UAAP Season 75 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 75

Host school	National University
Men's Finals G1 G2 Wins  Ateneo Blue Eagles 83 65 2  UST Growling Tigers 78 62 0
Duration	October 6–11, 2012
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Nico Salva
Winning coach	Norman Black (5th title)
Semifinalists	NU Bulldogs  De La Salle Green Archers
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN, Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls, Balls HD
Women's Finals G1 G2 Wins  FEU Lady Tamaraws 64 70 2+1  De La Salle Lady Archers 56 66 0
Duration	October 7–11, 2012
Arena(s)	Smart Araneta Coliseum Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVP	Marilourd Socorro Borja
Semifinalists	Adamson Lady Falcons
TV network(s)	Studio 23 (Games 2 & 3)
Juniors' Finals G1 2*** Wins  FEU Baby Tamaraws 78 113 2  NUNS Bullpups 77 109 0
Duration	October 7–11, 2012
Arena(s)	Smart Araneta Coliseum Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVP	Roger Domingo, Jr.
Semifinalists	UST Tiger Cubs  Ateneo Blue Eaglets
TV network(s)	Studio 23 (Games 2 & 3)

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 75 basketball tournaments are the basketball events of UAAP's 2012-13 season. National University is the host this season. The opening ceremony was held on July 14, 2012, followed by doubleheader basketball games after the ceremonies at the Mall of Asia Arena.

The UAAP named former San Beda Red Cubs head coach Ato Badolato as commissioner for basketball. Badolato also served as basketball commissioner for UAAP Season 73.

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	Gee Abanilla
FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University	Bert Flores
NU Bulldogs	National University	Eric Altamirano
UE Red Warriors	University of the East	Boycie Zamar
UP Fighting Maroons	University of the Philippines Diliman	Ricky Dandan
UST Growling Tigers	University of Santo Tomas	Pido Jarencio

Coaching changes

Team	Old coach	Reason	New coach	Old position
Preseason
La Salle	Dindo Pumaren	Resigned	Gee Abanilla	PBA assistant coach
Midseason
UE	Jerry Codiñera	Appointed UE Sports Consultant	Boycie Zamar	UE Red Warriors' Coach (2001-2003)

Following the resignation of head coach Dindo Pumaren last September, the De La Salle Green Archers have tapped Gee Abanilla as his replacement. Abanilla previously served as assistant coach for La Salle under former head coach Franz Pumaren and for the Petron Blaze Boosters prior to accepting the head coaching job. In the preseason, he led the Green Archers to a 1st runner-up finish at the Filoil tournament.

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	12	2	.857	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Growling Tigers	10	4	.714	2
3	NU Bulldogs (H)	9	5	.643	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	De La Salle Green Archers	9	5	.643	3
5	FEU Tamaraws	9	5	.643	3
6	Adamson Soaring Falcons	3	11	.214	9
7	UE Red Warriors	3	11	.214	9
8	UP Fighting Maroons	1	13	.071	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:

Schedule

	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:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		57–73	52–56	62–65	62–77	66–71	69–67	60–61
Ateneo	79–72		71–61	74–71	89–65	68–51	76–70	70–71
La Salle	72–59	67–77		46–48	87–86**	67–59	73–68	82–84**
FEU	76–68	64–77	56–63		57–61	92–66	73–70	73–72
NU	81–77*	56–70	72–62	84–81*		90–55	67–50	71–77
UE	69–89	79–77	52–73	78–83	74–83		48–63	69–85
UP	70–75	66–73	69–76	63–67	60–65	76–79		58–68
UST	83–79	66–68	51–53	60–87	58–57*	87–75	75–68

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:

Fourth-seed playoff

Studio 23

September 26 3:30 p.m.

4th seed

De La Salle Green Archers	69–66	FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 15–16, 18–17, 23–14
Pts: Terrence Romeo 13 Rebs: Russel Escoto 5 Asts: RR Garcia 6		Pts: Norbert Torres 21 Rebs: Norbert Torres 13 Asts: LA Revilla 3

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Bracket

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	Ateneo	66
	4	La Salle	63
						1	Ateneo	83	65
						2	UST	78	62
	2	UST	63
	3	NU	57

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

Ateneo vs. La Salle

Studio 23

September 29 3:30 p.m.

Ateneo Blue Eagles	66–63	De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 17–14, 7–21, 28–16
Pts: Kiefer Ravena 28 Rebs: Kiefer Ravena 12 Asts: Kiefer Ravena 7		Pts: Yutien Andrada 17 Rebs: JN. Teng, N.Torres 7 each Asts: JN. Teng, T.Torres 4 each
Ateneo wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

UST vs. NU

Studio 23

September 29 12:00 p.m.

UST Growling Tigers	63–57	NU Bulldogs
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 21–16, 18–16, 7–7
UST wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

ABS-CBN

October 6 3:30 p.m.

Ateneo Blue Eagles	83–78	UST Growling Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 13–14, 30–13, 22–27
Pts: Nico Salva 30 Rebs: Greg Slaughter 12 Asts: Kiefer Ravena 5		Pts: Jeric Teng 25 Rebs: Aljon Mariano 12 Asts: Aljon Mariano 5

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 20,686

Studio 23

October 11 3:45 p.m.

Ateneo Blue Eagles	65–62	UST Growling Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 16–15, 18–17, 18–16
Pts: Kiefer Ravena 22 Rebs: Greg Slaughter 11 Asts: Ryan Buenafe 5		Pts: Jeric Fortuna 20 Rebs: Karim Abdul 12 Asts: Jeric Fortuna 6
Ateneo wins series 2–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 20,186

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Nico Salva (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Awards

UAAP Season 75 men's basketball champions
Ateneo Blue Eagles Eighth title, fifth consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (NU Bulldogs)
• Rookie of the Year: Jeron Teng (De La Salle Green Archers)
• Mythical Five:
  • Greg Slaughter (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
  • Terrence Romeo (FEU Tamaraws)
  • Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (NU Bulldogs)
  • Jeron Teng (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Karim Abdul (UST Growling Tigers)
• Game Changing Player of the Season: Greg Slaughter (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Todo Bigay Player of the Year: Kiefer Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Champ of the Season: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (NU Bulldogs)
• Maaasahan Player of the Year: Bobby Ray Parks Jr. (NU Bulldogs)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	14	0	1.000	—	Thrice-to-beat in the Finals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	11	3	.786	3	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	Adamson Lady Falcons	10	4	.714	4	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	Ateneo Lady Eagles	7	7	.500	7
5	NU Lady Bulldogs	7	7	.500	7
6	UST Tigresses	5	9	.357	9
7	UP Lady Maroons	2	12	.143	12
8	UE Lady Warriors	0	14	.000	14

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
Notes:

Schedule

	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:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		74–70*	52–60	53–66	76–57	92–39	71–56	66–63
Ateneo	57–71		43–45	53–68	57–77	70–49	77–43	70–53
La Salle	66–47	48–45		58–63	45–46	67–47	58–45	77–53
FEU	66–61*	54–44	72–68		67–48	85–43	60–50	58–52
NU	69–77	71–75	64–75	50–58		96–59	61–53	59–52
UE	73–81	76–87	47–81	54–74	56–81		73–79	62–70
UP	–	52–74	50–69	31–48	56–66	66–61		58–72
UST	72–75	54–74	55–63	56–68	74–73*	88–75	78–70

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Fourth-seed playoff

September 26 12 p.m.

4th seed

NU Lady Bulldogs	48–50	Ateneo Lady Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 11–14, 13–9, 15–15

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Bracket

	Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)					Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (No. 1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)
											1	FEU	64	70
						2	La Salle	81			2	La Salle	56	66
	3	Adamson	68			3	Adamson	73
	4	Ateneo	61

Stepladder semifinals

First round

September 30 12:00 p.m.

Adamson Lady Falcons	68–61	Ateneo Lady Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 20–16, 14–15, 17–13

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Second round

In the semifinals, La Salle has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

October 3 12:00 p.m.

De La Salle Lady Archers	81–73	Adamson Lady Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 18–15, 19–14, 18–21
La Salle wins series in one game

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Finals

FEU has to win two times, while their opponent has to win three times.

Studio 23

October 7 2:00 p.m.

FEU Lady Tamaraws	64–56	De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 9–8, 9–13, 25–20, 21–15

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Studio 23

October 11 10:00 a.m.

FEU Lady Tamaraws	70–66	De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 17–12, 22–16, 15–17
FEU wins series in two games

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Marilourd Socorro Borja (FEU Lady Tamaraws)

Awards

UAAP Season 75 women's basketball champions
FEU Lady Tamaraws 11th title, second consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player: Allana May Lim (FEU Lady Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Princess Joy Cochico (Adamson Lady Falcons)
• Mythical Five:
  • Allana May Lim (FEU Lady Tamaraws)
  • Marilourd Socorro Borja (FEU Lady Tamaraws)
  • Aracelie Abaca (De La Salle Lady Archers)
  • Maica Cortes (UST Tigresses)
  • Mary Snow April Peñaranda (Adamson Lady Falcons)

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	NUNS Bullpups	13	1	.929	—
3	UST Tiger Cubs	10	4	.714	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	8	6	.571	5
5	DLSZ Junior Archers	5	9	.357	8
6	UPIS Junior Maroons	4	10	.286	9
7	Adamson Baby Falcons	3	11	.214	10
8	UE Junior Warriors	0	14	.000	13

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
Notes:

Schedule

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

Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		54–75	68–79	59–80	50–75	73–67	61–63	69–80
Ateneo	86–64		86–64	58–69	89–95	79–53	92–75	77–83
La Salle	65–61	80–92		67–70	74–80	78–67	66–61	71–78
FEU	76–55	73–70	71–56		70–62	87–45	76–46	82–66
NU	81–59	72–70	77–76	80–75		78–59	69–47	68–64
UE	54–86	60–88	77–90	39–93	78–86		44–60	55–105
UP	47–57	63–65	52–63	64–87	55–63	–		73–77
UST	72–62	72–64	85–63	82–79	72–67	75–52	61–52

Source:
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	FEU–Diliman	70
	4	Ateneo	67
						1	FEU–Diliman	78	113***
						2	NSNU	77	109
	2	NSNU	78
	3	UST	66

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

FEU vs. Ateneo

September 30 1:45 p.m.

FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	70–67	Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 19–20, 21–18, 20–19
FEU-Diliman wins series in one game

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

NU vs. UST

September 30 3:30 p.m.

NUNS Bullpups	78–66	UST Tiger Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 15–13, 21–12, 19–24
NU wins series in one game

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Finals

Studio 23

October 7 3:30 p.m.

FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	78–77	NUNS Bullpups
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 25–19, 10–24, 28–22

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Studio 23

October 11 12:00 n.n.

FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	113–109 (3OT)	NUNS Bullpups
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 20–20, 13–18, 19–19, Overtime: 11–11, 11–11, 13–9
FEU wins series 2–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Awards

UAAP Season 75 juniors' basketball champions
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws Seventh title

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Roger Domingo, Jr. (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
• Season Most Valuable Player: Jerie Marlon Pingoy (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Reggienal Morido (NUNS Bullpups)
• Mythical Five:
  • Thirdy Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
  • Jerie Marlon Pingoy (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
  • Reggienal Morido (NUNS Bullpups)
  • Alvin Gerard Ungria (UST Tiger Cubs)
  • Renzo Subido (DLSZ Junior Archers)

See also

• NCAA Season 88 basketball tournaments