UAAP Basketball Championship

UAAP Basketball
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1938
No. of teams	8
Country(ies)	Philippines
Most recent champion(s)	Ateneo Blue Eagles (Men's); Adamson Lady Falcons (Women's); Ateneo Blue Eaglets (Juniors')

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The University Athletic Association of the Philippines holds its basketball tournaments from July to October of a calendar year.

The tournament is divided into two divisions, the Seniors' division, which is further divided into the Men's tournament, for male collegiate players, and the Women's tournament for female collegiate players; the other division is the Juniors' for male high school players.

As of the 2005-06 season, all eight universities send their varsity teams to the Men's, Women's, and Juniors tournaments.

The champion teams of the 2009-10 season are the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the men's division, the Adamson Lady Falcons in the women's division and the Ateneo Blue Eaglets in the juniors' division.

[edit] Tournament format

The tournament begins with a double round eliminations, where a team meets its opponent twice in a season. The four top teams qualify for the postseason.

The postseason is divided into the semi-finals and the Finals. In the semi-Finals, the top four teams based on team standings (and tiebreakers, if applicable) from the elimination round qualify. The two top seeds have a twice to beat advantage, that is they must be beaten twice in order to be eliminated. The lower seeds, on the other hand, can be eliminated when they are defeated once.

The surviving teams face off in a best-of-three Finals, where the team which notches two wins first wins the championship.

If a team wins all of the games in the elimination round, the step ladder format is used, where the unbeaten team has a bye up to the best-of-three Finals. The third and fourth seed will figure in a knockout game; the winner of that game will face the second seed with a twice-to-win disadvantage. The surviving team meets the first seed at the Finals.

The previous format used (prior to 1993) was that the two top teams after a double round eliminations would qualify for the Finals, with the first seed possessing the twice to beat advantage. If a team survives the elimination round unbeaten, they are declared as the automatic champions. After UST's sweep in 1994, the automatic champion provision was removed and the step-ladder format was adopted (see above).

[edit] UAAP basketball champions

[edit] Early years

The UAAP founded by FEU, NU, UP and UST on 1938.

[edit] First expansion

Adamson, MCU, UM and UE added; only Adamson and UE were retained.

[edit] Second expansion

Ateneo added.

Season	Juniors	Women's	Men's	Host school
1978-79	Ateneo de Manila University	University of the Philippines	University of the East	National University
1979-80	Ateneo de Manila University	University of Santo Tomas	Far Eastern University	University of the Philippines
1980-81	Ateneo de Manila University^[2]	University of the Philippines	Far Eastern University	Ateneo de Manila University
1981-82	University of the East	University of the Philippines	Far Eastern University	Adamson University
1982-83	University of Santo Tomas^[3]	University of the Philippines	University of the East	University of the East
1983-84	Ateneo de Manila University	University of the Philippines	Far Eastern University	University of the Philippines
1984-85	Ateneo de Manila University	University of Santo Tomas	University of the East	University of Santo Tomas
1985-86	Ateneo de Manila University	University of Santo Tomas	University of the East	Far Eastern University

[edit] Third expansion

De La Salle added.

Season	Juniors	Women's	Men's	Host school
1986-87	Ateneo de Manila University	Adamson University	University of the Philippines	National University
1987-88	Far Eastern University	University of Santo Tomas	Ateneo de Manila University	Ateneo de Manila University
1988-89	Adamson University	University of Santo Tomas	Ateneo de Manila University	De La Salle University
1989-90	Adamson University	University of Santo Tomas	De La Salle University	Adamson University
1990-91	Adamson University	University of Santo Tomas	De La Salle University	University of the East
1991-92	Adamson University	Far Eastern University	Far Eastern University^[4]	University of the Philippines
1992-93	Adamson University	University of Santo Tomas	Far Eastern University	University of Santo Tomas

[edit] Final Four era

[edit] Notes

^ With the best-of-3 championship series tied 1–1, the game was declared as a no contest prior to the third quarter as both coaches refused to issue to the officials their respective starting lineups for the third quarter. The UAAP Board later ruled the championship series as a tie and declared UE and UST as co-champions.
^ UE's Juniors Division Championship win was overturned after it was discovered that the team had over-aged players.
^ Top seeded teams Adamson and UE's wins were forfeited after it was discovered that the teams had over-aged players.
^ FEU won the title after De La Salle failed to appear in the replayed game 1 of the Finals (La Salle had the twice to beat advantage).
^ De La Salle admitted to have unknowingly fielded two ineligible players for the previous 3 years (from 2003-2005) and forfeited the 2004-05 championship by returning it to the UAAP board. As a result,
- FEU was awarded the men's basketball championship for the 2004-2005 season on November 21, 2006.[1]
- De La Salle was suspended in the 2006-07 season, on all UAAP events.

[edit] Statistics

Longest finals appearances:
- Boys'
  - Ateneo de Manila University - Season 57 (1994) - Season 67 (2004)
- Women's
  - University of Santo Tomas - Season 39 (1976) - Season 58 (1995)
- Men's
  - University of the East - Season 20 (1957) - Season 35 (1972)
Longest finals matchups between two teams:
- Boys'
  - Ateneo de Manila University vs. University of Santo Tomas - Season 57 (1994) - Season 64 (2001)
- Women's
  - University of Santo Tomas vs. University of the Philippines - Season 39 (1976) - Season 48 (1985)
- Men's
  - University of the East vs. University of Santo Tomas - Season 27 (1964) - Season 34 (1971)
Best championship streaks:
- Boys'
  - Adamson University - Season 51 (1988) - Season 56 (1993)
- Women's
  - University of the Philippines - Season 43 (1980) - Season 46 (1983)
  - University of Santo Tomas - Season 50 (1987) - Season 53 (1990)
  - De La Salle University-Manila - Season 62 (1999) - Season 65 (2002)
- Men's
  - University of the East - Season 28 (1965) - Season 34 (1971)
Longest droughts:
- National University, 54 years (1954)
- Adamson University, 30 years (1978)
- University of the East, 24 years (1986) and counting!
Elimination sweeps:
- Boys'
  - Ateneo de Manila University - Season 47 (1984), Season 49 (1986), Season 60 (1997), Season 62 (1999), Season 69 (2006)
- Men's
  - University of Santo Tomas - Season 56 (1993)
  - University of the East -Season 70 (2007)

[edit] Most Valuable Players

[edit] Season

Season	Men	Women	Juniors
1961	Joselino Roa
1982	Allan Caidic
1983	Glenn Capacio
1984	Allan Caidic
1985	Allan Caidic		Jun Reyes
1986	Eric Altamirano
1987	Jun Reyes
1988	Jun Reyes
1989	Jun Limpot		Jun Longalong
1990	Jun Limpot
1991	Johnny Abarrientos
1992	Jun Limpot		Anthony Abad
1993	Dennis Espino		Allen Glenn Patrimonio
1994	Dennis Espino		Gerard Francisco
1995	Chris Cantonjos		Ryan Pamintuan
1996	Mark Telan		Emerson Oreta
1997	Mark Telan		Enrico Villanueva
1998	Don Allado		Alwyn Espiritu
1999	Don Allado	Che Lubiano	Larry Fonacier
2000	Rich Alvarez		June Cortez
2001	Rich Alvarez		June Cortez
2002	Enrico Villanueva	Minerva Narciza	Marcy Arellano
2003	James Yap	Dorothy Torres	Ken Barracoso
2004	Arwind Santos	Merenciana Arayi	Julius Porlaje
2005	Arwind Santos	Kristine Prado	Francis Maniego
2006	Ken Bono	Cassie Tioseco	Bacon Austria
2007	Jervy Cruz	Cassie Tioseco	Samuel Marata
2008	Rabeh Al-Hussaini	Marichu Bacaro	Mark Juruena
2009	Dylan Ababou	Analyn Almasan	Terrence Romeo

[edit] Finals

Season	Men	Women	Juniors
2001	Ren-Ren Ritualo
2002	Larry Fonacier Wesley Gonzales		Marvin Cruz
2003	Arwind Santos		Mark Intal
2004	Mark Cardona		Jai Reyes
2005	Arwind Santos		Simon Atkins
2006	Jojo Duncil		Mike Gamboa
2007	JV Casio Cholo Villanueva		Joshua Webb
2008	Nonoy Baclao	Bernadette Mercado	Jayvee Dumrique
2009	Rabeh Al-Hussaini	Amby Almazan	Kiefer Ravena

[edit] Rookie of the Year

Prior to 2005, all players playing in their first year (including transferees and elevated from "team B") are eligible for the award; in 2005, the rules were changed so that the winners are now all freshmen.

Season	Men	Women	Juniors
1993	Mark Telan
1995	Gerard Francisco
1996	Mark Victoria
1997	Ren-Ren Ritualo
1998	Enrico Villanueva
1999	Leo Avenido	Camille Dowling
2000	Mike Cortez
2001	Mark Cardona		Christian Manlapaz
2002	Arwind Santos	Carolyn Tan-Chi	Japs Cuan
2003	JV Casio	Cassie Tioseco	Leo Canuday
2004	Marcy Arellano	Angelica Barracoso	David Urra
2005	Jai Reyes	Sihaya Sadorra	Raffy Mangahas
2006	Woody Co	Katherine Sandel	Jeff Olalia
2007	Ricardo Cawaling	Cindy Resultay	David Kurt de Guzman
2008	Ryan Buenafe	Angelica Ortega	Luis Alfonso dela Paz
2009	Jeric Teng		Kevin Ferrer

[edit] Number of championships per university

UST has the most number of basketball championships with 40, and women's basketball titles, with 11.

FEU has the most men's basketball trophies with 19, and is the defending women's champions.

Ateneo de Manila has the most number of juniors' basketball championships with 16, and is the defending men's and juniors' champions.

University	Juniors	Women	Men	Total	Last Men's Championship
University of Santo Tomas	11***	11	18	40	2006-07
University of the East	12	0	18	30	1985-86
Far Eastern University	1	5	19	25	2005-06
Ateneo de Manila University	16	2	5	23	2009-10
De La Salle University	2	4	7	13	2007-08
Adamson University	7	4	1	12	1977-78
University of the Philippines	1	7	2**	10	1986-87
National University	0	0	1	1	1954-55
University of Manila*	0	0	0	0	never
Manila Central University*	0	0	0	0	never

Notes:

Teams marked with an asterisk (*) have pulled out of the UAAP.
UE and UST's juniors totals includes championships before 1977.
FEU's totals includes disputed 1991 championship where De La Salle did not attend the replayed Game 3, and the disputed 2004 championship, where De La Salle forfeited the championship due to unknown fielding of ineligible players.

**Includes one championship as University of the Philippines, Manila.
***Prior to 1980, the UST "Nuggets" had 6 UAAP Juniors titles

[edit] Final Four records

For men's statistics, see UAAP Final Four.

Women's basketball tournament
University	Number of appearances	Last appearance	Finals appearances	Highest seed	Postseason record (W-L)
Adamson	14	2008	9	1st	18-16 (.529)
Ateneo	6	2007	3	1st	12-5 (.706)
De La Salle	10	2004	5	1st	13-15 (.464)
FEU	12	2008	6	1st	24-20 (.545)
NU	-	-	-	7th	-
UE	-	-	-	5th	-
UP	13	2008	5	2nd	11-16 (.407)
UST	7	2008	2	1st	11-13 (.458)

Juniors' basketball tournament
University	Number of appearances	Last appearance	Finals appearances	Highest seed	Postseason record (W-L)
Adamson	12	2008	3	1st	7-16 (.304)
Ateneo	16	2009	14	1st	38-14 (.730)
De La Salle Zobel	9	2009	3	1st	5-8 (.384)
FEU	9	2009	2	2nd	5-8 (.384)
NU	1	2007	-	4th	1-1 (.500)
UE	1	2003	-	4th	0-1 (.000)
UPIS	6	2006	2	1st	6-8 (.429)
UST	10	2009	9	1st	17-21 (.447)

[edit] Facts and trivia

UAAP is just in its 67th season not 72nd as claimed. Prof. Jose Ma. Boni Escoda in his forthcoming book "Basketball History: Philippines" indicate that since that games, due to the outbreak of the WWII in Asia, was suspended for five years, 1941-45. So goes with the NCAA. UAAP, until 1987, never used the word "season" to indicate its league. It was only in 1987, when it was hosted by Ateneo that the word "season" was used, using such factual error.

Year - Last Championship Won
- Men's Division:
  - Ateneo Blue Eagles: 2009
  - La Salle Green Archers: 2007
  - UST Growling Tigers: 2006
  - FEU Tamaraws: 2005
  - UP Fighting Maroons: 1986
  - UE Red Warriors: 1985
  - Adamson (AdU) Falcons: 1977
  - NU Bulldogs: 1954
- Juniors' Division:
  - Ateneo Blue Eaglets: 2009
  - La Salle Junior Archers: 2007
  - UPIS Junior Maroons: 2002
  - UST Tiger Cubs: 2001
  - Adamson (AdU) Baby Falcons: 1993
  - FEU Baby Tamaraws: 1987
  - UE Red Pages: 1981
  - NU Bullpups: 1973
Year - Last Finals Appearance
- Men's Division:
  - Ateneo Blue Eagles: 2009 (def. UE)
  - UE Red Warriors: 2009 (def. by Ateneo)
  - La Salle Green Archers: 2008 (def. by Ateneo)
  - UST Growling Tigers: 2006 (def. Ateneo)
  - FEU Tamaraws: 2005 (def. La Salle)
  - Adamson (AdU) Falcons: 1992 (def. by FEU) In 1993, no finals was played but Adamson who was in second place was the last opponent of UST which swept the elimination round)
  - UP Fighting Maroons: 1986 (def. UE)
  - NU Bulldogs: 1977 (def. by Adamson)
- Juniors' Division:
  - Ateneo Blue Eaglets: 2009 (def. La Salle)
  - La Salle Junior Archers: 2009 (def. by Ateneo)
  - FEU Baby Tamaraws: 2008 (def. by Ateneo)
  - UPIS Junior Maroons: 2005 (def. by La Salle)
  - USTHS Tiger Cubs: 2004 (def. by Ateneo)
  - Adamson (AdU) Baby Falcons: 2003 (def. by Ateneo)
  - UE Red Pages: 1986 (def. by Ateneo)
  - NU Bullpups: 1984 (def. by Ateneo)
Championship Streaks:
- The UE Red Warriors owns the longest championship run in UAAP Seniors Basketball, with seven straight championships (including a shared title), from 1965 to 1971,
- The University of Santo Tomas won the Juniors', Women's and Men's championship in the 1994-95 season, the only instance where the three championships were won by a school in one school year.
- The De La Salle University won the Men's and Women's basketball championships in the 1999, 2000, and 2001 seasons, making them the first school to win three consecutive crowns in the aforementioned categories.
- The Ateneo de Manila University won the Juniors and Seniors championships in 2008 and 2009, making them the first school to score a double back-to-back in basketball championship.

[edit] Student sections

Adamson: Falcons Flock
Ateneo: The Sixth Man
De La Salle: Gang Green
FEU: FEU Boosters
UE: The Red Tribe
UP: Peyups
UST: The Tiger Pack

[edit] See also

NCAA Philippines Basketball Championship

Official UAAP Basketball News

[edit] Related links

The UAAP: A Historical Account

[0] With the best-of-3 championship series tied 1–1, the game was declared as a no contest prior to the third quarter as both coaches refused to issue to the officials their respective starting lineups for the third quarter. The UAAP Board later ruled the championship series as a tie and declared UE and UST as co-champions.

[1] UE's Juniors Division Championship win was overturned after it was discovered that the team had over-aged players.

[2] Top seeded teams Adamson and UE's wins were forfeited after it was discovered that the teams had over-aged players.

[3] FEU won the title after De La Salle failed to appear in the replayed game 1 of the Finals (La Salle had the twice to beat advantage).

[4] De La Salle admitted to have unknowingly fielded two ineligible players for the previous 3 years (from 2003-2005) and forfeited the 2004-05 championship by returning it to the UAAP board. As a result,

FEU was awarded the men's basketball championship for the 2004-2005 season on November 21, 2006.[1]

De La Salle was suspended in the 2006-07 season, on all UAAP events.

[6] FEU was awarded the men's basketball championship for the 2004-2005 season on November 21, 2006.[1]

[7] De La Salle was suspended in the 2006-07 season, on all UAAP events.

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