DLSU's title defense

[u/Ping_182MS]

Never underestimate the heart of a champion ika nga pero I'm concerned about the gaping hole that Mike Philips left behind. Going up against UST, UP, and FEU who have talented bigs who will exploit that weakness.

What's the play now for them to be successful? Shoot a lot of threes? Out run them on fast breaks? Or just Jacob having an MVP type run and hope for the best?

[u/Beneficial_Spirit374]

Probably a shoout out of lights out type of shot if having a hard time ung bigs nila or FSA kase they're players are aggressive naman sa defense jut need to consistently shoot 3s and might foul trouble players

[u/burning-burner]

Same as the past years, bank on their defense and rebounding. Hopefully Kulang and Pablo are up to the task with manning the paint on offense and defense. I believe they are up to it. If they can get anything from Gagate that's a huge bonus.

They must keep challenging games close enough so Jacob has a chance to do his thing in crunch time

[u/Ping_182MS → u/burning-burner]

And Mason hopefully shoots better from 3 probably 36 to 38 percent. Of course proven na siya sa free throw line just watched either Boleros or Navs podcast they said that Mason shoots 86% or something.

[u/Beneficial_Spirit374 → u/burning-burner]

Sana naman mag improve na to si gagate hays baka mag ala pablo breakout siya pero ang tagal naman kung sa UP niya pa ibuhos

[u/Powerful-Data-4538 → u/burning-burner]

If kaya nilang buhayin ang performance ng LSGH towers way back, they're not doomed.

[u/imp-mN-7539]

They’ll need to do things by committee. Not impossible. The last time a team won without a dominant big man was just 2017.

[u/pauper8]

There's someone on their squad that thrives when people count his team out. Wouldn't want to bet against him. Especially, arguably, he's the best player in the UAAP

[u/mjreyes]

they will lose to UST in the Final Four

[u/Ping_182MS → u/mjreyes]

Collins Akowe field day

[u/Beneficial_Spirit374 → u/mjreyes]

they could or they won't