Blue Eagles claim #1 spot in Power Rankings
by rick olivares
The excitement of the college basketball season is just underway and the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas working with the Philippine Collegiate Champions League and Basketball TV have come out with weekly power rankings to prepare everyone for the coming national championship.
“What we have are champions from different leagues, but can anyone actually say that they are the national champion,” asked PCCL Commissioner Rey Gamboa over lunch with the sports media at Gourdo’s restaurant at the Fort a few weeks ago. “That has been the aim of the Champions League – to find the one true college champion.”
“The weekly power rankings should whet everyone’s appetite for the game and the teams they root for,” added BTV Marketing Manager Vitto Lazatin. “Once the respective leagues are done, the media will rank and eventually decide the seeding of the teams when they compete for the national title.”
Now on its fourth week where sports scribes from different media rank the top 15 college teams depending on their performances for the week, the poll finds the Ateneo De Manila Blue Eagles on top for the first time after going 3-0 in an eight day stretch. The University of the East Red Warriors which was on top for two of the tree weeks thus far fell to number four while another pair of unbeaten teams – San Beda and Letran -- climbed the standings.
Here are the Top 15 rankings for the week of July 7-13:
1. Ateneo Blue Eagles
2. San Beda Red Lions
3. Letran Knights
4. UE Red Warriors
5. La Salle Green Archers
6. Mapua Cardinals
7. UST Growling Tigers
8. FEU Tamaraws
9. Adamson Falcons
10. CSB Blazers
11. San Sebastian Stags
12. JRU Heavy Bombers
13. Arellano University Chiefs
14. Lyceum Pirates
15. STI Olympians
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