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NCAA: CSB coach Tang hopeful for Blazers' future

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/sports/06/29/20200629-ty-tang.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>CSB coach TY Tang talks to guard Yankie Haruna (0) on this file photo. ABS-CBN Sports</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines -- After back-to-back fifth place finishes, coach TY Tang believes that the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (CSB) Blazers are on track for a breakthrough in the upcoming NCAA season. The Blazers were 10-8 in Season 94, and 9-9 in Season 95. In both years, their poor performance in the second round of the men&#x27;s basketball tournament proved to be their undoing. In Season 94, they were just one game behind the fourth placed team, University of Perpetual Help; in Season 95, they were two games behind San Sebastian College for the fourth seed.In an appearance on the &quot;Coaches Unfiltered&quot; podcast recently, Tang expressed his faith in his players and said that this season, they can make it.&quot;To all the players that are watching, I believe in you guys. I have complete trust that we&#x27;re gonna make it this time around,&quot; he said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/football/news/2020/06/28/nwsl-players-kneel-national-anthem-69087">READ: NWSL players kneel during the national anthem</a></li></ul>Tang was asked what CSB needs to reach the next level, and the coach answered that having more talented players will make life easier for them.However, he also stressed that camaraderie within the squad and buying into their culture are crucial factors to their success.&quot;The toughness, physically and mentally, being tough inside the court -- that&#x27;s something really that we lack in,&quot; Tang also acknowledged.&quot;Coming off the previous seasons, the last two seasons, I think we were just hanging in there, but eventually (we had) losses in the end of the season,&quot; he added.After getting off to a 7-3 start in Season 94, the Blazers won just three games the rest of the way. In Season 95, they opened the season with five straight victories and appeared to be headed for a Final 4 spot. Unfortunately for the Blazers, they managed just four wins since then, and endured a brutal 5-game skid that ended their semi finals hopes.Tang admitted that the Blazers were somewhat &quot;immature&quot; in how they dealt with the results of their games.&quot;I think it&#x27;s really more of that -- not being able to collapse, or not being able to think of what lies ahead. Or sometimes, we&#x27;re being too emotional when we win and when we lose,&quot; he explained. &quot;We can&#x27;t just put ourselves in a calm manner, and just go with the flow and get there first, and then afterwards, celebrate.&quot;&quot;We&#x27;re still immature in terms of that aspect,&quot; he added.He hopes that their experiences from the past two years will serve them well when the NCAA opens its 96th season. The league has tentatively scheduled a March 2021 start for its competitions, with Colegio de San Juan de Letran set to host.&quot;We&#x27;re hoping that through these experiences these past seasons, we&#x27;ll be able to achieve higher goals this season,&quot; said Tang.In the meantime, Tang said he and the CSB coaches are maintaining contact with their players amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. They are monitoring their players and giving them workout routines, and making sure they remain safe and healthy while under quarantine. &quot;The very least we can do as their mentors, as we guide them through life right now, is we have to step it up a little more in terms of trying to guide them,&quot; said Tang. &quot;Remember these are young kids… they are just starting their lives.&quot;&quot;For us as coaches, we want to make sure that we do our best in terms of sharing our experiences, what we&#x27;ve gone through. Hopefully, them being able to pick up something out of what we said and shared, then maybe they can really find their way, find their own life and identity,&quot; he added.(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>).

After back-to-back fifth place finishes, coach TY Tang believes that the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (CSB) Blazers are on track for a breakthrough in the upcoming NCAA season.

After back-to-back fifth place finishes, coach TY Tang believes that the De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (CSB) Blazers are on track for a breakthrough in the upcoming NCAA season.

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NCAA: CSB coach Tang hopeful for Blazers' future

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 29, 2020 04:50 PM PHT

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