UAAP Season 72 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 72
Madrama
Host school	Far Eastern University
Duration	October 1–8, 2009
Arena(s)	Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Rabeh Al-Hussaini
Winning coach	Norman Black (2nd title)
Semifinalists	FEU Tamaraws; UST Growling Tigers
TV network(s)	Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD
Duration	October 3–6, 2009
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVP	Amby Almazan
Winning coach	Emily Vega
Semifinalists	De La Salle Lady Archers; UST Tigresses
TV network(s)	Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD
Duration	October 3–8, 2009
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena (Games 1 & 2); Araneta Coliseum (Game 3)
Finals MVP	Kiefer Ravena
Winning coach	Jamike Jarin
Semifinalists	UST Tiger Cubs; FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
TV network(s)	Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 72 basketball tournaments are the basketball events of UAAP's 2009–10 season.

Far Eastern University was the season host and the tournament kicked off with a doubleheader on July 11 at the Araneta Coliseum. At the conclusion of the season, the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the Ateneo Blue Eaglets successfully defended their men's and juniors' championships, beating the UE Red Warriors and the De La Salle Junior Archers in the Finals; the Adamson Lady Falcons reclaimed the women's championship beating the defending champions FEU Lady Tamaraws in their own Finals series.

ABS-CBN UHF channel Studio 23 broadcast the men's tournament for the tenth consecutive year, and renewed their contract with the UAAP for another five years.

Preseason

NCAA Season 84 commissioner Joe Lipa will take over from last season's commissioner Chito Narvasa this season after he was appointed by the UAAP Board.^[1]

Major rule changes are:

Instituting a more thorough system in breaking ties after the elimination round to determine seedings,
Teams may now challenge the validity of a three-point field goal at any point of the game via instant replay,
During the final two minutes of the game and in overtime, jump ball situations will be settled by a jump ball in the necessary area (free-throw lane or center circle). The possession arrow will be turned off and is not in use.

Major rules that are retained are:

The adhesive pro-grip is still banned.
Teams are still limited to two foreign nationals in their rosters, with only one allowed to play at a time.

League president Anton Montinola of Far Eastern University said that the method in breaking ties will use "common sense" as the tournament is prolonged by holding unnecessary matches.^[2]

Commissioner Joe Lipa also instructed referees, which come from Philippine Basketball Association, Philippine Basketball League and BRAASCU, to limit unnecessary technical fouls. Furthermore, a "no ID, no sitting on the bench rule" will be implemented to avoid what happened last season when La Salle coach Franz Pumaren was slapped a technical foul for not wearing his ID.^[3] Lipa said that the referees "must have the integrity" and their diverse backgrounds should not be a drawback for Lipa had been an advocate of having diverse groups of referees participating in a single tournament "instead of having the attitude of being parochial."^[4]

Due to the high demand of tickets for Ateneo-La Salle games, host FEU has devised a way for allocating tickets for fans of the two schools, although the Ateneo-La Salle game will still be a part of a doubleheader, tickets will be sold separately for the Ateneo-La Salle and the following FEU-UE game. The patrons who only have tickets for one game has to watch only the game stated on their tickets and has to leave when the other game is being held. The two-hour gap between the games was to allow Araneta Coliseum personnel to clear the arena for the second game. During last year's finals series between Ateneo and La Salle, the crowd was estimated to be at least 22,000.^[5]

Men's tournament

Teams

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

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU Tamaraws (H)	11	3	.786	2	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	UE Red Warriors	10	4	.714	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Growling Tigers	6	8	.429	7	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	Adamson Soaring Falcons	5	9	.357^[a]	8
6	De La Salle Green Archers	5	9	.357^[a]	8
7	NU Bulldogs	3	11	.214^[b]	10
8	UP Fighting Maroons	3	11	.214^[b]	10

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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Adamson 1–1 La Salle (Adamson +5)
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NU 1–1 UP (NU +8)

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Adamson
Ateneo
La Salle
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Results to the right and top of the gray cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.

v t e Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson Soaring Falcons		51–61	63–64*	60–63	70–76	91–95**	72–68	75–76
Ateneo Blue Eagles	61–52		76–72*	63–59	75–47	72–57	58–68	93–77
De La Salle Green Archers	55–61	65–81		51–65	68–48	46–65	73–63	101–92**
FEU Tamaraws	84–75	73–74	71–69*		82–57	76–72	75–67	90–63
NU Bulldogs	50–79	54–75	63–61	66–76		59–73	74–64	89–104
UE Red Warriors	60–56	75–80	66–64	87–72	70–58		77–69*	88–92
UP Fighting Maroons	61–74	75–93	83–78	74–86	78–76	72–81		85–95
UST Growling Tigers	64–83	70–80	64–68	67–75	79–58	67–77	93–88

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	Ateneo		81

4	UST		64
				1	Ateneo	78	68	71

				3	UE	71	88	58
2	FEU	74	72

3	UE	84	78

Semifinals

Ateneo vs. UST

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

Studio 23

September 20

Ateneo Blue Eagles	81–64	UST Growling Tigers
Ateneo wins series in one game

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

FEU vs. UE

The FEU Tamaraws had the twice-to-beat advantage.

Studio 23

September 19

FEU Tamaraws

74–84

UE Red Warriors

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Studio 23

September 24

FEU Tamaraws	72–78	UE Red Warriors
UE wins series in two games

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

Studio 23

October 1

Ateneo Blue Eagles

78–71

UE Red Warriors

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Studio 23

October 4

Ateneo Blue Eagles

68–88

UE Red Warriors

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Studio 23

October 8

Ateneo Blue Eagles	71–58	UE Red Warriors
Ateneo wins series 2–1

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals Most Valuable Player: Rabeh Al-Hussaini (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Awards

UAAP Season 72 men's basketball champions
Ateneo Blue Eagles Fifth title, second consecutive title (19th title including NCAA championships)

Most Valuable Player: Dylan Ababou (UST Growling Tigers)
Rookie of the Year: Jeric Teng (UST Growling Tigers)

Women's tournament

The women's tournament started on July 15 with most of the games played at the Far Eastern University Gym in Manila.

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU Lady Tamaraws (H)	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Adamson Lady Falcons	11	3	.786^[a]	2	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	De La Salle Lady Archers	11	3	.786^[a]	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Tigresses	8	6	.571	5	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UP Lady Maroons	5	9	.357	8
6	Ateneo Lady Eagles	4	10	.286	9
7	NU Lady Bulldogs	3	11	.214	10
8	UE Lady Warriors	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:

^ ^a ^b Second-seed playoff: Adamson 65–56 La Salle

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
ADMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		80–60	55–57	60–52	53–46	114–63	66–57	80–66
Ateneo	59–83		34–41	33–46	50–35	75–40	47–48	62–66
La Salle	61–57	68–44		46–53	66–51	84–72	61–55	66–68
FEU	52–51	51–45	56–46		54–38	75–43	43–42	68–43
NU	61–72	49–63	49–53	33–67		71–61	59–47	50–61
UE	69–90	38–68	52–60	36–75	50–64		60–73	61–73
UP	59–77	57–45	36–72	47–66	57–55	45–50		55–49
UST	71–85	70–45	67–73	52–65	50–46	96–69	62–56

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 16

De La Salle Lady Archers

56–65

Adamson Lady Falcons

Far Eastern University Gym, Manila

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	FEU	74

4	UST	71
			1	FEU	51	50

			2	Adamson	58	64
2	Adamson	55

3	La Salle	50

Semifinals

September 19

FEU Lady Tamaraws	74–71	UST Tigresses
FEU wins series in one game

PhilSports Arena, Pasig

September 19

Adamson Lady Falcons	55–50	De La Salle Lady Archers
Adamson wins series in one game

PhilSports Arena, Pasig

Finals

Studio 23

October 3

FEU Lady Tamaraws

51–58

Adamson Lady Falcons

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Studio 23

October 6

FEU Lady Tamaraws	50–64	Adamson Lady Falcons
Adamson wins series 2–0

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Finals Most Valuable Player: Analyn Almazan (Adamson Lady Falcons)

Awards

UAAP Season 72 women's basketball champions
Adamson Lady Falcons Fifth title

Most Valuable Player: Analyn Almazan (Adamson Lady Falcons)
Rookie of the Year: Miller Joy Ong (De La Salle Lady Archers)

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	DLSZ Junior Archers	12	2	.857	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Tiger Cubs	11	3	.786	1	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	10	4	.714^[a]	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws (H)	10	4	.714^[a]	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UE Junior Warriors	6	8	.429	6
6	Adamson Baby Falcons	5	9	.357	7
7	NUNS Bullpups	2	12	.143	10
8	UPIS Junior Maroons	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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Ateneo 1–1 FEU (Ateneo +4)

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
ADMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Home \ Away	AdU	ADMU	DLSZ	FEU	NSNU	UE	UPIS	UST
Adamson		74–102	58–79	58–74	100–91*	87–84*	96–64	60–74
Ateneo	77–54		78–100	59–51	98–62	101–68	94–50	73–82
La Salle	98–62	78–84		82–65	92–65	99–61	86–36	71–69
FEU	77–61	84–80*	74–77**		76–54	62–70	88–48	76–74
NSNU	54–66	69–96	54–112	56–96		50–57	84–77	48–118
UE	59–44	61–78	60–86	49–77	82–57		80–56	67–104
UP	59–76	53–84	57–121	55–104	82–93	53–82		91–50
UST	107–69	75–72	65–60	43–60	100–69	97–71	106–54

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	DLSZ		86

4	FEU–FERN		69
				1	DLSZ	73	57	56

				3	Ateneo	80	53	61
2	UST	66	68

3	Ateneo	72	73

Semifinals

DLSZ vs. FEU–FERN

DLSZ has the twice-to-beat advantage.

September 19

DLSZ Junior Archers	86–69	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
La Salle wins series in one game

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

UST vs. Ateneo

UST has the twice-to-beat advantage.

September 19

UST Tiger Cubs

66–72

Ateneo Blue Eaglets

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

September 22

UST Tiger Cubs	68–73	Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Ateneo wins series in two games

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Finals

Studio 23

October 3

DLSZ Junior Archers

73–80

Ateneo Blue Eaglets

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Studio 23

October 6

DLSZ Junior Archers

57–53

Ateneo Blue Eaglets

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Studio 23

October 8

DLSZ Junior Archers	56–61	Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Ateneo wins series 2–1

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals Most Valuable Player: Kiefer Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)

Awards

UAAP Season 72 juniors' basketball champions
Ateneo Blue Eaglets 16th title, second consecutive title

Most Valuable Player: Ron Javier (UST Tiger Cubs)
Rookie of the Year: Kevin Ferrer (UST Tiger Cubs)

References

^ Legaspi, Perry (11 June 2009). "Joe Lipa appointed UAAP basketball commissioner". Ngetstudio.com. GMANews.tv. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
^ Villar, Joey (13 June 2009). "UAAP okays rules on tiebreak, instant replay". The Philippine Star. ngetstudio.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ Villar, Joey (14 June 2009). "UAAP to limit technical fouls in 2009 season". The Philippine Star. ngetstudio.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ Payo, Jasmine (21 June 2009). "Only the best referees for UAAP says Lipa". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. ngetstudio.com. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
^ Payo, Jasmine (20 June 2009). "More Ateneo vs La Salle match tickets". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. ngetstudio.com. Retrieved 23 June 2009.

External links

UAAP Season 72 - Official ABS-CBN website
UBelt.com
UAAP on Inboundpass.com

Preceded by Season 71 (2008)	UAAP basketball seasons Season 72 (2009)	Succeeded by Season 73 (2010)

[table_hth_AdU0.1785480497305-6] Head-to-head record: Adamson 1–1 La Salle (Adamson +5)

[table_hth_NU0.1785480497305-7] Head-to-head record: NU 1–1 UP (NU +8)

[table_hth_AdU0.86420510842661-8] Second-seed playoff: Adamson 65–56 La Salle

[table_hth_AdMU0.77711373417504-9] Head-to-head record: Ateneo 1–1 FEU (Ateneo +4)

[1] Legaspi, Perry (11 June 2009). "Joe Lipa appointed UAAP basketball commissioner". Ngetstudio.com. GMANews.tv. Retrieved 11 April 2009.

[2] Villar, Joey (13 June 2009). "UAAP okays rules on tiebreak, instant replay". The Philippine Star. ngetstudio.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[3] Villar, Joey (14 June 2009). "UAAP to limit technical fouls in 2009 season". The Philippine Star. ngetstudio.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[4] Payo, Jasmine (21 June 2009). "Only the best referees for UAAP says Lipa". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. ngetstudio.com. Retrieved 23 June 2009.

[5] Payo, Jasmine (20 June 2009). "More Ateneo vs La Salle match tickets". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. ngetstudio.com. Retrieved 23 June 2009.

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Preseason

Men's tournament

Teams

Elimination round

Team standings

Match-up results

Results

Bracket

Semifinals

Ateneo vs. UST

FEU vs. UE

Finals

Awards

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Match-up results

Results

Second–seed playoff

Bracket

Semifinals

Finals

Awards

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Match-up results

Results

Bracket

Semifinals

DLSZ vs. FEU–FERN

UST vs. Ateneo

Finals

Awards

See also

References

External links