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    Olsen mum as FEU woes mount: 'Baka may masabi lang akong hindi maganda'

    Answers few and far in between as Tams slump to worst start in Final Four era
    Oct 15, 2022
    Olsen Racela FEU vs La Salle
    Olsen Racela chooses to stay silent after another loss.
    PHOTO: UAAP Season 85 Media Team

    FAR Eastern University has always been considered as a perennial contender that it felt weird to see it be at the bottom of the standings.

    But after slumping to their fifth straight loss after a horrid 87-70 defeat to La Salle on Saturday, the Tamaraws are now mired in their worst start in the Final Four era.

    FEU falls to worst start in Final Four era

    It's a slump that has never before seen in Morayta, with the 2006 Tamaraws going 0-4 in UAAP Season 69 under coach Bert Flores.

    That was the first year that the Tamaraws did not have Arwind Santos and was just a season removed from its UAAP Season 68 crown where they vanquished mighty La Salle spearheaded by Joseph Yeo.

    With only Jeff Chan in tow, FEU still recovered from that 0-4 start and won its next four games but ultimately went a win short of making it to the Final Four with its 5-7 win-loss card.

    Sixteen years later, the Tamaraws are in danger of facing the same fate and seeing its eight-season Final Four streak -- the longest-active streak in the league -- spoiled.

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      Even coach Olsen Racela was at lost for words, politely declining to issue a statement after the La Salle defeat.

      "Baka may masabi lang akong hindi maganda," he quipped.

      One thing's clear, though: L-Jay Gonzales and the rest of the Tamaraws must shape up or else, dwell at the bottom of the standings for the remainder of the season.

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      Olsen Racela chooses to stay silent after another loss.
      PHOTO: UAAP Season 85 Media Team
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