Bo Perasol

Bo Perasol was a former player and team captain of the UP Fighting Maroons in the UAAP from the year 1990-1994. He is among the few athletes of the university who actually passed the UP College Admission Test, a rigorous entrance examination given to high school students in the Philippines. [1] He graduated with a degree in Mass Communications in the year 1994 in the same university. After his stint at the university, he became the coach for the UP Fighting Maroons Juniors, which became his training ground as a coach, before making his coaching debut in the professional leagues such as the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA) and the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Following a heated sports rivalry between the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the De La Salle Green Archers during the UAAP 76, he was given a one-game suspension after a near altercation with a De La Salle fan after the Blue Eagles lost the game. However, he was again penalized and was given a second suspension after violating the league by attending the game against the UE Red Warriors instead of serving his suspension. In the rulebook set by the board of the UAAP, suspended coaches are prohibited at the sports venue while serving suspension.[15][16]

During UAAP Season 78, a lot of people had bashed him due to the Eagles' losses in the 1st round. Such as the Blue Eagles' blowout 64–88 to the FEU Tamaraws in their opening game. In their game vs the UST Growling Tigers, they were leading by as much as 15, but a 15-point lead was erased by Kevin Ferrer through his 3 three-pointers in the 4th quarter, with the Eagles losing 58–68. What turned even worse was the loss to their archrivals the De La Salle Green Archers as they were leading by as much as 15, but their lead was erased in the 3rd quarter such as 2 three-pointers from Josh Torralba and Thomas Torres. Jason Perkins had also taken the lead for the Archers by his three-pointer in the 3rd quarter. The Eagles lost to the Green Archers 76–80.

During the last game of the UAAP Season 82 first round of eliminations featuring the reigning back-to-back champions Ateneo Blue Eagles and the previous season's finalists, Perasol's UP Fighting Maroons, he was ejected from the game at around the 6:26 mark of the 3rd quarter after he aggressively accosted referee Jaime Rivano and allegedly chest-bumped the said official, even hurling invective language at him. [17] The basketball commissioner for UAAP 82, Jensen Ilagan, ruled that an additional 2-game suspension be imposed on Perasol, on top of the mandatory one-game suspension usually meted out for an offense of this nature. Ilagan said that the suspension should serve as a lesson for the rest of the teams in the league to “exhibit tremendous restraint and discipline not just towards officials but everyone on the court,” however Perasol responded that this was "too much," saying that his presence on the bench would now be even more important, as the tournament enters the second round of eliminations. Perasol said he would appeal the decision. The UAAP later lifted the suspension on Perasol after he reached out and apologized to Ilagan and Rivano. [18] [19][20]

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