UAAP Season 72

The opening ceremonies for the 72nd UAAP games was held at the Araneta Coliseum last July 11, 2009. The opening rites featured different student organizations from the host Far Eastern University including other participants from the other 7 UAAP member universities. With the season's theme One Color. One Goal. the event participants wore white costumes, symbolizing unity in the league, introduced the league member universities through flags and the sarimanok, bearing the member schools' respective colors.

The schedule of the sporting events will be changed this season. Badminton will be held in the first semester, instead of chess.

With ABS-CBN's contract to broadcast the UAAP expiring on March 31, 2010, two other TV networks are bidding for exclusive television rights for the league, although ABS-CBN has the right of first refusal. Solar Entertainment Corporation's sports section Solar Sports will join the bidding for the TV rights, with a Solar official naming GMA Network as another interested party. The UAAP has been broadcast by ABS-CBN for ten years already at their UHF station Studio 23.[1] UAAP president Anton Montinola said the league considers "to project the league not just nationally but also globally" due to "a lot of followers abroad, mostly alumni". Montinola further said the league has been satisfied with ABS-CBN's coverage of both the basketball and volleyball games. The volleyball tournament was even moved from the first semester (July–October) to the second semester (November–March) to maximize the TV coverage.[2]

Confirming Solar's earlier revelation, GMA has joined the bidding, submitting theirs at a UAAP board meeting on March 19, 2009. In order to strengthen its position, ABS-CBN's bid includes airing the men's basketball championship series at their flagship VHF station Channel 2 instead of airing it on Studio 23, where ABS-CBN has aired the men's basketball tournament for the past nine seasons.[3] Solar will air it on VHF C/S 9 of which they a block-timer. All three submitted five-year bids.[3] GMA will air the games on its VHF channel Q.[4]

Despite the TV rights row on the Pacquiao-Hatton boxing bout between ABS-CBN on one hand and Solar Sports and GMA on the other, Solar has confirmed it will stand by their UAAP bid, with Solar offering a possible linkage either to ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel (on which the games currently air) or to GMA Pinoy TV to air the games internationally.[4] With ABS-CBN's current contract worth P75 million, Montinola has expressed delight that "there are three TV networks that are very, very much interested to become our partner next season," noting that it is "the first time that this is happening." Montinola clarified that the UAAP is not "rushing things" to determine which among the three networks have the best offer, and declined to comment on the financial offers, saying, "We [UAAP, GMA 7, ABS-CBN and Solar] are still far from that discussion."[5]

On October 4, right before the tip-off of Game 2 of the men's basketball finals, the UAAP and ABS-CBN agreed in principle and signed a memorandum of agreement giving the broadcasting network the right to air the league's games for another five-year period starting UAAP Season 73.[6]

The UAAP Season 72 basketball tournament began on July 11, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The tournament host was Far Eastern University and tournament commissioner was Jose "Joe" Lipa, Jr.

Team standings

Pos	Team	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
3	UE Red Warriors	10	4	.714	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Growling Tigers	6	8	.429	7
5	Adamson Falcons	5	9	.357[lower-alpha 1]	8
6	De La Salle Green Archers	5	9	.357[lower-alpha 1]	8
7	NU Bulldogs	3	11	.214[lower-alpha 2]	10
8	UP Fighting Maroons	3	11	.214[lower-alpha 2]	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) Host.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Adamson 1–1 La Salle; Adamson +5
2. Head-to-head record: NU 1–1 UP; NU +8

Playoffs

	Semifinals #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

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[lower-alpha 1]	2
3	De La Salle Lady Archers	11	3	.786[lower-alpha 1]	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Tigresses	8	6	.571	5
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) Host.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: La Salle 2–0 Adamson; second-seed playoff: Adamson 65–56

Playoffs

	2nd–seed playoff				Semifinals #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
	La Salle	56			2	Adamson	55
	Adamson	65			3	La Salle	50

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
3	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws (H)	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	2
5	UE Junior Warriors	6	8	.429	6
6	Adamson Baby Falcons	5	9	.357	7
7	NSNU 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) Host.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Ateneo 1–1 FEU; Ateneo +4

Playoffs

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	La Salle Zobel	86
	4	FEU–FERN	69
							1	La Salle Zobel	73	57	56
							3	Ateneo	80	53	61
	2	UST	66	68
	3	Ateneo	72	73

The UAAP Season 72 taekwondo tournaments were held on September 16, 2009 at the University of Santo Tomas Gymnasium.[7]

Men's tournament Team standings Team W L GB  UST Growling Tigers 5 0 --  De La Salle Green Archers 4 1 1  Ateneo Blue Eagles 2 3 3  FEU Tamaraws 2 3 3  UP Fighting Maroons 2 3 3  UE Red Warriors 0 5 5 Awards Most Valuable Player: Marlon Avenido (UST Growling Tigers) Rookie of the Year: Jose Anthony Soriano (UST Growling Tigers)

Women's tournament Team standings Team W L GB  FEU Lady Tamaraws 5 0 --  UST Tigresses 3 2 2  De La Salle Lady Archers 3 2 2  UP Lady Maroons 3 2 2  Ateneo Lady Eagles 1 4 4  UE Lady Warriors 0 5 5 Awards Most Valuable Player: Richelle Dinolan (FEU Lady Tamaraws) Rookie of the Year: Winlove Dela Cerna (FEU Lady Tamaraws)

Team standings

Team	W	L	GB
UST Tiger Cubs	4	0	--
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	3	1	1
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	2	2	2
UPIS Junior Maroons			-
DLSZ Junior Archers			-
UE Junior Warriors			-

The UAAP Judo Championships was held on October 4, 2009 hosted by the Ateneo de Manila University at the Blue Eagle Gym. It was a one-day tournament.

Men's tournament Team standings Team Medals Points Total  Ateneo 2 1 5 8 35  UST 2  UP  La Salle  UE  Adamson Awards Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year:

Women's tournament Team standings Team Medals Points Total  UP  UST  La Salle  Ateneo  UE  Adamson Awards Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year:

Team standings

Team	Medals				Points
				Total
Ateneo
UE
UST
La Salle
UP

The UAAP Track and Field Championships was held on February 7, 2010 at the Rizal Memorial Track and Football Stadium.[8]

Men's tournament Team standings Team Medals Points Total  UE 4 8 6 18 196  FEU 8 3 5 17 182  Ateneo 6 3 3 12 145  UST 3 5 5 13 142  La Salle 70  UP 67 Awards Most Valuable Player: Romnick Herida (FEU Tamaraws) Rookie of the Year: Richard Salano (UE Red Warriors)

Women's tournament Team standings Team Medals Points Total  FEU 5 12 6 23 304  UST 12 2 3 17 253  UE 1 2 3 6 106  Ateneo 74  UP 63  La Salle 38 Awards Most Valuable Player: Serenata Saluan (UST Tigresses) Rookie of the Year: Serenata Saluan (UST Tigresses)

Team standings

Team	Medals				Points
				Total
UP					305
Ateneo					299
UST					188
Adamson
La Salle
UE
FEU

The UAAP Season 72 chess tournament started on January 10, 2010 at the Tan Yan Kee Student Center of the University of Santo Tomas. After fourteen rounds, the FEU Tamaraws came up on top, dominating both the Seniors Men and Women Tournaments.[9] It could have scored a first ever triple championship in the UAAP Chess competition but its juniors team finished second to the Baby Falcons of Adamson.

Men's tournament Team standings Team Points  FEU Tamaraws 42.0  UE Red Warriors 35.5  UST Growling Tigers 34.5  De La Salle Green Archers 29.0  UP Fighting Maroons 25.0  Adamson Falcons 24.5  NU Bulldogs 23.5  Ateneo Blue Eagles 10.0 Awards Most Valuable Player: Sheider Nebato (FEU Tamaraws) Rookie of the Year: MJ Turqueza (De La Salle Green Archers)

Women's tournament Team standings Team Points  FEU Lady Tamaraws 34.5  Ateneo Lady Eagles 31.5  De La Salle Lady Archers 29.5  UP Lady Maroons 22.5  NU Lady Bulldogs 20.0  UST Tigresses 19.0  UE Lady Warriors 11.5 Awards Most Valuable Player: Chardine Camacho (Ateneo Lady Eagles) Rookie of the Year: Chardine Camacho (Ateneo Lady Eagles)

Team standings

Team	Points
Adamson Baby Falcons	36.0
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	35.5
UE Junior Warriors	34.5
NSNU Bullpups	26.0
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	25.5
UST Tiger Cubs	9.0
DLSZ Junior Archers	1.5

The UAAP Cheerdance Competition was held on September 13, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The event was shown live on TV by Studio 23 and was hosted by Boom Gonzalez, Megan Young and the various UAAP courtside reporters. Cheer dance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the general championship are not awarded to the participants.

Order	Pep squad	Score
8th	FEU Cheering Squad	86.10
6th	Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion Stunner awardee: Sari Campos	83.40
5th	UP Pep Squad	83.10
3rd	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe	81.00
2nd	NU Pep Squad	no results released
1st	Adamson Pep Squad	no results released
4th	DLSU Animo Squad	no results released
7th	UE Pep Squad	no results released

Host team in boldface. "Order" refers to order of performance.

The general champion is determined by a point system. The system gives 15 points to the champion team of a UAAP event, 12 to the runner-up, and 10 to the third placer. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating teams according to their order of finish.

Medals table

Seniors' division Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  University of Santo Tomas 7 10 2 19 2  Far Eastern University* 7 5 4 16 3  De La Salle University 4 4 8 16 4  University of the East 3 3 1 7 5  Adamson University 3 1 0 4 6  Ateneo de Manila University 2 4 6 12 7  University of the Philippines 2 0 7 9 8  National University 0 1 0 1 Totals (8 teams) 28 28 28 84   *   Season host;   Leads the general championship tally Notes: Results are final.

Juniors' division Rank Team Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Ateneo de Manila University 5 1 2 8 2  University of Santo Tomas 3 3 4 10 3  University of the East 2 4 1 7 4  UP Integrated School 1 0 1 2 5  Adamson University 1 0 0 1 6  Far Eastern University–FERN College* 0 3 0 3 7  De La Salle Zobel 0 1 3 4 8  National University 0 0 1 1 Totals (8 teams) 12 12 12 36   *   Season host;   Leads the general championship tally Notes: Results are final.

Seniors' division

																														Total
Rank	Team	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	Overall
1	UST	8	8	15	15	15	8	10	8	10	4	15	12	12	12	15	4	15	12	12	12	6	15	12	12	8	12	12	6	165	140	305
2	La Salle	4	10	6	12	4	10	15	10	8	10	12	15	6	10	12	15	12	10	8	10	8	4	10	15	4	4	4	4	113	139	252
3	FEU (H)	10	12	12	6	12	12	—	—	15	15	—	—	15	15	4	10	6	15	—	—	—	—	15	10	12	15	8	10	109	120	229
4	Ateneo	15	4	10	10	2	6	12	12	1	12	8	10	2	8	10	1	10	6	15	8	4	6	8	6	10	8	6	12	113	109	222
5	UP	1	6	8	4	10	2	8	15	6	8	10	8	10	6	8	6	8	8	10	15	10	10	4	8	6	6	10	8	109	110	219
6	UE	12	1	4	2	6	1	6	6	12	2	6	—	8	8	6	12	4	4	6	6	—	8	6	—	15	10	15	15	106	75	181
7	Adamson	6	15	1	8	8	15	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	1	8	—	—	4	4	15	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	39	62	101
8	NU	2	2	2	1	1	4	—	—	2	6	—	—	4	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	17	42

(H) Season host;   = Champion;   = Runner-up;   = Third place; — = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

Juniors' division

														Total
Rank	Team	B	B	G	B	G	C	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	G	C	Overall
1	UST	10	12	15	12	15	4	12	15	10	8	10	10	99	30	4	133
2	Ateneo	15	10	—	15	—	6	6	10	15	15	12	15	113	0	6	119
3	UE	6	15	12	8	12	10	15	—	12	—	4	12	72	24	10	106
4	DLSZ	12	4	10	10	8	2	2	—	8	10	6	—	52	18	2	72
5	UPIS	1	6	8	6	10	1	4	—	4	—	15	8	44	18	1	63
6	FEU–FERN (H)	8	—	—	—	—	12	1	12	—	12	2	—	35	0	12	47
7	Adamson	4	—	—	—	—	15	8	—	—	—	8	—	20	0	15	35
8	NU	2	8	—	—	—	8	10	—	—	—	—	—	20	0	8	28

(H) Season host;   = Champion;   = Runner-up;   = Third place; — = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

• Athlete of the Year:
  • Seniors: Marlon Avenido (UST Growling Tigers)
  • Juniors: Gian Daniel Berino (UST Tiger Cubs)

• NCAA Season 85

• ABS-CBN official website for the UAAP
• UAAP men's basketball in Inboundpass.com
• UAAP men's basketball in UBelt.com