Alas escapes suspension with apology
Letran head coach Louie Alas has apologized for his slit-throat gesture to referees in Game Two of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) seniors basketball finals on Saturday, which the Knights won over the San Beda Red Lions at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. And because of that, Alas has escaped suspension and will be on the Letran bench when they play the “three-peat-seeking” Red Lions in the do-or-die Game Three at 1 p.m. on Friday also at the Big Dome. “I am sorry about it, I don’t mean any harm. That gesture was not directed to anyone in particular. I’m always after the welfare of the team,” said Alas after he met with Letran officials in an Intramuros Hotel on Monday night. Irked by Alas’s behavior, basketball commissioner Joe Lipa demanded Alas’s public apology. If he won’t do one, he will be banned from Game Two. Alas made the gesture in the heat of Game Two, which they won, 64-55, and force the winner-take-all game. San Beda took Game One, 62-60. Head of r...