{"id":25339,"date":"2014-09-10T12:03:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T04:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=25339"},"modified":"2014-09-10T17:22:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T09:22:23","slug":"dlsu-nu-eyes-final-four-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/10\/dlsu-nu-eyes-final-four-stint\/","title":{"rendered":"DLSU, NU eyes final four stint"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_25346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25346\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/UAAP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25346 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/UAAP-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo from UAAP Facebook Photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/UAAP-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/UAAP.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from UAAP Facebook Page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212;\u00a0De La Salle University and National University are both close to claiming their respective spots in the Final Four of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) senior men\u2019s basketball category, but both need to win their games today at Smart Araneta Coliseum.<\/p>\n<p>The Archers will be facing the University of the East at <span data-term=\"goog_861970111\">2 p.m.<\/span>, while the Bulldogs will go up against University of Santo Tomas at <span data-term=\"goog_861970112\">4 p.m.<\/span> If both teams will win, they will be casted to the Final Four together with the Ateneo de Manila University and Far Eastern University.<\/p>\n<p>However if the Warriors will win against DLSU, there will be a battle for the last semifinals slots. UE almost won over DLSU in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just have to make the most of those opportunities given to us,\u201d said DLSU coach Juno Sauler. \u201cIt\u2019s always tough playing against UE. They\u2019re long, they\u2019re quick. We know they\u2019ll put pressure on us for 40 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Bulldogs also worry about the Tigers given that the latter made a promise to be strong in their last two games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will play with nothing to lose, but we need that win,\u201d said NU coach Eric Altamirano. \u201cIt\u2019s important that we play our game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If UE wins and NU loses, both will be at the fourth place and turn the elimination playdates a straight Final Four race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212;\u00a0De La Salle University and National University are both close to claiming their respective spots in the Final Four &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":25346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[7772],"class_list":["post-25339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-uaap","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}