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Collegiate Champion’s League starts Oct. 1



Inquirer
Last updated 05:19am (Mla time) 09/19/2006

Published on page A24 of the September 19, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

CAN THE University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) keep its supremacy in the Collegiate Champion’s League?

The answer will be known when 16 crack teams from different leagues in Metro Manila, Visayas and Mindanao dispute the title in this year’s CCL starting Oct. 1.

The top four teams from the UAAP are expected to dominate again, but their counterparts from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have gotten stronger and are more than capable of snatching the title away from their league.

Teams from the UAAP won the first three editions of the event with the University of the East Warriors claiming the title in the inaugural season and the Far Eastern University Tamaraws taking the next two.

Also invited are the champions from the National Athletic Association of State Colleges and Universities (NAASCU), National Capital Region Athletic Association (NCRAA) and Universities and Colleges Athletic Association (UCAA).

There are two slots available for teams from the Visayas and Mindanao.

Battling for the slots are the top four teams from Cebu (CSAFI) and the champions in Negros (Nopscea) and Davao (DCAA).

Completing the cast are the three wild card entries to be determined by the sports media representatives on the basis of previous and current competitive performance.

The leading wild card candidates are defending champion FEU and Colleges and Universities Sports Association (CUSA) defending champion Philippine Maritime Institute.

Scholarship funding and sports equipment/facilities amounting to P850,000 are at stake in the two-week competition.

The champion school will receive P500,000 worth of scholarships and sports equipment, while the second, third and fourth placers will get P200,000, P100,000 and P50,000 worth of prizes, respectively.

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16 top collegiate teams join Champions League
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SIXTEEN CRACK teams from different leagues in Metro Manila, Visayas and Mindanao will dispute the title in this year’s Collegiate Champions League starting Oct. 1.


The top four teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines are expected to dominate again, but their counterparts from the National Collegiate Athletic Association are more than capable of snatching the title away from their league.

Teams from the UAAP won the first three stagings of the national event with the University of the East Red Warriors claiming the title in the inaugural season and the Far Eastern U Tamaraws taking the next two.

Also invited are the champions from the National Athletic Association of State Colleges and Universities, National Capital Region Athletic Association and Universities and Colleges Athletic Association.

There are two slots available for the teams from the Visayas and Mindanao areas. Battling for the slots are the top four teams from Cebu and the champions in Negros and Davao.

Completing the cast are the three wild card entries to be determined by the sports media representatives on the basis of previous and current competitive performance.

The leading wild card candidates are defending champion FEU and Colleges and Universities Sports Association defending champion Philippine Maritime Institute.

Scholarship funding and sports equipment/facilities amounting to R850,000 are at stake in the two-week competition.

The champion school will receive R500,000 worth of scholarships and sports equipment, while the second, third and fourth placers will get R200,000, R100,000 and R50,000 worth of prizes, respectively.

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FEU out of Champs League tilt
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Defending champion Far Eastern University wont’ be back to defend its Collegiate Champions League title.

After bombing out in the 69th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines men’s basketball tournament, the Tamaraws reportedly disbanded their team, leaving them without a ready squad that is expected to be given a wild card entry for the October 4 to 14 tournament proper.

"From what we’ve told, FEU has disbanded its team, with coach Bert Flores as the only remnant from last season," said event chairman Rey Gamboa Tuesday at the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum.

Even if it manages to form a new core, Gamboa said FEU won’t qualify since under the Champions League rules, only the current official team of a school is allowed to see action.

The Tamaraws are the defending back-to-back champions of the tournament featuring powerhouse teams from the major collegiate leagues around the country.

The University of the East Warriors won the inaugural staging of the meet considered as brainchild of current University of the Philippines mentor Joe Lipa.

Even without FEU, Gamboa, the former Philippine Basketball Association chairman, still sees stiff competition among the 16 teams vying for honor as the best collegiate team in the Philippines.

"The tournament is actually patterned after the US NCAA’s Sweet 16, where the losers go home and the winners advance," said Gamboa during the formal launching of the meet at the PSA Forum at the Pantalan Restaurant in Manila.

The Champions League will be covered by Solar Sports, which is also the launching pad of the cable network’s newest channel, Basketball TV (Channel 35).

Jude Turcuato, vice-president for marketing, sports division of Solar, said Basketball TV takes over the channel slot of SportsPlus, whose major programs such as the National Football League, Nascar and World Poker Tour will be transferred to Solar Sports.

"All basketball programs in Solar Sports are now going to be seen in Basketball TV such as the NBA, FIBA and the EuroLeague," said Turcuato.

Rely San Agustin, marketing manager of Basketball TV and Eric Centeno, business development and special project manager of Solar Sports, accompanied Turcuato to the public sports program sponsored by Pagcor, Mayor Lito Atienza of Manila and Manila Sports Council chairman Ali Atienza.

Gamboa also announced that Philippine Basketball League head Chino Trinidad is the Champions League commissioner.

Schools seeing action are the top four teams in both the UAAP and National Collegiate Athletics Association, while slots are also reserved for champion teams from the National Capital Region Athletics Association (NCRAA), Universities and Colleges Athletics Association (UCAA) and the National Athletics Association of State Colleges and Universities (NAASCU).

The top four teams from Cebu and the champion squads from Davao and Bacolod will dispute two more berths at stake in a knockout series to be held at the Queen City of the South from October 1 to 2.

The remaining three slots are to be given as wild card entries, to be determined by the sports media representatives on the basis of previous and current competitive performances. The Manila Times

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Champs League still tough sans Tams

The Philippine Star 09/20/2006

Defending champion Far Eastern U wont’ be back to defend its Collegiate Champions League title.

After bombing out in the 69th season of the UAAP men’s basketball tournament, the Tamaraws disbanded their team, leaving them without a ready squad that is expected to be given a wild card entry for the Oct. 4-14 tournament proper.

"From what we’ve been told, FEU has disbanded its team, with coach Bert Flores as the only remnant from last season," said event chairman Rey Gamboa.

Even in the absence of FEU, Gamboa, the former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) chairman, still sees a stiff competition among the 16 teams vying for honor as the best collegiate team in the Philippines.

Gamboa also announced that Philippine Basketball League (PBL) head Chino Trinidad will be the Champions League commissioner.

"The tournament is actually patterned after the US NCAA’s Sweet 16, where the losers go home and the winners advance," said Gamboa during the formal launching of the meet at the PSA Forum yesterday at the Pantalan Restaurant in Manila

Even if it manages to form a new core, Gamboa said FEU won’t still qualify since under the Champions League rules, only the current official team of a school is allowed to see action.

The Tamaraws are the defending back-to-back champions of the tournament featuring powerhouse teams from the major collegiate leagues around the country.

The University of the East Warriors won the inaugural staging of the meet considered as brainchild of current State U mentor Joe Lipa.

The Champions League will be covered by Solar Sports, whose coverage is the launching pad of the network’s newest cable channel ‘Basketball TV’ (Channel 35).

Jude Turcuato, vice president for marketing, sports division of Solar, said Basketball TV takes over the channel slot of SportsPlus, whose major programs such as the National Football League(NFL), NASCAR and poker games will be transferred to Solar Sports.

Schools seeing action are the top four teams in both the UAAP and NCAA while slots are also reserved for champion teams from NCRAA, UCAA and NAASCU.

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Champs League ‘Sweet 16’ final cast up today


Inquirer
Last updated 06:12am (Mla time) 09/26/2006

Published on page A24 of the September 26, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

THE THREE WILD-CARD entries that will complete the “Sweet 16” of this year’s Collegiate Champion’s League will be known today as basketball reporters, columnists and sports editors of national papers rank the land’s leading varsity teams in a lunch hosted by Solar Sports at the National Sports Grill.

It will be the first time in the history of college basketball that teams will be ranked by media.

Among the candidates for the wild-card spots are the University of the Philippines and National University, Jose Rizal University, San Sebastian College, STI Colleges and Philippine Maritime Institute and Manuel L. Quezon University.

Already seeded in the Sweet 16 are UAAP teams Ateneo de Manila University, University of Santo Tomas, University of the East and Adamson University; NCAA teams San Beda College, Philippine Christian University, Letran College and Mapua Institute of Technology, NAASCU champion AMA Computer University, UCAA champion Emilio Aguinaldo College and NCRAA champion St. Francis of Assisi School.

There will be also two seeded teams from the Visayas-Mindanao region. The teams competing for the two slots are the top four teams of CESAFI -- University of Visayas, University of Cebu, University of San Carlos and San Jose Recoletos -- NOPSEA titlist West Negros Colleges and the champion of the DAA-Davao competition.

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Bulldogs, Bombers get Champs League slots

By Jasmine W. Payo
Inquirer
Last updated 01:03am (Mla time) 09/27/2006

Published on Page A28 of the September 27, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

SO WHICH SCHOOL has the best varsity team in the land?

The search begins when the Philippine Collegiate Champions League pits the country’s top 16 squads in a knockout-style tournament from Oct. 3 to 14.

Among the heavy favorites for the top two slots are the San Beda Red College Lions and the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles.

Also seeded in the Sweet 16 are the Final Four contenders in the UAAP (University of Santo Tomas, University of the East and Adamson University) and in the NCAA (Philippine Christian University, Letran College and Mapua Institute of Technology).

Two schools will represent the Visayas and Mindanao after the regional qualifiers on Oct. 1.

Three other colleges earned outright berths after bagging the title in their respective leagues -- St. Francis of Assisi in the National Capital Region Athletic Association (NCRAA), AMA Computer University in the National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU) and Emilio Aguinaldo College in the Universities and Colleges Athletic Association (UCAA).

Jose Rizal University, National University and Philippine Maritime Institute secured the three wildcard slots by topping the media votes.

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Top varsity teams slug it out
By Joey Villar
The Philippine Star 09/27/2006

The best and the brightest in collegiate basketball, led by newly crowned NCAA champion San Beda and UAAP title protagonists Ateneo and University of Santo Tomas, get the rare chance to test each other’s mettle as they compete in the Champions League slated Oct. 3-14 at four venues in Metro Manila.

A total of 16 squads will slug it out for pride, glory and bragging rights as the country’s top basketball school in the 12-day meet offering a total of P850,000 in scholarship grants, including the champion’s pot of P500,000.

"It’s definitely going to be exciting because the country’s top college teams are joining here," said Rey Gamboa, who chairs the organizing group.

Joining San Beda, Ateneo and UST in the Sweet 16 are NCAA runner-up Philippine Christian U, and other league champions St. Francis of Assisi, AMA and Emilio Aguinaldo College.

St. Francis topped the National Capital Region Athletic Association while AMA and EAC ruled the National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities and Universities and Colleges Athletic Association, respectively.

Also gaining outright berths to the round-of-16 are University of the East, Adamson, Letran College and Mapua, all Final Four qualifiers in the UAAP and NCAA.

Jose Rizal, which will host next year’s NCAA, Philippine Maritime Institute and National U made it as wildcards in yesterday’s media voting held at the National Sports Grill.

The Heavy Bombers gathered 29 votes from the sports media who attended the lunch hosted by Solar Sports. The Admirals got 19 votes while the Bulldogs received 12.

Others considered for wildcard spots were San Sebastian College, University of Perpetual Help, College of St. Benilde and Manuel L. Quezon University.

Six teams from Cebu, Bacolod and Davao headed by perennial regional champion University of Visayas, are fighting it out for the last two slots set Oct. 1-2 in Cebu City.

Venues tapped in this event, which will use a knock-out system format patterned after the US NCAA, are the Ninoy Aquino Stadium, the San Beda Gym, the Blue Eagle Gym and the UST Gym.

Meanwhile, the Red Lions, still high from the euphoria of winning their first title in nearly three decades, will compete in two other tournaments after the Champions League — the Bantay Bata 163 All-Stars, which pits the best players of the NCAA and the UAAP, and the Homegrown Cup.

San Beda coach Koy Banal will coach the NCAA selection which is expected to be headed by Nigerian behemoth Samuel Ekwe, the league’s second rookie MVP.

There are also plans to field a San Beda team in the PBL, possibly in one of the corporations chaired by businessman-sportsman Manny V. Pangilinan, a known supporter of the school.

Ekwe, however, would need the approval of the PBL board before it could play in the country’s premier amateur league.

Meanwhile, the Lions will leave for Hong Kong on Friday for a well-deserved weekend vacation, courtesy of MVP, who also gave each Lion a brand-new Nokia N70.

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Champions League
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JRU, PMI, NU get wildcard tickets



JOSE RIZAL University, a late-bloomer in this year’s NCAA basketball competition, topped the ranking among non-seeded teams in the 4th Collegiate Champions League.

The Heavy Bombers of coach Ariel Vanguardia gathered 29 votes from the sports media who attended the lunch hosted by Solar Sports yesterday at the National Sports Grill.

They ended their campaign in the 82nd season of the oldest collegiate league in the land with victories over heavyweights Philippine Christian University and Mapua.

Also getting wildcard tickets were defending CUSA champion Philippine Maritime Institute and UAAP’s National University. The Admirals got 19 votes while the Bulldogs received 12.

Also considered for wildcard spots were San Sebastian College, University of Perpetual Help, College of St. Benilde and Manuel L. Quezon University.

JRU, PMI and NU will join seeded teams Ateneo, University of Santo Tomas, University of the East and Adamson of the UAAP, San Beda College, PCU, Letran and Mapua of the NCAA, NAASCU champion AMACU, UCAA champion Emilio Aguinaldo College and NCRAA champion St. Francis College.

Completing the Sweet 16 are the two seeded teams from the Visayas-Mindanao regions.

The teams competing for the two slots in the Vis-Min area are the top four teams of CESAFI namely the University of Visayas, University of Cebu, University of San Carlos and San Jose Recoletos, NOPSEA champion West Negros Colleges and the champion of the ongoing DAA-Davao competition.

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looks tough and yet very exciting...

im from a UAAP school that i dont think is able to join (not a wild card entry) and so im rooting for Emilio Aguinaldo College or St. Francis of Assisi...

I believe that it takes a tougher coaching staff and a better program to still come out as champions in the light of not being a UAAP or an NCAA school...

I cant wait to see everyone in action!