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MANILA, Philippines – After watching his FEU Tamaraws snap a 3-game losing streak and end the Season 79 elimination round with a 9-5 record, head coach Nash Racela told reporters about his concerns regarding the potential “dream matchup” being talked about for this year’s UAAP Finals.
“Ang problema ko (My problem) is the dream matchup, because now people are putting it into peoples’ minds na (that) there’s a dream matchup,” said Racela.
“I don’t know. I just read about it. They said there’s a dream matchup. They missed it for a number of years, na (that) now everybody wants to see that.”
Racela didn’t specifically point to La Salle versus Ateneo as the dream matchup he was referring to, but it was apparent he was talking about the 2 teams given the history of the Green Archers-Blue Eagles rivalry.
Arguably the biggest rivalry in Philippine college basketball, La Salle and Ateneo haven’t met in a UAAP Finals in 8 years.
“That’s my concern, kung ipipilit nila yun (if they will force it), then that’s really a concern for us, because I know FEU and Adamson both want to be in the finals, and I think we are both also deserving to be there,” said Racela.
“We’ll try our best to deny that dream, cause I have a better dream.”
Racela then added in jest, “I’ll tell you about it later on.”
The Tamaraws’ seed in the Final Four will be determined by the ongoing Ateneo-Adamson game. Landing fourth means FEU takes on La Salle, its current biggest rival in the league. – Rappler.com
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