University of the Philippines coach Goldwin Monteverde believes their stinging upset loss to National University not only serves as a wake-up call, but a test of character for his stalwarts in the crucial phase of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball tournament. UP head coach Goldwin Monteverde...
UP head coach Goldwin Monteverde is grateful for the opportunity of facing one of the country’s best shotcallers in Ateneo’s Tab Baldwin. Ateneo head coach Tab Baldwin, right, and UP tactician Goldwin Monteverde (UAAP Media) Monteverde, who led the Fighting Maroons to their first UAAP...
University of the Philippines intensified its men’s basketball recruitment after bringing Fil-American Miguel Yniguez into the fold. The 6-foot-5 sharpshooting wing, who spent the last year seeing action for San Francisco State in the U.S. NCAA Division II, is now taking his act to Diliman where...
The woes continue for University of the Philippines even after the conclusion of its UAAP Season 86 men’s basketball campaign. Still reeling from the painful Finals defeat against the De La Salle Green Archers, the Fighting Maroons should face the inevitable — the departure of graduating...
University of the Philippines head coach Goldwin Monteverde is reflecting on the big lessons for now following the Fighting Maroons' 73-69 Game 3 loss against the De La Salle Green Archers on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The 52-year-old mentor took the loss in stride and...
The crown is back in Taft. Seven years later, De La Salle is UAAP champion once again. Newly-crowned Season 86 Most Valuable Player Kevin Quiambao exploded with a team-high 24 points to lead La Salle past University of the Philippines, 73-69, in the winner-take-all Game 3 of their...
University of the Philippines may have fallen short of closing out the Finals series in Game 2 but head coach Goldwyn Monteverde is confident of fielding a better Maroons side come the rubber match on Wednesday, Dec. 6. For one, the Fighting Maroons still have their chance in Game 3 and make the...
University of the Philippines refused to be dragged into an extended battle as it seeks to close out the championship series in Game 2 of their best-of-three finals clash with De La Salle on Sunday, Dec. 3, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Fighting Maroons moved on cusp of reclaiming the UAAP...
Zavier Lucero of University of the Philippines. (UAAP Media) By NIKOLE JAVIER Zavier Lucero will not only sit out the winner-take-all Game 3 between University of the Philippines and Ateneo, but he’ll be ending his UAAP career with a torn ACL. The 6-foot-6 forward, who was present...
For the first time in 36 years, the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons are the kings of the UAAP men's basketball. Players and coaching staff of the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons celebrate after ending their 36-year title drought. UP dethroned Ateneo, 72-69, in Game 3...
Expect fireworks and a mammoth crowd as reigning champion Ateneo and University of the Philippines lock horns in the last and decisive "Battle of Katipunan" at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City Friday night, May 13. Dave Ildefonso (right) and Season 84 MVP Ange Kouame (left) are expected to...
University of the Philippines goes for the finisher and claim history when it tries to sweep reigning champion Ateneo in the UAAP Season 84 men's basketball tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City Wednesday, May 11. University of the Philippines guns for a 2-0 sweep against reigning...
