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UAAP: Ateneo vs. La Salle

UPDATED: Ateneo wins the 2008 UAAP Senior Basketball Series!!!

My dad and my brother are big fans of college basketball. My brother is a college freshman so that’s understandable. Pro basketball here in the Philippines is not that exciting anymore so all basketball aficionados turned to college basketball.

UAAP and NCAA are the collegiate basketball organizations here in the Philippines. UAAP is the more popular of the two and the one where my alma mater, University of Sto. Tomas (UST) is a member of.

Right now, the championship best-of-3 series between La Salle University and Ateneo de Manila University is on going, with the latter leading the series 0-1.

You cannot imagine the capacity crowd in Araneta Coliseum where the series is being held. Thousands of fans of both teams are in attendance. Game 2 is being played with Ateneo leading by as much as 20 points. I smell an Ateneo victory!