UAAP Season 80 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 80
Go For Great
Host school	Far Eastern University
Duration	November 25–December 3, 2017
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena; Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Thirdy Ravena
Winning coach	Tab 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
Duration	November 29–December 3, 2017
Arena(s)	Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Trixie Antiquera
Winning coach	Patrick 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
Duration	February 23–March 2, 2018
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Centre
Finals MVP	Kyle Zachary Sotto
Winning coach	Joe Silva
Semifinalists	UST Tiger Cubs; FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN Sports+Action, ABS-CBN Sports+Action HD

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.

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.

University	Men's team	Women's team	Juniors' team
Adamson University	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	Fighting Maroons	Lady Maroons	Junior Maroons
University of Santo Tomas	Growling Tigers	Tigresses	Tiger Cubs

Coaches

University	Men's coach	Women's coach	Juniors' coach
Adamson University	Franz Pumaren	John Kallos	Michael Augusta "Mike" Fermin
Ateneo de Manila University	Tab Baldwin	Anthony John Flores	Jose Ricardo "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	Bo Perasol	Kenneth Marius Raval	Paolo Mendoza
University of Santo Tomas	Boy Sablan	Haydee Ong	Christopher "Chris" Cantonjos

Coaching changes

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

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

Team standings

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	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Adamson Falcons	9	5	.643	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	FEU Tamaraws (H)	7	7	.500	6	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
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) Host

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Adamson
Ateneo
La Salle
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Scores

Teams	AdU	AdMU	DLSU	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 (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three playoff)

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.

S+A

November 19
4:00 p.m.PHT

Boxscore

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

S+A

November 22
4:00 p.m.PHT

Boxscore

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

La Salle vs. Adamson

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

S+A

November 18
4:00 p.m.PHT

Boxscore

De La Salle Green Archers	82–75	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

S+A

November 25
4:00 p.m.PHT

Report

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

S+A

November 29
4:00 p.m.PHT

Report

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

S+A

December 3
4:00 p.m.PHT

Report

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

Finals Most Valuable Player: Thirdy Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

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]
- Benoit Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
- Thirdy Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Rodolfo Alejandro III (NU Bulldogs)
- Alvin Pasaol (UE Red Warriors)
- Ricci Paolo Rivero (De La Salle Green Archers)

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

#	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 Falcons	63.15

Source: ABS-CBN Sports

Season player highs

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 Falcons	2.6
Blocks	Issa Seny Diouf Gaye	NU Bulldogs	2.7

Source: HumbleBola Stats

Game player highs

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 Falcons NU Bulldogs	10	FEU Tamaraws UE Red Warriors
Steals	Jerie Marlon Pingoy	Adamson Falcons	6	UST Growling Tigers NU Bulldogs UP Fighting Maroons
Steals	Benoit Mbala	De La Salle Green Archers	6	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

Source: HumbleBola Stats

Game team highs

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

Source: HumbleBola Stats

Season team highs

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

Source: HumbleBola Stats

Broadcast notes

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

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

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

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]

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 1]
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	Proceed to stepladder round 1
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 Lady 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) Host
Notes:

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

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Adamson
Ateneo
La Salle
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Scores

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 Lady 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:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

Stepladder round 1 (One-game playoff)			Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three playoff)

							1	NU	89	79
			2	UE	53	69	2	UE	61	68
3	UST	86	3	UST	63	62
4	FEU	72

First round

November 19
1:00 p.m.PHT

Report

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

Second round

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

Report

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

Report

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

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Finals

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

S+A

November 29
11:00 a.m.PHT

Report

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

S+A

December 3
11:00 a.m.PHT

Report

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

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]

Players' statistical points

#	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

Source: Tiebreaker Times