Barracudas looking forward to next season

Yee Chun Leong
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

 

THE Barracudas may have failed to make it to the play-offs of the Asean Basketball League (ABL), but they still have something to be proud of, having a 6-8 win-loss record in the inaugural league.

"The way I look at it, the team actually overachieved. At the start of the season, a lot of people probably expected for the Brunei team to end the season in the last position," said Bong Ramos, the Barracudas head coach, in an interview with The Brunei Times yesterday when met at the Brunei International Airport.

"However, I'm happy and proud that it had to go down to the last game to determine who would make it to the play-offs. It's too bad we lost but I'm sure the other teams didn't expect us to be in that position for a chance at the play-offs," added Ramos.

The team's season ended on Sunday when they fell 87-65 to the Philippine Patriots, at the Ynares Sports Arena in Manila.

A victory for them would have seen the Bruneians through to the play-offs.

"The aim was to make it to final four but I guess it was just not our time. Winning six games in the league against countries which Brunei have never beaten before is history itself," said the ex-Indonesia national coach. Read More...

Source: TBT