“Never underestimate the heart of a champion.” This will be the San Beda Red Lions’ battlecry as they expect to thread through the proverbial eye of the needle in the semifinals of the NCAA Season 100 men’s basketball tournament on Saturday, Nov. 23. San Beda coach Yuri Escueta. (File...
San Beda head coach Yuri Escueta expects a tougher challenge ahead when the reigning champions defend the men's basketball title in the centennial season of the NCAA which kicks off in August. Yuri Escueta (NCAA Images) Escueta witnessed how resilient his team was last year after facing...
Yukien Andrada saved the best for last and caught fire from the distance to power San Beda past Mapua, 76-66, and bag its first title in four years in the NCAA Season 99 men's basketball tournament at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Sunday, Dec. 17. The San Beda Red Lions are the NCAA Season 99 men's...
It turns out it was not only Mapua which is drawing inspiration from the past. San Beda also got a boost from former player Teddy Alamarez, a familiar figure in the 1991 NCAA Finals between the Red Lions and the Cardinals which the latter won – and incidentally also the last time Mapua got its...
By MARK REY MONTEJO San Beda head coach Yuri Escueta sees more room for improvement despite the Red Lions' 85-61 win over the Arellano Chiefs in their opening NCAA Season 99 game on Tuesday, Sept. 26. San Beda head coach Yuri Escueta (left) talks to Oliver Tagle. (Inah Sabido) Escueta...
Former TNT and Gilas Pilipinas assistant coach Yuri Escueta was named as the new head coach of San Beda while former mentor Boyet Fernandez still remains with the team as its team consultant. Yuri Escueta Red Lions team manager Jude Roque confirmed the development on Tuesday. “It's now official....
