MANILA, Philippines — The Letran Knights will have a likelihood to individual the distinction of becoming the the to start with crew in the NCAA to get two league titles in just less than a 12 months.
This arrived to fore following The STAR gained reviews that Season 98 will start on September 10, or just a lot less than four months immediately after the magnificent guys from Muralla, Intramuros completed a ideal period in the 97th edition of the oldest collegiate league in the land.
In the opener the place the venue has but to be specified, Letran will fight host Emilio Aguinaldo School that will be followed by an similarly attention-grabbing showdown concerning runner up Mapua and third placer San Beda.
From a shortened Period 97 wherever teams performed a solitary-round robin structure and the novel enjoy-in period, the league will revert to the double-round process.
EAC, as host, will then choose if it will return to the old Final 4 established up or maintain the perform-in design.
“It will be two rounds, EAC will make your mind up what comes just after,” a source told The STAR.
If the Knights could replicate their accomplishment ast time, they would conclude up with a 3-peat feat, a 20th title over-all and the distinction as the first crew to get 2 times in a just 12 months span.
Applying the traditional format, Season 98 could wrap up before November finishes or early December.
And it certain like Letran could pull off these unusual feat as it will maintain the main of its champion workforce headed by the electrical power duo of rookie MVP winner Rhenz Abando and Fran Yu.
“Baka ma-sweep ulit (It might be swept once again),” said a Letran insider.
In the meantime, the league will keep an all-star occasion Thursday at the Filoil Traveling V Arena in which Workforce Heroes composed of EAC, Jose Rizal University, Lyceum of the Philippines College, Mapua and Arellano University will battle Team Saints consisting of Letran, St. Benilde, San Beda, San Sebastian and Perpetual Assist.
The taking part universities have but to choose who are the two players they would send out in the a person-day spectacle.