UAAP Season 79 basketball tournaments

The UAAP Season 79 basketball tournaments are held in school year 2016-17. University of Santo Tomas is the season host while Far Eastern University are the defending champions.[1] ABS-CBN's UHF channel ABS-CBN Sports and Action broadcast the men's tournament for the seventeenth consecutive year.

UAAP Season 79
Host school University of Santo Tomas
Men's Finals 1 2Wins
 De La Salle Green Archers 67 792
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 65 720
DurationDecember 3–7, 2016
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPJeron Teng
Winning coachAldin Ayo
Semifinalists FEU Tamaraws
 Adamson Falcons
TV network(s)ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN HD, ABS-CBN Sports and Action, The Filipino Channel, ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD
Women's Finals 1 2Wins
 NU Lady Bulldogs 77 962
 De La Salle Lady Archers 74 720
DurationDecember 3–7, 2016
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPGemma Miranda
Winning coachPat Aquino
Semifinalists UE Lady Warriors
Juniors' Finals 1 2Wins
 NSNU Bullpups 65 730
 FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 66 812
DurationFebruary 21–24, 2017
Arena(s)Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVPLouell Gonzales
Semifinalists Ateneo Blue Eaglets
 DLSZ Junior Archers
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD

Men's tournament

Teams

TeamSchoolSeniors' coach
 Adamson Soaring FalconsAdamson University Franz Pumaren
 Ateneo Blue EaglesAteneo de Manila University Tab Baldwin
 De La Salle Green ArchersDe La Salle University Aldin Ayo
 FEU TamarawsFar Eastern University Nash Racela
 NU BulldogsNational University Eric Altamirano
 UE Red WarriorsUniversity of the East Derrick Pumaren
 UP Fighting MaroonsUniversity of the Philippines Bo Perasol
 UST Growling TigersUniversity of Santo Tomas Rodil Sablan

Elimination round

Scores

Team AdU ADMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson 62–61 75–91 65–75 64–51 57–64 104–85 79–52
Ateneo 73–67 81–97 76–71 60–70 84–69 79–64 73–69
La Salle 86–79 71–83 83–78 75–66 84–78 89–71 100–62
FEU 59–61 59–74 67–73 78–75 67–59 51–49 79–72
NU 53–77 50–65 88–113 56–57 72–66 80–69 75–68
UE 71–79 61–75 66–95 61–64 52–64 71–75 87–88
UP 70–66 56–52 72–78 60–63 71–66 67–80 77–83
UST 61–76 64–74 56–99 48–59 73–69 61–71 69–75
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Bracket

  Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage
Finals
Best-of-three series
                       
1  La Salle 69    
4  Adamson 64    
  1  La Salle 67 79
  2  Ateneo 65 72
2  Ateneo 61 69 * Game went into overtime.
3  FEU 62 68*  

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.

La Salle vs. Adamson

The De La Salle Green Archers has the twice-to-beat advantage.

November 23
4:00 p.m.
De La Salle Green Archers  6964  Adamson Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 15–13, 13–18, 19–13
Pts: Jeron Teng 25
Rebs: Ben Mbala 16
Asts: 3 players, 1 each
Pts: Sean Manganti 13
Rebs: Papi Sarr 7
Asts: Sean Manganti 3
La Salle wins series in one game

Ateneo vs. FEU

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

November 26
4:00 p.m.
Ateneo Blue Eagles  6162  FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 10–13, 22–12, 19–27
Pts: Aaron Black 11
Rebs: Mike Nieto 8
Asts: Ravena, Verano, 4 each
Pts: Raymar Jose 20
Rebs: Raymar Jose 23
Asts: Axel Inigo 3
November 30
4:00 p.m.
Ateneo Blue Eagles  6968 (OT)  FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 23–21, 15–8, 13–17, Overtime: 3–2
Pts: Ravena, Mi. Nieto, 13
Rebs: Isaac Go 14
Asts: Adrian Wong 4
Pts: Monbert Arong 15
Rebs: Jose, Orizu, 12 each
Asts: Wendel Comboy 6
Ateneo wins series in two games

Finals

This is the fifth overall Finals matchup between the De La Salle Green Archers and the Ateneo Blue Eagles. The Blue Eagles won their last encounter in 2008.

December 3
3:30 p.m.
De La Salle Green Archers  6765  Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 17–20, 16–26, 15–13
Pts: Ben Mbala 20
Rebs: Ben Mbala 15
Asts: Andrei Caracut 4
Pts: Aaron Black 12
Rebs: Chibueze Ikeh 9
Asts: Black, Ravena, 3 each
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 16, 712
December 7
3:30 p.m.
De La Salle Green Archers  7972  Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 23–19, 14–17, 20–20
Pts: Jeron Teng 28
Rebs: Ben Mbala 10
Asts: Thomas Torres 3
Pts: Mike Nieto 18
Rebs: Verano, Go, 9
Asts: Adrian Wong 4
La Salle wins series 2–0
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Jeron Teng (De La Salle Green Archers)

Broadcast notes

All games will be aired on S+A Channel 23, S+A HD Channel 166, TFC.tv and sports.abs-cbn.com. Game 1 was also simulcast on ABS-CBN Channel 2 and ABS-CBN HD Channel 167.

GamePlay-by-playAnalystCourtside reporters
Game 1 and Game 2Eric TipanChristian LuanzonBea Escudero and Denice Dinsay

Awards

 UAAP Season 79 men's basketball champions 

De La Salle Green Archers
Ninth title
  • Most Valuable Player: Ben Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Rookie of the Year: Aljun Jay Melecio (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Mythical Team:
  • Chooks-to-go Sportsmanship Award: Isaac Go (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
  • Appeton Most Improved Player: Isaac Go (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
  • PS Bank PSBankable Player: Ben Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Manulife Up and Coming Player of the Season: Aljun Jay Melecio (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Kopiko 78's Recharged Player:
    • Bon Batiller (UE Red Warriors)
    • Louie Vigil (UST Growling Tigers)
    • Dave Moralde (UP Fighting Maroons)
    • Jayjay Alejandro (NU Bulldogs)
    • Jerrick Ahanmisi (Adamson Falcons)
    • Prince OrizU (FEU Tamaraws)
    • Anton Assistio (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
    • Ben Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)

Players of the Week

Week Player Ref.
September 7–11  Ben Mbala (La Salle) [2]
September 14–18  Jeron Teng (La Salle) [3]
September 21–25  Kib Montalbo (La Salle) [4]
September 28–October 2  Ben Mbala (La Salle) [5]
October 5–9  Monbert Arong (FEU) [6]
October 12–16  Marvin Lee (UST) [7]
October 19–23  Raymar Jose (FEU) [8]
October 26–30  Jett Manuel (UP) [9]
November 2–6  Aaron Black (Ateneo) [10]
November 9–13  Isaac Go (Ateneo) [11]

Seniors coaching changes and suspensions

Out of 8 competing teams in the UAAP, 5 teams has changed their head coach starting Season 79.

Women's tournament

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1  NU Lady Bulldogs 14 0 1.000 Advance to the Finals
2  De La Salle Lady Archers 11 3 .786 3 Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3  UE Lady Warriors 10 4 .714 4 Qualified to stepladder round 1
4  Adamson Lady Falcons 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 1] 8
5  UST Tigresses (H) 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 1] 8 Qualified to fourth-seed playoff
6  Ateneo Lady Eagles 4 10 .286 10
7  FEU Lady Tamaraws 3 11 .214 11
8  UP Lady Maroons 2 12 .143 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 point differential: Adamson 0,–59; UST 0,–80; fourth-seed playoff: Adamson 73–58 UST

Match-up results

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
 AdU
 AdMU
 DLSU
 FEU
 NU
 UE
 UP
 UST
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

Team AdU ADMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson 74–62 61–69 56–61 53–85 57–69 66–61 66–62
Ateneo 64–65* 57–67 60–56 52–74 50–60 40–42 65–57
La Salle 76–74 71–60 76–52 59–72 74–72 65–46 77–67
FEU 53–57 39–54 66–62 69–80 45–55 56–52 61–65
NU 79–61 80–56 93–77 78–42 62–58 74–30 103–49
UE 66–55 50–30 64–70 49–44 53–92 69–51 74–57
UP 60–67 44–47 48–65 46–44 55–84 39–53 73–80
UST 74–70 59–42 69–72 62–58 49–71 58–64 70–62
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

  4th–seed playoff
One–game playoff
First round
One–game playoff
Semifinals
No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage
Finals
Best-of-three series
                                         
  1  NU 77 96
  2  La Salle 72     2  La Salle 74 72
  3  UE 48     3  UE 50
   Adamson 73     4  Adamson 45
   UST 58

Fourth–seed playoff

November 23
12:00 n.n.
Adamson Lady Falcons  7358  UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 14–14, 19–15, 17–21
Pts: Kaye Pingol 17
Rebs: Nathalia Prado 10
Asts: 3 players, 3
Pts: Shanda Aries 14
Rebs: Misaela Larosa 16
Asts: Aries, Gandalla 3
Adamson enters the Final Four

First round

November 26
12:00 n.n.
UE Lady Warriors  4845  Adamson Lady Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 11–7, 14–6, 10–18, 13–14
Pts: Tacula, Chan, 11
Rebs: Chan, Gayacao, 11
Asts: Eunique Chan 3
Pts: Lacson, Alcoy, 10
Rebs: Nathalia Prado 17
Asts: Camacho, Araja, 4
UE advances to the semifinals

Semifinals

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

November 30
12:00 n.n.
De La Salle Lady Archers  7250  UE Lady Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 15–2, 22–13, 20–19
Pts: Khate Castillo 23
Rebs: Snow Peñaranda 13
Asts: Camille Claro 8
Pts: Love Joy Sto. Domingo 22
Rebs: Alysaa Gayacao 12
Asts: Nicole Medina 5
La Salle wins series in one game

Finals

Best-of-three Finals

December 3
12:00 n.n.
NU Lady Bulldogs  7774  De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 8–20, 28–10, 21–25
Pts: Gemma Miranda 23
Rebs: Gemma Miranda 15
Asts: Bernardino, Miranda, 5 each
Pts: Khate Castillo 18
Rebs: Snow Peñaranda 11
Asts: Camille Claro 9
December 7
12:00 n.n.
NU Lady Bulldogs  9672  De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 26–23, 26–9, 18–25
Pts: Gemma Miranda 25
Rebs: Jack Animam 18
Asts: Afril Bernardino 9
Pts: Khate Castillo 15
Rebs: Snow Peñaranda 11
Asts: Camille Claro 6
NU wins series 2–0

Awards

 UAAP Season 79 women's basketball champions 

NU Lady Bulldogs
Third title, third consecutive title
  • Most Valuable Player: Afril Bernardino (NU Lady Bulldogs)
  • Mythical Five:
    • Jack Danielle Animam (NU Lady Bulldogs)
    • Gemma Miranda (NU Lady Bulldogs)
    • Afril Bernardino (NU Lady Bulldogs)
    • Mary Snow April Peñaranda (De La Salle Lady Archers)
    • Love Sto. Domingo (UE Lady Warriors)

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

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