UAAP Season 73 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 73
Host school De La Salle University
Men's Finals 1 2 Wins
 FEU Tamaraws 49 62 0
 Ateneo Blue Eagles 72 65 2
Duration September 25–30, 2010
Arena/s Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP Ryan Buenafe
Winning coach Norman Black (3rd title)
Semifinalists  Adamson Falcons
 De La Salle Green Archers
TV network/s ABS-CBN, Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD
Women's Finals 1 2 Wins
 FEU Lady Tamaraws 69 54 0
 Adamson Lady Falcons 75 56 2
Duration September 25–30, 2010
Arena/s Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP Analyn Almazan
Winning coach Emily Vega
Semifinalists  De La Salle Lady Archers
 UST Tigresses
Juniors' Finals 1 2 3 Wins
 Ateneo Blue Eaglets 71 76 76 2+1
 UST Tiger Cubs 77 66 59 1
Duration September 14–19, 2010
Arena/s Filoil Flying V Arena (Game 1)
Araneta Coliseum (Games 2 & 3)
Finals MVP Kiefer Ravena
Winning coach Michael Ray Jarin
Semifinalists  NU Bullpups
 De La Salle Junior Archers
TV network/s Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD
< Season 72 2010 Season 74 >

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 73 basketball tournaments are the basketball events of UAAP's 2010-11 season. The basketball season began on July 10, 2010 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City with an opening ceremony hosted by De La Salle University, followed by a couple of men's basketball games. Hosts De La Salle Green Archers defeated the UP Fighting Maroons, and the UST Growling Tigers defeated the UE Red Warriors in the last game of the day.

Ato Badolato, former head coach of the San Beda Red Cubs, was named commissioner for basketball for the 2010 season.

Results

Juniors

The Juniors were the first of the three basketball tournaments to be finished. The Ateneo Blue Eaglets forced the step ladder format, putting themselves directly into the finals. Four other teams battled it out for the one spot left in the finals, with UST triumphing after beating out La Salle, 74-60. Since Ateneo cleared the eliminations, they were given an automatic 1-0 lead in the finals series. However, UST tied it up with a 77-71 win. Ateneo then continued on to sweep the next two games, 76-66 in game 2, and 76-59 in game 3. This was the Juniors' 17th title, and 3rd consecutive championship.

Women

Second-seed Adamson Lady Falcons has advanced to the finals with a win over the UST Lady Tigresses, 72-59. However, fourth-seed La Salle Lady Archers edged out first-seed FEU Lady Tamaraws to extend the series, where the winner will advance and face Adamson. FEU won the knockout match to set up a finals showdown with Adamson.

Seniors

First-seed FEU Tamaraws advanced to the finals after beating the De La Salle Green Archers in overtime, 69-59. They faced off against the defending champion Ateneo Blue Eagles, who blew past the Adamson Falcons, 68-55. Ateneo started off with an outstanding win, sweeping the Tamaraws by 23 points in game one (72-49), which was the lowest output by a team in the finals since UAAP Season 61, by the same school. The Tamaraws looked ahead for a comeback, being only down by one point, 56-57, in the last 3 minutes of the 4th quarter. However. the Blue Eagles managed to distance, with 2 successive baskets, and a good free throw. FEU scored 3 successful free throws to go up 59-61 against the Ateneans, at the final minute of the championship. However with a critical hold by Ateneo, Ryan Buenafe pulled off a three-point shot to give Ateneo a 64-59 lead while heading into the final 20 seconds of the game. FEU managed to score just one more three-pointer, but still went down, 62-65. The Ateneo Blue Eagles became the fifth successful team to achieve 3 consecutive championships, and capture their 6th championship title.

Finals MVP

In Game 2, Ryan Buenafe delivered a season high of 23 points, and a critical three-point shot that lead to the championship. He was named Finals MVP.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Most games were held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City and the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, with a single gameday played at Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.

Team standings

Rank Team W L PCT GB
1  FEU Tamaraws 12 2 .857 —
2  Ateneo Blue Eagles 10 4 .714 2
3  Adamson Falcons 9 5 .643 3
4  De La Salle Green Archers 8 6 .571 4
5  NU Bulldogs 7 7 .500 5
6  UE Red Warriors 6 8 .429 6
7  UST Growling Tigers 4 10 .286 8
8  UP Fighting Maroons 0 14 .000 12

Season host is boldfaced.

      Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage
      Qualified to the semifinals

Schedule

TeamsRound 1 Round 2
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 AdU
 ADMU
 DLSU
 FEU
 NU
 UE
 UP
 UST

      Win
      Win via OT
      Loss
      Loss via OT

Results

Results to the right and top of the black cells are first round games, those to the left and below are second round games.
Team AdU ADMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson 66–69 70–68 65–74 60–54 69–56 66–59 75–71
Ateneo 55–52 63–66 69–72 82–65 80–73 78–53 68–56
La Salle 64–69 57–74 80–84** 55–59 82–63 80–62 61–53
FEU 63–64 74–72 66–80 76–72 91–81 94–70 65–57
NU 62–59 49–69 56–59 62–77 70–63 70–66 58–59
UE 71–63 62–60 80–74 77–83* 68–69 59–54 67–80
UP 51–74 59–75 63–84 48–70 59–61 61–67 81–87*
UST 76–81** 77–81 69–78 76–67 54–62 65–75 68–66

      Win
      Win via OT
      Loss
      Loss via OT

Bracket

  Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage		 Finals
Best-of-three series
                       
1   FEU 69*    
4   La Salle 59    
  1   FEU 49 62
  2   Ateneo 72 65
2   Ateneo 68  
3   Adamson 55    

*Number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime periods.

Semifinals

FEU–La Salle series

September 16
69–59 OT  De La Salle Green Archers
FEU wins series in one game
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Ateneo–Adamson series

September 19
68–55  Adamson Falcons
Ateneo wins series in one game
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

September 25
49–72  Ateneo Blue Eagles
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
September 30
62–65  Ateneo Blue Eagles
Ateneo wins series, 2-0
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Awards

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Rank Team W L PCT GB
1  FEU Lady Tamaraws 13 1 .929 —
2  Adamson Lady Falcons 13 1 .929 —
3  UST Tigresses 9 5 .643 4
4  De La Salle Lady Archers 9 5 .643 4
5  NU Lady Bulldogs 4 10 .286 9
6  UP Lady Maroons 4 10 .286 9
7  Ateneo Lady Eagles 4 10 .286 9
8  UE Lady Warriors 0 14 .000 13

Season host is boldfaced.

      Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage
      Qualified to the semifinals

Schedule

TeamsRound 1 Round 2
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 AdU
 ADMU
 DLSU
 FEU
 NU
 UE
 UP
 UST

      Win
      Win via OT
      Loss
      Loss via OT

Bracket

  Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage		 Finals
Best-of-three series
                       
1   FEU 61 65  
4   La Salle 64 35  
  1   FEU 69 54
  2   Adamson 75 56
2   Adamson 72  
3   UST 59    

Semifinals

FEU–La Salle series

September 18
61–64  De La Salle Lady Archers
September 21
65–35  De La Salle Lady Archers
FEU wins series in two games

Adamson–UST series

September 18
72–59  UST Tigresses
Adamson wins series in one game

Finals

September 25
69–75  Adamson Lady Falcons
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
September 30
54–56  Adamson Lady Falcons
Adamson wins series, 2–0
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Awards

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Rank Team W L PCT GB PO
1  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 14 0 1.000 —  
2  UST Tiger Cubs 10 4 .714 4
3  NU Bullpups 10 4 .714 4
4  De La Salle Junior Archers 7 7 .500 7
5  FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws 7 7 .500 7
6  Adamson Baby Falcons 6 8 .429 8  
7  UE Junior Warriors 2 12 .143 12  
8  UPIS Junior Maroons 0 14 .000 14  

Season host is boldfaced.

  • UST defeated NU 65–58 to clinch the #2 seed.
  • La Salle defeated FEU-FERN 66–60 to clinch the #4 seed.

      Qualified to the Finals with the thrice-to-beat advantage
      Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
      Qualified to the first round
      Qualified to the knockout game

Schedule

TeamsRound 1 Round 2
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 AdU
 ADMU
 DLSZ
 FEU-F
 NU
 UE
 UPIS
 UST

      Win
      Win via OT
      Loss
      Loss via OT

Bracket

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  Classification games First round
One-game playoff		 Semifinal
2nd seed has twice-to-beat advantage		 Finals
Best-of-five series with #1 seed possessing 1–0 lead
   For 2nd seed:                                      
  NU  58     Ateneo 71 76 76
  UST  65     UST 74     2   UST 77 66 59
   For 4th seed::   3   NU 54   4   La Salle 60
    La Salle 66
    FEU-FERN 60

Seeding games

September 5
2nd seed
NU Bullpups 
 58–65  UST Tiger Cubs
September 5
4th seed
60–66  De La Salle Junior Archers

First round

September 7
NU Bullpups 
 54–57  De La Salle Junior Archers

Semifinal

September 11
UST Tiger Cubs 
 74–60  De La Salle Junior Archers
UST wins series in one game

Finals

Ateneo has to win two times, while their opponent has to win three times.

September 14
Ateneo Blue Eaglets 
 71–77  UST Tiger Cubs
September 16
Ateneo Blue Eaglets 
 76–66  UST Tiger Cubs
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
September 19
Ateneo Blue Eaglets 
 76–59  UST Tiger Cubs
Ateneo wins series in three games
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Awards

References

    See also

    Preceded by
    Season 72 (2009)    		 UAAP basketball seasons
    Season 73 (2010)     		Succeeded by
    Season 74 (2011)