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New Coaches, Transfers, and Rising Stars: UAAP Season 86 Boys’ Basketball Tournament tips off


Far Eastern University-Diliman sets motion its bid for back-to-back titles in the UAAP Season 86 High School Boys’ Basketball Tournament on Tuesday against long-time rival National University Nazareth School at Amoranto Sports Complex in Quezon City.

Tip-off for the game is at 10:00 AM.

Last season, the Baby Tamaraws dethroned the Bullpups in the Final Four before sweeping the Adamson Baby Falcons in the Finals.

With JR Pasaol and Luke Felipe graduating, FEU-D will lean on the trio of Dwyne Miranda, Veejay Pre, and Jedric Daa for its title defense.

NUNS, though, reloaded in the off-season as well.

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Nigerian big man Collins Akowe, who carried the Bullpups to an eight-game sweep of the UCBL Inter-Secondary Tournament, will man the paint for the Bullpups.

Thomas Pillado is also expected to fill the shoes left by last season’s Most Valuable Player Reinhard Jumamoy.

In the 2 p.m. game, Mike Fermin’s Baby Falcons takes on the UST Tiger Cubs.

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Grade 12 seniors Carlo Bonzalida, Vince Reyes, and Justine Garcia will lead Adamson’s quest for the crown this time around.

They are going up against a UST team though that retooled during the off-season.

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Tapping a new head coach in Manu Iñigo, the Tiger Cubs, who won the Ballout and City Hoops preseason championships, scored key transferees from San Beda-Taytay, headlined by Gilas Youth standouts Nathan Velasquez and Joaquin Ludovice.

Also transferring to UST were Andrei Dungo, Lanze Ronquillo, and Sam Reyes.

Meanwhile, season-host University of the East will begin its campaign against De La Salle-Zobel at 12 p.m.

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New Junior Warriors head coach Karl Santos will debut an almost new squad when they square off against the Kieffer Alas-led Junior Archers.

Opening the hostilities is a clash between Ateneo High School and University of the Philippines Integrated School at 8:00 AM.

DLSZ’s Alas will get ample support this time around in Bonn Daja while Ateneo’s Kristian Porter now has a frontcourt partner in Ziv Espinas.

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