UAAP Season 68

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UAAP Season 68
Soar Higher!

Overall champions:
Seniors' champion	Juniors' champion
UST	UE
Host: Adamson University

The UAAP Season 68 is the 68th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Several events were held, the most prominent was the basketball tournament. The tournament is divided into three divisions: the Juniors tournament for high school students, the Women's tournament for female college students, and the Men's tournament for male college students

The FEU Tamaraws swept the defending champions La Salle Green Archers, 2 games to none in the Men's tournament to take their record-tying 18th title, with Arwind Santos as the Finals MVP. It was a rematch of the 2004 Final, where the Archers prevailed, 2-1.

In the juniors division, the De La Salle Zobel Junior Archers swept the UPIS Junior Maroons, 2-0, to take their first UAAP title. It was also La Salle's first Juniors title since the 1955 La Salle Green Hills championship in the NCAA.

In the Women's tournament, the Ateneo Lady Eagles swept the Adamson Lady Falcons, 2 games to none, to win their first UAAP women's title. The Lady Eagles snapped the Lady Falcons' two year title run.

[edit] Men's basketball tournament

The teams that qualified for the 2005 UAAP Playoffs are:

The eliminated teams after two rounds of elimination are:

[edit] Final team standings

Team standings progression in the senior's basketball tournament.

Qualified for playoffs	Qualified for knockout match	Eliminated

Team	W	L	1st	2nd
FEU Tamaraws	12	2	7-0	5-2
La Salle Green Archers	10	4	4-3	6-1
Ateneo Blue Eagles	10	4	5-2	5-2
UE Red Warriors	10	4	5-2	5-2
UP Fighting Maroons	6	8	4-3	2-5
UST Growling Tigers	4	10	1-6	3-4
Adamson Soaring Falcons	3	11	2-5	1-6
NU Bulldogs	1	13	0-7	1-6

[edit] Third-seed playoff

Since La Salle, Ateneo and UE finished the eliminations with identical 10-4 cards, the quotient system was used. La Salle emerged with the best quotient among the three, so UE and Ateneo figured for a one-game playoff for the third seed. The winner will face the second seed, while the loser will face the first seed. The top two seeded teams possess the twice-to-beat advantage.

September 22, 2005, Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
- Ateneo 76, UE 65
  - Ateneo captures third seed, UE gets fourth seed.

[edit] Individual awards

Most Valuable Player: Arwind Santos (FEU)
Mythical Five: Santos (FEU), Mark Isip (FEU), Joseph Yeo (La Salle), Lewis Alfred Tenorio (Ateneo), Edwin Asoro (NU)
Rookie of the Year: Jose Antonio Reyes (Ateneo)
Defensive Player of the Year: Santos (FEU)

[edit] Semi-finals

These are the semi-final matchups for the 2005 Playoffs:

(1) Far Eastern University Tamaraws vs. (4) University of the East Red Warriors
- This was the same as last year's matchup, where the second seed Tamaraws triumped over their Recto rivals. In the elimination round, UE gave FEU its first defeat in the campaign.
(2) De La Salle University-Manila Green Archers vs. (3) Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles
- Ateneo-La Salle games are the most attended games in the UAAP, for it is the most well-known rivalry in Filipino sport. This year, however, La Salle proved their mastery against the Blue Eagles as they blew out their two elimination round games.

The team with the higher seed owns the twice to beat advantage.

ABS-CBN's affiliate, Studio 23, broadcast the Final Four games.

September 25, 2005, Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
- (2) La Salle 74, (3) Ateneo 57
  - La Salle advances to the Finals.
  - La Salle's domination of Ateneo continued in the match, as Blue Eagle L.A. Tenorio ended his UAAP career with cramps.
- (1) FEU 78, (4) UE 57
  - FEU advances to their third consecutive Finals appearance.
  - The Tams avenged their second round loss against UE, as Arwind Santos outclassed the UE defense.

[edit] Finals

	1	2	3	Series
FEU Tamaraws	75	73	-	2
De La Salle Green Archers	73	71	-	0
Duration	September 29 to October 6
Arena/s	Araneta Coliseum
MVP	Arwind Santos
Network	Studio 23 and TFC

(1) Far Eastern University Tamaraws vs. (2) De La Salle University-Manila Green Archers

This will be the rematch of the 2004 Finals, where the Green Archers prevailed with a J.V. Casio trey at crunch time.

ABS-CBN's affiliate, Studio 23, broadcast the Finals.

September 29, Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
- (1) FEU 75, (2) La Salle 73
  - FEU leads best of three series, 1-0.
  - A close game all through out, FEU's Arwind Santos scored the last five points to game to turn the three point deficit to a two point win. After the game, La Salle assistant team manager Manny Salgado hit Santos at the back of the head. This led to a near riot inside the Coliseum. The UAAP board eventually banned Salgado for life in any UAAP game.

October 6, Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
- (1) FEU 73, (2) La Salle 71
  - FEU wins best of three series, 2-0. Arwind Santos named Finals MVP. Bert Flores wins Coach of the Year award.
  - Just like in Game 1, the game was a nail-biter. However, Santos' teammates changed the flow of the game on the last ninety seconds. A Jonas Villanueva drive (son of Bro. Eddie Villanueva), a Mark Isip three point play (off a Joseph Yeo foul) and Villanueva's freethrow (off a Ty Tang foul), sealed the game, and the championship, for the Tamaraws.

[edit] Bracket

Semifinals			Finals

1	FEU	78
4	UE	57
			1	FEU	2
			2	La Salle	0
2	La Salle	74
3	Ateneo	57

[edit] Juniors' basketball tournament

The Juniors' tournament saw the return of Far Eastern University juniors team, the FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws.

[edit] Final team standings

Team	W	L
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	12	2
La Salle Junior Archers	11	3
FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws	10	4
UPIS Junior Maroons	10	4
Adamson Baby Falcons	7	7
UST Tiger Cubs	5	9
UE Pages	2	12
NU Bullpups	0	14

Because the Baby Tamaraws swept the Junior Maroons in their regular season series, FEU-FERN as awarded the third seed, while UPIS got the fourth seed.

[edit] Semi-finals

These are the semi-final matchups for the 2005 Playoffs:

(1) Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eaglets vs. (4) University of the Philippines Integrated School Junior Maroons
(2) De La Salle Zobel Junior Archers vs. (3) Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Educational Foundation Baby Tamaraws

The team with the higher seed owns the twice to beat advantage.

September 25, 2005, Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
- (2) DLSZ 74, (3) FEU-FERN 66
  - DLSZ advances to the Finals.
- (4) UPIS 62, (1) Ateneo 61
  - UPIS forces rubber match.
September 29, 2005, Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
- (4) UPIS 76, (1) Ateneo 58
  - UPIS advances to the Finals.

[edit] Finals

	1	2	3	Series
De La Salle Junior Archers	73	86	-	2
UPIS Junior Maroons	49	62	-	0
Duration	October 2 to 6
Arena/s	Araneta Coliseum
MVP	n/a
Network	Studio 23 and TFC

(2) De La Salle Zobel Junior Archers vs. (4) University of the Philippines Integrated School Junior Maroons

ABS-CBN's affiliate, Studio 23 broadcast the Finals.

October 2, 2005, Blue Eagle Gym, Quezon City
- (2) DLSZ 73, (4) UPIS 49
  - DLSZ leads series, 1-0.
October 6, 2005, Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
- (2) DLSZ 86, (4) UPIS 62
  - DLSZ wins series, 2-0, and first UAAP title.

[edit] Bracket

Semifinals			Best of 3 Finals

1	Ateneo (2nd game)	58
4	UPIS	76
			4	UPIS	0
			2	Zobel	2
2	Zobel	74
3	FEU-FERN	66

[edit] Women's Tournament

[edit] Other UAAP Sports

[edit] Seniors Division Championships

Rank	MEN'S DIVISION
Rank	Basketball	Volleyball	Swimming	Chess	Table Tennis	Lawn Tennis	Badminton	Athletics	Fencing	Taekwondo	Judo	Baseball	Football
1st	FEU	FEU	UP	UP	UST	La Salle	UST	FEU	UE	UST	UP	UP	Ateneo
2nd	Ateneo	UST	UST	La Salle	UP	UST	FEU	La Salle	FEU	UE	UST	UST	La Salle
3rd	UE	UP	Ateneo	UST	UE	UP	La Salle	Ateneo	UP	FEU	Ateneo	Ateneo	UST
4th	UP	Adamson	La Salle	UE	FEU	Ateneo	UP	UST	Ateneo	La Salle	UE	NU	UP
5th	UST	La Salle	UE	FEU	La Salle	UE	UE	UE	UST	Ateneo	La Salle	Adamson	FEU
6th	Adamson	UE		Adamson	Ateneo		Ateneo	UP	La Salle	UP		La Salle	UE
7th	NU	NU		Ateneo	Adamson		Adamson	Adamson
8th	La Salle	Ateneo		NU	NU		NU

Rank	WOMEN'S DIVISION
Rank	Basketball	Volleyball	Swimming	Chess	Table Tennis	Lawn Tennis	Badminton	Athletics	Fencing	Taekwondo	Judo	Softball	Football
1st	Ateneo	La Salle	UST	UST	UST	La Salle	La Salle	FEU	UE	UST	UST	Adamson	La Salle
2nd	Adamson	Adamson	UP	UP	FEU	UST	FEU	UE	Ateneo	UP	UP	UP	UST
3rd	UP	FEU	La Salle	La Salle	Ateneo	UP	UST	Ateneo	UP	La Salle	Ateneo	UE	FEU
4th	FEU	UST	Ateneo	FEU	La Salle	Ateneo	UP	UST	UST	FEU	La Salle	UST	UP
5th	La Salle	Ateneo	UE	UE	UP		Adamson	Adamson	FEU	Ateneo	UE	La Salle	Ateneo
6th	UST	UE		Ateneo	Adamson		Ateneo	La Salle	La Salle	UE		Ateneo
7th	UE	UP		NU	UE		UE	UP
8th		NU

[edit] Juniors Division Championships

Rank	Boys' Tournament							Girls' Tournament
Rank	Basketball	Volleyball	Swimming	Chess	Table Tennis	Taekwondo	Athletics	Volleyball	Swimming
1st	DLSZ	UE	Ateneo	UE	UE	UST	Ateneo	UE	UE
2nd	UP	Ateneo	DLSZ	Ateneo	Ateneo	Ateneo	UST	UST	UP
3rd	Ateneo	UST	UE	NU	UST	UE	DLSZ	DLSZ	DLSZ
4th	FEU	DLSZ	UP	UP	UP	UP	UP	UP	UST
5th	Adamson	UP	UST	UST	NU	DLSZ	UE
6th	UST			DLSZ	DLSZ
7th	UE			Adamson	Adamson
8th	NU

[edit] Overall Championship Race

[edit] Juniors Division - Final

Rank	School	Points
1st	UE	100
2nd	ADMU	88
3rd	UST	79
4th	DLSZ	79
5th	UPIS	78
6th	NU	17
7th	ADU	10
8th	FEU-FERN	8

[edit] Seniors Division - Final

Rank	School	Points
1st	UST	293
2nd	UP	238
3rd	ADMU	224
4th	DLSU	222
5th	FEU	184
6th	UE	162
7th	ADU	79
8th	NU	17

-Tallied points exclude Men's Baseball

[edit] Suspension of De La Salle University

Controversy surrounded the UAAP after De La Salle University (DLSU) discovered that two members of its men's basketball team were ineligible to play in the UAAP from the 2003-2004 up to the 2005-2006 season. The players failed Department of Education's Philippine Educational Placement Test Certificate of Rating (PEPTCR, a replacement for a high school diploma). The University has offered to return the 2004 championship and 2005 runner-up trophy and file a leave of absence from the league.

In its meeting on April 21, 2006 in Adamson University, members of the UAAP Board unanimously decided to suspend DLSU in all sports events of the UAAP for the entire 2006-2007 season as a consequence of the university's negligence and inaction against the two ineligible players.