Epic win over Ateneo ends UP's UAAP title drought

By Niel Victor C. Masoy

May 14, 2022 1:02 am

THE University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons hungered for a UAAP men's basketball championship for the last 36 years.

The long wait finally ended on Friday with an epic victory over the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles that was capped by a three-pointer in the dying moments of an overtime period.

DESTINY The UP Fighting Maroons celebrate after winning the men’s basketball championship in UAAP Season 84 on Friday, May 13, 2022. The Fighting Maroons dethroned the Blue Eagles, 72-69, on a Joel Cagulangan game-winning triple to capture the crown they last won in 1986. PHOTO BY J. GERARD SEGUIA

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