UAAP Season 71 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 71
Madrama
Host schoolUniversity of the Philippines Diliman
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 69 622
La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers 61 510
DurationSeptember 21–25, 2008
Arena(s)Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPNonoy Baclao
Winning coachNorman Black (1st title)
SemifinalistsFEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
UE school colors UE Red Warriors
TV network(s)Studio 23
Women's Finals G1 G2Wins
FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws 54 522
UP school colors UP Lady Maroons 52 460
DurationSeptember 20–27, 2008
Arena(s)The Arena in San Juan
Finals MVPBernadette Mercado
Winning coachMichael Oliver
SemifinalistsUST school colors UST Tigresses
Adamson school colors Adamson Lady Falcons
TV network(s)Studio 23
Juniors' Finals G1 G2Wins
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets 72 712
FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 62 600
DurationSeptember 20–27, 2008
Arena(s)The Arena in San Juan
Finals MVPJV Dumrique
Winning coachJamike Jarin (6th title)
SemifinalistsLa Salle school colors DLSZ Junior Archers
Adamson school colors Adamson Baby Falcons
TV network(s)Studio 23
< Season 70 2008 Season 72 >

The basketball tournaments of University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 71 started on July 5, 2008 at the Araneta Coliseum with University of the Philippines, Diliman as hosts. The defending champions were the De La Salle Green Archers (men), Ateneo Lady Eagles (women) and the De La Salle Junior Archers (juniors).

Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines president Chito Narvasa is the season's commissioner. The theme is "Filipino Leadership Through Sports Excellence".[1]

Men's tournament

Main article: UAAP Season 71 men's basketball tournament

Teams

Team University Coach
Adamson Soaring Falcons Adamson University (AdU) Leo Austria
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Norman Black
De La Salle Green Archers De La Salle University (DLSU) Franz Pumaren
FEU Tamaraws Far Eastern University (FEU) Glenn Capacio
NU Bulldogs National University (NU) Manny Dandan
UE Red Warriors University of the East (UE) Dindo Pumaren
UP Fighting Maroons University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) Aboy Castro
UST Growling Tigers University of Santo Tomas (UST) Pido Jarencio

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 13 1 .929 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers 10 4 .714[a] 3
3 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws 10 4 .714[a] 3 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 UE school colors UE Red Warriors 9 5 .643 4
5 UST school colors UST Growling Tigers 6 8 .429 7
6 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons (H) 3 11 .214[b] 10
7 Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons 3 11 .214[b] 10
8 NU school colors NU Bulldogs 2 12 .143 11
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Second-seed playoff: La Salle 62–59 FEU
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: UP 2–0 Adamson

Match-up results

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Adamson school colors AdamsonFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colors
Ateneo school colors AteneoLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colors
La Salle school colors La SalleAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colors
FEU school colors FEUAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsUE school colors
NU school colors NUUP school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colors
UE school colors UEUST school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colors
UP school colors UPNU school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colors
UST school colors USTUE school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUP school colors
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Team 		AdU ADMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson Soaring Falcons 45–72 61–76 71–74 73–65 66–64 68–76 80–88*
Ateneo Blue Eagles 78–59 79–73 66–72 74–62 64–58 83–66 64–57
De La Salle Green Archers 84–79* 57–65 73–62 93–69 62–68 82–60 85–84
FEU Tamaraws 70–62 74–78 83–75 61–69 71–69 88–66 70–65
NU Bulldogs 57–68 58–83 67–79 60–64 69–82 58–87 77–88
UE Red Warriors 58–45 57–61* 61–70 73–61 67–50 87–58 78–73
UP Fighting Maroons 73–42 58–79 61–81 70–71 59–72 65–95 75–94
UST Growling Tigers 97–83 76–85 79–81 69–74* 68–58 87–89 71–63
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Second-seed playoff

September 11
De La Salle Green Archers La Salle school colors 62–59 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
La Salle wins the twice–to–beat advantage

Bracket

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1Ateneo school colors Ateneo70
4UE school colors UE50
1Ateneo school colors Ateneo6962
2La Salle school colors La Salle6151
2La Salle school colors La Salle67
3FEU school colors FEU62

Semifinals

(1) Ateneo vs. (4) UE

The Ateneo Blue Eagles has the twice-to-beat advantage.

September 14
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 70–50 UE school colors UE Red Warriors
Ateneo wins series in one game

(2) La Salle vs. (3) FEU

The De La Salle Green Archers has the twice-to-beat advantage.

September 14
De La Salle Green Archers La Salle school colors 67–62 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
La Salle wins series in one game

Finals

September 25
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 62–51 La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
Ateneo wins series 2–0
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Nonoy Baclao (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Awards

 UAAP Season 71 men's basketball champions 
Ateneo school colors
Ateneo Blue Eagles
Fourth title
(18th title including NCAA championships)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Games, which began on July 6, are held at the Blue Eagle Gym.

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws 13 1 .929 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 UST school colors UST Tigresses 10 4 .714[a] 3
3 UP school colors UP Lady Maroons (H) 10 4 .714[a] 3 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 Adamson school colors Adamson Lady Falcons 9 5 .643 4
5 La Salle school colors De La Salle Lady Archers 7 7 .500 6
6 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Lady Eagles 4 10 .286 9
7 UE school colors UE Lady Warriors 2 12 .143 11
8 NU school colors NU Lady Bulldogs 1 13 .071 12
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Second-seed playoff: UST 69–64

Match-up results

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Adamson school colors AdUUP school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colors
Ateneo school colors AdMUUST school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colors
La Salle school colors DLSUNU school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsUST school colors
FEU school colors FEUUE school colorsAteneo school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsUP school colors
NU school colors NULa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colors
UE school colors UEFEU school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colors
UP school colors UPAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colors
UST school colors USTAteneo school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colors
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Rivalry games

Second–seed playoff

September 10
UP Lady Maroons UP school colors 64–69 UST school colors UST Tigresses
UST wins the twice–to–beat advantage

Bracket

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1FEU school colors FEU5674
4Adamson school colors Adamson5763
1FEU school colors FEU5452
3UP school colors UP5246
2UST school colors UST3946
3UP school colors UP5250

Semifinals

(1) FEU vs. (4) Adamson

September 17
FEU Lady Tamaraws FEU school colors 74–63 Adamson school colors Adamson Lady Falcons
FEU wins series in two games

(2) UP vs. (3) UST

September 17
UST Tigresses UST school colors 46–50 UP school colors UP Lady Maroons
UP wins series in two games

Finals

September 27
FEU Lady Tamaraws FEU school colors 52–46 UP school colors UP Lady Maroons
FEU wins series 2–0
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Bernadette Mercado (FEU Lady Tamaraws)

Awards

 UAAP Season 71 women's basketball champions 
FEU school colors
FEU Lady Tamaraws
Ninth title

The season's awardees were:[2]

  • Most Valuable Player: Marichu Bacaro (UST Tigresses)
  • Rookie of the Year: Angelica Ortega (Adamson Lady Falcons)
  • Mythical Five:
    • Katherine Sandel (Adamson Lady Falcons)
    • Marichu Bacaro (UST Tigresses)
    • Cindy Resultay (UE Lady Warriors)
    • Sihaya Sadorra (UP Lady Maroons)
    • Ma. Ana Fatima Tolentino (UP Lady Maroons)

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Games, which began on July 9, are held at the Blue Eagle Gym

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets 12 2 .857[a] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 La Salle school colors DLSZ Junior Archers 12 2 .857[a] —
3 FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 9 5 .643[b] 3 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 Adamson school colors Adamson Baby Falcons 9 5 .643[b] 3
5 UST school colors UST Tiger Cubs 8 6 .571 4
6 UE school colors UE Junior Warriors 3 11 .214[c] 9
7 NU school colors NUNS Bullpups 3 11 .214[c] 9
8 UP school colors UPIS Junior Maroons (H) 0 14 .000 12
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Ateneo 1–1 La Salle (Ateneo +2)
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: FEU 1–1 Adamson (FEU +10)
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: UE 1–1 NU (UE +10)

Match-up results

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Adamson school colors AdUUST school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsNU school colors
Ateneo school colors AdMUNU school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colors
La Salle school colors DLSZFEU school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colors
FEU school colors FEULa Salle school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsUST school colors
NU school colors NSNUAteneo school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colors
UE school colors UEUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colors
UP school colors UPISUE school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colors
UST school colors USTAdamson school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colors
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Rivalry games

Bracket

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1Ateneo school colors Ateneo78
4Adamson school colors Adamson45
1Ateneo school colors Ateneo7271
3FEU school colors FEU–FERN6260
2La Salle school colors La Salle Zobel7056
3FEU school colors FEU–FERN72**58

*Denotes number of overtime periods.

Semifinals

(1) Ateneo vs. (4) Adamson

September 13
Ateneo Blue Eaglets Ateneo school colors 78–45 Adamson school colors Adamson Baby Falcons
Ateneo wins series in one game

(2) DLSZ vs. (3) FEU-FERN

September 17
DLSZ Junior Archers La Salle school colors 56–58 FEU school colors FEU–FERN Baby Tamaraws
FEU-FERN wins series in two games

Finals

September 27
Ateneo Blue Eaglets Ateneo school colors 71–60 FEU school colors FEU–FERN Baby Tamaraws
Ateneo wins series 2–0
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: John David Dumrique (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)

Awards

 UAAP Season 71 juniors' basketball champions 
Ateneo school colors
Ateneo Blue Eaglets
15th title

The season's awardees were:[2]

  • Most Valuable Player: Mark Kevin Juruena (Adamson Baby Falcons)
  • Rookie of the Year: Luis Alfonso dela Paz (DLSZ Junior Archers)
  • Mythical team:
    • Juan Miguel Tiongson (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
    • Mark Kevin Juruena (Adamson Baby Falcons)
    • Luis Alfonso dela Paz (DLSZ Junior Archers)
    • Juan Nicolas Elorde (DLSZ Junior Archers)
    • Gwyne Matthew Capacio (DLSZ Junior Archers)

Broadcast notes

Studio 23 broadcast all of the men's basketball games. UAAP Sports Center airs every Tuesday as a supplement to the coverage.

Playoff broadcasters are:

Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside reporters
Second-seed game
La Salle-FEU semifinal Eric Tipan Luigi Trillo Sharon Yu and Kristel Filart
Ateneo-UE semifinal Boom Gonzalez Mark Molina Portia Silva and Alexis Go
Juniors' Finals Game 1
Men's Finals Game 1 Boom Gonzalez TJ Manotoc Sharon Yu and Kamae de Jesus
Men's Finals Game 2 Boom Gonzalez TJ Manotoc Kamae de Jesus and Sharon Yu

Champion rosters

Ateneo Blue Eagles

Years are years spent in the university, not number of years that he played for the team. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

No. Position Player
19 Philippines C Rabeh Al-Hussaini
8 Philippines SF Bacon Austria
7 Philippines PF/C Nonoy Baclao
16 Philippines PF Mike Baldos
13 Philippines SF Ryan Buenafe
15 United States C Vince Burke
18 Philippines PF Justin Chua
4 Philippines PG Yuri Escueta
20 Philippines SF Torino Gonzaga
12 United States PG Kirk Long
10 Philippines C Jobe Nkemakolam
5 Philippines PG Jai Reyes
11 Philippines SG Eric Salamat
14 Philippines PF Nico Salva
6 Philippines SG Oping Sumalinog
17 Philippines SG Chris Tiu
Position Name/s
Head coach: United States Norman Black
Ateneo Blue Eagles


See also

References

  1. ^ GMANews.tv UAAP all set to open 70th season on July 7, GMANews.tv. July 2, 2007
  2. ^ a b "Ateneo dominates UAAP individual awards". GMA News and Public Affairs. 2008-09-25. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
Preceded by UAAP basketball seasons
Season 71 (2008) 		Succeeded by