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 Soaring 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]

Attorney. 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 FerminSigned with Adamson Baby FalconsMay 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 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:
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.

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 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

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

Players' statistical points

#PlayerTeamTotal
1 Benoit Mbala De La Salle Green Archers96.58
2 Thirdy Ravena Ateneo Blue Eagles66.50
3 Rodolfo Alejandro III NU Bulldogs63.86
4 Alvin Pasaol UE Red Warriors63.43
5 Soulemane Gawall Cherif Sarr Adamson Soaring 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 Soaring 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 Soaring Falcons
 NU Bulldogs
10 FEU Tamaraws
 UE Red Warriors
Steals Jerie Marlon Pingoy Adamson Soaring Falcons6 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

StatisticTeamTotalOpponent
Points De La Salle Green Archers115 NU Bulldogs
 UST Growling Tigers
Rebounds Ateneo Blue Eagles60 Adamson Soaring Falcons
Assists NU Bulldogs27 UST Growling Tigers
Steals Adamson Soaring 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 Soaring 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]

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
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:
  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

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
 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
UST Tigresses  8672  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
UE Lady Warriors  5363  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  6962  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

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  8961  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  7968  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

#PlayerTeamTotal
1 Jack Danielle Animam NU Lady Bulldogs77.29
2 Love Joy Sto. Domingo UE Lady Warriors75.64
3 Rhena Malembe Itesi NU Lady Bulldogs71.14
4 Ria Joy Nabalan NU Lady Bulldogs69.00
5 Misaela Aurea Larosa UST Tigresses61.00

Juniors' tournament

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 14 0 1.000 Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 1]
2  NSNU Bullpups[lower-alpha 2] (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[lower-alpha 3] 7
5  Adamson Baby Falcons 7 7 .500[lower-alpha 3] 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) Host
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. Fourth-seed playoff: UST 73–72 Adamson (OT)

Match-up results

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

Scores

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
NSNU Bullpups 73–62 68–78 85–67 86–81 0–20[lower-alpha 1] 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:
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

February 14
10:00 a.m.PHT
Adamson Baby Falcons  7273 (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

  Stepladder round 1
(One-game playoff)
Stepladder round 2
(No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)
Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
                               
    1  Ateneo 86 67 63
    2  NU 91     2  NU 70 70 58
  3  FEU 80     4  UST 72  
  4  UST 81  

First round

February 17
10:00 a.m.PHT
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws  8081  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

Second round

NU has the twice-to-beat advantage

February 20
4:00 p.m.PHT
NSNU Bullpups  9172  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

February 23
4:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eaglets  8670  NSNU 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  6770  NSNU 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  6358  NSNU 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

 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)

Players' statistical points

#PlayerTeamTotal
1 Crispin John Cansino UST Tiger Cubs88.43
2 Kyle Zachary Sotto Ateneo Blue Eaglets70.21
3 Samjosef Belangel Ateneo Blue Eaglets68.86
4 Sean David Ildefonso Ateneo Blue Eaglets64.21
5 Louell Jay Gonzales FEU–D Baby Tamaraws

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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