August 31, 2008; Maybe the best! UE vs. UST!

The 71st Season of the UAAP is stil on-going. And things are looking great for the league. The quality of the games are now being compared to those in the United States. The games a while ago were really good, especially the main game between UE and UST. The score was 74-52 after the third quarter, with the UE Red Warriors leading. After some possessions, UST was still trailing. But, on the halfway mark of the final chapter, UST head coach Pido Jarencio complained on a no-call on the Clark Bautista shot, en route of him being thrown out of the game. So, it was time for Assistant Coach Beaujing Acot to take over. And fortunately for the Tigers, mybe the departure of their head coach was what they needed. They catapulted on a huge run, even cutting down the lead of the Warriors to just two points. Even the commentators cannot believe what they were seeing. After being down but as much as 24 points, UST made a run! Outscoring UE 35-15 in the final quarter. 35 points is a season-record, as the highest scoring quarter for any team this season. But indecisions made by Clark Bautista and Francis Allera in the end game made the difference as the UST Tigers bowed out to the UE Red Warriors, 89-87. The Warriors now hold the 4th and final spot for the playoffs. UST doesn't a chance to be part of the Final Four for this year. In the first game, De La Salle defeated Adamson U, 84-79 in overtime to tie with FEU for second place.

1st Game
DLSU 84 (10-3)
AdU 79 (2-11)
Overtime
DLSU: Tied with FEU with 10-3 win-loss slate in 2nd place.
AdU: Tied with NU with 2-11 win-loss slate in 7th place.

2nd Game
UE 89 (8-5)
UST 87 (5-8)
UE: Locking the fourth spot to join the playoffs.
UST: Not making the Final Four for the first time in 3 years.

Games on Thursday
September 4, 2008
Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City

1st Game
Adamson Soaring Falcons (2-11) vs. NU Bulldogs (2-11)
2:00 PM

2nd Game
UE Red Warriors (8-5) vs. FEU Tamaraws (10-3)
4:00 PM

Now here are the picks from the recently concluded PBA Annual Draft from the Market! Market! Activity Center in Taguig City!

1st: Gabe Norwood (Rain or Shine)
2nd: Jared Dilinger (Talk 'N Text)
3rd: Jason Castro (Talk 'N Text)
4th: Rob Reyes (Talk 'N Text)
5th: Solomon Mercado (Alaska)
6th: Mark Borboran (Air21)
7th: Beau Belga (Purefoods)
8th: Bonbon Custodio (Magnolia)
9th: Larry Rodriguez (Red Bull)
10th: Kelvin Gregorio (Sta. Lucia)
11th: Pong Escobal (Talk 'N Text)
12th: TY Tang (Rain or Shine)
13th: Cholo Villanueva (Air21)
14th: Chito Jaime (Sta. Lucia)
15th: Kelvin Dela Pena (Alaska)
16th: Jonathan Fernandez (Purefoods)
17th: Jeff Chan (Red Bull)
18th: Mark Cuevas (Red Bull)
19th: Christian Cabutu (Sta. Lucia)

So there! The next PBA season will start on October and will be broacasted through Solar Sports and C/S Sports on RPN.

What a day! Haha! Hope you guys had a good one! Stay safe! God bless! Peace out! The Wizard was here...:)