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UAAP: Brimming with confidence, Baclaan helps NU topple Ateneo

NU guard Kean Baclaan.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — National University guard Kean Baclaan got up on the right side of the bed. That’s why the Bulldogs beating defending champion Ateneo on the opening day of UAAP Season 86 didn’t surprise him at all. “Feel ko pa lang paggising ko kaninang umaga, mananalo na kami. Ganoon…

UAAP: Forthsky Padrigao moves to UST Tigers after Ateneo exit

FILE–Forthsky Padrigao is moving to UST after his Ateneo departure. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — Forthsky Padrigao has transferred to the University of Santo Tomas after his controversial exit from Ateneo. A month after the embattled Padrigao announced that his ineligible to play for the Blue Eagles in the UAAP Season 86 due to academic…

Ateneo Blue Eagles open title defense against ‘tough’ NU Bulldogs

Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin has never been one to downplay the chances of any of his opponents. He believes that every school in Season 86 of the UAAP men’s basketball tournament has a chance to win. But he has special words for National University. “That team plays tough and is…

UAAP: Growth vital as Ateneo defends title with ‘new team’

Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin gives instructions to his players during a timeout against Japan’s Hakuoh University at the World University Basketball Series in Tokyo, Japan. Photo from Musong Castillo/INQUIRER MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin admitted his “new team” needs to grow as quickly as possible in its UAAP title defense which begins Saturday…

Roma Mae Doromal rises to challenge of leading rebuilding Ateneo

Ateneo Blue Eagles’ Roma Mae Doromal. –UAAP PHOTO MANILA, Philippines —Roma Mae Doromal is embracing her bigger role as the leader of the rebuilding Ateneo Blue Eagles as they usher in a new era under Brazilian coach Sergio Veloso in the Shakey’s Super League (SSL) preseason championship. The ace libero, who was tapped as the…

Ateneo title defense ends with loss to home team Hakuoh at World University Series – rezal404

Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin gives instructions to his players during a timeout against Japan’s Hakuoh University at the World University Basketball Series in Tokyo, Japan. Photo from Musong Castillo/INQUIRER TOKYO—Ateneo vs Radford University of the United States will happen after all. It just won’t be for the World University Basketball Series title. A Hakuoh University…

Beyond basketball, Ateneo coach hopes to mold respectable professionals – rezal404

Josh Lazaro (No. 16) slams one home for what proved to be the marginal point in the last 52.1seconds of a 70-69 win over the Japan U-21 team. —WORLD UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL SERIES Tab Baldwin is making it no secret that he’s at Ateneo to make champion teams out of every batch of Blue Eagles he…

Ateneo fends off Japan U21 selection in friendly ahead of World University tilt – rezal404

Coach Tab Baldwin and Ateneo Blue Eagles during a friendly game against a Japanese U21 selection team. –MUSONG CASTILLO TOKYO—Ateneo kept its big guns in the veritable cabinet in playing an Under-21 selection from Japan Thursday night, and the equally young Blue Eagles carried the torch well enough in carving out a 70-69 victory in…

Not charmed by ‘fool’s gold,’ Ateneo keeps sights on getting better – rezal404

Coach Tab Baldwin and Ateneo Blue Eagles during a friendly game against a Japanese selection team. –MUSONG CASTILLO TOKYO—Looking at how tall the Ateneo Blue Eagles are for the coming UAAP season, there’s one small player conspicuously missing from the roster that gave them last year’s championship. Forthsky Padrigao, the heady court general seen as…

Joseph Obasa ‘the perfect teammate,’ says Ateneo coach Tab Baldwin – rezal404

Ateneo Blue Eagles’ Joseph Obasa. TOKYO—There’s an eagerness one can see in Joseph Obasa every time he plays. That’s understandable, since he has just a UAAP season to play for Ateneo. An incoming rookie at 24 years old, the 6-foot-10 center is making the most out of any kind of playing time he gets—be that…