The UAAP Season 80 basketball tournaments were the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2017–18 school year. The tournaments are divided into men's, women's and juniors' divisions, for male and female college players and male high school players, respectively. The host school for the seniors' division was Far Eastern University, while Ateneo de Manila University was the sub-host for the juniors' division. The De La Salle Green Archers, NU Lady Bulldogs, and FEU Baby Tamaraws are the defending champions for the men's, women's and juniors respectively.
The senior men’s tournament began on September 9, 2017 and the games for the women's division followed on September 10. The juniors' tournament began on November 11.
Attorney Rene Saguisag, Jr. who was appointed UAAP's executive director served as commissioner for the third straight season.
Teams All eight member universities of the UAAP field teams in all three tournaments.
University Men's team Women's team Juniors' teamAdamson University Soaring Falcons Lady Falcons Baby FalconsAteneo de Manila University Blue Eagles Lady Eagles Blue EagletsDe La Salle University Green Archers Lady Archers Junior ArchersFar Eastern University Tamaraws Lady Tamaraws Baby TamarawsNational University Bulldogs Lady Bulldogs BullpupsUniversity of the East Red Warriors Lady Warriors Junior WarriorsUniversity of the Philippines Diliman Fighting Maroons Lady Maroons Junior MaroonsUniversity of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers Tigresses Tiger Cubs
Coaches University Men's coach Women's coach Juniors' coachAdamson University Franz Pumaren John Kallos Mike FerminAteneo de Manila University Tab Baldwin Anthony John Flores Joe SilvaDe La Salle University Aldin Ayo Pocholo Villanueva Boris AldeguerFar Eastern University Olsen Racela Bert Flores Allan AlbanoNational University Jamike Jarin Patrick Aquino Goldwin MonteverdeUniversity of the East Derrick Pumaren Aileen Lebornio Florence ConluUniversity of the Philippines Diliman Bo Perasol Kenneth Marius Raval Paolo MendozaUniversity of Santo Tomas Boy Sablan Haydee Ong Chris Cantonjos
Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date Replaced by DateFEU Tamaraws Nash Racela Signed with TNT KaTropa November 30, 2016 Olsen Racela December 20, 2016NU Bulldogs Eric Altamirano Resignation December 1, 2016 Jamike Jarin January 6, 2017Adamson Baby Falcons Goldwin Monteverde Resignation April 11, 2017 Mike Fermin May 2, 2017NU Bullpups Jeff Napa Resignation April 2017 Goldwin Monteverde April 29, 2017Adamson Lady Falcons Mike Fermin Signed with Adamson Baby Falcons May 2017 John Kallos May 2, 2017UE Junior Warriors Luis Palaganas Florence Conlu
Venues The Mall of Asia Arena, Smart Araneta Coliseum and the Filoil Flying V Centre are the venues for the men's tournament. The venues for the women's tournament are the Mall of Asia Arena, the Smart Araneta Coliseum and the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym. The Filoil Flying V Centre and the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym will serve as the venues for the juniors' tournament.
Men's tournament 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) Ateneo vs. (4) FEU The Ateneo Blue Eagles has the twice-to-beat advantage.
(2) La Salle vs. (3) Adamson The De La Salle Green Archers has the twice-to-beat advantage.
Finals
Finals Most Valuable Player:
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year: Mythical Team:
Sponsored awards Manulife 110% Heart and Hustle Player of the Season: Shell V-Power Most Efficient Player of the Season: Appeton Most Improved Player of the Season: Milo Nutri-up Up Your Galing Performance Award: PSBankable Player of the Season: Manulife 110% Heart and Hustle Player of the Finals: PSBankable Player of the Finals: BDO Winning Ways Coach of the Season:
Players of the Week +Week endingPlayerTeamRefSeptember 17 Thirdy RavenaSeptember 24 Paul DesiderioOctober 1 Chibueze IkehOctober 8 Alvin PasaolOctober 15 Ricci RiveroOctober 22 Alvin PasaolOctober 29 Jerrick AhanmisiNovember 5 Jerie Pingoy
Statistics Players' statistical points # Player Team Total1 Benoit Mbala 96.582 Thirdy Ravena 66.503 Jjay Alejandro 63.864 Alvin Pasaol 63.435 Soulemane Gawall Cherif Sarr 63.15 Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Season player highs Statistic Player Team AveragePoints Ben Mbala 24.9 Rebounds Ben Mbala 13.6Assists Jjay Alejandro 6.7Steals Jerie Pingoy 2.6Blocks Issa Seny Diouf Gaye 2.7 Source: HumbleBola Stats
Game player highs Statistic Player Team Total OpponentPoints Alvin Pasaol 49 Rebounds Steve Cedrick Akomo 20 Assists Jerie Pingoy Jjay Alejandro 10 Steals Jerie Pingoy 6 Benoit MbalaBlocks Issa Seny Diouf Gaye Steve Cedrick Akomo Benoit Mbala 6 Source: HumbleBola Stats
Game team highs Statistic Team Total OpponentPoints 115 Rebounds 60 Assists 27 Steals 16 Blocks 11 Source: HumbleBola Stats
Season team highs Statistic Team AveragePoints 78.5Rebounds 45.9Assists 17.4Steals 8.0Blocks 4.4 Source: HumbleBola Stats
Broadcast notes ABS-CBN Sports is the official broadcaster of the UAAP Season 80 Men's Basketball games.
Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside ReportersSemis #1 vs. #4, Game 1 Boom Gonzales TJ Manotoc Sydney Crespo, Martie Bautista & Paui VersozaSemis #1 vs. #4, Game 2 Nikko Ramos Marco Benitez Martie Bautista, Sydney Crespo & Angelique MantoSemis #2 vs. #3 Eric Tipan Ronnie Magsanoc Eileen Shi, Stef Monce & Angelique MantoFinals, Game 1 Mico Halili Ronnie Magsanoc Martie Bautista, Eileen Shi & Paui VersozaFinals, Game 2 Boom Gonzales Ronnie Magsanoc Eileen Shi, Martie Bautista & Angelique MantoFinals, Game 3 Boom Gonzales Christian Luanzon Martie Bautista, Eileen Shi & Paui Versoza
UAAP-JBL Three-Point Contest The UAAP Three-Point Contest, or the UAAP-JBL Three-Point Contest for sponsorship reasons, is the inaugural three-point competition of the UAAP in the basketball discipline. The contest served as a transition event from the first round going to the second round of eliminations. All eight universities fielded representative shooters to compete for the chance to clinch ₱80,000 and JBL products for the winner, and another ₱50,000 will be given to the winning university. In the end of the competition, the older brother of Adrian Wong, Dan Angelo Wong, claimed the inaugural title for the said competition.
Competition format In the first round, all eight participants will get a chance to shoot as many three-pointers as they can within the time limit of one (1) minute. In each rack, the first four balls were regular balls, which is worth only one point, and the fifth and the last ball is the moneyball, which is worth two points. After the first round, only the top two (2) players would advance the final round, competing for the championship.
Results Pos Participant First round Final Round 1 22 17 2 18 15 3 18 4 17 5 16 6 14 7 13 8 8
Women's tournament The NU Lady Bulldogs won their 64th straight match after clinching their four-peat championship against the UE Lady Warriors on December 3, 2017.
NU's Ria Nabalan recorded a triple-double in their second round win over the FEU Lady Tamaraws on October 18, 2017. Nabalan tallied 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to lead the Lady Bulldogs to their 56th consecutive win that dates back to Season 77.
For the first time in 49 years, the UE Lady Warriors advanced to the Finals after defeating the UST Tigresses in the second round of the Stepladder semifinals to face the undefeated NU Lady Bulldogs. A punch thrown by UST's Sai Larosa at Love Sto. Domingo ignited a bench-clearing brawl among the players of the two teams. Larosa was disqualified from inclusion to the Mythical team following her ejection and subsequent suspension.
The UE Lady Warriors held the Adamson Lady Falcons to a scoreless 2nd quarter in their 62-44 win on October 1, 2017.
Elimination round
Team standings
Match-up results
Scores
Bracket
Stepladder semifinals (3) UST vs. (4) FEU
(2) UE vs. (3) UST In the semifinals, UE has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.
Finals For the fourth straight year, the NU Lady Bulldogs accomplished an elimination round sweep and will battle in a best-of-three Finals.
Finals Most Valuable Player:
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year: Mythical Five:
Statistics Players' statistical points # Player Team Total1 Jack Danielle Animam 77.292 Love Joy Sto. Domingo 75.643 Rhena Malembe Itesi 71.144 Ria Joy Nabalan 69.005 Misaela Aurea Larosa 61.00 Source: Tiebreaker Times
Juniors' tournament Elimination round Team standings
Match-up results
Scores
Fourth seed playoff
Bracket
Stepladder semifinals (3) FEU Diliman vs. (4) UST
(2) NSNU vs. (4) UST NU has the twice-to-beat advantage
Finals
Finals Most Valuable Player: The Ateneo Blue Eaglets' 7'1" center Kai Sotto recorded a triple-double in their Game 1 win over the NU Bullpups in their best-of-three Finals series on February 23, 2018. Sotto tallied 22 points, 16 rebounds and 11 blocks. Of those 11 shot-blocks, five were made in the first half.
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year: Mythical Five:
Statistics Players' statistical points # Player Team Total1 Crispin John Cansino 88.432 Kyle Zachary Sotto 70.213 Samjosef Belangel 68.864 Sean David Ildefonso 64.215 Louell Jay Gonzales Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Overall Championship points
Seniors' division TeamMen Women Total 15 4 19 4 15 19 10 6 16 8 8 16 12 2 14 2 12 14 1 10 11 6 1 7
Pts. Ranking 15 Champion 12 2nd 10 3rd 8 4th 6 5th 4 6th 2 7th 1 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 93 basketball tournaments
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