UAAP Season 66
| UAAP Season 66 | |||||||||
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| Host school |  Ateneo de Manila University | ||||||||
| Tagline | Olympism: Blending Sports with Culture and Education | ||||||||
| Overall | |||||||||
| Seniors |  University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||
| Juniors | University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||
| Seniors' champions | |||||||||
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| Juniors' champions | |||||||||
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| (NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition; | |||||||||
UAAP Season 66 is the 2003−04 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by the Ateneo de Manila University. The season opened on July 12, 2003
Basketball
Elimination round
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ateneo Blue Eagles (H)
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11 | 3 | .786[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 |  FEU Tamaraws
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11 | 3 | .786[a] | — | |
| 3 |  UE Red Warriors[b]
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11 | 3 | .786[a] | — | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 |  De La Salle Green Archers[c]
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7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Adamson Falcons
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5 | 9 | .357[d] | 6 | |
| 6 | UST Growling Tigers
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5 | 9 | .357[d] | 6 | |
| 7 |  UP Fighting Maroons
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3 | 11 | .214[e] | 8 | |
| 8 |  NU Bulldogs
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3 | 11 | .214[e] | 8 |
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 c Head-to-head record: Ateneo 2–2, FEU 2–2, UE 2–2 (Ateneo +21, UE –5, FEU –16); second-seed playoff: FEU 80–75 UE
- ^ La Salle originally won against UE in the second round, but the UAAP Board awarded UE the win after instant replay showed that the buzzer beater that gave De La Salle the victory was not yet in the air when time expired.
- ^ This "final" team standings is overturned when La Salle forfeited their games after the Season 68 was over. See Suspension of De La Salle University for details.
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: Adamson 1–1 UST (Adamson 0, UST 0); overall point differential: Adamson –59, UST –62
- ^ a b Head-to-head record: UP 1–1 NU (UP +4)
Bracket
| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | |||||||||
| 1 | Ateneo | 72 | 74 | |||||||
| 4 | La Salle | 76* | 68 | |||||||
| 1 | Ateneo | 65 | 53 | |||||||
| 2 | FEU | 83 | 69 | |||||||
| 2 | FEU | 67 | ||||||||
| 3 | UE | 63 | ||||||||
*Number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime periods.
Overall championship race
Juniors' division
(H) Season host.
Notes: Results are final. |
Seniors' division
(H) Season host.
Notes: Results are final.
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Individual Awards
Athletes of the Year:
- Men: Lloyd Escoses (FEU Tamaraws, badminton)
- Women: Marielle Benitez (De La Salle Lady Archers, football)
- Boys: Jed Angelo Magat (NU Bullpups, chess)
- Girls: Lea Coline Langit (UST Junior Tigresses, swimming)
Broadcast notes
From that year, the UAAP still broadcast on Studio 23 for the third consecutive year production of ABS-CBN Sports. The following broadcasters are Jude Turcuato (final year of his lead play-by-play in the UAAP) and Boom Gonzalez is the currently become main presenter and the commentators Randy Sacdalan, Ryan Gregorio and Ronnie Magsanoc.
After the telecast of the UAAP, the broadcast brought the Philippine Basketball League was the first telecast on Studio 23 that remain until 2007.