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Jvee Casio's final stand as a Green Archer
Thu, Sep 25, 2008 by Purple and Gold
It's not everyday that La Salle sees a player as gracious on and off the court as Jvee Casio. The Green Archers have been known to the outside world for bringing in bad-boy bruisers in their lineup, who are typically viewed as ones who try to taunt, trash-talk and outsmart their counterparts in ways that their opposition would not like. The most recent examples of these bruisers and trash-talkers would be Joseph Yeo, Mark Cardona and Ryan Araña. We may love them Archer Fans but these Archers are vilified by many rivals, especially the one engorged in blue and white. Truth of the matter is, they hardly like any UAAP player who puts on a green and white jersey with the words La Salle in trademark Old English text.
And then came Joseph Evans Casio from San Beda High School who, back in 2003, was tasked to anchor a team that was rookie-laden and still suffering from the pains of not achieving the coveted five-peat championship that they lost to the rival in blue and white. I remember seeing him first in a game in 2003 and when I look back from his rookie days days in 2003, he has really come a long, long way. He's been also through a lot of wars and epic battles. He won the Rookie of the Year award despite being under the shadow of much-touted rookies such as his guard archnemesis Chris Tiu. He was one of the keys in the miracle run of the Archers back in 2004 and he hit one of the shots, a three pointer, that defined his UAAP career as a clutch performer in the UAAP Finals against the FEU Tamaraws in that same year. That shot of his even strengthened my fanaticism and adoration of the talent and the composure that Jvee Casio has.
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UAAP Basketball Individual Awards Predictions
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 by JeffO
With the Cheerdance exhibition wrapped up, that means the UAAP regular season is also nearing completion and subsequently the playoffs. The Final Four sees the top 4 (doi) teams of the league duking it out for the big prize, while the losers wade through months of fair weather ridicule, point shaving accusations (or if you are UE, hangovers from perrenial chokejob, as they prepare to sweep another batch of relevant summer leagues).
This is also the time when the UAAP board honors the top individual award winners from the Juniors to Seniors division (both genders), to widespread speculation and at times, even controversy due to the subjective nature of the selection process. Most critics consider over-all team success as the only standard that matter while some cite statistical points as of equal value. While these opinions hold as much weight as a holocaust survivor and have little to no effect on the judges' decision, it's still a nice way to spend a few minutes and make yourself look like a basketball expert alongside other internet males when not collecting Magic: The Gathering cards or debating the fine arts of drag racing.
By that same token, The 15th Parallell simply can't resist jumping on the bandwagon and coming up with our own predictions as to which players would win. Yes, we know some of the awards here are not recognized (like Sixth Man and Coach of the Year) but we'd rather have an award that actually exists than shitstain ones like PS Bank's newly-christened "Maaasahan Player of the Game" which if you think about it, has no sound basis.
In this piece, our staunch group of writers will be picking for the Senior's division of men's basketball given that the only non-male senior players we're familiar with are Kady Wilson and Kiefer Ravena (you can thank Studio23 for that). While The 15th Parallel has rarely shied away from a challenge, we'd rather not overextend our reputation as know-it-alls.
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Thu, Sep 25, 2008 by Purple and Gold
It's not everyday that La Salle sees a player as gracious on and off the court as Jvee Casio. The Green Archers have been known to the outside world for bringing in bad-boy bruisers in their lineup, who are typically viewed as ones who try to taunt, trash-talk and outsmart their counterparts in ways that their opposition would not like. The most recent examples of these bruisers and trash-talkers would be Joseph Yeo, Mark Cardona and Ryan Araña. We may love them Archer Fans but these Archers are vilified by many rivals, especially the one engorged in blue and white. Truth of the matter is, they hardly like any UAAP player who puts on a green and white jersey with the words La Salle in trademark Old English text.And then came Joseph Evans Casio from San Beda High School who, back in 2003, was tasked to anchor a team that was rookie-laden and still suffering from the pains of not achieving the coveted five-peat championship that they lost to the rival in blue and white. I remember seeing him first in a game in 2003 and when I look back from his rookie days days in 2003, he has really come a long, long way. He's been also through a lot of wars and epic battles. He won the Rookie of the Year award despite being under the shadow of much-touted rookies such as his guard archnemesis Chris Tiu. He was one of the keys in the miracle run of the Archers back in 2004 and he hit one of the shots, a three pointer, that defined his UAAP career as a clutch performer in the UAAP Finals against the FEU Tamaraws in that same year. That shot of his even strengthened my fanaticism and adoration of the talent and the composure that Jvee Casio has.
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UAAP Basketball Individual Awards Predictions
Thu, Sep 11, 2008 by JeffO
With the Cheerdance exhibition wrapped up, that means the UAAP regular season is also nearing completion and subsequently the playoffs. The Final Four sees the top 4 (doi) teams of the league duking it out for the big prize, while the losers wade through months of fair weather ridicule, point shaving accusations (or if you are UE, hangovers from perrenial chokejob, as they prepare to sweep another batch of relevant summer leagues).This is also the time when the UAAP board honors the top individual award winners from the Juniors to Seniors division (both genders), to widespread speculation and at times, even controversy due to the subjective nature of the selection process. Most critics consider over-all team success as the only standard that matter while some cite statistical points as of equal value. While these opinions hold as much weight as a holocaust survivor and have little to no effect on the judges' decision, it's still a nice way to spend a few minutes and make yourself look like a basketball expert alongside other internet males when not collecting Magic: The Gathering cards or debating the fine arts of drag racing.
By that same token, The 15th Parallell simply can't resist jumping on the bandwagon and coming up with our own predictions as to which players would win. Yes, we know some of the awards here are not recognized (like Sixth Man and Coach of the Year) but we'd rather have an award that actually exists than shitstain ones like PS Bank's newly-christened "Maaasahan Player of the Game" which if you think about it, has no sound basis.
In this piece, our staunch group of writers will be picking for the Senior's division of men's basketball given that the only non-male senior players we're familiar with are Kady Wilson and Kiefer Ravena (you can thank Studio23 for that). While The 15th Parallel has rarely shied away from a challenge, we'd rather not overextend our reputation as know-it-alls.
Read more »
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