Another inexorable virus will slowly sweep the nation in the coming weeks. Thankfully, it absolutely has nothing to do with our health. Despite the increasing Influenza scare in majority of the metro’s colleges and universities, the much-awaited 72^nd season of the UAAP season is all set to open shop next month. Local basketball fans are expected to swarm the Araneta Coliseum this July 11 to support their schools, scream their official chants, and salivate over their favorite players in the country’s most popular basketball league. 

For some reason, there are not many UAAP previews available on the Internet. I considered this a sign that the basketball gods have commissioned me to make my personal preview yet again— to the chagrin of my avid readers, all five of them. I’m making this a three-part special post because I have this false and hubris-plastered belief that people wait for my blog entries.  

Again, like in my previous UAAP previews (like this one), my analyses are all based from what I know last season. I will gauge the teams according to the players lost, players retained, and players added. I don’t like to depend on the teams’ performances on pre-season tournaments since these are just like normal pick-up games with better lights and better uniforms.