La Salle coach wins championship on rookie year

The Manila Times

La Salle coach wins championship on rookie year  On his fourth try, Topex Robinson is finally a champion coach in the collegiate level after La Salle defeated UP, 73-69, in the decider of the UAAP Season 86 men's basketball Finals at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. He failed to win it with the San Sebastian Stas in 2011 and Lyceum in 2017 and 2018 in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA). He joined Franz Pumaren in 1998, Juno Sauler in 2013 and Aldin Ayo in 2016 as the Green Archers' coaches who led their teams to the title in their rookie years.  Video by Niel Victor Masoy  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes  #tmtnews  #basketball   #philippines  #sports   #uaap

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00:00 So, if you're first meeting with Azad, you want to tie the knot, how does it feel to be in the middle of a challenge?

00:05 Wow, sobrang, sobrang feeling eh. Hindi ko ma-explain right now. Everything's still not really wrapped in my head.

00:16 But, you know, I just want to make sure that, you know, I'm not letting anything pass by without us being focused on what's in front of us.

00:24 You know, credit to UP, they really, really pushed us to the hill and really changed the challenges down to our core.

00:32 And it just brought out and unleashed the fighter in this guy's...

00:38 But again, I cannot put the words, you know, in my head right now, but I'm just so grateful and honored and privileged to be part of PLSC.

00:48 I guess, putting your name in the...

01:17 Putting your name in that list is really an honor for me.

01:22 You know, this is my first championship as a college head coach.

01:28 You know, after so many tries, and again, I just don't want to give up.

01:37 You know, you found yourself and you don't have the courage to move forward.

01:41 You know that there's somebody behind you.

01:43 You know, these guys are really giving me the courage to move on, even if I'm questioning myself.

01:48 You know, that first game loss was really challenging for me.

01:51 It kind of asked me if I'm really here as a...

01:55 But every time I see these guys, it gives me the courage to move forward because, you know, I grow my spec from them.

02:03 You know, every time I see them, they challenge me, they check on me if I'm okay.

02:07 And that's really something that's really priceless for me as a coach, you know, just not to be their coach but to be their friend.

02:15 Siguro yun yung malaking bagay para sa akin.

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