What is your unforgettable NCAA experience?

[encinoman]

Ruben Dela Rosa throwing mineral water bottles back to the SBC crowd. SBC-MIT game back in 94 or 95. SBC crowd were shouting "CO-NGO" and "DI-LA-RUSA" everytime he touches the ball or hangs on to the rim.. There was also a time when there was a storm during the game. The windows on top of the RMC were left open. Just imagine what happened to the crowd on the bleachers section.

[sj_redlion]

Yup, Nauna naman ang JRU kasi habang letran ang nagcheer eh nambato sila na takip ng mineral water. Kaya ginanti sa kanila e yung buong mineral water. Yung iba ata may laman pa..hehe

loko pala kayo eh masyado kayo masunurin sa kasabihan na " it's better to give than to recieve"

[SLiCK08]

1. My first NCAA opening (think it was 2002)...4 games last game ang Letran vs. Mapua...before that San Beda vs. (forgot the team)

The Letranites, obviously tired of waiting for the game (2pm was the first game), were actually cheering for the Red Lions during their game. After the game we cheered for San Beda after they sang their school hymn...

Then when the players of Letran were coming out of the dug-out, San Beda supporters did not left their seats and instead cheered for us too. Truly a sign of respect for these two schools.

2. Final Four, we were outside RMC falling in line to wait for the next game, PCU vs. Letran...

People started coming out of the coliseum, so we guessed that the game is over, we heard that San Beda lost. When we saw the red-shirt guys (obviously San Beda)...All the Letranites outside started clapping (seriously, not sarcastic) for them, and we started yelling, "ok lang yan mga 'tol"...then they (San Beda) kept saying "talunin nyo PCU!"...then nagpalakpakan din sila...may mga nag-shake hands pa nga eh...


2 schools, one factor that binds them... SCHOOL SPIRIT (BROTHERHOOD)

[nashtymike]

was able to watch this championship game 3 jrs beda vs mapua...not sure of the year...panahon nila hubalde bros sa mit and membrere sa beda...bedans failed to convert free throws in the dyin seconds to seal the game and with 3 secs to go , mit player heave the ball from half court falling short with derek hubalde catching it ala-alley-hoop to win the game buzzer beater! astig!!!! bedans crying on the court..hehe..peace!

[charmbedista]

ako. hinding hindi ko makakalimutan yung ginawa ng girlfriend ni Aljamal.. haha! natatawa pa din ako kapag naaalala ko..

gumawa siya ng poster na nakasulat "ako ang girlfriend ni Aljamal!!" haha! eh kasi ang daming girls na sumisigaw ng kung ano ano at sinasabing sila ang gf ni yousif, ayun. hehe

[nash_bedista]

Legitimate **** ah! hehehehe

[moksdelight]

well *** aken is nung second round game ng SBC nd pcu season82... elimination plang nun... nilalagnat se akuh un eh... peru ***** all out pren sa pagcheer sa .. ANIMO SAN BEDA!!!...

[ChesterLemen]

The key players on both 1991 SBC and Mapua teams:

SBC
Alamarez
Valeriano
Victoria
Castelo
Largo (should have won rookie of the year -- problem is there was no rookie of the year award then in the NCAA in 1991)
Manucat (Rookie)
Morano (Rookie)
Dionisio

Mapua
Cheng
So
Alcantara
Topacio
Ramos
Baltazar
Lemen
Ronquillo
Dela Rosa (Rookie)

Morano and Manucat for San Beda and Dela Rosa did not play major minutes really during their first year. However, in game 3 Manucat hit a couple of 3 pointers to warrant his presence on the floor in the dying moments of game 3.

-Hi mga Idol. Nice to hear that you guys enjoyed one of the classic games during the 90's. I must say, it was a good game. Both sides played hard to win. Thank you for the memories. Boybits and I drink beer once in awhile here in Davao everytime he comes here to visit. One day, there will be a rematch of these two powerful teams in the finals. I hope we will win when that day comes.

[ChesterLemen]

Yup.. naalala ko yan pero sa tv ko lang napanuod.. nakakapanghina panuorin un nainjured na taga-mapua..

A very sad day for me. Nevertheless, I rebounded and played for RP Team and PBL the following year. Did not last though thanks to the Fil-Am Blue chips applying that time....

[ChesterLemen]

Tama ka but that was something my brother Bedans and I wondered about in 1991. Given we lost Tony and Teddy was out of sync, the press still labeled us as favorites. If I remember it correctly, Tony was averaging close to 20 points per game and Teddy 10 rebounds. We lost alot coming into the championship match, the press could have been unaware of the extent of the injury of Tony or because they simply loved us.

Before the start of the 1991 championship match, Mapua had the edge over us. We had two heartbreaking losses in the second round and one of them was against the Cardinals. In a finals situation, Mapua was a veteran team simply because they have experience a championship game in 1990. Remember before 1991 and after the resumption of our participation in the NCAA, we did not figure prominently in league. I maybe wrong but I think Lemen was not rookie in 1991 (maybe a Mapua oldie can confirm this) but Ruben de la Rosa was one. Then, the Cardinals have Randy Alcantara and Gary Topacio as their veterans.

- I believe you have the edge over us mainly because you have a very solid core. It was just the breaks of the game that went in favor to us. Just to confirm, yes I was a sophomore in 1991 same as Ruben. Both of us were a carry over from the Juniors team...

[pg86]

1987 NCAA Finals

Fernando "Dong" Libed scoring on a fade-away jumper on a last second winning shot.

With SSC leading by 1 and time winding down, Libed took a pass from Ayson near the keyhole, heaved before taking the shot...then Swoosh!!! nothing but net....then all hell broke loose in the letran gallery...everyone in the ringside scampering down the court to celebrate!!!

^^^^^^
Mismo, I still get goosebumps just by reading this. Talo si Quilban, Alvarez, Django River at Nap Hatton. This was the first of back to back championships for Letran. And didn't win again until 1991 (i think) with Genesis Sasuman.

Maganda kapag nasa bleachers puro paputok at nagpapasahan pa nang Tanduay.

[pgma]

this happened recently, when mancom/policy board, which desperately wants to win games for their respective schools, decided to handicap the defending champion SBC by suspending its players at the start of the season.

i wonder how will the sponsors and the paying fans react to this on opening day?

[mognet]

Lim said the Management Committee went overboard in meting out penalties. “This was a personal thing,” he said. “Why will you apply rules relevant to a game? It wasn’t like a bench-clearing free-for-all because no game was being played. I can understand a ban for something that is premeditated but this fell on my lap while I was eating alone and you just have to do what you have to do. I felt the penalties were too harsh. If you look at the composition of the Management Committee, you’ll notice the representatives are from St. Benilde, Letran, Jose Rizal, Mapua and Perpetual. In my five years with San Beda, we beat Benilde in nine of 10 games, the only exception was when they won a protest because Sam (Ekwe) wore a different uniform but we won that game on the court by about 30 points. In 12 or 13 games, Letran beat us only once. Jose Rizal beat us thrice in 12 games, Mapua twice in 12 games and Perpetual none in 10 games. Did they judge on the basis of if you can’t beat them, ban them?” http://www.philstar.com/thedeanscorn...bcategoryid=69

the day it became a very bias, conspiring & racist league.. win at all cost, if you can't beat them (on court) ban them (off-court) mentality... the crab mentality though started 5 years ago and counting...

[RedKfir]

- I believe you have the edge over us mainly because you have a very solid core. It was just the breaks of the game that went in favor to us. Just to confirm, yes I was a sophomore in 1991 same as Ruben. Both of us were a carry over from the Juniors team...

Andito pala si idol Winchester Lemen. Much respect! More than the inside plays of Benny Cheng, it was your outside shooting that most Bedans feared during the 1991 finals. Parang, all you need is a first shot then sukat na sukat na ang ring. Pero we had a secret weapon, si Ramil Espina. It was a classic game, either side could have won.

[beercycle]

Not familiar sa mga season ng NC bsta yung 2008 ata Finals Beda Vs Jru may nag sabit ng banner na nakalagay "Ekwe kamukha ni Hell Boy" (dont know kung tama yung spelling nung name or last name nya) kasi halos lahat ng napapadaan kahit anong school pa yan natatawa pag nababasa yung banner.
Then sa Entrance pag sinabi mong JRU ka pasisingitin ka pag sinabi naman beda sa pinaka-likuran ka, ewan ko lang kung beda ganun din, pero ang pagkakatanda ko sinisita ng mga tiga JRU ang beda pag nagpapasingit. hehehehe

[letran_j]

most memorable? uhmmm Letran's last Senior Men's basketball championship.

[fordmo47]

1987 NCAA Finals

Fernando "Dong" Libed scoring on a fade-away jumper on a last second winning shot.

With SSC leading by 1 and time winding down, Libed took a pass from Ayson near the keyhole, heaved before taking the shot...then Swoosh!!! nothing but net....then all hell broke loose in the letran gallery...everyone in the ringside scampering down the court to celebrate!!!

I was there too! At that time parang naging anthem ng Letran ang La Bamba kasi dahil duon sa linyang Arriba, arriba.

Alam namin may pag asa pa kasi no foul situation ang Baste. Isipin na lang natin si Ayson si Grant Hill at si Libed si Christian Laettner at Baste ay Kentucky. Kaya ng pumasok yung tira, Instant bedlam kami sa Letran side!

Habang high five kami ng high five sa lowerbox gitna. Nakita ko yung nakaka awang porma ni Melchor Teves na na tinaktakpan ang mukha niya habang palakad sa dugout nila. Siya yata ang nasa harap ni Libed nuong historic shot na yon.

Mas mabuti pa talagang tambakan ka kaysa matalo ka ng silat. Masakit talaga.

[valerie_hatesyou]

season 84 championship - san beda vs PCU

friends - upper box, me - general patronage

[mac04]

Ever since nanunuod ako ng live game ng ncaa, never pa nanalo csb.

[alwinder47]

Ever since nanunuod ako ng live game ng ncaa, never pa nanalo csb.

whehehe natawa **** ** dito!