Bulldogs chews up the Brave Tamaraws
Taking a look, it is a given and a known fact that the finals of every UAAP season always end up with the rivalry of Ateneo and La Salle which had been appearing alternately since 1987. But the UAAP Season 77 Finals ended up with the Morayta based basketball team of Far Eastern University and the now heard National University. Onto the Finals, FEU knocks out Last year's champion La Salle, with the final score of 67-64, in favor of the Morayta-based cagers. While NU knocks out Ateneo with the score of 65-63. According to FEU coach Nash Racela, “No Ateneo or La Salle in finals is 'best thing to happen to UAAP’.” With the way the series has gone, as intriguing as the final outcome of the much-awaited title showdown is the battle for supremacy, not as the usual battle of shaded university name between Ateneo and La Salle. As people may say, FEU-NU tandem on finals has ended the “conyo” basketball, and made Season 77 as a battle of a real basketball match. Season 77 also made Record-breaking crowd larger than cheer dance competition. The victory ended NU’s 60-year championship drought. The Bulldogs bagged the championship only for the second time in their school’s history, beating the Tamaraws, 75-59, in Game 3 of their do-or-die match. They made history, they may not be our team, but they truly deserve the title. And to my dear FEU-MBT, you still made us proud this year. We know you'll be back, stronger. Wounded, hurt, bruised, disappointed and all but we will still continue the fight. That's what the Braves do anyway.
















