San Beda’s Yukien Andrada throughout a Last 4 recreation towards Lyceum within the NCAA Season 99 males’s basketball match at Mall of Asia Enviornment.–MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines—Defending champion San Beda rekindles its Last 4 rivalry with host Lyceum to formally increase the curtain on the NCAA’s centennial season on Saturday at Mall of Asia Enviornment.
Final yr, the Pink Lions upset the second-seeded Pirates within the Last 4 earlier than toppling the No. 1 Mapua Cardinals within the championship spherical.
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Lyceum coach Gilbert Malabanan hopes the result in Season 99 serves as a motivator for his squad, which is hungry for redemption.
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“We wish to bounce again from our losses final yr and it’s a fantastic motivation,” stated Malabanan in Filipino throughout a press convention in Pasay on Tuesday.
“I see our workforce as a really aggressive workforce proper now.”
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San Beda coach Yuri Escueta expects his workforce to be examined instantly by Lyceum, which is coming off back-to-back semifinal appearances.
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“Each time we play Lyceum, it’s all the time a problem for us. We all know how exhausting and effectively coach Gilbert prepares his workforce,” stated Escueta.
Other than the San Beda-Lyceum conflict, one other rematch of final yr’s Last 4 matchup takes place between Mapua and School of St. Benilde.
The Cardinals, who went 15-3 within the elimination spherical final season, despatched the Blazers residence within the semifinals earlier than falling to the Pink Lions in a three-game remaining.
The video games
LOOK: The primary spherical schedule of the #NCAASeason100 males’s basketball tourney.
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The league may have its traditional recreation day schedules with doubleheaders occurring on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
All video games within the first spherical–besides the opening–will happen at San Juan Enviornment.
Longtime rivals San Beda and Letran, which is below new coach Allen Ricardo, meet for the primary time in Season 100 on October 1.
In one other marquee matchup, School of St. Benilde battles San Beda on September 10.
New Perpetual Assist coach Olsen Racela, in the meantime, makes his NCAA teaching debut towards JRU additionally on Sept. 10.
Capping off the primary spherical is a rematch of the Season 99 finals between the Cardinals and Pink Lions which would be the lone recreation set on October 8.
