Sultan Cup Inter Zone Semi Final

Sultan Cup Semi Final (Inter Zone)
Digital MTV (Klang Zone) vs UM (Subang Zone)

Games (1): 29/11/2010 - 8.30pm (Jalan Kapar, Klang Court).
Games (2): 1/12/2010 - 8.30pm (USJ Court 9).

Come to support UM team...........C u ;)

Sultan Cup Inter Zone Update - QF

UM is through to the Semi Finals! It was no easy task though. There are 8 teams in the Inter Zone Round, with each match up being played in a best of 3 format. Essentially, the 1st round is already the Quarter Finals.

Click the "Read More" link for more detailed update.

KL Open Update

UM lost its last game vs Cheras Hokkien Association, a closely fought game lost narrowly 73-76.

Ex-UM won its game vs The A-Team (essentially UiTM old boys team) in a slow, wet and slippery game (due to drizzle) 57-44.

Ex-UM's last "1st round" game is vs Starsport on Sunday 14 Nov, venue at Kepong (same venue as Girl's KL Open games). If we win, we will be assured of advancing to the Semi Finals.

Come support us!


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UM @KL Open

UM's last game at KL Open is tonight, Tuesday 9 Nov, 9:30pm @Taman City against Cheras Hokkien Association team. .

Come cheer and support us.
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Sultan Cup Div II Subang Zone (Final Result)

After 2 long months, UMBBT is Champions again, this time in the Sultan Cup Subang Zone.

We finished with a regular season record of 9-1 with the lone loss being to JK5.

Playoffs were in best of 3 format. UM lost its 1st Quarter Finals game against Swoosh but came back and won the next 2 games in commanding fashion to advance.

UM then swept Waterboy 2-0 in the Semi Finals (both tough and closely fought games) and then swept JK5 2-0 in the Finals to be Zone Champions!

Well done UM! And many thanks to the many supporters who turned up game after game to give us their loyal support and cheer.

UM's next Inter Zone game (also in best of 3 format, home-away format) will be on next Monday 15 Nov, 9:15pm @USJ14, Goodyear Court 9, against Rawang Zone 1st Runner-Up.

Game 2 will be on Tuesday 16 Nov, 8pm @Rawang.

Come cheer and support us!

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Sultan Cup Div II (Overall Result & Standing)

Results: Sultan Cup DivII (Subang Zone)

SULTAN CUP 2010 ( SUBANG ZONE )
DATE	TIME	GAME	TEAM	TEAM	RESULT
06-09-10	7.30PM	1	EMPIRE	WATERBOY	56 - 150
	9.00PM	2	MKYC	TABT	53 - 78
08-09-10	7.30PM	3	WATERBOY	TABT	76 - 65
	9.00PM	4	JK5	TOFB	86 - 56
12-09-10	1.00PM	5	WATERBOY	JK5	75 - 92
SUNDAY	2.30PM	6	EMPIRE	POWER FORWARD	11 - .87
13-09-10	7.30PM	7	TABT	EMPIRE	127 - 31
MONDAY	9.00PM	8	MKYC	WATERBOY	61 - 83
15-09-10	7.30PM	9	POWER FORWARD	EX-UM	88 - 71
WEDNESDAY	9.00PM	10	UM	SWOOSH	85 - 62
17-09-10	7.30PM	11	MKYC	EMPIRE	82 - 50
FRIDAY	9.00PM	12	SWOOSH	TOFB	58 - 64
20-09-10	7.30PM	13	POWER FORWARD	UM	70 - 76
MONDAY	9.00PM	14	EMPIRE	EX-UM	49 - 86
22-09-10	7.30PM	15	POWER FORWARD	JK5	68 - 88
WEDNESDAY	9.00PM	16	MKYC	TOFB	43 - 50
24-09-10	7.30PM	17	UM	TABT	89 - 74
FRIDAY	9.00PM	18	EX-UM	SWOOSH	77 - 33
27-09-10	7.30PM	19	TOFB	EMPIRE	76 - 20
MONDAY	9.00PM	20	POWER FORWARD	MKYC	92 - 51
29-09-10	7.30PM	21	TOFB	POWER FORWARD	54 - 73
WEDNESDAY	9.00PM	22	SWOOSH	TABT	57 - 53
01-10-10	7.30PM	23	UM	WATERBOY	90 - 74
FRIDAY	9.00PM	24	EX-UM	TABT	57 - 85
04-10-10	7.30PM	25	EMPIRE	UM	27 - 112
MONDAY	9.00PM	26	EX-UM	WATERBOY	94 - 79
06-10-10	7.30PM	27	MKYC	JK5	66 - 114
WEDNESDAY	9.00PM	28	POWER FORWARD	SWOOSH	92 - 86
08-10-10	7.30PM	29	MKYC	EX-UM	58 - 101
FRIDAY	9.00PM	30	TABT	TOFB	70 - 82
11-10-10	7.30PM	34	POWER FORWARD	TABT	67-57
MONDAY	9.00PM	35	EMPIRE	SWOOSH	58-97
13-10-10	7.30PM	36	UM	JK5	69 - 82
WEDNESDAY	9.00PM	37	TOFB	EX-UM	59 - 62
15-10-10	7.30PM	38	MKYC	UM	39-153
FRIDAY	9.00PM	39	SWOOSH	JK5	69-70
17-10-10	1.00PM	40	TOFB	UM	54-82
SUNDAY	2.30PM	42	EMPIRE	JK5
	4.00PM	43	MKYC	SWOOSH
18-10-10	7.30PM	44	JK5	TABT
MONDAY	9.00PM	45	WATERBOY	TOFB
20-10-10	7.30PM	32	JK5	EX-UM
	9.00PM	33	WATERBOY	SWOOSH
22-10-10	7.30PM	31	UM	EX-UM
	9.00PM	41	POWER FORWARD	WATERBOY
24-10-10	10.30AM	46	QUARTER	FINAL
	12.00PM	47	QUARTER	FINAL
	1.30PM	48	QUARTER	FINAL
	3.00PM	49	QUARTER	FINAL

Update: UM & ExUM Games Schedule

UM & EX-UM Games Schedule

2010 PUCHONG OPEN (Schedule) : EX-UM Team

To ALL EX-UM players those are taking part in Puchong Open 2010,

The following are the schedule :

14/10/2010 (Thu) - 9.15pm : EX-UM vs PANDAMARAN
16/10/2010 (Sat) - 7.45pm : ASIA TECH vs EX-UM
21/10/2010 (Thu) - 7.45pm : EX-UM vs TOWN PARK

23/10/2010 (Sat) - 7.45pm : EX-UM vs UNITED TEAM

Venue : Taman Wawasan, Puchong Basketball court

Friendly match with SPITT

UM played a friendly match against a polytechnic college from Tanjung Malim yesterday (Saturday).

UM is also taking part in both Sultan Cup and KL Open and had a game on last Wednesday for KL Open, had practice on Thursday night and another Sultan Cup game Friday night! Most players were therefore quite tired. On top of that half the team could not be present for the friendly. We therefore requested Ex-UM players to help make up the numbers so as to avoid risk of injury. Many thanks to Jiun Haur, Phang and Zhen who answered the call for help.

The team from the polytechnic was a young team, spirited, tried their very best but (especially since they don't have any coach) were simply not at our level of play. Nonetheless, the game gave us a good opportunity to let our juniors get more playing time.

Final score, UM wins : 91-37

Sultan Cup 2010 - Schedule

UM and Ex-UM are both taking part in this year’s Sultan Cup 2010 at Subang USJ 14 (Goodyear Court 9) zone. This year’s format is a “league” / full round-robin format so all 10 teams will play each other.

The following is a list of UM and Ex-UM games in Sultan Cup 2010. Most games for UM and Ex-UM are on the same day (as requested by us). 10/10/2010 game should be interesting!!

UM’ schedules:

Wed 15/9/2010 9.00pm UM v SWOOSH

Mon 20/9/2010 7.30pm POWER FORWARD v UM

Fri 24/9/2010 7.30pm UM v TABT

Wed 29/9/2010 7.30pm UM v WATERBOY

Wed 6/10/2010 7.30pm EMPIRE v UM

Fri 8/10/2010 7.30pm MKYC v UM

Sun 10/10/2010 11.00am UM v EX-UM

Wed 13/10/2010 7.30pm UM v JK5

Sun 17/10/2010 11.00am TOFB v UM

Ex-UM’s schedule

Wed 15/9/2010 7.30pm Power Forward v Ex-UM

Mon 20/9/2010 9.00pm Empire v Ex-UM

Fri 24/9/2010 9.00pm Ex-UM v Swoosh

Wed 29/9/2010 9.00pm Ex-UM v TABG

Wed 6/10/2010 9.00pm Ex-UM v Waterboy

Sun 10/10/2010 11.00am v UM v Ex-UM

Wed 13/10/2010 9.00pm TOFB v Ex-UM

Fri 15/10/2010 7.30pm MKYC v Ex-UM

Sun 17/10/2010 2.00pm Ex-UM v JK5

There are some clashes with KL Open’s schedule so some of the above game dates/times might still change.

In the meantime, a copy of the full schedule is also set out below (in jpg format). An excel format may be downloaded from www.selangorbasketball.com

Regards,

Coach

Piala Merdeka 2010 (UM Team pictures)

The UM team taking part in Merdeka Cup 2010 at Puchong.

 

Both UM and Ex-UM are through to the Semi Finals, which will be played on Friday night 27/8/2010 starting from 8pm. In the event UM and Ex-UM both win or both loses their games on Friday night, we will meet each other in the Finals (either for 1^st/2^nd or 3^rd/4^th) which will be played on Monday night 30/8/2010.

Merdeka Cup

Map to Merdeka Cup Venue

Hoops Station 2010

Ex-UM will be taking part in Hoops Station 2010 competition. Above is the full schedule.

Ex-UM's schedule is as follows:

Game #1 : Wednesday 11/8 night 9:30pm - YF Ng vs Ex-UM

Game #2 : Thursday 12/8 night 9:30pm - Ex-UM vs Supersport

Game #3 : Tuesday 17/8 night 9:30pm - KEVO vs Ex-UM

Game #4 : Wednesday 25/8 night 9:30pm - Ex-UM vs Desa Asia

UCBL update

Fresh off our MASUM 2010 success, UM is taking part in Universities-Colleges Basketball League (UCBL).

 

Below are the reports from our Assistant Coaches, who coached the game as I am in Dubai for work.

 

Coach Tak Wing: 

Our game (vs HELP Uni. College) on 06.06.2010 – Sunday:-

 

Final result : UM lost 69 vs 74.....extra time (tied game at 61 vs 61 after 4 periods).

 

From the stat. clear can see that team overall shooting percentage going down mainly due to break for 1 week after our MASUM game. Players are not alert to the instruction from coaches bench. Free throw & 3-points percentage are the main effect to yesterday game.

 

Overall, we (coaches) are satify with the players performance (with consideration of their 1 week break) Since it's league format, we had informed to all of them to keep it up their 'stamina, shooting percentage & spirit' for the upcoming matches.

 

Summary of UCBL :

 

   Date : 06.06.2010 to 08.08.2010

              

   Venue : Start from 2nd game (19.06.2010),

                  the competition venue at Universiti

                  Islam Antarabangsa M'sia (UIAM),

                 Gombak (Indoor court).

                *7/8/2010 & 8/8/2010 (Semi-final &

                 Final) at MABA Stadium again.

   Time : Accoding to Game schdeule.

 

Participart Teams :

1. UM          6. HELP

2. UPM       7. KLIUC

3. UIAM      8. MMU

4. UTAR     9. TAYLOR

5. INTI        10. LIM KOK WING

 

Our next game (vs UIAM) at 5.00pm (19/06/2010- Saturday)

 

UM can do it....our target....play in 'play-off' game (Top-4) in the league.....

UM...Um....UuuuuuuuM ! :)

 

Take care.

 

Regards,

Tak Wing

 

Coach Ming Lip: 

After 1 week rest, the player not ready for today’s game, 1st and 2nd quarter very slow and not alert on defence 32. We only have 10 player today, Hau and Jinn Wen not playing.

Total rebound around UM 42 vs HELP 52, shooting field goal total UM 28/82+ vs HELP 34/77.

1st half UM down around 10 point against HELP, end off 4th quarter score same 61 vs 61, extra time UM 69 vs HELP 74. The stat is with Coach Tak weng.

Cheers,

Ming Lip

 

We are MASUM 2010 CHAMPS!!!

What an INCREDIBLE and heart stopping finals game!!

We started the game with our trademark excellent aggressive half court
man-to-man defense. UiTM looked hesitant at the start and made some
early mistakes and had trouble with our defense. We pulled out to a
bit of a lead 6-2 and then 11-4.

But after about 5 minutes, they settled down and started to handle our
defensive pressure better. Then their expected full court press
started and forced us into a few errors and they started to close the
gap. By end of 1st quarter, they had held us to 12 points only. Score
after 1st quarter : 12-7.

In the 2nd quarter, we started our own three quarter court zone press
whenever we had the opportunity and when we didn't, maintained our
good man defense. During this sequence I needed to let the starters
rest and started rotating bench players in. All bench players who
played, played EXCELLENTLY. There were mistakes but they all made up
for it with their heart and hustle. The game became a defensive battle
- our defensive scheme against theirs.

At half time, UiTM had taken a small lead : 22-21. An unusually low
scoring game for both teams.

At half time, I reminded our team that we must continue to believe in
our shooting. Our defense and their defense were playing each other to
a stale mate. The difference, I believed, would be our shooting.

Throughout the 3rd quarter, the score stayed close. UiTM has several
very good and super quick ball handlers and really tested our man
defense.

After 3 quarters, our shooting had staked us to a small lead : 33-29.

As we went into the 4th quarter, our shooting continued to allow us to
pull away. With 2 min 30 secs left and us up by 10 points (49-39), we
went to our usually trusty 4-down delay tactics. Everyone was
thinking, this is it, we've got the game won.

But then, our 1st 4-down resulted in a missed shot and UiTM rushed up
a 3 point shot that hit the front rim and bounced in. Our next 4-down
sequence, our team captain, Jensen, lost the ball and they had a
fastbreak layup. Suddenly our lead was down to 49-44! Time out UM.

We tried to settle our players down. We went back into our 4-down and
Jensen again beat his man off the dribble but passed to Poh Guan
instead of shooting. Not expecting a pass, the ball went out of bounds!

UiTM inbounded and rushed up court and got another layup : 49-46!!
Again we fail to score and UiTM scored again : 49-48! Time out UM
again with 24.2 seconds left.

I told our boys, just hold the ball for a shot clock violation and
we've got the game won.

After the time out, UiTM went into a full court press and we almost
lost the ball! Out of bounds in our favour. They pressed again and our
1st year point guard, Jack, threw a risky pass and the ball went out
of bounds off UiTM's player ... But referees called it UiTM's ball.
16.1 seconds left an UiTM called a time out.

I looked at Jack and was thinking whether Jack was still mentally
tough after the turnover. I have a LOT of faith in our players and
decided to leave him in. And he immediately rewarded me! On UiTM's
inbounds, Jack intercepted and stole the ball! UiTM fouled Jack. Jack
stepped up calmly to the free throw line and hit both free throws for
a 3 point lead : 51-48, with 14 seconds to go.

On the following UiTM time out, I reminded our players to never be
afraid to play overtime so that even if they made a 3 pointer, we must
inbound safely and not be too concerned with trying to score. Avoiding
a turnover would be critical.

When UiTM inbounded, we defended but off a broken play, a UiTM player
threw up a desperation 3-pointer that hit the back board an banked in!
Tie score : 51-51!! 9 seconds left.

Despite my earlier reminder (I was out of time outs), our players
rushed the inbounds and turned the ball over!! UiTM's center (No. 15)
got the ball and put up a short jumper that went halfway down and
(thankfully) spun out again!! Overtime!

In overtime, UiTM's small and speedy guards made a few shots and they
took a small 2 point lead. Our players scored too and kept closing the
gap and would not allow them to pull away. Finally our shooting
started to come through for us. With Poh Guan playing aggressively and
making layups and drawing fouls and Jensen making short jumper after
jumper and Kelvin hitting a critical and difficult layup in heavy
traffic!

Finally with us holding onto a small lead (61-60) and time winding
down, they fouled Jensen who stepped up calmly to the free throw line
and hit another 2 big, critical free throws : 63-60.

Again I reminded our players, do not be afraid of OT. UiTM ran their
play and their super speedy guard (No. 7) got loose at the 3 point
line. Jensen recovered and did a "fly-by". No. 7 calmly pumped fake
and waited for Jensen to fly by and then lined up an open 3 pointer.
This time it was off and we rebounded! Time ran out!!

Finally, after an exciting and hard fought OT game, we won 63-60!!

Thanks to all the supporters who came from near and far (some from
Penang and Johor!!) to attend the game and who cheered so hard for us
throughout the game. (see picture)

Thanks also to all other UM supporters who have been calling me and/or
sending text messages with encouraging and congratulatory messages.
Thanks also to all who have been following the blog updates here and
been supporting us in spirit from wherever you all are.

We are Champions again!!! Well done UM!

T-minus 10 minutes!

UM supporters are arriving. From left : Kheng Sun, Aw-Yong Sem and Kok
Han. These 3 were here for the exciting game against UPM as well.

More are in the stands now and/or still arriving.

Thanks for all the support!

Will need to focus on coaching now. Will update after the game. Wish
us luck!! UM! UM! UuuuuuuuuuuM!!!

Pre-Finals Coaches meeting

Coaches having our usual pre-game breakfast meeting.

The countdown to tip-off has started! 1 more hour to game time! Go UM!!

UUM v USM (3rd / 4th placing) (boys)

UUM and USM played an exciting and close fought game, with many clutch
plays on both sides, and the game going into overtime. Finally, UUM
prevailed after making 2 crucial free throws with seconds left, and
USM missing their final desperation 3 point attempt.

Final score (after OT) : UUM beats USM 77-75.

Regards,
Loke Yew, Khor

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UM v USM (girls) - 3rd / 4th

UM girls had lost to UPM in the semi-finals this morning and are now
playing USM for 3rd / 4th placing.

It's now in the 4th quarter and USM is leading 56-33. Come on UM!
Fight! Fight! Fight!

We're in the FINALS!!

Our boys played another excellent game. This time, without any
"drama". Our first unit played excellent defense staking us out to a
quick an comfortable 10 point lead early in the 1st quarter.

From then on it was a matter of balancing limiting our first unit's
minutes (in view of the quick turn around to the finals) and
maintaining a comfortable lead.

Final score : UM beats UUM 63-46.

Finals is tomorrow / Sunday 10am against UiTM. UiTM is indeed a strong
team this year (but of course, so are we!!). It should be a good game.
Come support us if you are free.

UM v UUM (SF)

UM warming up for our semi finals game against UUM.

Will need to focus on coaching now. Will update later.

QF : UM v UPM

What a game! UPM started the game aggressively and incredibly
strongly, especially on offense. Defensively, this was our first test
against a zone defense and UPM played a great aggressive 1-2-2 zone
defense.

Despite our players' best efforts including us going to our 2-2-1
three quarter court zone press, we found ourselves down 7-23 after 1
quarter!

Howeer, both coaches and players continued to believe in our team and
our system and continued to plug away at the lead.

Slowly our offense started to come together and we started to score.
We scored 18 points in the 2nd quarter, but UPM continued to score as
well. Our largest defecit was 23 or 25 points!!

We continued to have faith and continued to play hard on defense,
making it tougher and tougher for UPM to score. Slowly we started to
close the gap. Our 3/4 court zone trap started to cause more and more
turnovers. And finally our 3 pointers started to fall for us. By the
end of the 3rd quarter, we had caught up and were only down by 2
points!!

In the 4th, surely and steadily, we started to overtake UPM. UPM
stayed mentally tough as well and would not let us pull away,
repeatedly closing the gap to 2 or 4 points each time we tried to pull
away. However as the game wore on, UPM's players started to run out of
gas and our press created more and more turnovers whilst 4 different
players hit critical 3 pointers.

Finally, with about 2 minutes left and us up 6 points, we went into
our "4-down" delay tactics. From there we either scored or UPM were
force to foul and our players made their free throws.

Final score : 82-71! UM wins!!

Next game = semi finals vs UUM tomorrow / Saturday afternoon 1pm.

Regards,
Loke Yew, Khor

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Quarter Finals

UPM beat UTM 75-70 in their round of sixteen in a closely fought
match, with numerous lead changes.

Our opponent in the Quarter Finals tonight will therefore be UPM.

Game time is 8pm.

Our players are ready and excited.

Come support is if you are free. Otherwise stay tuned here for updates.

Cheers.

Regards,
Loke Yew, Khor

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Post practice dinner

Our players have had a good rest in the afternoon (whilst the coaches
were doing game stats!)

We then had our stat review and video session in the evening (using
the media room at the games venue stadium). After that we went to
USIM's outdoor court and had a good (& tough!) practice session,
working on those things that we felt (especially after reviewing the
video of the earlier game) needed some cleaning up.

We're now at a nearby coffee shop having fried noodles for dinner.

Players will need to make sure they get a good rest tonight.

UM is through to the quarter finals as Group B champions (after
defeating USM and UniMAP). We'll play the winner of UPM v UTM. UPM and
UTM will play each other at 10am tomorrow morning in the round of
sixteen. As group champions we get a "by" and skip the round of
sixteen, directly to the quarters.

It's likely our opponent in the quarters will be UPM. We'll know by
tomorrow afternoon and I'll update here gain then.

Game 2 (Day 4) UM v UniMAP

Post game breakfast.

After 2 days of waiting around, we finally played our 2nd game.

Perhaps it was the 2 day lay-off, perhaps the team felt this was a
sure-win game or perhaps players had the wrong focus (some players
mentioned at the start of the game "don't get injured") ... We had
what is for us a "sub-par" game especially defensively, with players
playing overly cautiously and not particularly inspired play.

Nonetheless, with our this year's new "if-you-are-open-and-it's-time-
to-shoot-but-you-don't-we-will-sub-you-out-immediately" coaching
philosophy (and of course the heavy time investment we have put in to
shooting all year long), our half court offense still produced at it's
usual 70-80pt per game average.

Final score : UM beats UniMAP 86-47.

UM v UMP (girls)

Final score : UM wins 67-18. Well done girls!

Regards,
Loke Yew, Khor

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UM v UMP (girls)

Half time score : UM leading 38-8.

Regards,
Loke Yew, Khor

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UM v UMP (girls)

Our girls' team are warming up, getting ready for their 2nd game.

Our girls need a win to advance to the semi finals. Go UM girls!
Fight! Fight! Fight!

Early morning practice

This morning we all got up extra early to get in some practice at the
games court before the 1st scheduled game.

We weren't the only team that had the same idea, but we were the
earliest :)

Video session

We had our video session last night, going over the video of our game
against USM.

Yeah, it's hot and stuffy where we are staying.

UM v UUM (girls)

Final score : UM lost 29-61.

Regards,
Loke Yew, Khor

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UM v UUM (girls)

Score after 3 quarters : UUM leading 47-27.

Regards,
Loke Yew, Khor

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UM v UUM (girls)

Score at half time : UUM leading 38-20.

Our girls are playing hard. They've been having some success with the
3/4 court press but continue to struggle on offense. On those times we
are not able to press, UUM continue to pass and shoot well.

UM v UUM (girls)

Score after 1st quarter, UUM leading 19-6.

Regards,
Loke Yew, Khor

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UM girls' Game 1

UNIMAS did not send any team and the boys game between UMK and UNIMAS
resulted in a walk-over.

Consequently, our UM Girls' game against UUM has been brought up
earlier. Game started at 12:30pm.

UUM looks strong. Current score UUM leading 9-2.

UM girls team

Girls' team's first game is later today at 1:30pm. Girls' team are
already at the games venue, watching the UPM v USM (girls) game.

MASUM Day 2

We have no game today. So we're at the games venue scouting other
teams. 1st game today was between UTM v UIAM. UIAM won narrowly 53-49.

Right now UPM girls are playing USM. Low scoring affair. UPM leading
29-17 in the 3rd quarter.

Post game 1 victory dinner / supper

At Nilai McDonalds ... Well done UM!

Game 1 - WIN!

Our boys played a great game. Tough man-to-man defense throughout.
Successful 3/4 court zone press. Great rebounding. Confident shooting.
Contribution from all players.

Final score : 74-35. UM beats USM.

Game 2 is Thursday morning 9am vs UniMAP.

(ps : UiTM beat UPM 44-36 in the earlier game)

Regards,
Loke Yew, Khor

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Game time!

Players warming up now. Will need to concentrate on coaching after
this. Next update after game.

1st game of the night

UPM v UiTM

UPM with only 2 of the previous national players. Current score 8-10,
UiTM leading.

Our game against USM will start after this game.

Games venue

Stadium Tertutp Nilai

Pre-game coaches meeting

Count down to game time has started!

Coaches (from left : Ming Lip, Pin, Loke Yew and Tak Wing) having pre-
game dinner meeting at "Ice-Room" at Nilai.

Part 1 of Mission - complete!

After another week of hard and tough training, finally our Centralized
Training came to an end last Saturday.

As the team is ready and well prepared, they are excited and keen for the
competition to start.

In our usual fashion ... UM! UM! UuuuuuuuuuuuM!!!

Assistants!

And these are our very helpful and lovely assistants, helping in all our friendly matches (and even some practices!) with score table and video camera duties!!

Kimberly (left) and Suo Kuen (right).

Many thanks to them as well!

Friendly Matches

During the 2nd half of Centralized Training, we started arranging for
friendly matches for the team.

We played a team from the Sungei Besi Army Camp twice, once at their venue
and a 2nd time at UM. UM won both games, the first 71-40 and we won the
second 97-37. SBAC is primarily a non-chinese team. Their fundamentals are
not that good but they had size, athleticism and are very disciplined (to be
expected from a military team).

Above is a picture of UM (yellow jersey) and SBAC (blue jersey) at the 2nd
game.

We then played a friendly against Monash University team. UM also won that
game 86-46. Monash is a young team but well coached. Their coach is Coach
Tean, who also played for and led the team called "Flame" and which recently
played against Ex-UM in Xballer Cup 2010.

Above is a picture of UM (red jersey) and Monash (purple jersey). Coach Tean
is in a red t-shirt standing next to Ming Lip.

Our thanks and appreciation to both SBAC and Monash for obliging us with the
friendly matches. They were certainly helpful towards our preparation for
MASUM 2010.

Regards,
Coach Loke Yew

Dinner!

After swimming, we had the customary "Si Mou prepared dinner" at my
house.

LOTS of food ... But disappeared very quickly!!

Swimming

After a week of hard and tough training, many of the players were
aching and some nursing minor injuries.

So we took a break in the middle of centralized training and took the
team swimming at Tak Wing's condo's swimming pool.

MASUM 2010

Our UM basketball team (boys and girls) have just finished 2 weeks of Centralized Training.

I had wanted to update our website but have simply not had any time. I've been on half day leave the last 2 weeks, so it's been : attend practice at UM in the morning, go to work and back to practice in UM directly from work in the evening till late night, everyday for the last 2 weeks!!

I must express my heartfelt appreciation to our Assistant Coaches, Pin, Tak Wing and Ming Lip for their tireless dedication and invaluable contribution. Centralized Training has truly been a team coaching effort.

My thanks too to the players for their commitment and unreserved effort, which i truly appreciate.

This year's team is a "new" team with 6 first year players ... that's half the team! We set a goal early this year to be GREAT at 3 things (1) Rebounding (2) Shooting & (3) Attacking (Defense and Offense). After almost a year's training coupled with centralized training, I believe we have achieved our goals. Now it's time to put it into application.

The players have checked into USIM (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia) at Nilai and competitions will start tomorrow. We are in Group D, with USM and UniMAP. Games will be held at Stadium Tertutup Nilai (where Agong's Cup was previously held), right next to USIM.

Our first game will be against USM on Monday 24 May 2010 @ 2030.

Our second game will be against UniMAP on Thursday 27 May 2010 @ 0830.

To all Ex-UM and UM supporters, do come cheer for us at game times if you can.

Regards,
Loke Yew, Khor

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Carlsberg Cup Schedule

The remaining schedule for UM and Ex-UM is as follows:

23-01-2010 7.30pm C 27 HDR v CONSTRUCTION USJ 14
SATURDAY 8.45pm D 28 SST TEAM (A) v EX-UM

24-01-10 7.15pm E 29 TABT v SUPERSPORTS (KBT)
SUNDAY 8.30pm A 30 CARLSBERG v UM

25-01-10 7.45pm D 31 EX-UM v LFD
MONDAY 9.00pm C 32 CSK v USJ 14

26-01-10 7.45pm A 33 UM v GR 1
TUESDAY 9.00pm B 34 SUPERSPORTS v LIAN YEW

27-01-10 7.45pm D 35 EX-UM v SWOOSH
WEDNESDAY 9.00pm D 36 SST TEAM (A) v LFD

Come support our team! All games at USJ 14, Court 9.
Regards,
Coach Loke Yew

Klang Basketball League Update

Ex-UM played much better (compared to Jenjarom) though we still lost the 1st game (which should have been a "winnable" game). Our play continued to improve in the next 2 games though we lost both those 2 games to better / stronger teams.

Results :

Game 1 vs Waterboy - Loss (50-53)
Game 2 vs Jenjarom - Loss (67-82)
Game 3 vs Hangching - Loss (74-83)

It can be seen that though we lost, the margins were not big and our scoring improved to the high 60's / 70's.

Game 4 vs Auto Dealer however was played in wet / rainy conditions. All our players were understandably cautious and we played one of our worst games. Our opponent (Auto Dealer) seemed unafraid of the slippery conditions and we found ourselves trailing the whole game and being totally outplayed. With 8m 37s remaining in the 4th quarter, the rain started falling in earnest and the referee mercifully stopped the game. Organizers decided that we would resume the remaining 8m 37s after our next game (Game 5 vs Hoops).

Game 5 vs Hoops - we started the game poorly. For some reason all of us kept missing easy shots / lay-ups that we would normally make. Fortunately for us, our opponent also did not shoot a high percentage. Still after 3 or 4 minutes, we were already trailing 2-7. We had no choice but to go to our 3/4 court zone press in an attempt to change things up. Our press worked fantastically! Hoops struggled to get the ball across half-line and we had steal after steal leading to easy lay ups. We went on a 20-0 run to finish the first quarter up 22-7. We continued to press and trap non-stop throughout the game and was able to maintain a comfortable lead throughout. Our first competition win in more than a year!! Final score 82-58.

We all were tired but obviously happy with the win.

We then had to continue our game vs Auto Dealer immediately with 8m 37s left and with us down by 14 points (23-37). We thought, "what the heck", and went straight into our 3/4 court zone press as well. Initially we had mixed success. Some steals and scores but they also got two "and-1s" / 3 point plays. With about 4 minutes left, we still found ourselves down by 15 points (28-43). Things weren't looking good. Suddenly we went through a stretch where we had great success with our press and had several consecutive fantastic defensive stops - we (especially Sem who was flying everywhere) were stealing or causing turnovers after turnovers and the few times they did break through our trap, Pin and Phang each had great blocked shots to prevent the score and Chen Wee cleaned up all defensive rebounds. At the offensive end, Chen Wee hit a 2 point jump shot, Pin got fouled and sank both his free throws and I hit a 3 pointer. Suddenly the lead was down to 8 (35-43)! Time out by Auto Dealer!!

After the time out, our run continued. Off a broken baseline in-bounds play, Phang picked up the loose ball, scored and was fouled (he hit his free throw for a 3 point play). Next I hit another 3 point shot. Finally, Chen Wee puts back an offensive rebound and we were tied for the first time, with barely a minute to go (43-43). They score 2 more points on free throws (43-45). We failed to score and Auto Dealer broke our trap and was headed for a lay up. They scored but Pin had stepped up and took a charge and the score was waived off!! The score remained 43-45. Phang then answers and calmly hits a 2 pointer to tie the game (45-45)! Overtime!!

We continued with our press in OT and had initial success. At the offensive end, we were just running the same play over and over again to get open shots for Phang. Phang hit a 2 and a 3 to give us a 5 point lead. But Auto Dealer would not give up and they had a 3 point play and a 3 point shot to take a 1 point lead (50-51) with about 1 minute to go. We failed to score and they managed to draw a foul on the next possession, making the 1st free throw (50-52) but missing the second. Chen Wee rebounds, outlets to me and a couple of Auto Dealer players tried to trap me. Foul!! And so with the clock stopped, we walked all the way to the other end (red flag situation) and I stepped up to the free throw line. I missed my first!! I make the 2nd and we are still down by 1 (51-52) with 50+ seconds to go.

We tried to trap but failed. Auto Dealer however pulls back after breaking our trap and elects to run clock off. Knowing we would still get the ball back, we calmly waited and did not foul. As their shot clock wound down, they were forced to take a contested shot which missed and Chen Wee rebounded. We headed the other end with about 30s left. I get the ball to Phang. Phang dribble penetrates. There is a lot of contact but no whistle. Phang shoots a 5 foot shot but in heavy traffic. The ball hits the back rim and bounces out. Chen Wee rises way over 2 Auto Dealer players, reaches over their heads and snaps the rebound back. As they turn and start to grab Chen Wee, Chen Wee powers his way back up, keeping his focus all the way and puts the ball back in! Score (53-52) and foul!! 9 seconds left.

Here Auto Dealer coach makes a coaching mistake. He calls their only time out before Chen Wee shoots his free throw!! Firstly, this helps us as it gives Chen Wee a chance to catch his breath. Secondly, this means they won't be able to call a time out after Chen Wee's free throw and advance the ball to the half linen to inbounds! After the time out, Chen Wee calmly hits his free throw. We pretend to press and all 5 Auto Dealer players come to their back court to help break the press. We dare not actually try to trap for fear of fouling (red flag situation) but succeeded in making them use valuable time. As they came to their front court, they seemed uncertain whether they wanted to shoot a 3 (for the win) or go for a 2 (to tie). We defend everything and they failed to even make a shot attempt and time runs out. Against all expectations, we WON!!

We had scored only 23 points through 3 quarters and 1 1/2 minutes of the 4th quarter (in wet conditions). But on this day, we had scored 22 points in 8m 37s of the 4th quarter alone!

Final score 54-52!!

Auto Dealer players were shell-shocked!! We went off to celebrate at the nearby mamak stall!!

It's been a while since we had such an exciting game and our end game composure finally resembles the calm and steady "Ex-UM" that I know we are capable off.

The organizers have not decided whether they will have a "Quarter Finals". If they do, we actually manage to advance. If they decide to go directly to a "Semi Finals" we will not advance. In any event, its been a great and fun run.

Well done and well played to all our Ex-UM players.

Regards,
Coach Loke Yew

Competition Update

Ex-UM did not take part in any competitions for the better part of 2009.

The last competition Ex-UM played was in Carlsberg Cup in December of 2008. Since then till September of 2009, Ex-UM did not take part in any competition, mainly because I was so busy with work I only had time for UM.

Finally, in September 2009, we took part in Jenjarom Cup. We played 2 games. Lost both badly. Our performance was particularly bad in the 1st game. We were just so out of touch with competition game, we were totally lost in the 1st 5 minutes of the game (opponent, a young team, started on a 9-0 run!). It was a humbling experience.

UM took part in this competition too. They played better than Ex-UM but lost due to (1) strong opponent (2) lack of preparation as UM's 2009/2010 season was just starting.

Since Jenjarom, Ex-UM had been practicing (=social basketball) more diligently. Last month, Ex-UM took part in Klang Basketball League where we played a total of 5 games in the first round. I will provide a more detailed post on this competition in my next post. Since this competition started in December 2009 during which UM was on holiday, UM did not take part in this competition.

Currently both UM and Ex-UM are also taking part in Carlsberg Open 2009/2010, played at USJ 14 (Court 9), Subang Jaya. UM has already paid 2 games. Both losses but both well played, considering UM's lack of preparation again (just back from holidays and in the middle of SUKMUM). Ex-UM has played 1 game (vs OAE). Another loss, but Ex-UM's play continue to improve.

I will post the remaining schedule for Carlsberg Open in a separate post.

It is really evident and obvious that participation in competition games keeps our level of play high. Conversely, merely playing "social basketball" without competitive games really deteriorates our game.

We therefore must continue to take part in competitions as much and as often as possible.

Regards,

Coach Loke Yew

UM Practices

Next UM practice is as follows:

Day : tomorrow / Saturday,

Date : 16 January 2010

Venue : 5th College outdoor court

Time : 7:30-10:30 am.

I have to travel overseas for work and Coach Tak Wing will be outstation for work as well. Tomorrow's practice will be run by Coach Pin and Coach Ming Lip.

Regards,

Coach Loke Yew

Apologies

Apologies for the lack of update for the last few months. Been too busy. Will try to update again more regularly.

Coach Loke Yew