My Misadventures!

Haha, i got too overwhelmed when the Espana-based

cagers won the knockout match yesterday and posted
these observations. Whew, we even had classes suspended
from 4pm to 6pm just for us to support the cagers.

This is the 2nd time UST had an upset against 2nd-seeded
UE. Way back in 1994, I think, UST was in 3rd position and
had to beat UE twice to gain a finals slot. And they did.
There’s actually a lot more similarities from that season.

1. The second best team from the previous year was
suspended

2. The team who had an unbeaten streak was beaten
by ust in overtime. and both times a free throw
was the pivotal point of the game (lane violation
in 94, offensive rebound off missed free throw
this year)

3. The player everyone thought was most deserving
of an mvp award played on a 4th seeded team and
lost a very close game in the final four

4. UP had a trio of good rookies. 2 guards and one
forward

5. The first seed lost twice during the
eliminations. The second loss was a close one,
being decided in the closing seconds, to a school
coached by an alumnus from an archrival school.

6. UST’s season was dedicated to someone special
connected to the team, who recently died.

7. Not a semifinal connection, but very similar
nonetheless: As some other posters have pointed
out, on the final possession of UST’s opponent,
two misses by a high leaper at point-blank range
cost them the game.