UAAP Season 70 basketball tournaments
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The basketball tournaments of University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 70 started on July 7 at the Araneta Coliseum with University of Santo Tomas (UST) Rector Very Rev. Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P. delivering the speech. Manuel V. Pangilinan of BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and United States ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney were the guests. The defending champions are UST Growling Tigers (men), UST Tigresses (women) and the Ateneo Blue Eaglets (junior).
Former UST Growling Tigers basketball player Ed Cordero is the season's commissioner. The theme is "Winners All, Recreating the Value of Honesty through Sports"[1] The Studio 23 coverage uses the theme "Madrama" (Tagalog for "full of drama").
Uniforms
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Men's tournament
New coaches are Bogs Adornado for the Adamson Falcons (replacing Leo Austria who resigned to coach the Welcoat Dragons professional basketball team) and Glenn Capacio replacing Bert Flores as he became an FEU Tamaraws manager. De La Salle Green Archers coach Franz Pumaren, who had previously resigned after the PEPTCR scandal, was rehired by La Salle.
Elimination round
Rivalry games
July 26
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| La Salle Green Archers File:La Salle colors.PNG | 77–80 (OT) | File:Ateneo colors.PNG Ateneo Blue Eagles |
September 9
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| La Salle Green Archers File:La Salle colors.PNG | 87–89 | File:Ateneo colors.PNG Ateneo Blue Eagles |
July 29
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| La Salle Green Archers File:La Salle colors.PNG | 90–86 (OT) | File:UST colors.PNG UST Growling Tigers |
August 11
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| La Salle Green Archers File:La Salle colors.PNG | 73–81 (OT) | File:UST colors.PNG UST Growling Tigers |
Postseason teams
UE Red Warriors
After their heartbreaking semi-final loss against the UST Growling Tigers on 2006, the Warriors won several off-season tournaments, such as the Collegiate Champions League, where they beat the NCAA champions San Beda Red Lions.
On their first UAAP game, they beat the Tigers by a comfortable margin. UE then had to ward off NU in the endgame and survive Ateneo to remain unbeaten. In a game of unbeaten teams, the Warriors buried the Green Archers, as they broke the game wide open at the fourth quarter. UE then swept the first round with relatively easy wins against UP (31 points), FEU (29 points) and Adamson (25 points).
On their second round opener, the Warriors had to ward off the persistent Blue Eagles in the endgame to preserve their winning streak. UE then defeated UST, which had kept themselves in striking distance until the Red Warriors rallied in the fourth quarter. UE's closest win came against the Bulldogs which collapsed in the end game to lose by four points. UE then paraded with two more wins against Adamson and FEU. UE has swept the eliminations and advance automatically to the Finals.
Ateneo Blue Eagles
Ateneo opened the season with an overtime win against Adamson, then a blowout win against neighbors UP. In the battle of undefeated teams, UE held on to win by three points to deal the Eagles with their first loss. After a last-possession win against NU, Ateneo had a controversial win against archrival La Salle, in which La Salle protested when two Atenean foreigners played at the same time. The UAAP Technical Committee junked La Salle's protest, since American Kirk Long didn't actually enter the playing court, hence did not affect the outcome of the game. However, Ateneo lost their next three games, including a game against last year's Finals opponent UST and the second round game against FEU.
Ateneo then rebounded with a five-game winning streak, including triumphs against FEU, Adamson, UST, where Kirk Long converted a walk-off buzzer beater, UP and archrivals La Salle where Chris Tiu converted a three-point shot in the dying seconds, and La Salle failed to convert a put-back within time limits.
La Salle Green Archers
Returning from suspension, La Salle had an easy opening day win against the UP Fighting Maroons. After another relatively easy win against Adamson, La Salle had a scare when FEU managed to hang on but were ultimately defeated. On their next game against UE, La Salle managed to fight tooth and nail but where overwhelmed by UE's accurate shooting in the second half as they were dealt with their first loss. La Salle was then defeated by Ateneo who rallied in overtime. La Salle then put the game in protest but was junked by the Technical Committee. On their next game, the Archers kept their 7-year winning streak against UST alive via another overtime game.
After finishing the first round with a win against the Bulldogs, the Archers had the win on their grasp but the Tigers had a 13-0 run in the last two minutes to force overtime. The Tigers prevailed in OT to stop their 7-year losing streak against La Salle. The Green Archers then had a four-game winning streak to assure themselves of a place in the Final Four. However, with a twice to beat advantage a win away, archrivals Ateneo snapped La Salle's winning streak via a defensive stand to deny La Salle the shot within regulation.
Teams on the bubble
- UST Growling Tigers - if the Tigers win against FEU on their last game, they are assured of a Final Four berth. If they lose, there will be a knockout game against FEU to determine which team will advance to the Final Four.
- FEU Tamaraws - if the Tamaraws win against UST on their last game, they are assured of another playoff against UST for the last Final Four berth. If they lose, they are eliminated.
Scenarios
| Team | PF | PA | PD |
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 Ateneo |
169 | 164 | +5 |
 La Salle |
164 | 169 | -5 |
Remaining games:
- September 13:
- UST vs. FEU
- La Salle vs. UE
- September 15:
- UP vs. Adamson (no-bearing)
- Ateneo vs. NU
- General scenarios:
- If UE wins, they'll advance automatically to the Finals.
- If La Salle wins, UE will not advance automatically to the Finals.
- If UE, Ateneo and FEU wins:
- UE will advance to the Finals.
- Ateneo will advance to the semifinals having the twice to beat advantage.
- La Salle advance to the first round.
- UST and FEU will face each other at a knockout game.
- If La Salle, Ateneo and FEU wins:
- UE will advance to the semifinals having the twice to beat advantage.
- Ateneo and La Salle will have a playoff to determine which team gets the twice to beat advantage.
- FEU and UST will face each other at a knockout game. The winner faces UE.
- If La Salle and FEU wins:
- UE and UST will face each other at the semifinals, with UE having the twice to beat advantage.
- La Salle and Ateneo will face each other at the semifinals, with La Salle having the twice to beat advantage.
Bracket
If the elimination round ended today, this will be the outlook in the playoffs: Template:RPFinalFourbracket-sweep-4th
Women's tournament
Elimination round
Host team in boldface. |
Schedule
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Rivalry games
July 21
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| Adamson Lady Falcons File:Adamson colors.PNG | 61–46 | File:La Salle colors.PNG La Salle Lady Archers |
August 29
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| Adamson Lady Falcons File:Adamson colors.PNG | 67–57 | File:La Salle colors.PNG La Salle Lady Archers |
July 26
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| La Salle Lady Archers File:La Salle colors.PNG | 51–63 | File:Ateneo colors.PNG Ateneo Lady Eagles |
August 25
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| La Salle Lady Archers File:La Salle colors.PNG | 53–65 | File:Ateneo colors.PNG Ateneo Lady Eagles |
August 1
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| Ateneo Lady Eagles File:Ateneo colors.PNG | 74–68 | File:Adamson colors.PNG Adamson Lady Falcons |
August 21
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| Ateneo Lady Eagles File:Ateneo colors.PNG | 64–56 | File:Adamson colors.PNG Adamson Lady Falcons |
Bracket
Juniors' tournament
Elimination round
Host team in boldface. |
Schedule
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Rivalry games
July 8
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| Ateneo Blue Eaglets File:Ateneo colors.PNG | 74–68 | File:Adamson colors.PNG Adamson Baby Falcons |
August 14
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| Ateneo Blue Eaglets File:Ateneo colors.PNG | 65–40 | File:Adamson colors.PNG Adamson Baby Falcons |
August 2
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| Ateneo Blue Eaglets File:Ateneo colors.PNG | 78–72 | File:La Salle colors.PNG La Salle Junior Archers |
September 1
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| Ateneo Blue Eaglets File:Ateneo colors.PNG | 71–63 | File:La Salle colors.PNG La Salle Junior Archers |
Bracket
Broadcast notes
ABS-CBN's UHF channel Studio 23 is the sole coverer of the games, covering all men's games. 101.9 For Life!, ABS-CBN's FM radio station, delivers updates on game dates. FM radio station NU 107 delivers on-the-court updates for Ateneo games.
UAAP Sportscenter airs every Tuesday afternoons as a supplement for the main UAAP coverage. Boom Gonzalez hosts the program.
See also
References
- ^ GMANews.tv July 2, 2007
External links
- Official UAAP website
- UAAP Basketball at UBelt.com: Men's | Women's | Juniors'