The Official UP FIGHTING MAROONS Thread

[lenelenelene]

UAAP Season 75 Opening Ceremonies
July 14, 2012
Mall of Asia Arena

July 15 (Sun)
2PM - DLSU vs UP
4PM - ADMU vs AdU

[Aleancelo]

UAAP Season 75 Opening Ceremonies
July 14, 2012
Mall of Asia Arena

July 15 (Sun)
2PM - DLSU vs UP
4PM - ADMU vs AdU

It's a make-or-break for the Fighting Maroons. Mahiya na ang veteran na si Silungan kung malalampaso pa siya ng rookie na si Jeron Teng.

[bathousai]

bakit lumipat si sam marata......vital cog ng dlsu yan diba?

[buddy_poke]

Hope UP MBT has something stored under their sleeves para naman they can have more that 2 wins. Or worse, back to nil. oh well, fight pa rin!

[Aleancelo]

It's all quiet at the Diliman campus right now. I guess the MBT is about to come up w/ a surprise. They have nothing to lose. They're not being pressured to come up with a winning streak. Also, last season, Jet Manuel and Paolo Romero have shown a lot of promise. I don't think they're going to follow the footsteps of Migs de Asis and Martin Reyes.

[jack]

just win as many games....sana kahit middle of the pack lang...

[KielDaMan]

one thing im excited about this season will be the return of some studs who can really play, alvin padilla and mikee reyes. also we got a nice rookie coming from cebu, though he's a little bit undersize.

though the roster is full of small guys, hopefully we can snatch and crack some wins this season.

I haven't been following the UP Maroons closely in the past couple of years like I used to, but from the line-up this season they sure are loaded with "veterans". I sure hope this veteran line-up would translate into more wins and hopefully a crack at the F4 (much like the veteran-laden 2004 Maroons = Marvin Cruz, Nestor David, Abby Santos, Jireh Ibanez, Cervantes falling 1-win shy of the semis).

With or without height issues, ang tingin kong kailangan nilang i-address is yung style of play nila - ever since I've watched the Maroons they're always turnover-prone, they have the tendency to fall in love with treys, and madalas parang naglalaro ng "takot" (madaling ma-rattle/ma-pressure). The coaching staff need to address these issues more than personnel matters IMO. What's the use of having good/great players if there's no established system which will stabilize the team's play, right?

just win as many games....sana kahit middle of the pack lang...

Oh Lord anything but the embarrassing Big Fat Egg.

[Kaede Rukawa]

[Aleancelo]

Not so good news: Center-forward Mark Juruena is out (relegated to Team B)
Point guard Mikee Reyes is out (injured)

[peppermint2]

pls help spread the word.

If you have the means as well, pls support the team/s.


http://matchpoint.ph/2012/07/03/the-...p-fight-alive/

[mooi]

^ We can spread it through twitter.

[_Bahay_Kubo_]

Eligibility of UP’s 6-5 US rookie challenged
By Jasmine W. Payo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
2:17 am | Saturday, July 7th, 2012

ONLY the eligibility of an American rookie from the University of the Philippines stands in question just a week before the UAAP men’s basketball tournament fires off.

Matthew Ball, a 6-foot-5 rookie from Canyon High School in California, has yet to complete the documents the league requires from foreign students.

“He can play but they (Maroons) have to take the risk of their games getting forfeited if they cannot present the documents on time,” said league president Nilo Ocampo after yesterday’s meeting at the MOA Arena Annex Building.

Ball has yet to submit a certificate of live birth duly authenticated by the consular office of the Philippine embassy in the United States and an Alien Certificate of Registration.

“They have the whole of first round to complete his papers,” said league secretary-treasurer Junel Baculi. “But if they want to play safe, they can just line him up and not field him.”

Unlike previous seasons, the league only has a lean seven-player cast of foreigners that includes Far Eastern U’s Christian Sentcheu (Cameroonian) and Anthony Hargrove (American), National U’s Henri Atanga Betayene and Emmanuel Mbe (Cameroonians), UP’s Alinko Mbah (Nigerian) and University of Santo Tomas’ Karim Abdul (Cameroonian).

All other six have passed the screening.

Season 75 kicks off on July 14 with host NU battling University of the East at 2 p.m., right after a one-hour opening rite at MOA Arena.

FEU clashes with UST at 4 p.m.

Ateneo open its bid for a fifth straight championship the next day against Adamson at 4 p.m., after the game between La Salle and UP.

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[berdengobserver]

Is it true that Mbah and Ball were kicked out? If so, what happened?

[untouched234]

maglalaro ba si joseph marata this season ???

[nash_bedista]

^nope next year pa..

[tsong_go]

Is it true that Mbah and Ball were kicked out? If so, what happened?

w-wait, they were?!? I guess I gotta lurk gameface more often. Dayum, wag naman sana!

[berdengobserver]

w-wait, they were?!? I guess I gotta lurk gameface more often. Dayum, wag naman sana!

Hey Bro, nevermind. I just read in APcom that they are back. Goodluck UP

[untouched234]

^nope next year pa..

thanks for answering my question

[CaRaMBa]

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