Elusive win
The first round of the 76th University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) men's basketball tournament turned out to be another painful one for the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons. The boys from Diliman slumped to its seventh straight setback this season, a 57-62 loss from the University East Red Warriors on Saturday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. It was also UP's 13th overall defeat dating back from last year's second round. UP Head Coach Ricky Dandan is fully aware of how his wards are trying hard just to earn a win but the Fighting Maroons' inexperience proved to be costly adding that they manage to hang on and keep in step with their opponents for two to three quarters but could not close out the game. "I said it before that it will be a tough season since the level of competition is high. We're always there fighting, but could not close out the game and that points to our relative inexperience," said Dandan, who want...