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UAAP Season 80 Breakout Stars: Ron Dennison and how he turned into a two-way star

It's a brand new UAAP season and here we are wondering if them kids be alright throughout the course of the year. We had an entire year (well almost) off from the MoA Arena and Araneta Coliseum that you are left wondering if the points of each team will significantly go up instead of having to slog through games where it ends at 60, 70 because of chucksters that the analysts can't help but just label them as having a scorer's mentality just so we won't step on those dainty toes.  What is the offseason for? Is it to chow down (sorry Ryan, I had to)? Catching up on academics to be eligible to play next season? Shoot commercials (Oh hello there, Kiefer's busted ankle, nice to see you too)? I wonder if and when a UAAP player suddenly jumps from chump to champ. It's the very thing I like with regards to college basketball. Is a player going to retool? What facet of his game will he improve on? Will he even improve at all or has he plateaued? Come to think of ...

UAAP Season 76: FEU Tamaraws Preview and Predictions

    The season starts in a couple of days, and teams are surely preparing hard for the grand chase to the Championship. The parity for the league this year is practically unheard of, with nearly every team being contenders not only for a Final Four spot, but also for the championship.       For my preview and predictions for each team, I will predict the team's standing (meaning the place that they will be in), and the different developments that I expect to see from the team as the season rolls on. I will also list down the key players for the team's run to the Final Four, and the players who we should watch out for developmental wise (rookies and bench players fall under this category).    Now, we'll be analyzing the much controversial FEU Tamaraws.