August 4, 2009 (Part 1); Extension Day Sunday!

It was indeed a day full of surprises.

Nobody inside the Araneta Coliseum thought that the games would be that intense. They really got their money's worth, as both games went into double overtime. Never had that happened for the longest time in UAAP history.

Now here are the scores from that historic day!

1st Game
UE 95 (3-2)
Adamson 91 (1-5)
Final/2OT
UE: Paul Lee- 23 pts, 12 rebs, 8 assts.
AdU: Roider Ross Cabrera- 19 pts, 6 rebs, 1 blk.

2nd Game
UST 92 (3-2)
DLSU 101 (4-2)
Final/2OT
UST: Dylan Ababou- 19 pts, 11 rebs, 1 asst, 1 blk.
DLSU: Arvie Bringas- 21 pts, 8 rebs, 1 asst.

De La Salle now sits at solo third place, with a 4-2 win-loss record. They are the hottest team in the league right now with four consecutive wins (UP, AdU, NU, UST). While UST and UE are tied for fourth place at 3-2.

Ateneo still leads the league with their 5-1 win-loss record, while FEU is at second with 4-1.

UP is at sixth with 1-4, while Adamson and NU round out the competition with 1-5, tied for seventh place.

Here are the games for Thursday, August 6, 2009!

UAAP Season 72
Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City

1st Game
UP Fighting Maroons (1-4) vs. UE Red Warriors (3-2)
2:00 PM

2nd Game
UST Growling Tigers (3-2) vs. FEU Tamaraws (4-1)
4:00 PM

Expect another great game day on Thursday guys! Support your school, all the way, win or lose!

And now, for all you PBA fans, here are the players who will make their way as rookies for the 35th season of the PBA! This is the Rookie Class of 2009! The draft was held last Sunday at the Market! Market! Activity Center in Taguig City.

1 Burger King- Japheth Aguilar
2 Shell (forfeited)
3 Purefoods- Rico Maierhofer
4 Burger King- Chris Ross
5 Rain or Shine- Jervy Cruz
6 Alaska- Michael Burtscher
7 Barako Bull- Ogie Menor
8 Brgy. Ginebra- Chris Timberlake
9 Burger King- Ronnie Matias
10 San Miguel- J.R. Sena
11 Sta. Lucia- Mark Benitez
12 Barako Bull- Benedict Fernandez
13 Barako Bull- Edwin Asoro
14 Coca-Cola- Francis Allera
15 Rain or Shine- Marcy Arellano
16 Alaska- Sean Co
17 Sta. Lucia- Charles Waters
18 Brgy. Ginebra- Orlando Daroya
19 Talk 'N Text- Kevin White
20 Coca-Cola- John Walsham

So there you have it! You guys have just been fed!

God bless you guys! Stay safe! Peace out! The Wizard was here... :)

Comments, questions and suggestions are highly appreciated! :)