end of UAAP basketball round 1

After 7 games into the 70th season of UAAP, marking the end of the first round, the Tigers are now in 3rd place (tied with ateneo and feu). UST won against Ateneo, 87-74, yesterday in what was a very close game until the surge that the Tigers had in the 4th quarter. ^_^

Khasim Mirza = ♥! He was the best player of the game and rightly so. He scored 25 points and his presence was what saved the tigers. What with Jervy so closely guarded by the eagles. But that still didn't stop Jervy from posting double figures (19 pts and 21 big rebounds)

What was irritably funny was the Ateneo halftime performance! They had the cheerleaders then the babble battalion in the performance. They were in the court far too long; the halftime report was completed and the buzzer sounded but they were still not finished. The UST crowd was singing Go USTE and that irritated Ateneo. They felt that UST was disrespecting their performance when in fact people were just probably annoyed by the long performance and would like the game to proceed. But before the 3rd quarter started, the announcer boomed loudly some rules of the UAAP, which ADMU broke 2 of these.

1. That the halftime performance should not exceed 5 mins. - I watched the replay last night and timed Ateneo's performance. It was almost 9 minutes long. The buzzer sounded twice but they still continued on with the performance.

2. The announcer enumerated the number of drums allowed per venue. I forgot the exact numbers but for Cuneta Astro, each team is allowed only 1 (or 3?) bass and 1 snare. - Ateneo's Babble Battalion performed complete with all their bass and snare drums. Of course I didn't count but it was waaaay more than the number allowed.

That announcement put the Ateneans in their place. And I wonder, aren't they aware of these simple rules?

On the other hand, I really enjoyed UP and FEU's joined halftime performance today. It was cool albeit quite confusing during the first few minutes (seeing maroons and greens cheering in the court). Although it wasn't a great game for UP. They just swept the first round, 0-7. =(( FEU won by only 3 pts, 87-84

And now, the UE and AdU game is still in progress, but by the looks of it, UE is also on for sweeping the first round, but only with 7 wins.

Here's the team standings as of yesterday, Aug 4:

STANDINGS

UE 6 0 DLSU 5 2 ADMU 4 3 UST 4 3 FEU 3 3 NU 3 4 ADU 1 5 UP 0 6