Mapua Cardinals’ coach Randy Alcantara and Finals MVP Clint Escamis after profitable the NCAA Season 100 males’s basketball championship. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
MANILA, Philippines—Clint Escamis’ unsure standing for NCAA Season 101 hovered above Mapua coach Randy Alcantara after profitable the championship that had eluded the Cardinals for 33 years.
However that didn’t dampen Alcantara’s pleasure in any respect as he’s simply blissful to deliver a title to Mapua, a feat that he was capable of do as a participant 33 years in the past.
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If something, the veteran tactician was nothing however assured when requested concerning the squad’s future standing following their historic triumph of the Season 100 title.
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“With our lineup, we’re okay however after all… we’ll test on what our MVP’s resolution might be,” mentioned Alcantara in jest following their 94-82 win over Faculty of St. Benilde in Sport 2 at Araneta Coliseum on Saturday.
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“However whoever might be put in our lineup for subsequent yr will certainly face the identical sort of competitors that we had this yr, in opposition to groups who’re all bettering and turning into stronger.”
Mapua Cardinals’ Clint Escamis throughout Sport 2 of the NCAA Season 100 males’s basketball Finals in opposition to St. Benilde Blazers. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.web
Escamis, who was hailed because the Season 100 Finals MVP, might have performed his closing season for the Cardinals as he now solely has one optionally available yr to compete once more on the collegiate degree.
Yesteryear’s season MVP was non-committal, himself, relating to whether or not he’d return or not however that didn’t appear to faze Alcantara a lot.
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In spite of everything, ought to Escamis determine to forgo his closing yr for the Intramuros-based squad, Mapua will nonetheless be closely geared up with younger weapons that also have some years with the Cardinals.
For one, Mapua’s anticipating the progressions of its core with gamers like Chris Hubilla, Laurence Mangubat, JC Recto and Cyrus Cuenco, to call a number of.
Cuenco spearheaded the Cardinals’s historic title-clinching win over the Blazers with 19 factors. Mangubat, in the meantime, scattered 17 factors to assist Hubilla’s close to double-double of 15 factors and eight rebounds.
So far as Alcantara’s involved, as soon as the adrenaline of the title dies down, it’s again to sq. one for him and the Cardinals within the offseason.
“[We’ll do the] similar issues. We’ll return to work after our celebration. We’ll put together those that might be changing our graduating gamers,” mentioned Alcantara.
“Hopefully, that subsequent batch sees how good it’s to win a championship, even when it’s not that simple.”
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As of writing, solely two gamers from the Mapua camp might be exiting the lineup, particularly Joaquin Garcia and Aaron Fermin.
