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 Soaring 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
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		 Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
                       
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  69–64  Adamson Soaring 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  61–62  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  69–68 (OT)  FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 23–21, 15–8, 13–17, Overtime: 3–2
Pts: Ravena, Mi. Nieto, 13 each
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  67–65  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  79–72  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
  • 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 Soaring 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[lower-alpha 1]
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 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4  Adamson Lady Falcons 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 2] 8
5  UST Tigresses (H) 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 2] 8
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. As NU won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
  2. 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.

Fourth–seed playoff
November 23
12:00 n.n.
Adamson Lady Falcons  73–58  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

Bracket

  Stepladder round 1
(One-game playoff)		 Stepladder round 2
(No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)		 Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
                               
    1  NU 77 96
    2  La Salle 72     2  La Salle 74 72
  3  UE 48     3  UE 50  
  4  Adamson 45  

First round

This is a one-game playoff.

November 26
12:00 n.n.
UE Lady Warriors  48–45  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

Second round

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  72–50  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

This is a best-of-three playoff.

December 3
12:00 n.n.
NU Lady Bulldogs  77–74  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  96–72  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

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1  NSNU Bullpups 12 2 .857 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws (H) 11 3 .786[lower-alpha 1] 1
3  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 11 3 .786[lower-alpha 1] 1 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4  DLSZ Junior Archers 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 2] 6
5  UST Tiger Cubs 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 2] 6
6  UPIS Junior Maroons 5 9 .357 7
7  UE Junior Warriors 3 11 .214 9
8  Adamson Baby Falcons[lower-alpha 3] 2 12 .143 10
Source:
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. Second-seed playoff: FEU 64–62 Ateneo
  2. Fourth-seed playoff: DLSZ 72–65 UST
  3. Adamson forfeited 11 wins after Encho Serrano, who participated on those games, was ruled as an ineligible player.[18]

Match-up results

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
 AdU
 AdMU
 DLSZ
 FEU
 NSNU
 UE
 UPIS
 UST
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores
Team AdU ADMU DLSZ FEU NSNU UE UPIS UST
Adamson 77–65[lower-alpha 1] 78–53[lower-alpha 1] 78–65[lower-alpha 1] 80–67[lower-alpha 1] 130–47[lower-alpha 1] 72–59[lower-alpha 1] 86–43[lower-alpha 1]
Ateneo 73–79[lower-alpha 2] 64–57 73–77 68–73 89–62 79–55 79–73
La Salle 51–78[lower-alpha 2] 53–69 56–66 55–80 86–54 59–81 64–58
FEU 75–73 70–75 70–56 67–78 100–82 84–68 87–76
NSNU 68–70[lower-alpha 2] 78–71 63–52 46–61 104–54 95–61 73–64
UE – 53–92 59–81 51–94 56–107 63–95 87–77
UP 59–77[lower-alpha 2] 77–103 69–82 – 64–90 82–74 67–69
UST 58–92 75–81 83–77* 54–52 59–72 94–81 91–83
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:
  1. Loss by forfeit
  2. Win by forfeit

Bracket

  Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		 Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
                       
1  NU 72  
4  La Salle 50    
  1  NU 65 73
  2  FEU 66 81
2  FEU 56 74
3  Ateneo 75 72  

Fourth–seed playoff
February 9
14:00
4th seed
DLSZ Junior Archers  72–65  UST Tiger Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 20–19, 14–14, 18–21
Pts: Roberto Mariano 17
Rebs: Diaz, Romero, 7
Asts: Franz Diaz 6		 Pts: Crispin Cansino 17
Rebs: Cansino, Fornillos, 12
Asts: Crispin Cansino 5
DLSZ advances to the Final Four

Second–seed playoff
February 9
16:00
2nd seed
Ateneo Blue Eaglets  62–64  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–18, 12–21, 13–19
Pts: SJ Belangel 23
Rebs: Kai Sotto 17
Asts: SJ Belangel 4		 Pts: Jack Gloria 14
Rebs: Jack Gloria 13
Asts: Abarrientos, Gonzales, 4
FEU wins the twice–to–beat advantage

NU vs. La Salle

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

February 14
NSNU Bullpups  72–50  DLSZ Junior Archers
Scoring by quarter: 17–8, 22–12, 12–22, 21–8
Pts: John Lloyd Clemente 28
Rebs: Rhayyan Amsali 11
Asts: 3 players, 2		 Pts: Jan Sobrevega 13
Rebs: Martin Romero 14
Asts: 3 players, 2
NSNU wins series in one game

FEU vs. Ateneo

The FEU Baby Tamaraws had the twice-to-beat advantage after beating the Ateneo Blue Eaglets for the second-seed, which led to a virtual best-of-three playoff series.

February 14
13:00
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws  56–75  Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 14–26, 12–13, 11–15
Pts: Louell Gonzales 13
Rebs: Kenji Roman 8
Asts: Louell Gonzales 4		 Pts: Dave Ildefonso 19
Rebs: Kai Sotto 12
Asts: Belangel, Angeles, 3
February 17
15:00
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws  74–72  Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 13–15, 20–18, 18–17
Pts: Louell Gonzales 22
Rebs: Jack Gloria 11
Asts: Jun Gabane 5		 Pts: Sotto, Credo, 16
Rebs: Romulo Berjay 15
Asts: SJ Belangel 4
FEU wins series in two games

Finals
February 21
3:30 p.m.
NSNU Bullpups  65–66  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 14–19, 18–14, 13–9
Pts: John Clemente 25
Rebs: Rhayyan Amsali 7
Asts: Paul Manalang 5		 Pts: Kenji Roman 12
Rebs: Louell Gonzales 10
Asts: Louell Gonzales 10
February 24
3:30 p.m.
NSNU Bullpups  73–81  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 8–15, 16–21, 23–30
Pts: John Lloyd Clemente 26
Rebs: Karl Penano 9
Asts: Daniel Atienza 5		 Pts: Kenji Roman 18
Rebs: Kenji Roman 15
Asts: Louell Gonzales 6
FEU wins series 2–0

Awards
 UAAP Season 79 juniors' basketball champions 

FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Eighth title
  • Most Valuable Player: Juan Gomez de Liaño (UPIS Junior Maroons)[19]
  • Rookie of the Year: Kai Zachary Sotto (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)[20]
  • Mythical Team:[21]
    • John Lloyd Clemente (NSNU Bullpups)
    • Sam Josef Belangel (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
    • Juan Gomez de Liaño (UPIS Junior Maroons)
    • Sean Dave Ildefonso (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
    • Inand Fornillos (UST Tiger Cubs)

Overall Championship points

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

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