Recent UP vs. La Salle game seen as preview of UAAP Finals

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00:00The top two teams of this year's UAAP Men's Basketball Tournament squared off last night

00:06in a highly anticipated second round match-up at the Areneta Coliseum.

00:10Although they are each assured of final four spots,

00:13the De La Salle University and the University of the Philippines

00:16stopped at nothing to prove themselves as the best team in Philippine collegiate basketball.

00:21For all the highlights and hints, here's Rafael Bandairel.

00:25It was a rematch of last year's finals,

00:29and may very well be a preview of this season's UAAP Men's Basketball Championship Series.

00:36Defending champion De La Salle University Green Archers locked horns

00:40with the mighty University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons Sunday night at the Big Dome.

00:46It was almost deja vu of their initial encounter in round one

00:50as DLSU extended its winning streak to nine games,

00:54out-dwelling UP 77-66.

00:58Reigning MVP Kevin Quiambao led the way with a team-high 15-point effort,

01:03a slight improvement on his uncharacteristic performance

01:07against Four Eastern University in his previous game.

01:10Coming into this game, I had a different mindset,

01:14but my approach was the same.

01:15I can't complain about my performance in the last game.

01:20My teammates, my management, and coaching staff

01:24always tell me to keep going.

01:27I'm one of the leaders here.

01:29If this matchup is anything to go by,

01:32it appears that De La Salle is on its way to a second consecutive title.

01:37However, big man Mike Phillips said they are aware

01:40that overconfidence could be their undoing if they aren't careful.

01:45Whoever makes it to those third, fourth, or second seed,

01:48they're not just going to give up just because they're number one.

01:51They fought so hard to get to that spot,

01:53so they're going to fight even harder to try to take us down.

01:56We really have to be ready.

01:58I think it's really just seeing the passion in which they fight

02:01and just always remembering that in this game of basketball,

02:03anybody can beat anybody on any given day.

02:05No matter if everything's going right,

02:07there's always an envelope on the ball.

02:10As it stands, the LSU has comfortably secured the number one spot

02:14in the Season 87 standings,

02:16along with a twice-to-beat advantage in the Final Four.

02:20The boys from TAP have one remaining game left in the elimination round.

02:24They will face the National University Bulldogs on Wednesday

02:28at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion.

02:31And although it's a non-bearing game,

02:33Coach Topex Robinson is adamant that the Archers aim to finish strong

02:38to build momentum heading into the Final Four.

02:41Rafael Bandeirel, from the National TV Network of the New and Better Philippines.

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