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UAAP Season 50 basketball tournaments

The UAAP Season 50 basketball tournaments involved 23 teams from the eight member schools that played two rounds of elimination games in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in the 1987–88 school year. Ateneo de Manila University was the host school for the second time since joining the league in 1978.

UAAP Season 50
Golden Year
Host schoolAteneo school colors Ateneo de Manila University
Men's Finals G1 Wins
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 94 1+1
UE school colors UE Red Warriors 92 0
DurationOctober 4, 1987
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coachCris Calilan
TV network(s)PTV 4
Women's Finals G1 Wins
UST school colors UST Lady Goldies 113 1+1
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Lady Eagles 64 0
DurationOctober 4, 1987
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coachOrly Bauzon
Juniors' Finals G1 G2Wins
FEU school colors FEU Baby Tamaraws 69 871+1
Adamson school colors Adamson Baby Falcons 77 791
DurationOctober 4 & 8, 1987
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coachAlfredo Amador
< Season 49 1987 Season 51 >

The UP Fighting Maroons and the Adamson Lady Falcons were the defending men's and women's champions, while the Ateneo Blue Eaglets have been the juniors' champions since Season 46 (1983).

The games of the senior men's division began on July 18, 1987, while the women's and juniors' games began on July 19. The venue for the opening ceremonies was changed from the Araneta Coliseum to Rizal Memorial Coliseum due to its unavailability, with the ongoing Grand Circus Internationale which opened on July 2.[1]

A special award was given to Professor Candido Bartolome of the University of the Philippines, being the last surviving founder of the UAAP on its 50th anniversary. Fr. Raymond Holscher, Ateneo's athletic director declared the games open.[2]

The Ateneo Blue Eagles defeated the UE Red Warriors in the Finals to take their first UAAP men's basketball championship after transferring from the NCAA in 1978.

The NU Bulldogs ended their six-year losing streak when they defeated the Adamson Falcons and the UP Fighting Maroons for a 2–12 win-loss record.[3][4]

Teams

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All eight member universities of the UAAP fielded teams in the men's and junior divisions. National University did not have a team in the women's division.

University Men's team Women's team Juniors' team
Adamson University (AdU) Falcons Lady Falcons Baby Falcons
Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) Blue Eagles Lady Eagles Blue Eaglets
De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Archers Lady Archers Bengals
Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws Lady Tamaraws Baby Tamaraws
National University (NU) Bulldogs No team Bullpups
University of the East (UE) Red Warriors Lady Warriors Red Pages
University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) Fighting Maroons Lady Maroons Junior Maroons
University of Santo Tomas (UST) Glowing Goldies Lady Goldies Golden Nuggets

Coaches

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University Men's coach Women's coach Juniors' coach Ref.
Adamson University Nemie Villegas Boy Ascue [5]
Ateneo de Manila University Cris Calilan Virgil Villavicencio Chot Reyes [6][7]
De La Salle University Derrick Pumaren Cris Arroyo [8]
Far Eastern University Fidel Que Alfredo Amador [5]
National University Sonny Paguia No team Ernie Espejo [8][9]
University of the East Roehl Nadurata [6]
University of the Philippines Diliman Ramon Bernabe [10]
University of Santo Tomas Aric del Rosario Orly Bauzon Hector Hipolito [8][11]

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing coach Replaced by Ref.
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ed Ocampo Cris Calilan [6]
UE Red Warriors Johnny Revilla Roehl Nadurata [6]
UP Fighting Maroons Joe Lipa Ramon Bernabe [10]

Venues

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The Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila was the primary venue for the men's tournament and for the Finals series of the women's and juniors' tournament. The Loyola Center inside the Ateneo campus in Quezon City was the venue for the women's and boys' tournaments. The Uno High School Gym in Manila was an alternate site for the women's games.

Coordinates Location Stadium Capacity Year
14°33′43″N 120°59′38″E / 14.56194°N 120.99389°E / 14.56194; 120.99389 Manila Rizal Memorial Coliseum 6,100 1934–present
14°36′37″N 120°58′38″E / 14.61028°N 120.97722°E / 14.61028; 120.97722 Manila Uno High School Gym 2,800 1960–present
14°38′6″N 121°4′31″E / 14.63500°N 121.07528°E / 14.63500; 121.07528 Quezon City Loyola Center 7,500 1949–present

Tournament format

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  • Double round robin eliminations, with the top two teams advancing to the Finals:
The team with the best win-loss record needs only to win once to clinch the championship;
The second-seeded team needs to beat the #1 seed twice to win the championship.

Men's tournament

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Main article: UAAP Season 50 men's basketball tournament

Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1   Ateneo Blue Eagles (H) 13 1 27 Twice-to-beat in the finals
2   UE Red Warriors 10 4 24 Twice-to-win in the finals
3   UP Fighting Maroons 9 5 23
4   FEU Tamaraws 8 6 22
5   De La Salle Green Archers 6 8 20
6   Adamson Falcons 5 9 19
7   UST Glowing Goldies[a] 3 11 17
8   NU Bulldogs 2 12 16
Source: Google News Archives
Rules for classification: 1) match points; 2) if tied for #2, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ UST's first round wins over FEU and Ateneo, and both wins over Adamson were overturned after the UAAP board ruled Fedencio Oblina to be ineligible

As a result of a protest filed by Adamson against UST's sophomore forward Fedencio Oblina, the UAAP board found him to be ineligible for failing his NCEE qualifying tests, causing the reversal of four of UST's wins. The Glowing Goldies dropped to 7th place in the standings at 2–7 from their original 6–3 record. The forfeitures benefited Adamson, Ateneo and FEU. Ateneo found themselves on top of the standings with an 8–1 record.[12] Oblina was later handed down a lifetime ban by the UAAP.[4]

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
  Adamson              
  Ateneo              
  La Salle              
  FEU              
  NU              
  UE              
  UP              
  UST              
Source: Google News Archives
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores

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Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams AdU AdMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson — 75–89 71–83 87–84 97–87 98–114 95–85 81–84[a]
Ateneo 105–94 — 95–91 78–68 107–94 102–100* 79–83 89–91[a]
La Salle 88–71 89–98 — 79–83 91–89* 95–104 109–123* 89–76
FEU 113–88 81–87 99–87 — 118–93 107–94 104–105 81–88[a]
NU 98–96 85–94 89–113 89–107 — 75–96 81–100 74–92
UE 94–82 102–105 89–76 91–82 102–99 — 116–100* 105–101*
UP 107–103 56–88 90–99 109–81 75–89 101–87 — 97–92
UST 99–81[b] 101–108 100–85 84–96 116–104 110–116 83–92 —
Source: Google News Archives
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Win by forfeit
  2. ^ Loss by forfeit

Finals

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Number 1 seed Ateneo only has to win once, while number 2 seed UE has to win twice to clinch the championship.

Elimination round games

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The Blue Eagles led at halftime, 49–44. The score was tied ar 90–all at the end of regulation.
The score was still tied at 100–all with eight seconds remaining in extra time when Jun Reyes was fouled by Conrado Barile. Reyes converted both free throws for an Ateneo win.
Nonoy Chuatico topscored with 24 points for Ateneo, while Verni Villarias had 35 for UE.[13]
  • September 20: Ateneo won again over UE, 105–102 in their second round game at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
They led the Warriors at the half, 60–58.
Jayvee Gayoso led the Eagles in scoring with 26 points, while Jerry Codiñera had 32 for UE.[14]

The UE Warriors were gunning for their 19th championship, while the Blue Eagles had reached the Finals for only the first time since joining the UAAP in 1978. (Ateneo held a twice-to-beat advantage over UE.)

October 4
4:30 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles   94–92   UE Red Warriors
Scoring by half: 38-51, 56-41
Pts: Eric Reyes 23 Pts: Verni Villarias 17
Ateneo wins series after one game
Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Attendance: 6,000+
Referees: Rado Mercado, Nick Peñalosa

The UE Warriors capitalized on the absence of Danny Francisco with a strong start. The Ateneo starting center was earlier hospitalized for a lung-related illness. The Blue Eagles' Jayvee Gayoso scored the first basket, but the Warriors sped off to a 10–2 run and ended the half with a 51–38 lead.

Despite Jerry Codiñera's foul trouble, the Warriors were able to extend their lead to 83–63 with ten minutes remaining. Amid cheers from supporters in the stands, Ateneo erupted for a 22–2 run. Jett Nieto's three-point shot sparked the rally until the scores were tied at 85-all.

UE coach Roehl Nadurata was ejected from the game in the last 3:03 after complaining against an offensive foul slapped on Conrado Barile. The Warriors were trailing, 86-87. UE's Modesto Hojilla was then called for an unsportsmanlike foul in the ensuing play when he cut into the path of Ateneo's Nonoy Chuatico who was driving for a basket. Chuatico split his charities, but the Blue Eagles still had ball possession as a result of the flagrant foul. A desperation foul by Codiñera with three seconds left in the game sent Eric Reyes to the freethrow line where he also made one out of two shots for the final count of 94-92.

The Ateneo Blue Eagles have won their first UAAP men's championship. In contrast, the UE Warriors have lost in a Finals series after having a wide lead over their opponents for the second straight year. They were defeated by the UP Fighting Maroons in 1986.[15]

Awards

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 UAAP Season 50 men's basketball champions 
 
Ateneo Blue Eagles
First title
  • Most Valuable Player: Gilbert Reyes, Jr. (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Broadcast notes

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PTV 4 was the official broadcaster of the UAAP Season 50 Men's basketball games.

Women's tournament

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Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1   UST Lady Goldies 11 1 23 Twice-to-beat in the finals
2   Ateneo Lady Eagles (H) 7 5 19[a] Twice-to-win in the finals
3   FEU Lady Tamaraws 7 5 19[a]
4   Adamson Lady Falcons[b] 6 6 18[c]
5   De La Salle Lady Archers 6 6 18[c]
6   UE Lady Warriors 3 9 15
7   UP Lady Maroons 2 10 14
Source: Google News Archives
Rules for classification: 1) match points; 2) if tied for #2, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Second-seed playoff: Ateneo 64–60 FEU
  2. ^ All of Adamson's first round wins were overturned after the UAAP board ruled Irmina de Guzman to be ineligible
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Adamson 1–1 La Salle; Adamson +16

Adamson's wins in the first round were reversed into losses after the board found Irmina de Guzman ineligible for skipping the one-year residency rule. De Guzman had transferred from FEU.[12]

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112
  Adamson            
  Ateneo            
  La Salle            
  FEU            
  UE            
  UP            
  UST            
Source: Google News Archives
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores

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Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams AdU AdMU DLSU FEU UE UP UST
Adamson — 79–28[a] 71–52[a] 77–50[a] 70–60[a] 76–29[a] 62–94
Ateneo 45–74 — 68–66 73–85 65–59 1–0[b] 41–84
La Salle 62–80 64–59 — 38–58 47–44 69–32 56–73
FEU 62–70 61–62 65–41 — 0–1[b] 49–31 54–62
UE 45–64 60–66 51–68 55–64 — 57–61 42–69
UP 43–88 42–55 49–67 53–73 42–58 — 38–82
UST 67–86 105–40 96–75 102–65 64–54 83–34 —
Source: Google News Archives
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
  1. ^ a b c d e Loss by forfeit
  2. ^ a b Score unavailable

UST failed to get a sweep when they lost to the Adamson Lady Falcons in the last game of the double round robin eliminations, 67-86. The Lady Goldies struggled early in the game, yielding a 27-44 halftime deficit to Adamson.

A playoff to determine UST's Finals opponent was held between FEU and Ateneo after the Lady Eagles defeated the Lady Tamaraws in the last game of eliminations, 62-61. Both teams ended up with identical 7-5 records.[11]

Playoffs

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#2-seed playoff Finals
(#1 has twice-to-beat advantage)
1   UST 113
2   Ateneo 64 2   Ateneo 64
3   FEU 60

Second–seed playoff

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This is a one-game playoff. The winner advances to the Finals with a twice-to-win disadvantage; the loser is eliminated.

Elimination round games

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The Lady Tamaraws led at halftime, 48–33.
E. Galang topscored with 18 points for FEU, while Peachy Cheng had a season high of 40 points for Ateneo.[16]
  • September 23: Ateneo got back at FEU in their second round game with a 62–61 win at the Loyola Center.
They led the Lady Tamaraws at the half, 27–22.
Cheng once again led the Eagles in scoring with 24 points, while Galang had 19 for FEU.[11]
September 27
10:00 a.m.PHT
Ateneo Lady Eagles   64–60   FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by half: 29-28, 35-32
Pts: Cheng, Lazaro 22 each Pts: Jocelyn Doles 13
Ateneo advances to the Finals
Uno High School Gym

Ateneo won the playoff for the second Finals berth over FEU on September 27. The Lady Eagles fielded a team for the first time in the UAAP and had barely been together with three weeks to go before the start of the season. They needed to beat FEU twice in order to qualify for the Finals against season leader UST. They were behind the Lady Tamaraws in the standings with a 5-6 record heading into the last game of the elimination round.[17]

Finals

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Number 1 seed UST only has to win once, while number 2 seed Ateneo has to win twice to clinch the championship.

Elimination round games

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The Lady Goldies led at halftime, 41–26.
Jho Gutierrez topscored with 17 points for UST, while Mitchie Lazaro had 13 for Ateneo.[18]
  • September 13: UST won again over Ateneo, 105–40 in their second round game at the Loyola Center.
Duran led the Lady Goldies in scoring with 20 points, while Lazaro had 14 for Ateneo.[19]

The UST Lady Goldies were gunning for their fourth championship, with the Lady Eagles vying for their first on the year that the team was formed. (UST held a twice-to-beat advantage over Ateneo.)

October 4
3:00 p.m.PHT
UST Lady Goldies   113–64   Ateneo Lady Eagles
Scoring by half: 47-29, 66-35
Pts: Clemence Pastor 32 Pts: Peachy Cheng 22
UST wins series after one game

Awards

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 UAAP Season 50 women's basketball champions 
 
UST Tigresses
Fourth title
(known as the Lady Goldies in 1987)

Juniors' tournament

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Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1   FEU Baby Tamaraws 13 1 27 Twice-to-beat in the finals
2   Adamson Baby Falcons 11 3 25 Twice-to-win in the finals
3   Ateneo Blue Eaglets (H) 10 4 24
4   UST Golden Nuggets 9 5 23
5   DLSZ Bengals 6 8 20
6   NU Bullpups 4 10 18
7   UPIS Junior Maroons 2 12 16
8   UE Red Pages 1 13 15
Source: Google News Archives
Rules for classification: 1) match points; 2) if tied for #2, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
  Adamson              
  Ateneo              
  DLSZ              
  FEU              
  NU              
  UE              
  UPIS              
  UST              
Source: Google News Archives
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams AdU AdMU DLSZ FEU NU UE UPIS UST
Adamson — 79–74 92–64 68–66 99–77 106–75 111–64 89–75
Ateneo 1–0[a] — 97–70 73–88 87–80 90–68 95–65 74–68
DLSZ 0–1[a] 74–73 — 84–109 68–74 88–76 89–87 62–92
FEU 77–74 61–55 86–75 — 87–78 95–74 101–96 88–74
NU 76–117 74–111 66–72 0–1[a] — 74–72 81–85 72–85
UE 91–136 89–109 65–87 82–112 69–76 — 83–78 67–75
UPIS 85–120 0–1[a] 60–67 55–60 65–69 62–61 — 57–85
UST 85–83 71–73 105–64 79–83 91–82 1–0[a] 80–61 —
Source: Google News Archives
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
  1. ^ a b c d e Score unavailable

The Ateneo Blue Eaglets were eliminated from the finals for the first time since the 1982 season after finishing third in the eliminations with a 10–4 record. They finished behind Adamson with only a one game difference, though the Baby Falcons earlier led in the standings with an 11–0 record until the final three games of the second round.[20][21]

Finals

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Number 1 seed FEU only has to win once, while number 2 seed Adamson has to win twice to clinch the championship.

Elimination round games

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The Baby Falcons led at halftime, 38–28, but the Baby Tamaraws rallied to close the gap. The game was decided in the last 43 seconds when a fouled Terry James Pearson converted both his free throws to break away from a 66–all deadlock with FEU and send his Baby Falcons team to their second-straight victory of the tournament.
Antonio Barrameda topscored with 16 points for Adamson, while Johnny Abarrientos and Sixto Mondarte had 14 apiece for FEU.[22]
  • September 13: FEU got back at Adamson in their second round game with a 77–74 win at the Loyola Center. The Baby Tamaraws have taken over the lead in the standings after handing the Baby Falcons their second straight loss.
They led Adamson at the half, 44–38.
Abarrientos led FEU in scoring with 24 points, while Robert Talamayan had 23 for the Baby Falcons.[19]
October 4
1:30 p.m.PHT
FEU Baby Tamaraws   69–77   Adamson Baby Falcons
Scoring by half: 38-36, 31-41
Pts: Johnny Abarrientos 31 Pts: Antonio Peñaranda 23
October 8
3:00 p.m.PHT
FEU Baby Tamaraws   87–78   Adamson Baby Falcons
Scoring by half: 46-34, 41-44
Pts: Sixto Mondarte 29 Pts: Barrameda, Nodado 17 each
FEU wins series in two games
Rizal Memorial Coliseum

The FEU Baby Tamaraws reclaimed the championship they last won in 1976. The second-seeded Adamson Baby Falcons negated FEU's twice-to-beat advantage by winning, 77–69 to extend the Finals series to a second game. FEU prevailed with an 87–79 win for their seventh title in the junior's tournament.[23]

Awards

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 UAAP Season 50 juniors' basketball champions 
 
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Seventh title
(known as the FEU Baby Tamaraws in 1987)

Overall championship points

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Pts. Ranking
15 Champion
12 2nd
10 3rd
8 4th
6 5th
4 6th
2 7th
1 8th
— Did not join
WD Withdrew

In case of ties, the team with the higher position in any tournament is ranked higher. If both are still tied, they are listed in alphabetical order.

References

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  1. ^ Sotto, Sim, ed. (31 Jul 1987). "This circus is for real". Sports Weekly Magazine. Vol. XIV, no. 686. Quezon City: Atlas Publishing Co., Inc. p. 23.
  2. ^ Sotto, Sim, ed. (31 Jul 1987). "50th UAAP: Battle for the gold begins". Sports Weekly Magazine. Vol. XIV, no. 686. Quezon City: Atlas Publishing Co., Inc. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Last licks from UP, NU". Manila Standard. 4 Oct 1987.
  4. ^ a b "Nats reach down from depths to down UP". Manila Standard. 10 Sep 1987.
  5. ^ a b Angeles, Manny; Japa, Raffy (17 Jul 1987). "UAAP outlook". Manila Standard.
  6. ^ a b c d "Nadurata-mentored Warriors favored". Manila Standard. 13 Jul 1987.
  7. ^ Atencio, Peter (28 Sep 1987). "Ateneo cage belles' joy is mainly Mitchie's". Manila Standard.
  8. ^ a b c Angeles, Manny; Japa, Raffy (18 Jul 1987). "UAAP outlook". Manila Standard.
  9. ^ Atencio, Peter (13 Jul 1988). "NU's new-look Bulldogs". Manila Standard.
  10. ^ a b "Crippled start by UP in UAAP". Manila Standard. 12 Jul 1987.
  11. ^ a b c Rondez, Bobby (24 Sep 1988). "UST denied UAAP crown as Adamson belles win". Manila Standard.
  12. ^ a b Atencio, Peter (8 Sep 1987). "UST forfeits 4 games due to 'bad egg'". Manila Standard.
  13. ^ Japa, Raffy (13 Aug 1987). "UP five escapes as UST self-destructs". Manila Standard.
  14. ^ "Eagles wear down Codiñera, frustrate Warriors anew". Manila Standard. 21 Sep 1987.
  15. ^ Atencio, Peter (5 Oct 1987). "UAAP title plateau for Ateneo; UST belles win". Manila Standard.
  16. ^ Rondez, Bobby (10 Aug 1987). "Adamson, UST belles win". Manila Standard.
  17. ^ "Ateneans seek glory in two fronts". Manila Standard. 4 Oct 1987.
  18. ^ "Adamson trims Ateneo". Manila Standard. 3 Aug 1987.
  19. ^ a b "FEU preps thwart Adamson". Manila Standard. 14 Sep 1987.
  20. ^ "UAAP jr. playoffs reel off Sunday". Manila Standard. 22 Sep 1987.
  21. ^ "UST halts Adamson". Manila Standard. 12 Sep 1987.
  22. ^ Atencio, Peter (26 Jul 1987). "Eaglets, Baby Falcons down rivals, take lead". Manila Standard.
  23. ^ Atencio, Peter (9 Oct 1987). "Baby Tams bag UAAP crown". Manila Standard.
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