Please find forthwith the latest news re Smart Gilas and the PBA from the PBA Sports Desk received this afternoon:

Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Sonny Barrios wrote the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas yesterday regarding the participation of the Smart Gilas National Team in the ongoing 2009-10 KFC-PBA Philippine Cup.

Barrios said the Board directed him to choose only between two options: 1) for Smart Gilas games to have no bearing even on PBA teams, and 2) for Smart Gilas not to play CJ Giles in any of its remaining games that will have a bearing on the PBA teams.

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The first PBA Ateneo - De La Salle Showdown is upon us on March 23, 2008, 4PM (Sunday) at big ol Araneta Coliseum Cubao. Seat and prices are as follows:

Courtside (Reserved Seating) - P640
Patron A (Reserved Seating) - P530
Lower Box A (Reserved Seating) - P480
Lower Box B (Reserved Seating) - P425
Patron B/Lower Box C (Reserved Seating) - P425
Upper Box A (Free Seating) - P115
Upper Box B (Free Seating) - P55
Gen. Admission (Free Seating) - P22

Astute readers might glimpse a tinge of sarcasm in my choice of title. If you do, then you won't mind if I go right ahead and say what's on my mind, which is: 'Showdown na naman?'

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