The basketball tournaments of UAAP Season 69 started on July 8, 2006 at the Araneta Coliseum and ended on October 2, 2006 also at the same venue with the UST Growling Tigers defeating the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the third game of their Finals series.
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| Host school | University of the East | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | Sept. 24, 2006 - Oct. 2, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Araneta Coliseum | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Jojo Duncil | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Pido Jarencio | |||||||||||||||
| Semifinalists |  UE Red Warriors Adamson Soaring Falcons | |||||||||||||||
| TV network(s) | Studio 23 and TFC | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | September 21 to 30 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Araneta Coliseum | |||||||||||||||
| Semifinalists |  UP Lady Maroons Ateneo Lady Eagles | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | September 21 to 30 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Araneta Coliseum | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Michael Gamboa | |||||||||||||||
| Semifinalists | Adamson Baby Falcons UPIS Junior Maroons | |||||||||||||||
| TV network(s) | Studio 23 and TFC | |||||||||||||||
The Ateneo Blue Eaglets triumphed over the FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws to win the Juniors' championship, while the UST Tigresses won over the FEU Lady Tamaraws in the Women's Championship. In the Men's championship, the UST Growling Tigers rallied in the Finals series to beat the Ateneo Blue Eagles, 2 games to 1 to win their 19th basketball championship. Kenneth Bono of the Adamson Soaring Falcons, Bacon Austria of Ateneo and Cassy Tioseco of Ateneo won the Most Valuable Player awards.
Men's tournament edit
Elimination round edit
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ateneo Blue Eagles
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10 | 2 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | UE Red Warriors (H)
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8 | 4 | .667 | 2 | |
| 3 |  UST Growling Tigers
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6 | 6 | .500[a] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | Adamson Soaring Falcons
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6 | 6 | .500[a] | 4 | |
| 5 |  FEU Tamaraws
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5 | 7 | .417 | 5 | |
| 6 | UP Fighting Maroons
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4 | 8 | .333 | 6 | |
| 7 |  NU Bulldogs
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3 | 9 | .250 | 7 |
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Rivalry games edit
These are the results of the different rivalry games:
Third–seed playoff edit
Bracket edit
| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Ateneo | 76 | |||||||||
| 4 | Adamson | 73 | |||||||||
| 1 | Ateneo | 73 | 71 | 74 | |||||||
| 3 | UST | 72 | 87 | 76* | |||||||
| 2 | UE | 75 | 81 | ||||||||
| 3 | UST | 79 | 82 | ||||||||
Semifinals edit
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) Adamson edit
The Ateneo Blue Eagles has the twice-to-beat advantage.
(2) UE vs. (3) UST edit
The UE Red Warriors has the twice-to-beat advantage.
Finals edit
- Finals Most Valuable Player: Jojo Duncil (UST Growling Tigers)
Awards edit
| UAAP Season 69 men's basketball champions |
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 UST Growling Tigers 18th title |
- Most Valuable Player: Ken Bono (Adamson Soaring Falcons)
- Rookie of the Year: Woody Co (UP Fighting Maroons)
- Mythical Team:
- Guard: Marvin Cruz (UP Fighting Maroons)
- Guard: Jeff Chan (FEU Tamaraws)
- Forward: JC Intal (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Forward: Jervy Cruz (UST Growling Tigers)
- Center: Ken Bono (Adamson Soaring Falcons)
- Gilette Breakout Player: JC Intal (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- PSBank Maasahan (Dependable) Player: Ken Bono (Adamson Soaring Falcons)
- Coach of the Year: Pido Jarencio (UST Growling Tigers)
- Player of the Year: JC Intal (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Scoring Champion: Ken Bono (Adamson Soaring Falcons)
- Mr. Clutch: Jojo Duncil (UST Growling Tigers)
- Defensive Player: Jervy Cruz (UST Growling Tigers)
- Sixth Man: Dylan Ababou (UST Growling Tigers)
- Comeback Player: Chris Tiu (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Most Improved Player: Marvin Cruz (UP Fighting Maroons)
- Sportsmanship Award: Jeff Chan (FEU Tamaraws)
- Energy Player: Marcy Arellano (UE Red Warriors)
Statistical leaders edit
- Points: Kenneth Bono (Adamson, 21.8)
- Rebounds: Jervy Cruz (UST, 12.8)
- Assists: Japs Cuan (UST, 6.3)
- Blocks: Elmer Espiritu (UE, 2.1)
- Steals: Marvin Cruz (UP, 2.0)
- Turnovers: Bonbon Custodio (UE, 4.3)
Suspensions edit
- Jonathan Jankhe of the NU Bulldogs for shoving a closed fist against Vicmel Epres of the UP Fighting Maroons. Served one-game suspension against, ironically, the same team.
- Jojo Duncil of the UST Growling Tigers for headbutting Dave Catamora of the NU Bulldogs. Served one-game suspension against the Adamson Soaring Falcons.
- Ira Buyco of the UP Fighting Maroons for hitting Macky Escalona of the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the face on a rebound play. Served one-game suspension against the Adamson Soaring Falcons.
- UE suspended Bonifacio Custodio of the UE Red Warriors for disciplinary action. Served suspension on Game 2 of the semifinals against the UST Growling Tigers.
- Anthony Espiritu of the UST Growling Tigers was supposedly suspended on Game 3 of the Finals due to two flagrant fouls on Game 2 but was instead given a warning by the UAAP Board.
Women's tournament edit
Elimination round edit
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | UST Tigresses
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9 | 3 | .750[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | FEU Lady Tamaraws
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9 | 3 | .750[a] | — | |
| 3 | Ateneo Lady Eagles
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9 | 3 | .750[a] | — | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | UP Lady Maroons
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7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | |
| 5 | Adamson Lady Falcons
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6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | |
| 6 | UE Lady Warriors (H)
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2 | 10 | .167 | 7 | |
| 7 | NU Lady Bulldogs
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0 | 12 | .000 | 9 |
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Second–seed playoff edit
Bracket edit
| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | ||||||||||
| 1 | UST | 64 | 78 | ||||||||
| 4 | UP | 72 | 68 | ||||||||
| 1 | UST | 52 | 67 | 67 | |||||||
| 2 | FEU | 49 | 75 | 59 | |||||||
| 2 | FEU | 53 | 46 | ||||||||
| 3 | Ateneo | 63 | 44 | ||||||||
Semifinals edit
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) UST vs. (4) UP edit
The UST Tigresses has the twice-to-beat advantage.
(2) FEU vs. (3) Ateneo edit
The FEU Lady Tamaraws had the twice-to-beat advantage after beating the Ateneo Lady Eagles for the second-seed, which led to a virtual best-of-three playoff series.
Finals edit
Awards edit
| UAAP Season 69 women's basketball champions |
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| UST Tigresses 11th title |
- Most Valuable Player: Cassy Tioseco (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
- Rookie of the Year: Katherine Sandel (Adamson Lady Falcons)
- Mythical Five:
- Cassy Tioseco (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
- AJ Barracoso (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
- Rem Buenacosa (UST Tigresses)
- Marichu Bacaro (UST Tigresses)
- Merenciana Arayi (Adamson Lady Falcons)
Juniors' tournament edit
Elimination round edit
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ateneo Blue Eaglets
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12 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Advance to the Finals[a] |
| 2 | FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
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10 | 2 | .833 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2 |
| 3 | UPIS Junior Maroons
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7 | 5 | .583 | 5 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 4 | Adamson Baby Falcons
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6 | 6 | .500 | 6 | |
| 5 | UST Tiger Cubs
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4 | 8 | .333 | 8 | |
| 6 | UE Junior Warriors (H)
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2 | 10 | .167 | 10 | |
| 7 | NUNS Bullpups
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1 | 11 | .083 | 11 |
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for a top 4 seed, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for a top 4 seed, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ As Ateneo won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
Bracket edit
| Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Ateneo | 55 | 73 | 69 | |||||||||||
| 2 | FEU | 76 | 2 | FEU | 67 | 65 | 61 | ||||||||
| 3 | UP | 78 | 4 | Adamson | 66 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Adamson | 84 | |||||||||||||
Stepladder semifinals edit
(3) UPIS vs. (4) Adamson edit
This is a one-game playoff.
(2) FEU-FERN vs. (4) Adamson edit
FEU-FERN has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.
Finals edit
This is a best-of-three playoff.
- Finals Most Valuable Player: Michael Gamboa (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
Awards edit
| UAAP Season 69 juniors' basketball champions |
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 Ateneo Blue Eaglets 14th title |
- Most Valuable Player: Bacon Austria (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
- Rookie of the Year: Jeff Olalia (Adamson Baby Falcons)
- Mythical Five:
- Bacon Austria (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
- Michael Gamboa (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
- Socrates Rivera (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
- Mark Lopez (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
- Erwin Duran (UE Junior Warriors)
See also edit
References edit
External links edit
- Official UAAP website
- UAAP Basketball at UBelt.com: Men's | Women's | Juniors'