UAAP Season 24 men's basketball tournament

The 1961 UAAP men's basketball tournament was the 24th year of the men's tournament of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)'s basketball championship. Hosted by Far Eastern University, the FEU Tamaraws defeated the UE Warriors in a single game finals taking their sixth overall UAAP men's basketball championship.

1961 UAAP season
Host schoolFar Eastern University
Men's Finals G1 Wins
FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws 105 1
UE school colors UE Red Warriors 84 0
DurationSeptember 30, 1961
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Finals MVPRomy Diaz
Winning coachJose "Peping" Yee
< Season 23 1961 Season 25 >

Participating schools

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Teams
Far Eastern University Tamaraws
Manila Central University Tigers
National University Bulldogs
University of the East Warriors
University of the Philippines Parrots
University of Santo Tomas Glowing Goldies

Finals

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Far Eastern University's five-year long quest for a UAAP basketball diadem came to an end when it trampled University of the East, 105–84, before 8,000 fans at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

The Tamaraws, playing headly and steady basketball, swept their title-round engagements to nail down the UAAP flag.

The victory was FEU's first championship since 1956 and its sixth since the loop was born in 1938. UE deprived the Tamaraws the title by a margin of only one point during the previous year's finals.

Coach Peping Yee used only eight men — Arturo Valenzona, Romy Diaz, Rohimust Santos, Oscar Lopez, Domiciano and Alberto Legaspi, Josefino Roa, and season MVP Joselino Roa — in fashioning out the easy vengeance win.

The Tamaraws outdueled the Warriors in a frenzied shooting battle to take the halftime lead, 51–37. An air-tight zone defense rattled UE throughout and a brilliant teamwork, spearheaded by Arturo Valenzona who tallied 32 points, spelled the victory for FEU.[1]

Romy Diaz win in his first Uaap Finals MVP

References

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  1. ^ "FEU Tams UAAP Cage Champions". rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com.
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Preceded by UAAP basketball seasons
Season 24 (1961) basketball
Succeeded by