The Gilas Pilipinas 3×3 squad left for Austria just before midnight on Sunday, bringing with them a basketball-crazed nation’s Olympic aspirations that has spanned for nearly half-a-century.
Composed of Joshua Munzon, Alvin Pasaol, CJ Perez and Mo Tautuaa, the Filipinos will be seeing action in a qualifying tournament in the city of Graz in Austria beginning on Wednesday, hoping to send the Philippines to its first Olympic basketball event since 1972.
Trials-toughened crew
It’s quite a task for a team that only spent several weeks training together. But head coach Ronnie Magsanoc is steadfast in his belief that it is that very experience that will grease Gilas’ run through a tou…
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