Blog Survey #3: FEU, mangunguna sa UAAP elims

Kahit nasa PBA na ako, #1 pa rin kami - Arwind Santos

Tams, mangunguna sa UAAP elims

Ni Josiah Israel Albelda

Larawan ni Karl de Leon

Pose ni Arwind Santos

Halos tatlo sa apat na Bilog ang Bola readers ang nagsabi na ang Far Eastern University Tamaraws ang mangunguna sa pagtatapos ng 73rd UAAP men's basketball tournament elimination round.

Walong (72%) boto ang nakuha ng Morayta-based team habang tatlo (27%) naman ang naibigay sa defending champion Ateneo de Manila University sa botohang naganap sa Bilog ang Bola.

Wala namang pumili sa De La Salle at Adamson, na kumumpleto sa Final Four cast ng liga.

Ngayong linggo, ang botohan sa Bilog ang Bola ay tungkol sa paparating na UAAP Cheerdance Competition.

Matatandaang nakuha ng FEU Cheering Squad ang kampeonato noong nakaraang taon habang pumangalawa naman ang Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion at pangatlo ang UP Pep Squad, na nanguna mula 2007 hanggang 2008.

Blog Survey #2: Al-Hussaini, Espiritu, Baclao to be taken first three in PBA draft

Rabeh to be PBA's top draft pick

By Josiah Israel Albelda

Photos from Google Images

27 August 2010

With Air21 sorely lacking in ceiling in the coming PBA wars, Bilog ang Bola readers say that the Express will take the three best big men from college in Sunday's Draft at the Market! Market!


Former UAAP MVP Rabeh Al-Hussaini of Ateneo collected 23 out of 24 votes (95%) to top the week-long survey posted here. 


The six-foot-six slotman is also expected by pundits to be the top pick in the annual selection of rookies.


His Season 72 finals foe, the high-flying Elmer Espiritu, came in second with 14 votes (58%) while Al-Hussaini's frontcourt partner, Nonoy Baclao was third with 13 votes (54%).


While three ex-UAAP stars rounded up the top three vote-getters, former NCAA stalwarts occupied slots four to six.


San Sebastian's prolific scorer Jimbo Aquino got six votes (25%), last season's MVP John Wilson of Jose Rizal University had five (20%) and Letran's sharpshooting RJ Jazul finished with three (12%).


Borgie Hermida (San Beda), Pari Llagas (UE) and Rey Guevarra (Letran) had one vote (4%) each. Arellano's Gio Ciriacruz did not get any vote.


This week's survey would be on which team will top the elimination round of the UAAP.

Bilog Survey #1: UP, di na mananalo

The Fighting Maroons are in dire need of help. 

Photo by GM Tan of maroonsbasketball.com

Bilog Survey #1

UP to finish Season 73 winless

By Josiah Israel Albelda

20 August 2010

Almost half of Bilog ang Bola readers do not see a win coming for my hapless University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons.

Nine out of the 22 votes (40%) cast in the week-long poll at Bilog ang Bola said that UP will not beat anybody this year, a dour forecast for a team dubbed by many pundits as a dark horse before Season 73 began.

The poll started before the second round, with the Maroons toting a 0-7 record. They have since dropped two straight - in blowout fashion - to Ateneo and La Salle.

UP's friends at the cellar, National University (interestingly, their opponent this Sunday) and University of the East got four (18%) votes each while University of Santo Tomas and De La Salle University were chosen twice (9%). 

One said that the Maroons will shock front-running Far Eastern University while none thought of UP trimming Adamson University.

This week's poll will be on who the top three picks of the 2010 PBA Rookie Draft will be.