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UAAP Season 85 basketball tournaments

The UAAP Season 85 basketball tournaments are the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2022–23 school year.

UAAP Season 85
Rise as One
Host schoolAdamson University
Men's Finals G1 G2G3Wins
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 66 65752
UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 72 55681
DurationDecember 11–19, 2022
Arena(s)
Finals MVPAnge Kouame
Winning coachTab Baldwin (4th title)
Semifinalists
TV network(s)One Sports, UAAP Varsity Channel
Women's Finals G1 G2Wins
NU school colors NU Lady Bulldogs 93 762
La Salle school colors De La Salle Lady Archers 61 640
DurationDecember 7–11, 2022
Arena(s)
Finals MVPKristine Cayabyab
Winning coachAries Dimaunahan (1st title)
Semifinalists
TV network(s)One Sports, UAAP Varsity Channel
Juniors' Finals G1 G2Wins
Adamson school colors Adamson Baby Falcons 74 760
FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 85 772
DurationMarch 14–17, 2023
Arena(s)Filoil EcoOil Centre
Finals MVPKirby Mongcopa
Winning coachAllan Albano (3rd title)
Semifinalists
TV network(s)One Sports, UAAP Varsity Channel
< Season 84 2022–23 Season 86 >

The collegiate men's and women's tournaments began on October 1, 2022.[1][2] The Ateneo Blue Eagles reclaimed the men's title from their Finals opponents UP Fighting Maroons. The NU Lady Bulldogs 108-game winning streak was snapped in the elimination round by the De La Salle Lady Archers, but NU still won in the Finals against La Salle to win their 7th consecutive title.

The high school boys' tournament began on January 15, 2023, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] The FEU Diliman Baby Tamaraws defeated the Adamson Baby Falcons for their ninth title.

Tournament format edit

The UAAP continued to use the UAAP Final Four format.

In cases where a team won all elimination round games, the UAAP has removed the twice-to-beat advantage for the second-seeded team in the second round of the stepladder semifinals.[5]

Fr. Aldrin Suan, UAAP president, said that the league reverted to its pre-pandemic Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday schedule.[6]

The league also included a "head coaches' challenge" based on the FIBA challenge system. This gives each team one challenge per game to review questionable calls by the officials.[7]

Dickie Bachmann, former Alaska Aces governor in the Philippine Basketball Association, was appointed as the UAAP basketball commissioner for this season. Bachmann's term as basketball commissioner was supposed to last until the league's 86th season[8] but he foregone the position as he was appointed as the new Philippine Sports Commission chairman.[9][10] Ronnie Magsanoc was initially named commissioner to replace Bachmann.[11] Xaxy Nunag was eventually named Bachmann's permanent replacement.[12]

Teams edit

Collegiate division
University Men Women Uniform manufacturer
Team Coach Team Coach
Adamson University (AdU) Soaring Falcons Nash Racela Lady Falcons Brian Gorospe Anta
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Blue Eagles Tab Baldwin Blue Eagles LA Mumar Jordan Brand (Nike)
De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Archers Derrick Pumaren Lady Archers Pocholo Villanueva Nike
Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws Olsen Racela Lady Tamaraws Bert Flores Puma
National University (NU) Bulldogs Jeff Napa Lady Bulldogs Aries Dimaunahan
University of the East (UE) Red Warriors Jack Santiago Lady Warriors Aileen Lebornio
University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) Fighting Maroons Goldwin Monteverde Fighting Maroons Paul Ramos STATS
University of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers Bal David Tigresses Haydee Ong Anta
High School division
High school Boys' team
Adamson University (AdU) Baby Falcons
Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) Blue Eagles
De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ) Junior Archers
Far Eastern University Diliman (FEU-D) Baby Tamaraws
Nazareth School of National University (NSNU) Bullpups
University of the East (UE) Junior Warriors
University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS) Junior Fighting Maroons
University of Santo Tomas Senior High School (UST) Tiger Cubs

Name changes edit

  • Ateneo Lady Eagles and Ateneo Blue Eaglets: On May 5, 2022, Ateneo announced that all of its UAAP teams, regardless of gender, sport or division will now be called the "Blue Eagles".[13]

Coaching changes edit

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date Replaced by Date
Ateneo Blue Eagles (women) Katrina Quimpo End of contract March 23, 2020[14] LA Mumar March 23, 2020[14]
NU Lady Bulldogs Patrick Aquino Signed with Philippines women national team May 22, 2022[15] Aries Dimaunahan May 22, 2022[15]
UST Growling Tigers Jinino Manansala Signed with UST Tiger Cubs July 5, 2022[16] Bal David July 23, 2022[17]

Venues edit

 
 
6km
4miles
 
 
Paco Arena
 
San Andres Gym
 
Filoil EcoOil Centre
 
Mall of Asia
Arena
 
Ynares
Center
 
Araneta Coliseum
 
PhilSports
Arena
 
Quadricentennial
Pavillon
Basketball venues

The UAAP released its schedule on September 28. Opening weekend was at SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, with games at PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, and at the Ynares Center in Antipolo, Rizal.[18]

For Wednesday quadrupleheaders, the women's tournament will play at the Quadricentennial Pavilion in UST's Manila campus; on all other game days, the women's teams will play on the same venue and day as their corresponding men's team.[19]

For the boys' tournament, the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan was scheduled to host all but one gamedays, with the San Andres Sports Complex in Manila hosting one gameday.[20] Eventually, Paco Arena, also in Manila, hosted several elimination round gamedays.[21]

Arena Location Tournament Capacity
M W B
3 Araneta Coliseum Quezon City  Y  Y 14,429
6 Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan  Y 6,000
8 Paco Arena Manila  Y 1,000
2 PhilSports Arena Pasig  Y  Y 10,000
1 Quadricentennial Pavilion Manila  Y 5,792
7 San Andres Sports Complex  Y 1,000
5 SM Mall of Asia Arena Pasay  Y  Y 15,000
4 Ynares Center Antipolo, Rizal  Y  Y 7,400

Squads edit

Each team has a 20-player roster, of which four are reserves. Only one foreigner, an import, or foreign student-athlete (FSA) as called by the UAAP. can be on the active roster.

Imports edit

Men's FSAs
Team Student-Athlete Nationality
  Adamson Soaring Falcons Lenda Douanga[22]   Congo
  Ateneo Blue Eagles none[a]
  De La Salle Green Archers Bright Nwankwo[22]   Nigeria
  FEU Tamaraws Patrick Tchuente[22]   Cameroon
  NU Bulldogs Omar John[22]   Senegal
  UE Red Warriors none[24]
  UP Fighting Maroons Malick Diouf[22]   Senegal
  UST Growling Tigers Adama Faye[25]   Senegal
Note
  1. ^ Ange Kouame, an Ivorian by birth, was naturalized as a Filipino citizen in 2021 and is no longer classified as an FSA by the UAAP.[23]

Men's tournament edit

Elimination round edit

Team standings edit

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   Ateneo Blue Eagles 11 3 .786[a] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2   UP Fighting Maroons 11 3 .786[a] —
3   NU Bulldogs 9 5 .643 2 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4   Adamson Soaring Falcons (H) 7 7 .500[b] 4
5   De La Salle Green Archers 7 7 .500[b] 4
6   UE Red Warriors 5 9 .357[c] 6
7   FEU Tamaraws 5 9 .357[c] 6
8   UST Growling Tigers 1 13 .071 10
Source: UAAP on Livestats
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head to head record: Ateneo 1–1 UP (Ateneo +3)
  2. ^ a b Fourth seed playoff: Adamson 80–76 La Salle
  3. ^ a b Head to head record: UE 1–1 FEU (UE +3)

Match-up results edit

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
  Adamson              
  Ateneo              
  La Salle              
  FEU              
  NU              
  UE              
  UP              
  UST              
Source: UAAP on Livestats
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores edit

Results on top and to the right of the grey cells 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 Soaring Falcons 55–76 86–84* 76–65 54–58 74–61 78–87* 60–69
Ateneo Blue Eagles 66–61 78–83 79–70 77–60 91–76 71–76* 79–52
De La Salle Green Archers 81–78 54–68 87–70 76–80 74–81 69–72 83–63
FEU Tamaraws 70–75 65–71 57–53 47–44 66–76 67–73 75–60
NU Bulldogs 63–64 78–74 58–63 71–60 77–70 80–75 69–63
UE Red Warriors 64–74 66–69* 80–72* 68–75 61–70 77–84 78–68
UP Fighting Maroons 91–70 67–75 80–82 73–59 75–63 83–69 76–51
UST Growling Tigers 55–56 55–72 72–77 62–77 57–67 51–81 60–78
Source: UAAP on Livestats
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Postponed games:

Fourth seed playoff edit

La Salle and Adamson finished the elimination round tied for fourth. This was a one-game playoff to determine the No. 4 seed.[27]

December 4
6:00 p.m.
De La Salle Green Archers   76–80   Adamson Soaring Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 21–18, 12–21, 16–21
Pts: Evan Nelle 22
Rebs: Raven Cortez 8
Asts: Evan Nelle 7		 Pts: Jerom Lastimosa 22
Rebs: Cedrick Manzano 12
Asts: Jerom Lastimosa 6
Adamson advances to the Final Four

Bracket edit

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Final
(Best-of-three series)
1  Ateneo81
4  Adamson60
1  Ateneo666575
2  UP725568
2  UP69
3  NU61

Semifinals edit

Ateneo and UP had the twice-to-beat advantage which means they have to win only once, and their opponents twice in the semifinals to advance to the Finals.[28]

(1) Ateneo vs. (4) Adamson edit

The Ateneo Blue Eagles qualified for their eighth consecutive Final Four appearance, and their sixth consecutive tournament with the twice-to-beat advantage – the longest active streak in the Final Four era of UAAP men's basketball.[29] Adamson returns to the Final Four for the first time since 2018.[30]

December 7, 2022 (2022-12-07)
6:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
Ateneo Blue Eagles   81–60   Adamson Soaring Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 19–16, 24–7, 18–24
Pts: Rence Padrigao 16
Rebs: Ange Kouame 10
Asts: Padrigao, Koon 5 each		 Pts: Jerom Lastimosa 10
Rebs: Cedrick Manzano 12
Asts: Lastimosa, Colonia 3 each
Ateneo wins series in one game

(2) UP vs. (3) NU edit

This was the first meeting between UP and NU in the semifinals in UAAP men's basketball history. UP was in its fourth straight playoffs appearance, and its third consecutive tournament with the twice-to-beat advantage.[31] The NU Bulldogs returned to the semifinals for the first time since 2015 after missing out the past 5 seasons.[32]

December 7, 2023 (2023-12-07)
2:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
UP Fighting Maroons   69–61   NU Bulldogs
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 18–19, 19–7, 15–16
Pts: Malick Diouf 17
Rebs: Malick Diouf 21
Asts: JD Cagulangan 6		 Pts: John Figueroa 16
Rebs: John Figueroa 14
Asts: Kean Baclaan 5
UP wins series in one game
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 8,724

Finals edit

The Finals was a best-of-three series.

This was the second consecutive (and third overall) Battle of Katipunan finals. For the first time in the Final Four era of UAAP men's basketball. Ateneo clinched their sixth consecutive finals appearance – the school's longest overall championship appearance streak in UAAP men's basketball.[33] UP clinched their second consecutive finals appearance.[34]

December 11, 2023 (2023-12-11)
6:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
Ateneo Blue Eagles   66–72   UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 16–14, 15–12, 16–18
Pts: Rence Padrigao 16
Rebs: Ange Kouame 10
Asts: Vince Gomez 5		 Pts: Zavier Lucero 14
Rebs: Zavier Lucero 11
Asts: JD Cagulangan 5
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 18,211
December 14, 2023 (2023-12-14)
6:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
Ateneo Blue Eagles   65–55   UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 21–14, 16–11, 8–11
Pts: Ange Kouame 19
Rebs: Ange Kouame 11
Asts: Vince Gomez 4		 Pts: Carl Tamayo 15
Rebs: Lucero, Diouf 11 each
Asts: Terrence Fortea 4
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 20,616
December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)
6:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
Ateneo Blue Eagles   75–68   UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 17–18, 13–20, 15–16
Pts: Ange Kouame 19
Rebs: Ange Kouame 12
Asts: Padrigao, Koon 3 each		 Pts: James Spencer 14
Rebs: Malick Diouf 19
Asts: JD Cagulangan 3
Ateneo wins series, 2–1
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 21,814

Awards edit

 UAAP Season 85 men's basketball champions 
 
Ateneo Blue Eagles
12th title

The awards were handed out prior to Game 2 of the Finals at the Araneta Coliseum.[36]

  • Most Valuable Player: Malick Diouf (UP Fighting Maroons)
  • Rookie of the Year: Kevin Quiambao (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Mythical Five:
    • Malick Diouf (UP Fighting Maroons)
    • Carl Tamayo (UP Fighting Maroons)
    • Rence Padrigao (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
    • Dave Ildefonso (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
    • Luis Villegas (UE Red Warriors)
  • Lazada Swag Player of the Season: Carl Tamayo (UP Fighting Maroons)
  • PSBankable Player of the Season: Jerom Lastimosa (Adamson Soaring Falcons)

Players of the Week edit

The Collegiate Press Corps awards a "player of the week" on Tuesdays for performances on the preceding week.

Week Player Team
Week 1[37]   Terrence Fortea   UP Fighting Maroons
Week 2[38]   Luis Villegas   UE Red Warriors
Week 3[39]   John Bryan Sajonia   FEU Tamaraws
Week 4[40]   Malick Diouf   UP Fighting Maroons
Week 5[41]   Kevin Quiambao   De La Salle Green Archers
Week 6[42]   Jerom Lastimosa   Adamson Soaring Falcons
Week 7[43]

Player suspensions edit

Statistical leaders edit

Statistical leaders' averages after the elimination round.[47]

Statistical points leaders edit

# Player Team SP
1   Malick Diouf   UP Fighting Maroons 73.857
2   Rence Padrigao   Ateneo Blue Eagles 71.571
3   Ange Kouame   Ateneo Blue Eagles 70.786
4   Luis Villegas   UE Red Warriors 69.857
5   Evan Nelle   De La Salle Green Archers 68.091

Player game highs edit

Category Player Team Total Opponent
Points   Nic Cabanero   UST Growling Tigers 33   Adamson Soaring Falcons
Rebounds   Malick Diouf   UP Fighting Maroons 20   FEU Tamaraws
  Michael Phillips   De La Salle Green Archers   UP Fighting Maroons
Assists   Evan Nelle   De La Salle Green Archers 12   FEU Tamaraws
Steals   Rence Padrigao   Ateneo Blue Eagles 7[a]   UE Red Warriors
  Evan Nelle   De La Salle Green Archers 6[b]   FEU Tamaraws
Blocks   Raven Cortez   De La Salle Green Archers 6   FEU Tamaraws
Turnovers   Nic Cabanero   UST Growling Tigers 9   Adamson Soaring Falcons
  1. ^ Game went into overtime.
  2. ^ Game ended in regulation time.

Player season highs edit

Category Player Team Average
Points per game   Nic Cabanero   UST Growling Tigers 17.62
Rebounds per game   Adama Faye   UST Growling Tigers 12.23
Assists per game   Evan Nelle   De La Salle Green Archers 5.91
Steals per game   Mark Nonoy   De La Salle Green Archers 2.36
Blocks per game   Ange Kouame   Ateneo Blue Eagles 4.43
Field goal percentage   Jalen Stevens   UE Red Warriors 61.22%
Three point field goal percentage   Terrence Fortea   UP Fighting Maroons 41.27%
Free throw percentage   Evan Nelle   De La Salle Green Archers 95.65%
Turnovers per game   Adama Faye   UST Growling Tigers 3.85

Team game highs edit

Category Team Total Opponent
Points   UP Fighting Maroons 91   Adamson Soaring Falcons
Rebounds   Ateneo Blue Eagles 63   De La Salle Green Archers
Assists   De La Salle Green Archers 29   FEU Tamaraws
Steals   De La Salle Green Archers 19   UP Fighting Maroons
Blocks   De La Salle Green Archers 8   FEU Tamaraws
Field goal percentage   UP Fighting Maroons 55.0%   UE Red Warriors
Three point field goal percentage   UP Fighting Maroons 45.0%   Adamson Soaring Falcons
Free throw percentage   Ateneo Blue Eagles 100%   UST Growling Tigers
  UE Red Warriors   De La Salle Green Archers
Turnovers   UST Growling Tigers 29   UP Fighting Maroons

Team season highs edit

Category Team Average
Points per game   UP Fighting Maroons 77.86
Rebounds per game   Ateneo Blue Eagles 49.36
Assists per game   De La Salle Green Archers 20.21
Steals per game   De La Salle Green Archers 11.14
Blocks per game   De La Salle Green Archers 4.43
Field goal percentage   UP Fighting Maroons 40.51%
Three point field goal percentage   UP Fighting Maroons 30.93%
Free throw percentage   UP Fighting Maroons 69.93%
Turnovers per game   FEU Tamaraws 13.29

Women's tournament edit

Elimination round edit

The NU Lady Bulldogs' 108-game winning streak – the longest by any sporting team in UAAP history – was snapped by the De La Salle Lady Archers on November 24, when the Lady Archers won in overtime, 61–57. NU's last defeat was in the 2013 Finals also against La Salle.[48]

Team standings edit

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   NU Lady Bulldogs 13 1 .929 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2   De La Salle Lady Archers 12 2 .857 1
3   UST Tigresses 11 3 .786 2 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4   Ateneo Blue Eagles 7 7 .500 6
5   UP Fighting Maroons 6 8 .429 7
6   Adamson Lady Falcons (H) 5 9 .357 8
7   FEU Lady Tamaraws 2 12 .143 11
8   UE Lady Warriors 0 14 .000 13
Source: UAAP on Livestats
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts

Match-up results edit

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
  Adamson              
  Ateneo              
  La Salle              
  FEU              
  NU              
  UE              
  UP              
  UST              
Source: UAAP on Livestats
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores edit

Results on top and to the right of the grey cells 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 Lady Falcons 58–66 65–75 95–61 66–100 97–69 56–64 70–106
Ateneo Blue Eagles 76–72 67–75 67–64 52–89 73–62 67–61 68–69
De La Salle Lady Archers 54–48 56–55 65–58 72–93 76–53 73–51 57–71
FEU Lady Tamaraws 42–62 50–67 42–56 44–67 62–50 56–73 49–83
NU Lady Bulldogs 101–55 74–60 57–61* 80–53 131–47 79–44 78–75
UE Lady Warriors 59–82 51–65 41–66 56–62 31–92 42–66 44–107
UP Fighting Maroons 61–62 84–57 67–86 73–56 68–95 67–32 61–82
UST Tigresses 73–66 63–53 60–67 77–65 64–87 76–36 85–52
Source: UAAP on Livestats
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket edit

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  NU83
4  Ateneo64
1  NU9376
2  La Salle6164
2  La Salle5774
3  UST6869

Semifinals edit

NU[49] and La Salle[50] have the twice-to-beat advantage, which means they have to win only once, and their opponents twice in the semifinals to advance to the Finals.

(1) NU vs. (4) Ateneo edit

The NU Lady Bulldogs have qualified for the Final Four anew.[51] Their second round loss to La Salle meant that the Final Four will be played in the usual format for first time since 2013.[52] The Ateneo Blue Eagles booked the last ticket to the Final Four. This was their first playoff appearance since 2015.[53]

November 30, 2022 (2022-11-30)
9:00 a.m.
(UTC+8:00)
NU Lady Bulldogs   83–64   Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 25–19, 10–11, 21–14
Pts: Camille Clarin 19
Rebs: Karl Pingol 9
Asts: Gypsy Canuto 10		 Pts: Kacey Dela Rosa 22
Rebs: Kacey Dela Rosa 18
Asts: Sandra Villacruz 5
NU wins series in one game

(2) La Salle vs. (3) UST edit

The De La Salle Lady Archers and UST Tigresses have qualified for the Final Four.[54]

November 30, 2022 (2022-11-30)
11:00 a.m.
(UTC+8:00)
De La Salle Lady Archers   57–68   UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 11–24, 14–15, 20–15
Pts: Charmaine Torres 16
Rebs: Fina Tchuido 13
Asts: Marga Jimenez 3		 Pts: Eka Soriano 23
Rebs: Eka Soriano, Rocel Dionisio 11
Asts: Eka Soriano 5
December 4, 2023 (2023-12-04)
3:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
De La Salle Lady Archers   74–69   UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 17–16, 19–16, 17–19
Pts: Fina Tchuido 18
Rebs: Fina Tchuido 12
Asts: 4 players, 4 each		 Pts: Agatha Bron 13
Rebs: Eka Soriano 9
Asts: Eka Soriano 6
La Salle wins series in two games

Finals edit

The Finals was a best-of-three series. NU qualified for its eighth consecutive Finals.[55] La Salle, meanwhile, enters the Finals for the first time since UAAP Season 79.[56]

December 7, 2023 (2023-12-07)
11:00 a.m.
(UTC+8:00)
NU Lady Bulldogs   93–61   De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 22–17, 23–15, 24–14
Pts: Mikka Cacho 16
Rebs: Surada, Tiky 7 each
Asts: Gypsy Canuto 8		 Pts: Fina Tchuido 18
Rebs: Fina Tchuido 15
Asts: Bettina Binaohan 6
December 11, 2023 (2023-12-11)
2:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
NU Lady Bulldogs   76–64   De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 27–11, 15–16, 19–13, 15–24
Pts: Kristine Cayabyab 18
Rebs: Angel Surada 9
Asts: Gypsy Canuto 7		 Pts: Charmine Torres 29
Rebs: Fina Tchuido 22
Asts: Marga Jimenez 5
NU wins series 2–0
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Kristine Cayabyab (NU Lady Bulldogs)[57]

Awards edit

 UAAP Season 85 women's basketball champions 
 
NU Lady Bulldogs
Seventh title, seventh consecutive title

The awards were handed out prior to Game 2 of the Finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.[58]

  • Most Valuable Player: Eka Soriano (UST Tigresses)
  • Rookie of the Year: Kacey Dela Rosa (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
  • Mythical Five:
    • Eka Soriano (UST Tigresses)
    • Kacey Dela Rosa (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
    • Jhazmin Joson (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
    • Tacky Tacatac (UST Tigresses)
    • Victoria Adeshina (Adamson Lady Falcons)

Players of the Week edit

The Collegiate Press Corps awards a "player of the week" on Tuesdays for performances on the preceding week.

Week Player Team
Week 2[38]   Kacey Dela Rosa   Ateneo Blue Eagles
Week 6[42]   Bettina Binaohan   De La Salle Lady Archers

Player suspensions edit

Statistical leaders edit

Statistical leaders' averages after the elimination round.[47]

Statistical points leaders edit

# Player Team SP
1   Eka Soriano   UST Tigresses 92.286
2   Kacey Dela Rosa   Ateneo Blue Eagles 77.0
3   Jasmin Joson   Ateneo Blue Eagles 74.714
4   Tacky Tacatac   UST Tigresses 73.429
5   Victoria Adeshina   Adamson Lady Falcons 72.214

Player game highs edit

Category Player Team Total Opponent
Points   Kacey Dela Rosa   Ateneo Blue Eagles 30   UP Fighting Maroons
Rebounds   Kacey Dela Rosa   Ateneo Blue Eagles 23   Adamson Lady Falcons
Assists   Eka Soriano   UST Tigresses 11   UP Fighting Maroons
Steals   Rachel Ambos   UST Tigresses 8   UE Lady Warriors
Blocks   Sarah Makanjuola   Ateneo Blue Eagles 7   UE Lady Warriors
  Kacey Dela Rosa   UP Fighting Maroons
Turnovers   Joyce Terrinal   UE Lady Warriors 13   UP Fighting Maroons

Player season highs edit

Category Player Team Average
Points per game   Dindy Medina   Adamson Lady Falcons 20.83
Rebounds per game   Kacey Dela Rosa   Ateneo Blue Eagles 14.08
Assists per game   Eka Soriano   UST Tigresses 7.14
Steals per game   Eka Soriano   UST Tigresses 3.71
Blocks per game   Kacey Dela Rosa   Ateneo Blue Eagles 3.08
Field goal percentage   Rocel Dionisio   UST Tigresses 60.56%
Three point field goal percentage   Kaye Pesquera   UP Fighting Maroons 36.96%
Free throw percentage   Camille Clarin   NU Lady Bulldogs 81.82%
Turnovers per game   Joyce Terrinal   UE Lady Warriors 6.29

Team game highs edit

Category Team Total Opponent
Points   NU Lady Bulldogs 131   UE Lady Warriors
Rebounds   UP Fighting Maroons 72   UE Lady Warriors
Assists   NU Lady Bulldogs 39   UE Lady Warriors
Steals   UST Tigresses 28   UE Lady Warriors
Blocks   Ateneo Blue Eagles 9   Adamson Lady Falcons
Field goal percentage   NU Lady Bulldogs 54.0%   UE Lady Warriors
Three point field goal percentage   UST Tigresses 60.0%   Adamson Lady Falcons
Free throw percentage   UST Tigresses 90.0%   Adamson Lady Falcons
Turnovers   UE Lady Warriors 9   Adamson Lady Falcons

Team season highs edit

Category Team Average
Points per game   NU Lady Bulldogs 87.36
Rebounds per game   NU Lady Bulldogs 53.46
Assists per game   NU Lady Bulldogs 23.57
Steals per game   NU Lady Bulldogs 15.64
Blocks per game   Ateneo Blue Eagles 5.07
Field goal percentage   NU Lady Bulldogs 42.58%
Three point field goal percentage   UST Tigresses 29.27%
Free throw percentage   Ateneo Blue Eagles 55.40%
Turnovers per game   NU Lady Bulldogs 18.29

Boys' tournament edit

The juniors' tournament will also be a qualifying tournament for the 2023 National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) championship, with the champions qualifying.[59] However, with the UAAP championship series being held in the same week as the NBTC championship, the NBTC decided to give the berths given to the UAAP to its losing semifinalists.[60]

De La Salle University is the sub-host for this tournament.

Elimination round edit

Team standings edit

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   Adamson Baby Falcons 12 2 .857[a] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2   FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 12 2 .857[a] —
3   NUNS Bullpups 11 3 .786 1 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4   UST Tiger Cubs 7 7 .500 5
5   Ateneo Blue Eagles 5 9 .357 7
6   DLSZ Junior Archers (H) 5 9 .357 7
7   UE Junior Warriors 3 11 .214 9
8   UPIS Junior Fighting Maroons 1 13 .071 11
Source: UAAP on Livestats
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head to head record: Adamson 2–0 FEU Diliman

Match-up results edit

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
  Adamson              
  Ateneo              
  DLSZ              
  FEU–D              
  NSNU              
  UE              
  UPIS              
  UST              
Source: UAAP on Livestats
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores edit

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

Teams AdU ADMU DLSZ FEU-D NSNU UE UPIS UST
Adamson Baby Falcons 77–50 78–60 73–71 76–79 87–52 83–67 91–64
Ateneo Blue Eagles 88–85 65–70 50–85 63–79 79–84 109–64 71–66
DLSZ Junior Archers 52–66 71–59 58–80 71–74 72–58 76–61 46–56
FEU-D Baby Tamaraws 80–82 90–77 86–56 87–83 116–80 97–59 79–69
NSNU Bullpups 64–72 86–78 67–60 66–82 88–60 78–62 84–58
UE Junior Warriors 60–83 77–88 82–77 87–96 82–90 94–101* 82–85
UPIS Junior Fighting Maroons 70–81 82–88 67–81 67–81 71–83 56–71 64–90
UST Tiger Cubs 66–78 94–78 81–80 75–98 64–71 68–54 75–63
Source: UAAP on Livestats
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket edit

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Final
(Best-of-three series)
1  Adamson62
4  UST55
1  Adamson7476
2  FEU–D8577
2  FEU–D8271
3  NSNU9365

Semifinals edit

Adamson and FEU have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals, They only need to win once while their opponents twice in order to qualify in the Finals.

(1) Adamson vs. (4) UST edit

Adamson qualified for the Final Four after winning in its tenth game.[61] UST clinched its semifinal berth by winning in its penultimate game.[62] The Baby Falcons clinched the twice-to-beat advantage by winning its elimination round finale against the Tiger Cubs.[63]

March 7, 2023 (2023-03-07)
2:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
Adamson Baby Falcons   62–55   UST Tiger Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 12–22, 16–9, 16–13
Pts: Vince Reyes 21
Rebs: Carlo Bonzalida 13
Asts: Justin Garcia 7		 Pts: Mark Llemit 19
Rebs: Mark Llemit 9
Asts: Regie Ayon 3
Adamson wins series in one game

(2) FEU Diliman vs. (3) NSNU edit

The Baby Tamaraws clinched a Final Four berth when it won its ninth game out of 11.[64]

March 7, 2023 (2023-03-07)
4:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws   82–93   NUNS Bullpups
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 16–20, 27–23, 17–26
Pts: JR Pasaol 32
Rebs: Kirby Mongcopa 9
Asts: Dwyne Miranda 6		 Pts: Reinhard Jumamoy 30
Rebs: Reinhard Jumamoy 13
Asts: Reinhard Jumamoy 8
March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)
4:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws   71–65   NUNS Bullpups
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 18–17, 18–14, 15–23
Pts: Daa, Mongcopa 15 each
Rebs: Kirby Mongcopa 16
Asts: Jedric Daa 3		 Pts: Reinhard Jumamoy 19
Rebs: Reinhard Jumamoy 11
Asts: Reinhard Jumamoy 2
FEU Diliman wins series in two games

Finals edit

The finals was a best-of-three series.

Adamson qualified for its first Finals berth in 20 years.[65] FEU Diliman made it to the Finals for the second consecutive tournament (lost to NSNU in 2019).[66]

March 14, 2023 (2023-03-14)
2:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
Adamson Baby Falcons   74–85   FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 27–14, 9–21, 15–25
Pts: Peter Rosillo 19
Rebs: Carlo Bonzalida 13
Asts: Peter Rosillo 4		 Pts: Kirby Mongcopa 20
Rebs: Kirby Mongcopa 20
Asts: Kirby Mongcopa 8
March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)
4:00 p.m.
(UTC+8:00)
Adamson Baby Falcons   76–77   FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 22–20, 14–18, 16–16
Pts: Justine Garcia 20
Rebs: Carlo Bonzalida 9
Asts: Justine Garcia 3		 Pts: JR Pasaol 21
Rebs: Kirby Mongcopa 13
Asts: Kirby Mongcopa 9
FEU Diliman wins series, 2-0
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Kirby Mongcopa (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)

Awards edit

 UAAP Season 85 boys' basketball champions 
 
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Ninth title

The awards were handed out prior to Game 2 of the Finals at the Filoil EcoOil Centre.

  • Most Valuable Player: Reinhard Jumamoy (NUNS Bullpups)
  • Rookie of the Year: Daryl Valdeavilla (UPIS Junior Maroons)
  • Mythical Five:
    • John Rey Pasaol (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
    • Kobe Demisana (UPIS Junior Maroons)
    • Kristian Porter (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
    • Reinhard Jumamoy (NUNS Bullpups)
    • Rhylle Melencio (DLSZ Junior Archers)

Overall championship points edit

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 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 fifth to eighth determined by elimination round standings.
  • Loser of the No. 1 vs No. 4 semifinal match-up is ranked fourth
    • If stepladder: Loser of stepladder semifinals round 1 is ranked fourth
  • Loser of the No. 2 vs No. 3 semifinal match-up is ranked third
    • If stepladder: Loser of stepladder semifinals round 2 is ranked third
  • Loser of the finals is ranked second
  • Champion is ranked first

See also edit

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Preceded by UAAP women's basketball seasons
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