Photo Links: Ateneo is the Champion! (UAAP Basketball 2008)

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Photo Caption: At the Araneta Coliseum after the game between Ateneo and La Salle. Ateneo won the championship, 62 - 51. From the photo collection of Raffy Saldaña(http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com).

Click the links below to see photos taken by my digital camera during Game 2 of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) 2008 Basketball Championship held on Thursday, 25 September 2008 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. Ateneo de Manila University beats De La Salle University, 62 - 51, to emerge as the champion.

http://booleanlogic.multiply.com/photos/album/165/UAAP_Finals_2008_Ateneo_Wins_the_Championship_Part_1

http://booleanlogic.multiply.com/photos/album/166/Part_2_Ateneo_Wins_the_Championship_UAAP_Basketball_2008

Suggestion: Choose 'Slideshow' Option.


Cheers,

Raffy

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Related Link:

http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirersports/inquirersports/view/20080926-162938/The-Band-of-Blue-dethrones-Green-Archers

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UAAP Basketball Finals 2008: Ateneo is the Champion!

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Game 2 of UAAP Basketball Finals

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Ateneo vs. La Salle

Araneta Coliseum, Cubao, Quezon City

Result: Ateneo = 62 pts., La Salle = 51 pts.

ATENEO IS THE NEW CHAMPION!!!

Congratulations to the ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL TEAM!

Cheers,

Raffy

Note: Today (25 September 2008) I experienced a lot firsts: (1) It was my first time to watch a UAAP basketball game at the Araneta Coliseum, (2) my first time to watch a UAAP Basketball Championship, (3) and my first time to watch (live) the Ateneo basketball team winning the UAAP championship over La Salle :)

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Related Link: http://sports.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20080925-162888/Ateneo-bags-UAAP-crown

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Queueing for Ateneo - La Salle Basketball Finals Tickets

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Note: After waiting in line for almost six hours I got my two tickets :)


Yesterday (23 September 2008) I did something that I had never done before -- to queue for a basketball game ticket.

It is the UAAP (University Atheletics Association of the Philippines) Basketball Season Finals and the two contending teams are Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University. Game one (best of three games) was won by Ateneo last Sunday, September 21 (with a 69 - 61 win over La Salle).

I have never watched a basketball game live in Araneta Coliseum (venue of the UAAP Basketball Finals) before. Now that Ateneo is a strong contender in clinching the basketball championship this year, I decided to line up for tickets (reserved for faculty and staff of Ateneo).

Although the ticket distribution opened only at 12:00 noon, several people started lining up as early as 4:30 a.m. I arrived in the ticket place around 6:30 a.m. and I was number 22 in the queue.

The first 12 people in the queue were allocated with Upper A tickets. I got two Upper B tickets.

While waiting for the ticket office to open I was able to check several batches of exam papers.

Photo Link: http://booleanlogic.multiply.com/photos/album/164/Queueing_for_Ateneo_-_La_Salle_Basketball_Finals_Tickets


Related Link: Queueing Theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queuing_theory)

"Queueing theory is the mathematical study of waiting lines (or queues). The theory enables mathematical analysis of several related processes, including arriving at the (back of the) queue, waiting in the queue (essentially a storage process), and being served by the server(s) at the front of the queue. The theory permits the derivation and calculation of several performance measures including the average waiting time in the queue or the system, the expected number waiting or receiving service and the probability of encountering the system in certain states, such as empty, full, having an available server or having to wait a certain time to be served."

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Congratulations, Chris Tiu -- 2008 Ateneo Sportsman of the Year

Various photos of Chris Tiu, 2008 Ateneo Sportsman of the Year Awardee, during the Loyola Schools Awards for Leadership and Service held on March 10, 2008 in Ateneo de Manila University. From the photo collection of Raffy Saldaña (http://raffysaldana.blogspot.com)

Note: This is an experiment. I wonder if my blog hit counter would dramatically increase if I feature a celebrity Ateanean like Chris Tiu (famous varsity basketball player of Ateneo) in my blog :)

Anyway, Chris (fullname: Christopher John A. Tiu) deserves to be congratulated because he won the 2008 Ateneo Sportsman of the Year Award (together with Patrick Ozaeta, a football player).

I also found out that Chris Tiu is a double major: Management and Applied Mathematics Major in Mathematical Finance :)

Aside from Chris Tiu, the other winners in the Loyola Schools Awards for Sports are:

• Patrick Ozaeta, co-winner of the Sportsman of the Year Award
• Cassandra Noel Toseco, winner of the Sportswoman of the Year Award
• Riva Maria Galveztan, Winner of the Amborosio Padilla Award

To all winners in the 2008 Loyola Schools Awards for Leadership and Service -- CONGRATULATIONS!

Cheers,

Raffy
3/10/08