2011 FilOil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup schedule

A repost from inboundpass.com (by Christian Soler):

The 17 competing teams are split into two groups. Squads from the same group play each other in a round-robin format. The top four teams from each group advance to the crossover, knockout quarterfinal round. The semifinals and finals are also knockout affairs. All games will take place at the FilOil Flying V Arena in San Juan City

April 9, Saturday

1 pm: Opening Ceremonies
2 pm: *Ateneo vs San Beda
4 pm: *DLSU vs UST

April 13, Wednesday

1230 pm: EAC vs Letran
215 pm: San Beda vs Arellano
4 pm: NU vs UST

April 15, Friday

1230 pm: Mapúa vs CSB
215 pm: UP vs Letran
4 pm: UE vs JRU

April 16, Saturday

1230 pm: UST vs San Sebastian
215 pm: FEU vs Adamson
4 pm: NU vs San Beda

April 25, Monday

145 pm: UP vs FEU
330 pm: San Beda vs Lyceum
515 pm: Arellano vs DLSU

April 27, Wednesday

1230 pm: Adamson vs UE
215 pm: Lyceum vs Ateneo
4 pm: DLSU vs San Sebastian

April 29, Friday

1230 pm: Arellano vs NU
215 pm: FEU vs Mapúa
4 pm: JRU vs Letran

April 30, Saturday

1230 pm: UE vs EAC
215 pm: Adamson vs UP
4 pm: Ateneo vs UST

May 2, Monday

1230 pm: EAC vs FEU
215 pm: NU vs Lyceum
4 pm: CSB vs JRU

May 4, Wednesday

1230 pm: Arellano vs Ateneo
215 pm: Letran vs Adamson
4 pm: San Sebastian vs NU

May 6, Friday

1230 pm: Letran vs CSB
215 pm: Lyceum vs Arellano
4 pm: UP vs JRU

May 7, Saturday

1230 pm: EAC vs Adamson
215 pm: UE vs FEU
4 pm: Ateneo vs NU

May 11, Wednesday

145 pm: CSB vs Adamson
330 pm: JRU vs EAC
515 pm: San Sebastian vs Ateneo

May 13, Friday

130 pm: EAC vs UP
315 pm: Mapúa vs Letran

May 14, Saturday

1230 pm: UE vs CSB
215 pm: Lyceum vs San Sebastian
4 pm: FEU vs JRU

May 18, Wednesday

1230 pm: JRU vs Mapúa
215 pm: CSB vs EAC
4 pm: UE vs Letran

May 20, Friday

130 pm: CSB vs FEU
315 pm: Arellano vs San Sebastian

May 21, Saturday

1230 pm: UST vs Lyceum
215 pm: UP vs UE
4 pm: Adamson vs Mapúa

May 25, Wednesday

130 pm: Mapúa vs UE
315 pm: DLSU vs NU

May 27, Friday

130 pm: UP vs CSB
315 pm: Arellano vs UST

May 28, Saturday

1 pm: Mapúa vs EAC
3 pm: FEU vs Letran
5 pm: San Beda vs DLSU

June 1, Wednesday

1230 pm: UP vs Mapúa
215 pm: Lyceum vs DLSU
4 pm: San Sebastian vs San Beda

June 4, Saturday

2 pm: *San Beda vs UST
4 pm: *Ateneo vs DLSU

June 6, Monday

11 am: A2 vs B3
2 pm: *A1 vs B4
4 pm: *B1 vs A4
6 pm: B2 vs A3

June 8, Wednesday

2 pm: *A1/B4 vs B2/A3
4 pm: *B1/A4 vs A2/B3

June 12, Sunday

4 pm: *Finals

*- Game to be broadcasted live over Studio 23

NCAA DUNK CHAMPION

Check on this. This guy comes from Illinois College - a Division III school. If you guys have no idea what that means, let's just say he comes from a lower tier school that doesn't get much attention in the NCAA probably either because a) the school is too small to have a comprehensive sports program, or b) the school probably isn't that good in sports.

What's amazing is he's only 5'11.

and he has a 50 inch vertical leap.

March Madness Baby!

I'm no regular follower of US-NCAA basketball but man, I've been hearing a lot about the on going tourney and seems like it's one of the more exciting in years. So many close games and very few blowouts (which is a normal thing in tournaments like these). College basketball fans should be in a giddy! NBA scouts are all over the place as well! Exciting times for basketball as a sport. :)

I'm just hoping college basketball goes up to this level in the Philippines. I love the fact that UAAP and NCAA have become so popular that games are now televised LIVE. I remember the time when UAAP games were not televised and only championships were the only one's shown on TV - unfortunately, on delayed telecast!

With the rise of technology and social media these days, game information will forever be available. I remember following Ateneo games over twitter whenever I'm at work - shouting out when Ateneo held on for the win against FEU in the championship. Can't deny that college basketball right now is at it's peak but we need to realize that we're only focusing on the Manila teams and we don't have a "National Champion" - which the NCAA takes pride in unifying all leagues.

We do have the Champions' League (PCCL) and yeah, it has slowly grown to prominence - but I guess it will really take time for all these leagues to be aggregated into just one system. What's happening now is it becomes a "post-season" tournament where teams can strut their wares against opponents from other leagues and the title of "National Champion" doesn't have that attention just yet.

I hope a lot of time and funding can go into the PCCL. I want them to unify rules across all leagues so that when the tournament starts, we're all in the same page, footing etc.

I see Ateneo being the Duke counterpart of the NCAA. How about the other teams? What do you think?

Fab Five Documentary

I didn't really grow up watching and being a fan of the fabled "Fab Five" of the University of Michigan but I grew up appreciating what they started. I grew up loving the game of basketball at a phase when black shoes, black socks, long shorts and bald heads were the in thing. It was a phase that the "Fab Five" jumpstarted by being so popular in the NCAA.

I remember playing NBA Live via SEGA and my brother and I used to form teams that represented the alma mater of each NBA player - and thus I discovered the Fab Five. They weren't complete but hey, that was one heck of a line-up.

Here's part 1 of 5 of the Documentary. You can move on to the other parts by clicking on some related videos. Enjoy! :)

Jacob Tucker Dunk Video

At 5'11, this kid's going to be popular - at least on the internet.

Blake who?