UAAP Season 69 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 69
	UAAP Season 69
Host school	University of the East
Duration	September 24 to October 2
Arena/s	Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Jojo Duncil
Winning coach	Pido Jarencio
Semifinalists	UE Red Warriors; Adamson Falcons
TV network/s	Studio 23 and TFC
Duration	September 21 to 30
Arena/s	Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Michael Gamboa
Semifinalists	Adamson Baby Falcons; UPIS Junior Maroons
TV network/s	Studio 23 and TFC
Duration	September 21 to 30
Arena/s	Araneta Coliseum ;
Semifinalists	UP Lady Maroons; Ateneo Lady Eagles

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The basketball tournaments of UAAP Season 69 started on July 8 at the Araneta Coliseum and ended on October 2 also at the same venue with the UST Growling Tigers defeating the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the third game of their Finals series.

The Ateneo Blue Eaglets trumphed over the FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws to win the Juniors' championship, while the UST Tigresses won over the FEU Lady Tamaraws in the Women's Championship. In the Men's championship, the UST Growling Tigers rallied in the Finals series to beat the Ateneo Blue Eagles, 2 games to 1 to win their 19th basketball championship. Kenneth Bono of the Adamson Soaring Falcons, Raymond Austria of Ateneo and Cassy Tioseco of Ateneo won the Most Valuable Player awards.

[edit] Key

	Qualified for the Finals
	Qualified for semifinals with twice to beat advantage
	Qualified for semifinals
	Qualified for the first round
	Qualified for knockout game
	Suspended

[edit] Men's basketball tournament

Main article: UAAP Season 69 men's basketball tournament

[edit] Elimination round

Team standings progression in the men's basketball tournament.

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	10	2	.833	--
2	UE Red Warriors	8	4	.667	2
3	UST Growling Tigers	6	6	.500	4
4	Adamson Falcons	6	6	.500	4
5	FEU Tamaraws	5	7	.417	5
6	UP Fighting Maroons	4	8	.333	6
7	NU Bulldogs	3	9	.250	7
8	La Salle Green Archers	Suspended

Host team in boldface.

Tiebreaker: UST defeats Adamson on the playoff for the 3rd seed, 85-71.

[edit] Rivalry games

These are the results of the different rivalry games:

July 16

UP Fighting Maroons

89–98

Ateneo Blue Eagles

Ninoy Aquino Stadium

Studio 23

August 20

Ateneo Blue Eagles

98–88

July 15

84–92

UE Red Warriors

Ninoy Aquino Stadium

Studio 23

August 20

UE Red Warriors

73–86

FEU Tamaraws

Araneta Coliseum

Studio 23

[edit] Statistical leaders

Points: Kenneth Bono (Adamson, 21.8)
Rebounds: Jervy Cruz (UST, 12.8)
Assists: Japs Cuan (UST, 6.3)
Blocks: Elmer Espiritu (UE, 2.1)
Steals: Marvin Cruz (UP, 2.0)
Turnovers: Bonbon Custodio (UE, 4.3)

[edit] Classification game

Sept. 14

UST Growling Tigers

85–81

Adamson Falcons

PhilSports Arena

Studio 23

[edit] Bracket

Third-seed playoff		Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage					Finals Best-of-three series

		1	Ateneo	76
		4	Adamson	73


UST	85						1	Ateneo	73	71	74
Adamson	81						3	UST	72	87	76*


		2	UE	75	81	Asterisks (*) denotes the number of overtimes.
		3	UST	79	82	Asterisks (*) denotes the number of overtimes.

[edit] Semifinals

[edit] Ateneo-Adamson series

September 17		Adamson Falcons	73–76	Ateneo Blue Eagles		Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Studio 23
		Ateneo wins series in one game

[edit] UE-UST series

September 17

UST Growling Tigers

79–76

UE Red Warriors

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Studio 23

September 21		UST Growling Tigers	83–82	UE Red Warriors		Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Studio 23
		UST wins series in two games

[edit] Finals

September 24

UST Growling Tigers

72–73

Ateneo Blue Eagles

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Studio 23

September 30

UST Growling Tigers

87–71

Ateneo Blue Eagles

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Studio 23

October 2		UST Growling Tigers	76–74	Ateneo Blue Eagles	OT	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Studio 23
		UST wins series, 2–1

[edit] Awards

2006 Men's Basketball Champion
UST Eighteenth title Nineteenth title including NCAA championships

Finals Most Valuable Player: Jojo Duncil (UST)
Season Most Valuable Player: Ken Bono (Adamson)
Rookie of the Year: Woodward 'Woody' Co (UP)
Mythical Five
- Guard: Marvin Cruz (UP)
- Guard: Jeffrei Chan (FEU)
- Forward: J.C. Intal (Ateneo)
- Forward: Jervy Cruz (UST)
- Center: Ken Bono (Adamson)
Gilette Breakout Player: J.C. Intal (Ateneo)
PSBank Maasahan (Dependable) Player: Ken Bono (Adamson)
Coach of the Year: Pido Jarencio (UST)
Player of the Year: J.C. Intal (Ateneo)
Scoring Champion: Ken Bono (Adamson)
Mr. Clutch: Jojo Duncil (UST)
Defensive Player: Jervy Cruz (UST)
Sixth Man: Dylan Ababou (UST)
Comeback Player: Chris Tiu (Ateneo)
Most Improved Player: Marvin Cruz (UP)
Sportsmanship Award: Jeffrei Chan (FEU)
Energy Player: Marcy Arellano (UE)

[edit] Suspensions

Jonathan Jankhe of the NU Bulldogs for shoving a closed fist against Vicmel Epres of the UP Fighting Maroons. Served one game suspension against, ironically, the same team.
Jojo Duncil of the UST Growling Tigers for headbutting Dave Catamora of the NU Bulldogs. Served one game suspension against the Adamson Soaring Falcons.
Ira Buyco of the UP Fighting Maroons for hitting Macky Escalona of the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the face on a rebound play. Served one game suspension against the Adamson Soaring Falcons.
UE suspended Bonifacio Custodio of the UE Red Warriors for disciplinary action. Served suspension on Game 2 of the semifinals against the UST Growling Tigers.
Anthony Espiritu of the UST Growling Tigers was supposedly suspended on Game 3 of the Finals due to two flagrant fouls on Game 2 but was instead given a warning by the UAAP Board.