UAAP SEASON 77 FINALS FEU vs NU
According to Coach Nash, this is the best thing that happened to UAAP. Indeed it is for the NU Bulldogs who won the title after 60 years of drought. FEU, my alma matter, failed to get its 20th crown. Hands down to both teams who made another history in collegiate basketball.
The Tams played as team to be in the finals. Even without the famous Romeo and Garcia around, they had managed to be a team surpassing expectations of the FEU crowd and went all the way to the so-called Road to 20 by winning the first game of the final round. After game 2, hearsays were FEU player sold the game and that even before it started, the result has already been decided so that there will be a game 3 which will make UAAP earn more from the tickets to be sold on the next game. However, it is not a rumor that the Bulldogs are dangerous. Days before game 2, I've overheard students saying FEU should win the game so that NU won't have the chance to get back on them. I myself thought of that. Truly, the Tamaraws lost their momentum. The hunger to win the title was there but the flicker of braveness and eagerness was blown away by the time of the third game. Meanwhile, NU's defense and offense got what it takes to be declared as the champion. Surely, they are underdogs no more as they were so good at what they are doing; on the other hand, the team did not possess much of that excitement to respond to the bite. They struggled to keep the ball and shoot into the hoop but the ball kept falling off the ring and into the opponents’ hands favoring them those points pretty most of the time. I guess what went wrong here is they lose the joy of getting a score, the emotion I've seen during the playoffs and final four games wasn't there anymore because their minds were to focus in winning that their heart can't cope up. The tension in their heads overthrew the smiles up on their face. It was a good fight, though. But it wasn't as good as how they fought before. It has always been a close fight, a less than 10-point deficit most of the season. However, in the two games the tripped to more than that which makes it a more heart-breaking do or die matches. Yes we’ll grieve to that, talk about what awfully went wrong and how it could have been better and all the bitterness – all those what if Escoto wasn’t injured, screw that man who lead to the cause of his injury (if there is someone to blame, missed that detail), Romeo’s points if he still played for his last year, if only Hargrove shoots better than Aroga,no big man in the team, careless shots, not enough support from the school like no cool light props, *insert name here* jinx the game by watching live, lines like “the team could have won if I/we watched live so let’s watch all the games next season”, unsolicited calls from the effin’ refs, all the made free throws by the Bulldogs, dagger commentaries from abs-cbn sportsmen, etcetera – we are all entitled to behave that way ‘coz when the team loses, we Tamaraws cry together but we’ll get over it and we’ll bleed green and gold to a new morning. No one can and/or shall judge us for the butthurt posts because at one point we’ve been losers at one point in our lives but the good thing is we’ll always have time to be winners, so long as we live.
It must really have been National U’s season, both their pep squad and men’s basketball team were herald as champion in the most talk about event of UAAP, CDC and basketball. Congrats NU! We’re looking forward to big discounts in SM! Kidding aside, after 60 years of yearning, it is indeed your time. Heeeeey, NU Let’s Go!!! Still, "We'll treasure within our hearts the FEU". My heart goes to the 16 Tamaraw Kings and of course, to Coach Nash. Don’t be too pressured to get back next season, just enjoy playing while getting the 20th title, after all we are happy to see you playing for the school so might as well be happy for yourselves. Horns up!!!
To wrap it up, the best thing about this season is that FEU and NU people don't bash each other. And 'course, the best thing about the Tamaraws, they know how to accept defeat yet they don't feel losers, they make fun of it instead. Watch Vice Ganda's hilarious vids featuring Talo FEU!
Far Eastern Onward!
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