Cebuana Lhuillier looks forward to ending its elimination campaign in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup

Cebuana Lhuillier looks forward to ending its elimination campaign in the PBA D-League Foundation Cup on a winning note and, hopefully, secure its place in the Final Four.

The Gems test the mettle of Erase Plantcenta on Tuesday and coach Beaujing Acot declares they are going all out to clinch their seventh win in nine games to stay in contention for the second outright semifinal spot up for grabs. Game time is set at 4 p.m. at the Treston gym in Taguig City.

“This is a crucial game for us. Erase Plantcenta is no pushover so we really have to be focused. Our destiny is not in our hands but we still have to win to have shot (for a semifinal berth),” Acot said

Cebuana Lhuillier (6-2) is tied at second place with Big Chill (6-2) behind defending champion and leader NLEX (8-0), which has cemented its place in the Final Four.

Should Cebuana Lhuillier and Big Chill wound up tied at the close of the elimination round, the Super Chargers would earn a direct passage in the semifinal on the strength of the winner-over-the-other rule. Big Chill overwhelmed Cebuana Lhuillier, 68-52, in the eliminations. 

Big Chill’s last game will be against RnW Pacific Pipes at the close of the elimination round on Thursday.

“We’re not looking ahead at this point. Right now our mindset is to get a win against Erase Plantcenta then see what happens from there,” Acot said.

The Erasers may not be in contention for an outright semifinal spot but they are also hard-pressed to win in the hope to make quarterfinals.

Café France, however, could clinch the last quarterfinal berth with a victory over Blackwater Sports in the other game at 2 o’clock.

Café France, Erase Plantceta and Boracay Rum at tied 3-5 but the Bakers hold an advantage in case of the two way or three-way tie because of superior quotient

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Games for the week!! FIL OIL FLYING V

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Seriously? UAAP at MOA?

Well, it is good to hear ~~~ new ARENA in MOA. But, I can’t imagine watching basketball without Araneta Coliseum.. hehhe

At ang layo naman!!!

T.T

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New SM arena to host majority of UAAP basketball games

The 75th season of the UAAP will unfurl on July 14 at the soon-to-be-opened SM Mall of Asia Arena, where majority of the men’s basketball games will be held.

UAAP president Nilo Ocampo of host National University said that the school is looking forward to the season, which coincides with the diamond year of the collegiate league.

Adding to the prestige of the opener is the holding of the event at the much-awaited, brand-new MOA Arena. Ocampo said that the MOA Arena is almost complete and will definitely be ready in time for the opening rites.

“We, sort of, have a new home in the ultra-modern MOA Arena. Almost all of the basketball games are scheduled to be held in the venue,” said Ocampo in Friday’s SCOOP Forum.

Eighteen of the 28 playing dates of the men’s basketball competition will be played at MOA Arena. The SMART-Araneta Coliseum will continue to host several games while PhilSports Arena is also being eyed as a possible venue for a few matches.

To celebrate the diamond year of the league, NU is planning to honor the founders of the UAAP including their very own Leticia “Mommy” Paguia, one of the instrumental figures of the school. Paguia was once an official of the country’s baseball and softball federation.

Ocampo said that they are still in the process of finalizing the theme of the season but he added that it will definitely be related to diamond in reference to the 75th year of the league.

“It is something about diamond and it being unbreakable,” Ocampo hinted.

Ocampo also said that NU will also be putting more emphasis on the other sports events in the calendar. Fourteen sports are being contested in the league—athletics, archery, basketball, swimming, taekwondo, chess, table tennis, judo, football, archery, badminton, lawn tennis, baseball and softball.

“This is one way of bringing back to the league supporters the benefits the UAAP now enjoys,” Ocampo said. “Without the fans, the UAAP wouldn’t have reached the popularity it now has.”

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