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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 schoolFar Eastern University
Men's Finals G1 G2G3Wins
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 76 83882
La Salle school colors 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 (1st title)
SemifinalistsAdamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons
FEU school colors 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 G1 G2Wins
NU school colors NU Lady Bulldogs 89 792
UE school colors UE Lady Warriors 61 680
DurationNovember 29–December 3, 2017
Arena(s)Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPTrixie Antiquera
Winning coachPatrick Aquino (4th title)
SemifinalistsUST school colors UST Tigresses
FEU school colors 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 G1 G2G3Wins
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets 86 67632
NU school colors NUNS Bullpups 70 70581
DurationFebruary 23–March 2, 2018
Arena(s)Filoil Flying V Centre
Finals MVPKai Sotto
Winning coachJoe Silva (2nd title)
SemifinalistsUST school colors UST Tiger Cubs
FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports+Action, ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD
< Season 79 2017–18 Season 81 >

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]

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

Teams edit

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

University Men's team Women's team Juniors' team
Adamson University Soaring Falcons Lady Falcons Baby Falcons
Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles Lady Eagles Blue Eaglets
De La Salle University Green Archers Lady Archers Junior Archers
Far Eastern University Tamaraws Lady Tamaraws Baby Tamaraws
National University Bulldogs Lady Bulldogs Bullpups
University of the East Red Warriors Lady Warriors Junior Warriors
University of the Philippines Diliman Fighting Maroons Lady Maroons Junior Maroons
University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers Tigresses Tiger Cubs

Coaches edit

University Men's coach Women's coach Juniors' coach
Adamson University Franz Pumaren John Kallos Mike Fermin
Ateneo de Manila University Tab Baldwin Anthony John Flores Joe Silva
De La Salle University Aldin Ayo Pocholo Villanueva Boris Aldeguer
Far Eastern University Olsen Racela Bert Flores Allan Albano
National University Jamike Jarin Patrick Aquino Goldwin Monteverde
University of the East Derrick Pumaren Aileen Lebornio Florence Conlu
University of the Philippines Diliman Bo Perasol Kenneth Marius Raval Paolo Mendoza
University of Santo Tomas Boy Sablan Haydee Ong Chris Cantonjos

Coaching changes edit

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date Replaced by Date
FEU Tamaraws Nash Racela Signed with TNT KaTropa November 30, 2016[3] Olsen Racela December 20, 2016[4]
NU Bulldogs Eric Altamirano Resignation December 1, 2016[5] Jamike Jarin January 6, 2017[6]
Adamson Baby Falcons Goldwin Monteverde Resignation April 11, 2017[7] Mike Fermin May 2, 2017
NU Bullpups Jeff Napa Resignation April 2017 Goldwin Monteverde April 29, 2017[8]
Adamson Lady Falcons Mike Fermin Signed with Adamson Baby Falcons May 2017 John Kallos May 2, 2017[9]
UE Junior Warriors Luis Palaganas Florence Conlu [10]

Venues edit

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 edit

Elimination round edit

Team standings edit

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   Ateneo Blue Eagles 13 1 .929 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2   De La Salle Green Archers 12 2 .857 1
3   Adamson Soaring Falcons 9 5 .643 4 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4   FEU Tamaraws (H) 7 7 .500 6
5   UP Fighting Maroons 6 8 .429 7
6   NU Bulldogs 5 9 .357 8
7   UE Red Warriors 3 11 .214 10
8   UST Growling Tigers 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) Hosts

Match-up results edit

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
  Adamson              
  Ateneo              
  La Salle              
  FEU              
  NU              
  UE              
  UP              
  UST              
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores edit

Teams AdU AdMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson Soaring 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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket edit

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  Ateneo6788*
4  FEU8084
1  Ateneo768388
2  La Salle709286
2  La Salle82
3  Adamson75

*Game went into overtime.

Semifinals edit

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.

(1) Ateneo vs. (4) FEU edit

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

November 19
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles   67–80   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   88–84 (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

(2) La Salle vs. (3) Adamson edit

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

November 18
4:00 p.m.PHT
De La Salle Green Archers   82–75   Adamson Soaring 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 edit

November 25
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles   76–70   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   83–92   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   88–86   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 edit

 UAAP Season 80 men's basketball champions 
 
Ateneo Blue Eagles
Ninth title

edit

  • Manulife 110% Heart and Hustle Player of the Season: Joseph Matthew Nieto (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
  • Shell V-Power Most Efficient Player of the Season: Ben Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Appeton Most Improved Player of the Season: Ricci Rivero (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Milo Nutri-up Up Your Galing Performance Award: UP Fighting Maroons
  • PSBankable Player of the Season: Ben Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Manulife 110% Heart and Hustle Player of the Finals: 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 edit

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 Soaring Falcons [19]
November 5 Jerie Marlon Pingoy   Adamson Soaring Falcons [20]

Statistics edit

Players' statistical points edit

# Player Team Total
1   Benoit Mbala   De La Salle Green Archers 96.58
2   Thirdy Ravena   Ateneo Blue Eagles 66.50
3   Rodolfo Alejandro III   NU Bulldogs 63.86
4   Alvin Pasaol   UE Red Warriors 63.43
5   Soulemane Gawall Cherif Sarr   Adamson Soaring Falcons 63.15

Season player highs edit

Statistic Player Team Average
Points   Benoit Mbala   De La Salle Green Archers 24.9
Rebounds   Benoit Mbala   De La Salle Green Archers 13.6
Assists   Rodolfo Alejandro III   NU Bulldogs 6.7
Steals   Jerie Marlon Pingoy   Adamson Soaring Falcons 2.6
Blocks   Issa Seny Diouf Gaye   NU Bulldogs 2.7

Game player highs edit

Statistic Player Team Total Opponent
Points   Alvin Pasaol   UE Red Warriors 49   De La Salle Green Archers
Rebounds   Steve Cedrick Akomo   UST Growling Tigers 20   UP Fighting Maroons
  UE Red Warriors
Assists   Jerie Marlon Pingoy
  Rodolfo Alejandro III		   Adamson Soaring Falcons
  NU Bulldogs		 10   FEU Tamaraws
  UE Red Warriors
Steals   Jerie Marlon Pingoy   Adamson Soaring Falcons 6   UST Growling Tigers
  NU Bulldogs
  UP Fighting Maroons
  Benoit Mbala   De La Salle Green Archers   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 edit

Statistic Team Total Opponent
Points   De La Salle Green Archers 115   NU Bulldogs
  UST Growling Tigers
Rebounds   Ateneo Blue Eagles 60   Adamson Soaring Falcons
Assists   NU Bulldogs 27   UST Growling Tigers
Steals   Adamson Soaring Falcons
  De La Salle Green Archers		 16   UST Growling Tigers
  UST Growling Tigers
Blocks   UST Growling Tigers 11   UE Red Warriors

Season team highs edit

Statistic Team Average
Points   Ateneo Blue Eagles 78.5
Rebounds   UST Growling Tigers 45.9
Assists   FEU Tamaraws 17.4
Steals   Adamson Soaring Falcons 8.0
Blocks   UST Growling Tigers 4.4

Broadcast notes edit

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

Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside Reporters
Semis #1 vs. #4, Game 1 Boom Gonzales TJ Manotoc Sydney Crespo, Martie Bautista & Paui Versoza
Semis #1 vs. #4, Game 2 Nikko Ramos Marco Benitez Martie Bautista, Sydney Crespo & Angelique Manto
Semis #2 vs. #3 Eric Tipan Ronnie Magsanoc Eileen Shi, Stef Monce & Angelique Manto
Finals, Game 1 Mico Halili Ronnie Magsanoc Martie Bautista, Eileen Shi & Paui Versoza
Finals, Game 2 Boom Gonzales Ronnie Magsanoc Eileen Shi, Martie Bautista & Angelique Manto
Finals, Game 3 Boom Gonzales Christian Luanzon Martie Bautista, Eileen Shi & Paui Versoza

UAAP-JBL Three-Point Contest edit

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 edit

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 edit

Pos Participant First round Final Round
1   Dan Angelo Wong (Ateneo) 22 17
2   Mark Maloles (UE) 18 15
3   Jerrick Ahanmisi (Adamson) 18 Eliminated
4   Jojo Trinidad (FEU) 17 Eliminated
5   JP Cauilan (NU) 16 Eliminated
6   Ralph Cu (La Salle) 14 Eliminated
7   Diego Dario (UP) 13 Eliminated
8   Marvin Lee (UST) 8 Eliminated

Women's tournament edit

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 edit

Team standings edit

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   NU Lady Bulldogs 14 0 1.000 — Advance to the Finals[a]
2   UE Lady Warriors 11 3 .786 3 Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3   UST Tigresses 10 4 .714 4 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4   FEU Lady Tamaraws (H) 8 6 .571 6
5   Adamson Lady Falcons 6 8 .429 8
6   Ateneo Lady Eagles 4 10 .286 10
7   De La Salle Lady Archers 3 11 .214 11
8   UP Fighting Maroons 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
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ As NU won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.

Match-up results edit

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
  Adamson              
  Ateneo              
  La Salle              
  FEU              
  NU              
  UE              
  UP              
  UST              
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores edit

Teams AdU AdMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson Lady Falcons — 58–61 88–84 55–54 38–82 44–62 67–57 66–75
Ateneo Lady Eagles 46–47 — 46–49 58–64 53–70 51–62 62–61 65–71
De La Salle Lady Archers 60–67 49–56 — 62–70 56–77 68–69 76–64 62–65
FEU Lady Tamaraws 66–60 69–60 63–61* — 48–71 56–59 73–49 67–73
NU Lady Bulldogs 109–59 60–49 91–56 76–56 — 69–66* 92–38 95–65
UE Lady Warriors 70–51 56–48 82–79 63–61* 50–63 — 52–42 49–54
UP Fighting Maroons 60–82 42–44 72–75 48–84 35–76 36–50 — 58–85
UST Tigresses 88–65 67–50 68–56 58–62 58–79 62–66 78–63 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket edit

Stepladder round 1
(Single-elimination)		Stepladder round 2
(No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  NU8979
2  UE53692  UE6168
3  UST863  UST6362
4  FEU72

Stepladder semifinals edit

(3) UST vs. (4) FEU edit

November 19
1:00 p.m.PHT
UST Tigresses   86–72   FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 20–12, 21–24, 26–17
Pts: Anjel Anies 24
Rebs: Gandalla, Peñaflor, 8 each
Asts: Ruby Portillo 6		 Pts: Precious Arellado 19
Rebs: Angelica Gerner 11
Asts: Precious Arellado 6
UST advances to the stepladder semifinals round 2
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: D. See, Eric Viray, Ian Borbe

(2) UE vs. (3) UST edit

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

November 22
11:00 a.m.PHT
UE Lady Warriors   53–63   UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 12–16, 14–14, 18–16
Pts: Ruthlaine Tacula 14
Rebs: Love Joy Sto. Domingo 12
Asts: Ruthlaine Tacula 3		 Pts: Anjel Anies 21
Rebs: Jem Angeles 11
Asts: Jem Angeles 8
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Referees: Allan Manzano, Art Herrera, Irewin Traballo
November 25
11:00 a.m.PHT
UE Lady Warriors   69–62   UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 17–19, 20–21, 22–6
Pts: Love Joy Sto. Domingo 18
Rebs: Love Joy Sto. Domingo 12
Asts: Ruthlaine Tacula 8		 Pts: Anies, Larosa, 16 each
Rebs: Larosa, Angeles, 8 each
Asts: Jem Angeles 7
UE wins series in two games

Finals edit

For the fourth straight year, the NU Lady Bulldogs accomplished an elimination round sweep and will battle in a best-of-three Finals.

November 29
11:00 a.m.PHT
NU Lady Bulldogs   89–61   UE Lady Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 22–7, 21–14, 20–13, 26–27
Pts: Trixie Antiquera 30
Rebs: Jack Animam 17
Asts: Janet Sison 7		 Pts: Love Joy Sto. Domingo 17
Rebs: Love Joy Sto. Domingo 12
Asts: Ruthlaine Tacula 7
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: A. Barba, Julius Medillo, Edgar Orpilla
December 3
11:00 a.m.PHT
NU Lady Bulldogs   79–68   UE Lady Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 20–19, 18–19, 28–14
Pts: Trixie Antiquera 19
Rebs: Jack Animam 23
Asts: Animam, Harada, 4 each		 Pts: Ruthlaine Tacula 25
Rebs: Ruthlaine Tacula 12
Asts: Joyce Francisco 6
NU wins series 2–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Referees: D. See, Julius Medillo, Edgar Orpilla
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Trixie Antiquera (NU Lady Bulldogs)

Awards edit

 UAAP Season 80 women's basketball champions 
 
NU Lady Bulldogs
Fourth title, fourth consecutive title
  • Most Valuable Player: Jack Danielle Animam (NU Lady Bulldogs)[26]
  • Rookie of the Year: Marian Justine Domingo (UP Lady Maroons)
  • Mythical Five:[26]
    • Jack Danielle Animam (NU Lady Bulldogs)
    • Love Joy Sto. Domingo (UE Lady Warriors)
    • Rhena Malembe Itesi (NU Lady Bulldogs)
    • Ria Joy Nabalan (NU Lady Bulldogs)
    • Jhenn Angeles (UST Tigresses)[27]

Statistics edit

Players' statistical points edit

# Player Team Total
1   Jack Danielle Animam   NU Lady Bulldogs 77.29
2   Love Joy Sto. Domingo   UE Lady Warriors 75.64
3   Rhena Malembe Itesi   NU Lady Bulldogs 71.14
4   Ria Joy Nabalan   NU Lady Bulldogs 69.00
5   Misaela Aurea Larosa   UST Tigresses 61.00

Juniors' tournament edit

Elimination round edit

Team standings edit

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   Ateneo Blue Eaglets 14 0 1.000 — Advance to the Finals[a]
2   NUNS Bullpups[b] (H) 11 3 .786 3 Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3   FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 8 6 .571 6 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4   UST Tiger Cubs 7 7 .500[c] 7
5   Adamson Baby Falcons 7 7 .500[c] 7
6   DLSZ Junior Archers 4 10 .286 10
7   UPIS Junior Maroons 3 11 .214 11
8   UE Junior Warriors 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) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ As Ateneo won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
  2. ^ NU forfeited its first round win over UE after the UAAP Board ruled that NU player Jayson Puray to be ineligible.[28]
  3. ^ a b Fourth-seed playoff: UST 73–72 Adamson (OT)

Match-up results edit

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
  Adamson              
  Ateneo              
  La Salle              
  FEU              
  NU              
  UE              
  UP              
  UST              
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores edit

Teams AdU AdMU DLSZ FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson Baby Falcons — 64–82 62–58 91–96 82–92 83–65 86–55 69–78
Ateneo Blue Eaglets 64–47 — 87–63 59–47 64–49 97–47 78–58 94–63
DLSZ Junior Archers 51–75 73–93 — 67–71 61–94 ?–? 79–73 72–83
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 72–71 65–68 87–86 — 68–80 86–68 90–63 79–82
NUNS Bullpups 73–62 68–78 85–67 86–81 — 0–20[a] 103–79 89–85
UE Junior Warriors 66–72 74–101 74–93 63–91 64–83 — 81–83 99–106
UPIS Junior Maroons 58–76 75–90 71–69 56–65 60–91 85–94 — 62–97
UST Tiger Cubs 74–91 54–78 79–86 64–62 75–109 88–76 87–91 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:
  1. ^ NU originally won 107–69. However, the UAAP forfeited NSNU's win since they fielded an ineligible player.[29]

Fourth-seed playoff edit

February 14
10:00 a.m.PHT
Adamson Baby Falcons   72–73 (OT)   UST Tiger Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 9–16, 21–15, 19–16, Overtime: 9–10
Pts: Sabandal 20
Rebs: Manlapaz 11
Asts: Sabandal 9		 Pts: Cansino 24
Rebs: Lina 12
Asts: Cansino 6
UST advances to the Final Four
Blue Eagle Gym, Quezon City
Referees: Art Herrera, Nestor Sambrano, Mollie de Luna

Bracket edit

Stepladder round 1
(Single-elimination)		Stepladder round 2
(No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  Ateneo866763
2  NSNU912  NSNU707058
3  FEU–D804  UST72
4  UST81

Stepladder semifinals edit

(3) FEU Diliman vs. (4) UST edit

February 17
10:00 a.m.PHT
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws   80–81   UST Tiger Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 26–16, 21–17, 18–28
Pts: Abarrientos 24
Rebs: Tolentico 11
Asts: Alforque, Gonzalez 7 each		 Pts: Cansino 18
Rebs: Cansino, Lina 16 each
Asts: Cansino 5
UST advances to the stepladder semifinals round 2
Blue Eagle Gym, Quezon City
Referees: Ian Borbe, Edmar Avis, VC Jaramillo

(2) NSNU vs. (4) UST edit

NU has the twice-to-beat advantage

February 20
4:00 p.m.PHT
NUNS Bullpups   91–72   UST Tiger Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 24–14, 22–20, 24–21
Pts: Fortea 17
Rebs: Javillonar 16
Asts: Manalang 6		 Pts: Baquial, Villapando 16 each
Rebs: Cansino 16
Asts: Cansino 7
NU wins series in one game
Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City
Referees: Mollie de Luna, Julius Medillo, Irewin Traballo

Finals edit

February 23
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eaglets   86–70   NUNS Bullpups
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 20–14, 30–20, 25–19
Pts: Sotto 22
Rebs: Sotto 16
Asts: Belangel 8		 Pts: Fortea 21
Rebs: Amsali 11
Asts: Manalang 3
Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City
Referees: Ian Borbe, Eric Viray, Dela Cruz
February 27
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eaglets   67–70   NUNS Bullpups
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 14–13, 13–13, 19–23
Pts: Ildefonso 14
Rebs: Ildefonso 13
Asts: Manuel 4		 Pts: Oczon 17
Rebs: Amsali 13
Asts: Manalang 4
Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City
Referees: A. Dasal, Julius Medillo, Irewin Traballo
March 2
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eaglets   63–58   NUNS Bullpups
Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 13–17, 16–20, 19–15
Pts: Sotto 19
Rebs: Sotto 13
Asts: Credo 4		 Pts: Fortea 14
Rebs: 3 players 9 each
Asts: 3 players 3 each
Ateneo wins series, 2–1
Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City
Referees: Mollie de Luna, Baria, Nestor Sambrano

The Ateneo Blue Eaglets' 7'1" center Kai Sotto recorded a triple-double in their Game 1 win over the NU Bullpups in their best-of-three Finals series on February 23, 2018. Sotto tallied 22 points, 16 rebounds and 11 blocks. Of those 11 shot-blocks, five were made in the first half.[30]

Awards edit

 UAAP Season 80 juniors' basketball champions 
 
Ateneo Blue Eaglets
19th title
  • Most Valuable Player: Crispin John Cansino (UST Tiger Cubs)[31]
  • Rookie of the Year:
  • Mythical Five:[31]
    • Crispin John Cansino (UST Tiger Cubs)
    • Kai Zachary Sotto (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
    • Samjosef Belangel (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
    • Sean Dave Ildefonso (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
    • Louell Jay Gonzales (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)

Statistics edit

Players' statistical points edit

# Player Team Total
1   Crispin John Cansino   UST Tiger Cubs 88.43
2   Kyle Zachary Sotto   Ateneo Blue Eaglets 70.21
3   Samjosef Belangel   Ateneo Blue Eaglets 68.86
4   Sean David Ildefonso   Ateneo Blue Eaglets 64.21
5   Louell Jay Gonzales   FEU–D Baby Tamaraws

Overall Championship points edit

In case of a tie, the team with the higher position in any tournament is ranked higher. If both are still tied, they are listed by alphabetical order.

How rankings are determined:

  • Ranks 5th to 8th determined by elimination round standings.
  • Loser of the #1 vs #4 semifinal match-up is ranked 4th
  • Loser of the #2 vs #3 semifinal match-up is ranked 3rd
  • Loser of the finals is ranked 2nd
  • Champion is ranked 1st

See also edit

References edit

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