Knights establishing new order in NCAA

MANILA, Philippines — A new chapter is being written in the NCAA. And the Letran Knights are the ones transcribing it.

Moments after they were crowned back-to-back champions, the fantastic boys from Muralla have unabashedly declared they would shoot for nothing less than a three-peat feat in Season 98.

To lead this campaign are the men of the hour themselves – reigning MVP Rhenz Abando and the cerebral Fran Yu.

“We’ll be back next year for that three-peat,” said Yu, who opted to stay for one final season to chase that coveted third crown.

Abando and Yu were instrumental in the Knights’ dream season where they went 12 straight games without a single defeat.

The uncanny duo should and would remain on the pedestal next year as they spearhead an ambitious bid to establish a new order.

For the first time in the last 15 seasons, a school not named San Beda reigned supreme in the NCAA two straight times.

During that long span, San Beda has made the finals 14 seasons in a row starting in 2006 and won 11 titles along the way.

A Calvin Abueva-paced San Sebastian and an Aldin Ayo-mentored Letran broke the order when it prevailed in 2009 and 2015, respectively, but the two never won it back-to-back.

Until this league of extraordinary gentlemen came to fore in destroying the old order and forming a new one.