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UP routs NU for a three-peat in collegiate pre-season tourney
Business World Philippines
|July 29, 2025
REIGNING champion University of the Philippines (UP) clobbered National University (NU) in a lopsided finale, 79-65, to clinch its third straight title in the PlayTime Cares Filoil EcoOil 18th Preseason Cup over the weekend at the Playtime Cares Filoil Centre in San Juan.
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The Fighting Maroons dominated right off the bat and just went on cruise control the rest of the way for a three-peat in the country's staple preseason tourney featuring squads from the UAAP and NCAA.
UP became the first three-peat champion in Filoil history to take home the ECJ Perpetual Trophy, tying San Beda University for the second-most titles just behind De La Salle University with four championships.
This story is from the July 29, 2025 edition of Business World Philippines.
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