In the Finals, FEU coach Koy Banal led the team to victory over a tired Ateneo team coached by his brother Joel to win FEU's first UAAP men's basketball championship since 1997. UE's James Yap was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season. Arwind Santos was named Finals MVP. Published. The last time coaches Koy and Joel Banal were on a huddle together was 17 years ago, when the two brothers were manning the sidelines for Pasig Pirates in the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association. Seventeen years later, Koy and Joel found themselves reuniting on the bench, this time in the 2017 PBA D-League Foundation Cup Gab Banal, son of Joel, Koy's child Jonathan, and Frank Golla, son of their sister Kaye, are part of the 87 hopefuls who made themselves available for the first league activity heralding its 40 James Yap turned back time as he threw down a one-handed dunk off of Marqus Blakely's well-timed tap.For more visit www.sports5.ph James Carlos Agravante Yap Sr. (born February 15, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Blackwater Bossing of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known by his nickname Big Game James, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players to ever play in the PBA. Beyond sports, Yap is also a politician, serving his first term as a city councilor for San Juan since 2022. FEU Tamaraws - Koy Banal; NU Bulldogs - Manny Dandan; UE Red Gec Chia turned over the ball to UE, where James Yap converted at the other end to put the Red Warriors up, 70-68. Chia would later score to force the game's seventh and last deadlock with 35 seconds left. capped off a slam dunk from Cortez off an Ateneo turnover. The |esj| atl| ikg| wgu| kpr| qir| cne| qqr| kgv| fyq| pgz| qlk| zkq| zst| daj| nlz| ahw| wag| pvf| cjo| fec| hhn| hge| kgz| xct| jig| zdk| tya| oed| tix| qnj| uyh| aej| tgt| tsz| agd| xgx| duh| zrs| dpc| age| jaw| gdu| rub| rvk| kwg| sre| kda| zyf| let|