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GMA Network
06-08-2025
- Sport
- GMA Network
Who is Chinese Taipei's Robert Hinton?
Chinese Taipei paraded some new players in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup, including Robert Tsang Hinton, one of the two Hinton brothers who are based in the United States. Against Gilas Pilipinas, Robert scored 14 points to help Chinese Taipei in the 95-87 win. The 19-year-old Robert is playing for Harvard University in the US NCAA. In the last US NCAA season, the 6-foot-5 guard from Los Angeles posted averages of 14.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game. His father, also named Robert, played quarterback for the Princeton Tigers before going to Harvard Law School. Adam, Robert's older brother, plays for the Cornell Big Red. In a report by the student publication Harvard Crimson, Robert said playing for Chinese Taipei is a way for the brothers to honor their mother's heritage. 'I'm biracial. I am half Black, half Chinese,' he said. 'It's such a blessing to represent my mother's country with my brother, and it was just a deal we couldn't pass up.' ?Prior to the FIBA Asia Cup, Gilas coach Tim Cone mentioned the Hinton brothers as a key part of Chinese Taipei's team. "Taiwan beat us the last time we played them and they have two young Division 1 players in the Hinton brothers and those guys are making an impact on that team," Cone said after a friendly game against the Macau Black Bears in the lead-up to the tournament. "They definitely have the personnel, it wasn't a fluke that they beat us. So we have to be prepared for them." Chinese Taipei will play Iraq next on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. just before the Gilas Pilipinas versus New Zealand match at 11:00 p.m. —JMB, GMA Integrated News
GMA Network
08-07-2025
- Sport
- GMA Network
NCAA Season 101 host Mapua to introduce new tournament format for basketball, volleyball
By BEA MICALLER,GMA Integrated News Mapua University is set to tweak the tournament format for basketball and volleyball when it serves as host for NCAA Season 101 slated to kick off in October. Management committee representative Melchor Divina shared the development on Tuesday as Mapua formally received the hosting rights from Season 100 host Lyceum of the Philippines University. For Season 101, both basketball and volleyball will feature a group stage bracket with the 10 member schools set to be divided into two pools based on specific criteria. Once the rankings are determined after the two rounds, there will then be a play-in stage where the fourth and fifth-ranked teams will compete for the last playoff spot. Divina added that Season 101 will also introduce a crossover quarterfinals round, where the teams will duke it out in a best-of-three affair before advancing to the next round. Divina shared the new tournament format is inspired by both the NBA and the US NCAA, saying they hope this would entice more engagement from the public, especially from the students of each participating schools. "Gagawa kami ng kakaibang tournament format, pinaghalo namin 'yung NBA, US NCAA. May play-in, meron na ring quarterfinals sa basketball at volleyball," Divina said on Tuesday. "Para exciting at 'di porket fifth place ka wala ka nang chance. Nilagyan lang namin ng additional excitement lang. Kahit nasa ilalim ka may chance ka pa rin." As of now, the league is looking at opening the season on October 1 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, but Divina shared that it remains a tentative date. "October 1, tentative kasi ayun 'yung availability ng Araneta. Aaralin pa namin kasi that is Wednesday kasi for the past years weekends [and opening] e. Ano ang impact 'pag weekdays, mas marami ba ang tao so ia-assess pa namin," he said. —JMB, GMA Integrated News
