UAAP Season 71 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 71 started on July 5, 2008 at the Araneta Coliseum with University of the Philippines, Diliman as hosts. The defending champions are De La Salle Green Archers (men), Ateneo Lady Eagles (women) and the De La Salle Junior Archers (juniors).
Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines president Chito Narvasa is the season's commissioner. The theme is "Filipino Leadership Through Sports Excellence".[1]
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Men's tournament
Elimination round
Team standings
Host team in boldface.
Tiebreakers:
- La Salle def. FEU 62-59 in the second-seed playoff.
- UP won the tiebreaker vs. Adamson by basis of winning their
two elimination round games against them.
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Schedule
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Rivalry games
Second-seed playoff
Bracket
Semifinals
Ateneo–UE series
La Salle–FEU series
Finals
Awards
- Finals Most Valuable Player: Nonoy Baclao (Ateneo)
- Season Most Valuable Player: Rabeh Al-Hussaini (Ateneo)
- Rookie of the Year: Ryan Buenafe (Ateneo)
Women's tournament
Elimination round
Games, which began on July 6, are held at the Blue Eagle Gym.
Team standings
Host team in boldface. |
Schedule
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Rivalry games
Second-seed playoff
Bracket
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Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage |
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Finals
Best-of-three series |
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 FEU |
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 Adamson |
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FEU |
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52 |
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 UP |
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46 |
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UP |
64 |
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 UST |
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46 |
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UST |
69 |
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UP |
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Host team in boldface.
Semifinals
FEU–Adamson series
UP–UST series
Finals
Awards
The season's awardees were:[2]
- Finals Most Valuable Player: Bernadette Mercado (FEU)
- Season Most Valuable Player: Marichu Bacaro (UST)
- Rookie of the Year: Angelica Ortega (Adamson)
- Mythical Five:
- Katherine Sandel (Adamson)
- Marichu Bacaro (UST)
- Cindy Resultay (UE)
- Sihaya Sadorra (UP)
- Ma. Ana Fatima Tolentino (UP)
Juniors' tournament
Elimination round
Games, which began on July 9, are held at the Blue Eagle Gym
Team standings
Host team in boldface. |
Schedule
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Rivalry games
Bracket
Semifinals
Ateneo–Adamson series
La Salle Zobel–FEU series
Finals
Awards
The season's awardees were:[2]
- Finals Most Valuable Player: John David Dumrique (Ateneo)
- Season Most Valuable Player: Mark Kevin Juruena (Adamson)
- Rookie of the Year: Luis Alfonso dela Paz (La Salle)
- Mythical team:
- Juan Miguel Tiongson (Ateneo)
- Mark Kevin Juruena (Adamson)
- Luis Alfonso dela Paz (La Salle)
- Juan Nicolas Elorde (La Salle)
- Gwyne Matthew Capacio (La Salle)
Broadcast notes
Studio 23 broadcast all of the men's basketball games. UAAP Sports Center airs every Tuesday as a supplement to the coverage.
Playoff broadcasters are:
| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst | Courtside reporters |
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| La Salle-FEU semifinal | Eric Tipan | Luigi Trillo | Sharon Yu and Kristel Filart |
| Ateneo-UE semifinal | Boom Gonzalez | Mark Molina | Portia Silva and Alexis Go |
| Juniors' Finals Game 1 | | | |
| Men's Finals Game 1 | Boom Gonzalez | TJ Manotoc | Sharon Yu and Kamae de Jesus |
| Men's Finals Game 2 | | | Kamae de Jesus and Sharon Yu |
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Champion rosters
Ateneo Blue Eagles
Years are years spent in the university, not number of years that he played for the team.
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
See also
References
External links
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- Adamson Lady Falcons
- Ateneo Lady Eagles
- De La Salle Lady Archers
- FEU Lady Tamaraws
- NU Lady Bulldogs
- UE Lady Warriors
- UP Lady Maroons
- UST Tigresses
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UE Red Warriors
De La Salle Junior Archers
Ateneo
