UAAP Season 80 basketball tournaments
UAAP Season 80 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 (1st title)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 Duration November 29–December 3, 2017 Arena(s) Smart Araneta Coliseum Finals MVP Trixie Antiquera Winning coach Patrick Aquino (4th title)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 Kai Sotto Winning coach Joe Silva (2nd title) 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]
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 tournaments.
Coaches
Coaching changes
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
Match-up results
Scores
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Bracket
*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.
(1) Ateneo vs. (4) FEU
The Ateneo Blue Eagles has the twice-to-beat advantage.
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 17Rebs : Chibueze Ikeh 11Asts : Ravena, Ma. Nieto, 4 each
Pts: Jasper Parker 19Rebs: Comboy, Orizu, 6 eachAsts: Comboy, Dennison, 4 each Ateneo wins series in two games
(2) La Salle vs. (3) Adamson
The De La Salle Green Archers has the twice-to-beat advantage.
Finals
Awards
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
Statistics
Players' statistical points
Season player highs
Game player highs
Game team highs
Season team highs
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]
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]
Elimination round
Team standings
^ 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
Scores
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Bracket
Stepladder semifinals
(3) UST vs. (4) FEU
UST Tigresses
86 –72
FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 20 –12, 21–24 , 26 –17
Pts : Anjel Anies 24Rebs : Gandalla, Peñaflor, 8 eachAsts : Ruby Portillo 6
Pts: Precious Arellado 19Rebs: Angelica Gerner 11Asts: Precious Arellado 6 UST advances to the stepladder semifinals round 2
(2) UE vs. (3) UST
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 14Rebs : Love Joy Sto. Domingo 12Asts : Ruthlaine Tacula 3
Pts: Anjel Anies 21Rebs: Jem Angeles 11Asts: Jem Angeles 8
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 18Rebs : Love Joy Sto. Domingo 12Asts : Ruthlaine Tacula 8
Pts: Anies, Larosa, 16 eachRebs: Larosa, Angeles, 8 eachAsts: 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
89 –61
UE Lady Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 22 –7, 21 –14, 20 –13, 26–27
Pts : Trixie Antiquera 30Rebs : Jack Animam 17Asts : Janet Sison 7
Pts: Love Joy Sto. Domingo 17Rebs: Love Joy Sto. Domingo 12Asts: Ruthlaine Tacula 7
NU Lady Bulldogs
79 –68
UE Lady Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 13–16 , 20 –19, 18–19 , 28 –14
Pts : Trixie Antiquera 19Rebs : Jack Animam 23Asts : Animam, Harada, 4 each
Pts: Ruthlaine Tacula 25Rebs: Ruthlaine Tacula 12Asts: Joyce Francisco 6 NU wins series 2–0
Finals Most Valuable Player : Trixie Antiquera (NU Lady Bulldogs)
Awards
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
Players' statistical points
Juniors' tournament
Elimination round
Team standings
^ As Ateneo won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
^ NU forfeited its first round win over UE after the UAAP Board ruled that NU player Jayson Puray to be ineligible.[ 28]
^ a b Fourth-seed playoff: UST 73–72 Adamson (OT )
Match-up results
Source:
[citation needed ] = Win;
= OT win;
= Win by forfeit;
= Loss;
= OT loss;
= Loss by forfeit
Scores
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:
^ 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
Bracket
Stepladder semifinals
(3) FEU Diliman vs. (4) UST
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 24Rebs : Tolentico 11Asts : Alforque, Gonzalez 7 each
Pts: Cansino 18Rebs: Cansino, Lina 16 eachAsts: Cansino 5 UST advances to the stepladder semifinals round 2
(2) NSNU vs. (4) UST
NU has the twice-to-beat advantage
NUNS Bullpups
91 –72
UST Tiger Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 21 –17, 24 –14, 22 –20, 24 –21
Pts : Fortea 17Rebs : Javillonar 16Asts : Manalang 6
Pts: Baquial, Villapando 16 eachRebs: Cansino 16Asts: Cansino 7 NU wins series in one game
Finals
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
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
Players' statistical points
Overall Championship points
Seniors' division
Pts.
Ranking
15
Champion
12
2nd
10
3rd
8
4th
6
5th
4
6th
2
7th
1
8th
—
Did not join
WD
Withdrew
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
References
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