The best collegiate basketball team in the Pearl of the Orient Seas

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Galwin Fabian is the man behind The Student Athlete. He is a student, an athlete, a blogger, traveler, and a technologist. As a student, he is currently in his last year as Computer Engineering student at Mapua Institute of Technology. As an athlete, he is a swimmer and the captain of MIT Table Tennis Team. As a blogger, he blogs about his experiences as a student-athlete.

Published: December 12, 2008

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There are numerous collegiate leagues in the country and all of them wants their fair share of respect they deserve. Each of it’s team member’s play very hard to have their talents recognize. They train religiously to show that they are the best collegiate basketball team in the country.

To somehow help us determine the nation’s best, the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) was established. PCCL was known as Collegiate Champions League (CCL) in the past before the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas, the country’s national basketball federation rebooted the grandest basketball tournament in the country.

PCCL aims to crown the champion of champions. The ultimate survivor, the best collegiate basketball team in the Pearl of the Orient Seas.

This year’s champions league, UAAP Champion Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles edged the Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights while UAAP runner-up De la Salle University’s Green Archers trumped the NCAA Champion San Beda Red Lions to set a UAAP-like finals where the DLSU Green Archers had exacted their revenge on the AdMU Blue Eagles.

The Green Archers ended the search for the national collegiate champion. They showed that they deserve it more than the other 35 teams, including their greatest rival, Ateneo.

PCCL also arguably set UAAP as the premiere collegiate league in the Philippines. For the pas six (6) years of its existence, the Collegiate Champions League Champion of Champions came from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. FEU along with UE, has two (2), Ateneo bagged one last year and La Salle got it this year.

Tagged with: NCAA, PCC, PCCL, Pearl of Orient Seas, Philippines, UAAP

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2 Comments on "The best collegiate basketball team in the Pearl of the Orient Seas"

Mike Abasolo on Wed, 24th Dec 2008 2:24 pm

Hi There,

Just to make the correction. It will be known hereon
then as the PCC (Philippine Collegiate Championships)
as per media guidelines set by Solar Sports and
Basketball TV.

Galwin on Thu, 1st Jan 2009 12:48 pm

Thanks for the correction, Mike!

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