UAAP Season 85 preview: UP Maroons face tall order against souped-up competition

MANILA, Philippines --- University of the Philippines earned its opponents' respect after ending a 36-year championship drought. But the two squads it took down last season to make history, Ateneo and La Sall,e are out to redeem themselves as the UAAP Season 85 men's basketball tournament tips off on Saturday at Mall of Asia Arena. The Fighting Maroons, who used to be pushoversin the past decades before becoming contenders in the league for the last three seasons, are now being hunted by seven other teams after JD Cagulangan capped their epic Season 84 with a history-making triple to dethrone the Blue Eagles in Finals Game 3 last May. In their first title-retention bid in three...

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