2011 Samsung UAAP Cheerdance Competition Results: UP scores a sweep!

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Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City- The 2011 Samsung UAAP Cheerdance Competition were held today and all UAAP schools had stellar routines making it difficult for judges to pick a winner. The competition was aired live via Studio 23.

Aside from the main Cheerdance competition, there was a new event that was introduced. The new event was called Group stunts where a team of 5 composed of 3 guys and 2 girls that perform acrobatic stunts.

Here are the winners for this year’s competition:

Inaugural Group Stunts

1st University of the Philippines PEP Squad

2nd Far Eastern University

3rd National University

Cheedance

1st UP PEP Squad (Php 340,000.00)

2nd DLSU Animo Squad (Php 200,000.00)

3rd FEUPEP Squad (Php 140,000.00)

The UP Pep squad repeats as champions and bag tons of prizes and the 340,000 peso check from Samsung. The DLSU animo squad was a surprising second while last year’s first runner-up FEU got the 2nd runner-up honors. Aside from the 2 major wins, UP’s Nesza Salvador was also picked as the “2011 Samsung Stunner”. The 2011 competitions was indeed a clean sweep for the amazing UP Pep squad.

caloycomment: UP scores a hattick… more

Video Links:

UP Pep Squad Cheerdance Routine (courtesy of ABS-CBN)

DLSU Animo Squad Routine (courtesy of ABS-CBN)

FEU Pep Squard 3rd Place routine (courtesy of ABS-CBN)

UAAP 74: Stat Leaders at the end of the elimination round

After FEU beat DLSU, and NU trounced UST, the 2011 Final 4 rankings are set. All teams now have played their double round robin games. The next games will be the postseason.

Here are the leaders of the major statistical categories of the Season 74 UAAP Senior’s Basketball:

Scoring:

Bobby Ray Parks, NU 20.0 PPG

RR Garcia, FEU 16.4

Alex Nuyles, AdU 15.2

Bobby Ray Parks, Jr. runs away with the Season 74 scoring crown. The rookie from the NU Bulldogs is the only player in the league to average over 20 points a game. He leads the next best scorer by 3.6 points a game. That is more than what Joshua Webb averaged a game this season. Season 73 MVP is the second placer while Adamson’s Alex Nuyles is third as he better his average last year by 3.4 points.

Rebounding:

Karim Abdul, UST 11.5

Greg Slaughter, ADMU 9.4

Emmanuel Mbe, NU 9.4

Aldrech Ramos, FEU 9.4

UST’s Karim Abdul is the rebound champ even if he missed the last game of the season due to suspension. He averaged more 2 rebounds a game against his 3 formidable pursuers. Slaughter, Ramos, and Mbe are bunched at second with a 9.4 rpg. Abdul’s rebounding will be a key in USTs Final 4 date against Slaughter’s ADMU Blue Eagles.

Passing:

Emman Monfort, ADMU 4.2

Mike Silungan, UP 3.7

LA Revilla, DLSU 3.6

Emman Monfort emerged as the top passer this season. He has .5 more assists a game over second-running Mike Silungan of UP. DLSU’s Revilla rounds up the top 3. Monfort will need to step up and orchestrate the Ateneo offense in the Final 4 as it was stifled by Adamson recently.

Steals:

LA Revilla, DLSU 1.6

Emman Monfort, ADMU 1.6

Lester Alvarez, ADU 1.6

It is a triple tie for the steal department. LA Revilla, Monfort, and Adamson’s Alvarez share the title.

Blocks:

Lionel Manyara, ADU 2.2

Greg Slaughter, ADMU 1.9

Norbert Torres, DLSU 1.6

Ifeanyi Mbah, UP 1.6

Emmanuel Mbeh, Nu 1.6

Manyara is top the blocker of the season defeating the other UAAP giants.

League Standings (This week):

Ateneo 13-1 (0-1)

Adamson 10-4 (1-0)

FEU 9-5 (1-1)

UST 8-6 (1-1)

NU 6-8 (2-0)

DLSU 5-9 (0-2)

UE 3-11 (1-0)

UP 2-12 (0-1)

Final 4 pairings:

(1) Ateneo vs. (4) UST

(2) Adamson vs. (3) FEU

Top 2 seeds get a twice to beat incentive. Winners of the match-up will battle in a best of 3 championships.

Congratulations to all the stat leaders!!!

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UAAP Sunday: NU, FEU gain ground

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The NU Bulldogs and FEU Tamaraws won against UP and Adamson respectively to improve their standings in the Season 74 of the UAAP. NU improved to 4-6 and FEU 6-4.

The NU Bulldogs limited the UP Fighting Maroons to 13 points in the first half, the lowest scoring output by a team since UAAP started computerized statistical archiving. The game ended 65-43 in favor of NU. Ray Parks scored 22 points, grabbed 7 boards, and dished out 4 assists while Cameroonian Emmanuel Mbe had a double-double (17 pts 13 caroms).

In the main game, FEU survived a furious last minute rally by the Adamson Falcons to win 62-61.  Season 73 MVP RR Garcia once again delivered the marginal points to secure 3rd place for the Tamaraws. Aldrech Ramos had 18 points and 10 rebounds before fouling out with 1:02 left in the game. Garcia and Terence Romeo both ended with 14 points. Adamson was led by 17 points – 10 rebounds performance of Alex Nuyles.

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UAAP 74 Stat Leaders as of today (Aug. 3)

Rays Parks of the NU Bulldogs

Scoring:

Bobby Ray Parks, NU 16.2 PPG

LA Revilla, DLSU 15.6

Greg Slaughter, ADMU 15.4

Super freshman Ray Parks still leads the scoring race but come-backing Archer LA Revilla is close in his heels along with Blue Eagle big man Greg Slaughter. Parks is actually averaging around 10.3 a game in his last 3 games. LA averaged 12.7 in La Salle‘s 3-game winning streak. Slaughter’s 3 game average is 15.7. It looks like that Greg has the inside track of winning the scoring title this year. Ateneo‘s offense humming and they probably have the best UAAP starting 5 in years. Revilla and Parks has slowly gotten the support of some of their mates and with a better spread of the offensive load, both players are not needed to score as heavily as their first 2 games of the season.

UP's Mbah

Rebounding:

Ifeanyi Mbah, UP 9.0

Greg Slaughter, ADMU 8.8

Mbah has really been stellar for the Maroons.  Without him, UP would probably be blown out every game of this season.  He has been the inside presence that the Fighting Maroons lack in the past few years. Slaughter, being the tallest players in the UAAP has been expected to figure well on this stat. He has been achieving what was expected of him and he even got his first double-double in his last game against UP (14 pts 13 rebounds).

Top assist men so far

Assists:

Emman Monfort, ADMU 4.2 apg

Kirk Long, ADMU 4.0

It is quite amazing to see 2 team mates lead the league in assists.  That simply shows the dominance of Ateneo Blue Eagles so far this season. It also shows how good the chemistry of the 2011 team especially its starters.

Green Archer Revilla

Steals:

LA Revilla, DLSU 2.4 spg

Kiefer Ravena, ADMU 2 spg

LA Revilla had 6 steals in his game against NU.  He has been a menace for the opposing guards. Not to be outdone, Ateneo Phenom Ravena had 4 steals against UP. Expect the two would be  steal leaders all throughout their UAAP careers.

Adamson's Manyara

Blocks:

Lionel Manyara, AdU 2.8 bpg

Ifeanyi Mbah, UP 2.5

Manyara has been so consistent in blocking shots this season that he already have 3 3-block games, and 1 4-block performance. Mbah on the other hand has a minimum of 2 blocks in every game so far. The African “imports” are giving the Pinoys some troubles in the inside. Hopefully, their presence will help develop agile and creative Filipino big men for international competitions and PBA.

Standings:

ADMU 5 – 0

FEU 4 – 1

ADU 3 – 2

DLSU 3 – 2

UST 2 – 2

NU 2 – 4

UP 1 – 3

UE 0 – 6

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UAAP 74 Men’s Basketball: FEU, Ateneo win

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The first day of the UAAP Season 74 men’s basketball competition started with last year’s finalists repeating over their Season 73 final 4 match-ups. Far Eastern University Tamaraws beat the De la Salle University Green Archers 74-65 while last year’s champs Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles survived the Adamson Falcons 55-51.

FEU was led by Season 73 MVP RR Garcia who topscored with 21 points and big man Aldrech Ramos (16 points 8 rebounds 2 assists 2 steals and 1 blocked shot).  They negated the magnificent performance of the come-backing LA Revilla who led the Archers with 18 points 5 rebounds and 5 assists. No other Green Archer reached double figures in the game.

In the main game, Ateneo rallied from a 7 point deficit in the last 7 minutes to frustrate the Falcons who have not beaten the Eagles since 1997. Greg Slaughter dominated the shaded lane and scored 23 points while grabbing 8 boards. Only reserve guard Alex Nuyles (11 points) reached double figures among the Falcons.

Games on Wednesday will feature the debut of Ray Parks for NU who will play the UST Golden Tigers.  The main game will pit the UP Fighting Maroons against the UE Red Warriors.

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UAAP Cheerdance 2010: UP wins its 3rd crown in 4 yrs.

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The University of the Philippines Pep Squad salvaged some pride for the school after a miserable season of its Men’s Basketball Team. With 22,000 people watching the cheerdance competition live in Araneta, the UP Pep Squad wowed the crowd with a flawless fiesta-inspired routine to garner the top prize of the Samsung-sponsored event. They beat last year’s winners, the Far Eastern University Tamaraws.  FEU’s samurai-inspired routine landed them 2nd place while UST’s Salinggawi Dance Troupe completed the podium after a disappointing 2009 result.

caloycomment: It was a big victory for my alma mater. I just hope that the Maroons Men’s Basketball Team can get a championship in the coming decade. The UP Pep Squad “dynasty” will definitely continue in the coming years although competition will be stiffer than the previous years.

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