The UAAP Season 79 basketball tournaments are held in school year 2016–17. University of Santo Tomas is the season host while Far Eastern University are the defending champions. ABS-CBN's UHF channel ABS-CBN Sports and Action broadcast the men's tournament for the seventeenth consecutive year.
Men's tournament Teams Team University Seniors' coach Adamson Soaring Falcons Adamson University (AdU) Franz Pumaren Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Tab Baldwin De La Salle Green Archers De La Salle University (DLSU) Aldin Ayo FEU Tamaraws Far Eastern University (FEU) Nash Racela NU BulldogsNational University (NU) Eric Altamirano UE Red Warriors University of the East (UE) Derrick Pumaren UP Fighting Maroons University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) Bo Perasol UST Growling Tigers University of Santo Tomas (UST) Boy Sablan
Coaching changes TeamOld coachReasonNew coachAteneo Bo PerasolResigned Tab BaldwinLa Salle Juno SaulerResigned Aldin AyoAdamson Mike FerminEnd of interim spell Franz PumarenUP Renzy BajarFired Bo PerasolUST Bong dela CruzFired Boy Sablan
Elimination round Team standings
Match-up results
Scores
Bracket
*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) La Salle vs. (4) Adamson The De La Salle Green Archers has the twice-to-beat advantage.
(2) Ateneo vs. (3) FEU The Ateneo Blue Eagles has the twice-to-beat advantage.
Finals This is the fifth overall Finals matchup between the De La Salle Green Archers and the Ateneo Blue Eagles. The Blue Eagles won their last encounter in 2008.
Finals Most Valuable Player:
Broadcast notes All games will be aired on S+A Channel 23, S+A HD Channel 166, TFC.tv and sports.abs-cbn.com. Game 1 was also simulcast on ABS-CBN Channel 2 and ABS-CBN HD Channel 167.
Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside reporters Game 1 and Game 2 Eric Tipan Christian Luanzon Bea Escudero and Denice Dinsay
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year: Mythical Team:
Sponsored awards Chooks-to-go Sportsmanship Award: Appeton Most Improved Player: PS Bank PSBankable Player: Manulife Up and Coming Player of the Season: Kopiko 78's Recharged Player:
Players of the Week WeekPlayerRef. September 7–11 September 14–18 September 21–25 September 28 – October 2 October 5–9 October 12–16 October 19–23 October 26–30 November 2–6 November 9–13
Women's tournament Elimination round Team standings
Match-up results
Scores
Fourth seed playoff
Bracket
Stepladder semifinals (3) UE vs. (4) Adamson This is a one-game playoff.
(2) La Salle vs. (3) UE In the semifinals, La Salle has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.
Finals This is a best-of-three playoff.
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Mythical Five:
Juniors' tournament Elimination round Team standings
Match-up results
Scores
Bracket
Fourth seed playoff
Second seed playoff
Semifinals (1) NSNU vs. (4) DLSZ In the semifinals, NU has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.
(2) FEU Diliman vs. (3) Ateneo The FEU Baby Tamaraws had the twice-to-beat advantage after beating the Ateneo Blue Eaglets for the second-seed, which led to a virtual best-of-three playoff series.
Finals
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year: Mythical Team:
Overall Championship points
Seniors' division TeamMen Women Total 15 12 27 6 15 21 12 4 16 8 8 16 10 2 12 2 10 12 1 6 7 4 1 5
Pts. Ranking15 Champion12 2nd10 3rd8 4th6 5th4 6th2 7th1 8th— Did not joinWD 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 NCAA Season 92 basketball tournaments
References