What to watch out for in UAAP Basketball Season 72

UAAP is fast approaching. My favorite event in the UAAP is the men's basketball. I enjoy watching basketball like most Filipinos do. I was always present during DLSU games especially the ones against ADMU. I wish the DLSU Green Archers good luck. I'll hope we'll win this year! I'll be crossing my fingers and cheering for the green!

1. Rookies - DLSU bagged a lot of valuable rookies. We know that coach Pumaren coached the RP youth team last year. Some members of the RP youth team will be playing for DLSU. DLSU was also able to bag Arvie Bringas, the standout former HS player of San Sebastian. He's one of the most sought after high school players out there.

2. Players who are gone

-JVEE Casio (DLSU)

-Rico Maierhofer (DLSU)

- Chris Tiu (ADMU)

- Marcy Arellano (UE)

- Jervy Cruz (UST)

3. new referees - Instead of having NABRO as the officiating body, it will be handled by BRASCU or the pool of referees from the SBP or Samahan Basketbol ng Pilipinas. Last year, there were a lot of complaints on NABRO. There were a lot of bad calls.

4. new commissioner: Remember last year when Ateneo was awarded two points when coach Pumaren was not wearing his ID inside the court? Well, it was the former commissioner's call. Now, there is a new commissioner named Joe Lipa who was the commissioner of NCAA last year. I wish him luck and I'll hope he'll be able to fulfill his responsibilities as new commissioner.