UCBL Game Update - UM v UKM

UM played an average/ so-so game yesterday at UCBL vs. UKM. We won the game but only narrowly (66-64) and against a much depleted UKM team (without their star Sarawak #11 player and without their volleyball player / rebounder #15. Their big center played and I think they had a total of 7 players (compared to us having 11 players).

Click "Read more" for my report and thoughts on the game and our team's current level of play.

UCBL G6 vs Taylor College

UM played their 6th game in UCBL against Taylor's College which turned out to be a close "nail biter" game. A game where we were "in control" throughout most of the game (we had the lead for 36mins) but couldn't pull away. There were 3 lead changes in the last 28 seconds! Final score UM win 72-71.

Click "Read more" for the full Boxscore stat.

UCBL G5 : UM v HELP Stats

UM lost game 5 to HELP college. HELP college were mainly African players, all big sized, agile and great leapers / jumpers. Final score : 60-76.

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UCBL G4 : UM v INTI Stats

UM won it's 4th straight game in UCBL last Sunday 29 May 2011, defeating INTI College 68-54.

Well done UM!

Click "Read more" for more details of the game and for the Boxscore Stat Sheet.

UCBL Schedule - Revised!

Please note that the UCBL schedule has been revised.

The following changes have been made by the organizers:

• all games on 3 June have been moved to 14 June, Tuesday (same time) (this involves UM v Taylor uc game at 7:00pm)
• all games on 8 June have been moved to 15 June, Wednesday (same time) (no UM game)
• all games on 9 June have been moved to 16 June, Thursday (same time) (this involves UM v Lim Kok Wing game at 9:30pm)
• UM v UPM game has been moved from 10 July to 8 July, Friday 5:45pm (this still clashes with our BIG)
• UM v Nilai uc game has been moved from 9 July to 14 July, Thursday 4:30pm.
• game times for several dates have also been affected

To be safe, please refer to this updated schedule.

UCBL 2011 - UM leading!

Our next game : UM vs HELP Uni. Date : 02/06/2011 (Thursday), Time : 8.15 p.m., Venue : UiTM, Shah Alam, Indoor Sports Complex





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UCBL G3 : UM v UTAR Stats

UM played well against UTAR yesterday / Saturday 28/5/2011 in our 3rd game. Game pace was much better (than the 1st 2 games) with our team scoring 17 points on fast break. Free throw percentage was very low though and nearly cost us the game. Fortunately for us, UTAR's FT% was equally low. The game was close throughout but our consistent superior game pace wore UTAR down and by the 4th quarter, although the score remained close, and although both Ching and Jack fouled out, we were clearly in control.

In doing the stats, I discovered that UTAR had been given 2 extra points towards the end of the game (jumped from 71 to 73). The actual final score should have been 76-71.

Additionally, in the closing seconds of the game, the score displayed on the display board was also wrong! It was showing 77-73 when the official score sheet had recorded only 76-73.  The mistake on the display board is significant because if UTAR had scored a final 3 pointer in their last possession, the display board will still show us as leading (77-76) (although officially i.e. on the score sheet the score would have been tied 76-76) and UTAR would have fouled us to put us on the free throw line. Fortunately for the officials, UTAR never made their last desperation 3 pointer and the mistakes on the display score board and the official score sheet did not affect the outcome of the game.

Official final score : 76-73.

Well done UM! Our next game is later today / Sunday, 4:30 pm against INTI (who have 4 or 5 African players, most of whom are quite big and strong!). Come support us!

Click on "Read more" for the Boxscore game stats for the UM v UTAR game.

UCBL website coverage : UM boys start off strong

UM received some good coverage and reporting for our first 2 games (vs UiTM and Methodist College) on UCBL's website.

Click "Read more" for a reproduction of that (UCBL website) page.

UCBL G2 : UM vs Methodist College Update

UM won its 2^nd game in UCBL yesterday against Methodist College. I was again not able to attend as I am still overseas. Final score 70-21. Well done UM players and Coaches.

Click “Read more” for Coach Pin’s full report.

UCBL G1 : UM v UiTM - Report

UM won it's first UCBL game vs UiTM despite just having finished their exams and not having had any practices yet (though UiTM is also in the same situation). Final score : 79-51. I was Not able to attend as I am in Dubai for work. Well done UM players and UM Coaches!

Click "Read more" for Coach Pin's full report. 

UCBL Schedule (Color Coded)

Above a color coded UCBL schedule with Centralized Training, MASUM & BIG superimposed, for easy reference.

UCBL 2011

UM will be taking part in this year's UCBL again. Last year, UM narrowly missed the Semi Finals when UTAR, on the unsportsmanship instructions of their then Coach, intentionally lost their final game to ensure UM would not enter the Semi Finals (due to point differential).

This year, UCBL is at an inopportune time for us as our boys just finished their exams and haven't had proper training in the last 3 weeks. We will use UCBL as preparation for MASUM 2011 instead and therefore do not have high expectation for UCBL 2011. Nonetheless, we will still do our best and believe we will still be competitive.

Additional information on the UCBL 2011 Competition as follows:-

1. Total 12 teams participating.
2. All the games will play at UiTM, Shah Alam Campus (Indoor Stadium)
3. On 22 May 2011 (Sun), all players & team manager must attend the Opening Ceremony (start at 2.30pm).
4. The Top-4 from this league (KL Zone) will play for 'play-off' games 1st (whereby on 20/7 & 21/7- Semi-Final & Final). Then the Finalist Team will play in 'Grand Final' on 30/7 & 31/7 at MABA Stadium vs the Finalist team from Penang Zone.

Click "Read more" for the complete games schedule. Come support us!

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