im pretty sure everyone is a believer and thats whats important at the end of the day.

In the last 3 years, a 30-15 record, 2 final fours and a final's appearance. Again he did these with supposedly below average recruits in gozum's batch. Imagine what he could do with better players in liwag's batch.....

[totoy123]

Kobe and Jordi looks good in red no? Crj???

[gospursgo]

Charles Tiu and CSB will be fine. In his 1st year, he lead benilde to the top 4. Nobody expected them to even reach the play-ins that year since they mostly comprised of untested transferees and recruits and 7 holdovers with no clear alpha since gutang decided to turn pro early.

Following year, again nobody expected benilde to be a f4 team, overachieved yet again to get the number 1 seed, leading the team to its best finish ever and first f4 appearance for more than 20 years and eventually the finals. If not for the shoddy officiating and key players cramping up in finals Game 1, they could have won italready in season 98

Season 99 was supposed to be their year but it mostly exposed how limited the players are than the system charles implemented. We cant just fault the coaches when its the players who are the one executing in the court, when its the players who doesnt have the right mentality coming to the game. Lets face it Gozum and company got over themselves after season 98 and thought season 99 would be a cakewalk. No matter how many times charles tiu reminded them they havent won anything yet, they still can get the overconfidence out of their sytem. Gozum and Corteza for me regressed and it didnt help that cullar and pasturan were bigger losses than it was believed to be since they lost 2 quality leaders on the court. Still, the team salvaged 3rd place. Again not bad for team that were consistent basement dwellers and heartbreak kids over the last 20 years.

Infact, in his early years with the team, Benilde didnt even have the same quality of recruitment consistent contenders San Beda and Letran have. They have no hs pipline and budget was not that competitive yet. Sure they had gozum but the rest were pretty under the radar. Guys like Oczon was a bakaw guard who did nothing else, corteza was undersized for his position, cullar couldnt cut it with ue as is with pasturan with adamson and marcos in ust. Still most of these guys developed with the team and we cant just credit these to the players themselves. Evident by the benildeans in the pros scene, wether international or local, the growth of benilde's program is a testament of charles tiu's ability to lead the team. Ask any benildean about him and im pretty sure everyone is a believer and thats whats important at the end of the day.

In the last 3 years, a 30-15 record, 2 final fours and a final's appearance. Again he did these with supposedly below average recruits in gozum's batch. Imagine what he could do with better players in liwag's batch.....

Sure cct still has his faults pero we cant deny he and ty tang really helped turn this program around. Along with sga's support, they transformed this basement team known as dlsu's lil bro to a contender for years to come and personally as an alumni, im forever grateful.

But of course now that we know how good this team is, expectations should also be raised, with that if the team still cant achieve their goal of winning it all, maybe a change is warranted. Thats why season 100 imo will be cct's make or break year. Tho in both situations i dont see cct lasting lkng with benilde because if he proves himself in the ncaa and wins, boss frank will most likely elevate him in the mpbl or pba. If he doesnt, sga will prolly just rotate him to their other teams.

[TamCon]

Leyton Buenaventure and MJ Langit transferred to Arellano.

[gospursgo]

Leyton Buenaventure and MJ Langit transferred to Arellano.

Langit and cunningham have been with them for weeks. As for buenaventura, wont be surprised if fellow feu guys godinez and gordon follow him there.

In a season or two, i feel arellano will be back as contenders again. Coach chico manabat is building something special. Also helps that he has a pipeline of players from CEU and NU thru his bff jeff napa.

[LCM]

Langit and cunningham have been with them for weeks. As for buenaventura, wont be surprised if fellow feu guys godinez and gordon follow him there.

In a season or two, i feel arellano will be back as contenders again. Coach chico manabat is building something special. Also helps that he has a pipeline of players from CEU and NU thru his bff jeff napa.

Gordon is with LPU

[gospursgo]

Gordon is with LPU

How does he play pala? Is he similar to enoch valdez?

[DlsuGleagueAffiliate]

Sure cct still has his faults pero we cant deny he and ty tang really helped turn this program around. Along with sga's support, they transformed this basement team known as dlsu's lil bro to a contender for years to come and personally as an alumni, im forever grateful.

But of course now that we know how good this team is, expectations should also be raised, with that if the team still cant achieve their goal of winning it all, maybe a change is warranted. Thats why season 100 imo will be cct's make or break year. Tho in both situations i dont see cct lasting lkng with benilde because if he proves himself in the ncaa and wins, boss frank will most likely elevate him in the mpbl or pba. If he doesnt, sga will prolly just rotate him to their other teams.

If he does leave i hope sga and benilde will take a chance on current NU assistant and mbpl coach MC Abolucion, he's also a former blazer and served on as an assistant to Alab, DLSU and UP.

[The_Big_Cat]

San Beda will face Arellano in the NCAA U16 (Kiddies) Championship on Sunday.

Arellano defeated LPU in the semis. While SBU defeated the Staglets. LPU has a 6’8 big boy named Eoin Braga. The kid is good and will be a name to look out for in the future.

Red Cubs U16 are led by guards Dwayne Nonato, Madi Altamirano and starting center 6’5 Mark San Buenaventura.

[Jowax08]

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