MANILA - Seventy-five basketball players will try their luck to make a name in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as they threw their hats into the league's rookie draft, the league announced on Sunday. La Salle's sweet-shooting forward Balti Baltazar and high-flying guard Kurt Lojera were among those who formally declared for the May 15 event right on the final day of application on Saturday. The PBA initially set the draft deadline on May 2, but it was eventually moved to May 7, paving the way for the likes of Baltazar and Lojera to join even if their team is still playing in the college basketball playoffs. Baltazar and Lojera, who according to Commissioner Willie Marcial beat the 5 p.m. cut-off, applied the day after the Green Archers were knocked out by the UP Fighting Maroons in their UAAP Final 4 tie. Among those also taking advantage of the deadline extension are former Gilas cadet Jeo Ambohot and fellow Letran Knight Christian Fajarito, whose team will face Pe
Far Eastern University secured at least a playoff for the last Final Four slot with a 109-65 routing of University of Santo Tomas at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City Sunday, May 1.
Bryan Sajonia of Far Eastern University (UAAP Media Bureau) The Tamaraws, who climbed to a 7-7 record, proved t