Just to give the younger audience a glimpse of this rivalry, these two teams started slugging it out in classic match ups in the 80’s with the Knights’ Samboy Lim’s early dominance up to the decade ending back to back wins by the the Bong Alvarez and Eugene Quilban led Stags squads.
As most enthusiasts predicted, Tab Baldwin’s Ateneo Blue Eagles dominated with a 14-0 sweep of the eliminations with relative ease backed by fluid ball movement, spacing, a dominant big man in 7’0 Angelo Kouame and a coaching staff that has great scouting and in-game adjustments that teams could not predict.
