UAAP Season 80 basketball tournaments

The UAAP Season 80 basketball tournaments were the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2017–18 school year. The tournaments are divided into men's, women's and juniors' divisions, for male and female college players and male high school players, respectively. The host school for the seniors' division was Far Eastern University, while Ateneo de Manila University was the sub-host for the juniors' division. The De La Salle Green Archers, NU Lady Bulldogs, and FEU Baby Tamaraws are the defending champions for the men's, women's and juniors respectively.

UAAP Season 80
Go For Great
Host school Far Eastern University
Men's Finals 1 23Wins
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 76 83882
 De La Salle Green Archers 70 92861
DurationNovember 25–December 3, 2017
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPThirdy Ravena
Winning coachTab Baldwin
Semifinalists Adamson Falcons
 FEU Tamaraws
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action, ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN HD, The Filipino Channel, ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD
Women's Finals 1 2Wins
 NU Lady Bulldogs 89 792
 UE Lady Warriors 61 680
DurationNovember 29–December 3, 2017
Arena(s)Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPTrixie Antiquera
Winning coachPatrick Aquino
Semifinalists UST Tigresses
 FEU Lady Tamaraws
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action, ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN HD, The Filipino Channel, ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD
Juniors' Finals 1 23Wins
 Ateneo Blue Eaglets 86 67632
 NSNU Bullpups 70 70581
DurationFebruary 23–March 2, 2018
Arena(s)Filoil Flying V Centre
Finals MVPKyle Zachary Sotto
Winning coachJoe Silva
Semifinalists UST Tiger Cubs
 FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports+Action, ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD

The senior men’s tournament began on September 9, 2017 and the games for the women's division followed on September 10. The juniors' tournament began on November 11.[1]

Atty. Rene Saguisag, Jr. who was appointed UAAP's executive director served as commissioner for the third straight season.[2]

Teams

All eight member universities of the UAAP field teams in all three divisions.

UniversityMen's teamWomen's teamJuniors' team
Adamson UniversityFalconsLady FalconsBaby Falcons
Ateneo de Manila UniversityBlue EaglesLady EaglesBlue Eaglets
De La Salle UniversityGreen ArchersLady ArchersJunior Archers
Far Eastern UniversityTamarawsLady TamarawsBaby Tamaraws
National UniversityBulldogsLady BulldogsBullpups
University of the EastRed WarriorsLady WarriorsJunior Warriors
University of the PhilippinesFighting MaroonsLady MaroonsJunior Maroons
University of Santo TomasGrowling TigersTigressesTiger Cubs

Coaches

UniversityMen's coachWomen's coachJuniors' coach
Adamson UniversityFranz PumarenJohn KallosMichael Augusta "Mike" Fermin
Ateneo de Manila UniversityTab BaldwinAnthony John FloresJose Ricardo "Joe" Silva
De La Salle UniversityAldin AyoPocholo VillanuevaBoris Aldeguer
Far Eastern UniversityOlsen RacelaBert FloresAllan Albano
National UniversityJamike JarinPatrick AquinoGoldwin Monteverde
University of the EastDerrick PumarenAileen LebornioFlorence Conlu
University of the PhilippinesBo PerasolKenneth Marius RavalPaolo Mendoza
University of Santo TomasBoy SablanHaydee OngChristopher "Chris" Cantonjos

Coaching changes

TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDateReplaced byDate
FEU TamarawsNash RacelaSigned with TNT KaTropaNovember 30, 2016[3]Olsen RacelaDecember 20, 2016[4]
NU BulldogsEric AltamiranoResignationDecember 1, 2016[5]Jamike JarinJanuary 6, 2017[6]
Adamson Baby FalconsGoldwin MonteverdeResignationApril 11, 2017[7]Mike FerminMay 2, 2017
NU BullpupsJeff NapaResignationApril 2017Goldwin MonteverdeApril 29, 2017[8]
Adamson Lady FalconsMike FerminAppointed to Juniors' teamMay 2017John KallosMay 2, 2017[9]
UE Junior WarriorsLuis PalaganasFlorence Conlu[10]

Venues

The Mall of Asia Arena, Smart Araneta Coliseum and the Filoil Flying V Centre are the venues for the men's tournament. The venues for the women's tournament are the Mall of Asia Arena, the Smart Araneta Coliseum and the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym. The Filoil Flying V Centre and the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym will serve as the venues for the juniors' tournament.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Scores

Teams AdU AdMU La Salle FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson Falcons 65–85 73–85 95–79 83–76 79–60 73–71 88–81
Ateneo Blue Eagles 71–59 76–75 94–82 96–83 83–65 92–71 94–84
De La Salle Green Archers 80–74 79–76 95–90 115–109 106–100 87–98 115–86
FEU Tamaraws 71–54 59–70 73–75 90–83 90–83 78–59 78–65
NU Bulldogs 77–90 72–85 76–101 87–84 86–69 77–70 94–84
UE Red Warriors 57–66 73–97 78–99 63–79 90–77 71–84 96–91
UP Fighting Maroons 70–86 82–96 62–85 59–56 106–81 64–73 74–73
UST Growling Tigers 70–75 83–102 59–94 70–96 83–91 88–85 69–71
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

  Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage
Finals
Best-of-three series
                       
1  Ateneo 67 88*  
4  FEU 80 84  
  1  Ateneo 76 83 88
  2  La Salle 70 92 86
2  La Salle 82  
3  Adamson 75    

*Game went into overtime.

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. FEU

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

November 19
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles  6780  FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 20–17, 13–21, 19–21
Pts: Thirdy Ravena 17
Rebs: Thirdy Ravena 6
Asts: 3 players, 3 each
Pts: Ron Dennison 17
Rebs: Ron Dennison 8
Asts: Jasper Parker 5
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Nestor Sembrano, AJ Escobido, Art Herrera


November 22
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles  8884 (OT)  FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 19–18, 17–20, 18–22, Overtime: 13–9
Pts: Thirdy Ravena 17
Rebs: Chibueze Ikeh 11
Asts: Ravena, Ma. Nieto, 4 each
Pts: Jasper Parker 19
Rebs: Comboy, Orizu, 6 each
Asts: Comboy, Dennison, 4 each
Ateneo wins series in two games
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Nestor Sembrano, Eric Viray, A. Dasal


La Salle vs. Adamson

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

November 18
4:00 p.m.PHT
De La Salle Green Archers  8275  Adamson Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 22–18, 21–24, 28–12
Pts: Ben Mbala 27
Rebs: Ben Mbala 14
Asts: Ricci Rivero 6
Pts: Jerrick Ahanmisi 17
Rebs: Sarr, Hill, 9 each
Asts: Jerie Pingoy 6
La Salle wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: Mollie de Luna, Ian Borbe, Enan Alejo

Finals

November 25
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles  7670  De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 17–25, 17–19, 16–12
Pts: Thirdy Ravena 12
Rebs: Chiz Ikeh 9
Asts: Thirdy Ravena 4
Pts: Aljun Melecio 24
Rebs: Ben Mbala 12
Asts: Ben Mbala 4
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Nestor Sembrano, Art Herrera, Joel Baldago


November 29
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles  8392  De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 32–15, 19–27, 8–26, 24–24
Pts: Thirdy Ravena 20
Rebs: Chiz Ikeh 7
Asts: Thirdy Ravena 4
Pts: Ben Mbala 20
Rebs: Ben Mbala 16
Asts: Kib Montalbo 5
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 15,286
Referees: AJ Escobido, Nestor Sambrano, A. Dasal


December 3
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles  8886  De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 21–24, 21–28, 22–20
Pts: Thirdy Ravena 17
Rebs: Chiz Ikeh 13
Asts: Thirdy Ravena 5
Pts: Ben Mbala 19
Rebs: Ben Mbala 14
Asts: Aljun Melecio 4
Ateneo wins series, 2–1
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 22,012
Referees: Art Herrera, Nestor Sambrano, AJ Escobido

Awards

 UAAP Season 80 men's basketball champions 

Ateneo Blue Eagles
Ninth title
  • Most Valuable Player: Benoit Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)[11]
  • Rookie of the Year: Juan Gomez de Liaño (UP Fighting Maroons)
  • Mythical Team:[12]
  • Manulife 110% Heart and Hustle Player of the Season: Joseph Matthew Nieto (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
  • Shell V-Power Most Efficient Player of the Season: Benoit Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Appeton Most Improved Player of the Season: Ricci Paolo Rivero (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Milo Nutri-up Up Your Galing Performance Award: UP Fighting Maroons
  • PSBankable Player of the Season: Benoit Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Manulife 110% Heart and Hustle Player of the Finals: George Isaac Go (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
  • PSBankable Player of the Finals: Thirdy Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
  • BDO Winning Ways Coach of the Season: Tab Baldwin (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Players of the Week

Week ending Player Team Ref
September 17 Thirdy Ravena  Ateneo Blue Eagles [13]
September 24 Andres Paul Desiderio  UP Fighting Maroons [14]
October 1 Chibueze Ikeh  Ateneo Blue Eagles [15]
October 8 Alvin Pasaol  UE Red Warriors [16]
October 15 Ricci Paolo Rivero  De La Salle Green Archers [17]
October 22 Alvin Pasaol  UE Red Warriors [18]
October 29 Jerrick Vincent Ahanmisi  Adamson Falcons [19]
November 5 Jerie Marlon Pingoy  Adamson Falcons [20]

Players' statistical points

#PlayerTeamTotal
1 Benoit Mbala De La Salle Green Archers96.58
2 Ferdinand Ravena, III Ateneo Blue Eagles66.50
3 Rodolfo Alejandro, III NU Bulldogs63.86
4 Alvin Pasaol UE Red Warriors63.43
5 Soulemane Gawall Cherif Sarr Adamson Falcons63.15

Season player highs

StatisticPlayerTeamAverage
Points Benoit Mbala De La Salle Green Archers24.9
Rebounds Benoit Mbala De La Salle Green Archers13.6
Assists Rodolfo Alejandro, III NU Bulldogs6.7
Steals Jerie Marlon Pingoy Adamson Falcons2.6
Blocks Issa Seny Diouf Gaye NU Bulldogs2.7

Game player highs

StatisticPlayerTeamTotalOpponent
Points Alvin Pasaol UE Red Warriors49 De La Salle Green Archers
Rebounds Steve Cedrick Akomo UST Growling Tigers20 UP Fighting Maroons
 UE Red Warriors
Assists Jerie Marlon Pingoy
Rodolfo Alejandro, III
 Adamson Falcons
 NU Bulldogs
10 FEU Tamaraws
 UE Red Warriors
Steals Jerie Marlon Pingoy


Benoit Mbala
 Adamson Falcons


 De La Salle Green Archers
6 UST Growling Tigers
 NU Bulldogs
 UP Fighting Maroons
 Ateneo Blue Eagles
Blocks Issa Seny Diouf Gaye
Steve Cedrick Akomo
Benoit Mbala
 NU Bulldogs
 UST Growling Tigers
 De La Salle Green Archers
6 UST Growling Tigers
 UE Red Warriors
 Ateneo Blue Eagles

Game team highs

StatisticTeamTotalOpponent
Points De La Salle Green Archers115 NU Bulldogs
 UST Growling Tigers
Rebounds Ateneo Blue Eagles60 Adamson Falcons
Assists NU Bulldogs27 UST Growling Tigers
Steals Adamson Falcons
 De La Salle Green Archers
16 UST Growling Tigers
 UST Growling Tigers
Blocks UST Growling Tigers11 UE Red Warriors

Season team highs

StatisticTeamAverage
Points Ateneo Blue Eagles78.5
Rebounds UST Growling Tigers45.9
Assists FEU Tamaraws17.4
Steals Adamson Falcons8.0
Blocks UST Growling Tigers4.4

Broadcast notes

ABS-CBN Sports is the official broadcaster of the UAAP Season 80 Men's Basketball games.

GamePlay-by-playAnalystCourtside Reporters
Semis #1 vs. #4, Game 1Boom GonzalesTJ ManotocSydney Crespo, Martie Bautista & Paui Versoza
Semis #1 vs. #4, Game 2Nikko RamosMarco BenitezMartie Bautista, Sydney Crespo & Angelique Manto
Semis #2 vs. #3Eric TipanRonnie MagsanocEileen Shi, Stef Monce & Angelique Manto
Finals, Game 1Mico HaliliRonnie MagsanocMartie Bautista, Eileen Shi & Paui Versoza
Finals, Game 2Boom GonzalesRonnie MagsanocEileen Shi, Martie Bautista & Angelique Manto
Finals, Game 3Boom GonzalesChristian LuanzonMartie Bautista, Eileen Shi & Paui Versoza

UAAP-JBL Three-Point Contest

The UAAP Three-Point Contest, or the UAAP-JBL Three-Point Contest for sponsorship reasons, is the inaugural three-point competition of the UAAP in the basketball discipline. The contest served as a transition event from the first round going to the second round of eliminations. All eight universities fielded representative shooters to compete for the chance to clinch ₱80,000 and JBL products for the winner, and another ₱50,000 will be given to the winning university. In the end of the competition, the older brother of Adrian Wong, Dan Angelo Wong, claimed the inaugural title for the said competition.[21]

Competition Format

In the first round, all eight participants will get a chance to shoot as many three-pointers as they can within the time limit of one (1) minute. In each rack, the first four balls were regular balls, which is worth only one point, and the fifth and the last ball is the moneyball, which is worth two points. After the first round, only the top two (2) players would advance the final round, competing for the championship.

Results

PosParticipantFirst RoundFinal Round
1 Dan Angelo Wong (Ateneo)2217
2 Mark Maloles (UE)1815
3 Jerrick Ahanmisi (Adamson)18Eliminated
4 Jojo Trinidad (FEU)17Eliminated
5 JP Cauilan (NU)16Eliminated
6 Ralph Cu (La Salle)14Eliminated
7 Diego Dario (UP)13Eliminated
8 Marvin Lee (UST)8Eliminated

Women's tournament

The NU Lady Bulldogs won their 64th straight match after clinching their four-peat championship against the UE Lady Warriors on December 3, 2017.[22]

NU's Ria Nabalan recorded a triple-double in their second round win over the FEU Lady Tamaraws on October 18, 2017. Nabalan tallied 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to lead the Lady Bulldogs to their 56th consecutive win that dates back to Season 77.[23]

For the first time in 49 years, the UE Lady Warriors advanced to the Finals after defeating the UST Tigresses in the second round of the Stepladder semifinals to face the undefeated NU Lady Bulldogs. A punch thrown by UST's Sai Larosa at Love Sto. Domingo ignited a bench-clearing brawl among the players of the two teams.[24] Larosa was disqualified from inclusion to the Mythical team following her ejection and subsequent suspension.

The UE Lady Warriors held the Adamson Lady Falcons to a scoreless 2nd quarter in their 62-44 win on October 1, 2017.[25]

Elimination round

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