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UAAP Season 79 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 79
Host schoolUniversity of Santo Tomas
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers 67 792
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 65 720
DurationDecember 3–7, 2016
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPJeron Teng
Winning coachAldin Ayo (1st title)
SemifinalistsFEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons
TV network(s)ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN HD, ABS-CBN Sports and Action, The Filipino Channel, ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD
Women's Finals G1 G2Wins
NU school colors NU Lady Bulldogs 77 962
La Salle school colors De La Salle Lady Archers 74 720
DurationDecember 3–7, 2016
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPGemma Miranda
Winning coachPatrick Aquino (3rd title)
SemifinalistsUE school colors UE Lady Warriors
Adamson school colors Adamson Lady Falcons
Juniors' Finals G1 G2Wins
NU school colors NUNS Bullpups 65 730
FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 66 812
DurationFebruary 21–24, 2017
Arena(s)Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVPLouell Gonzales
Winning coachAllan Albano (2nd title)
SemifinalistsAteneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets
La Salle school colors DLSZ Junior Archers
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD
< Season 78 2016–17 Season 80 >

The UAAP Season 79 basketball tournaments are held in school year 2016–17. University of Santo Tomas is the season host while Far Eastern University are the defending champions.[1] ABS-CBN's UHF channel ABS-CBN Sports and Action broadcast the men's tournament for the seventeenth consecutive year.

Men's tournament

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Teams

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Team University Seniors' coach
Adamson Soaring Falcons Adamson University (AdU) Philippines Franz Pumaren
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) United StatesNew Zealand Tab Baldwin
De La Salle Green Archers De La Salle University (DLSU) Philippines Aldin Ayo
FEU Tamaraws Far Eastern University (FEU) Philippines Nash Racela
NU Bulldogs National University (NU) Philippines Eric Altamirano
UE Red Warriors University of the East (UE) Philippines Derrick Pumaren
UP Fighting Maroons University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) Philippines Bo Perasol
UST Growling Tigers University of Santo Tomas (UST) Philippines Boy Sablan

Coaching changes

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Team Old coach Reason New coach
Ateneo[2] Bo Perasol Resigned Tab Baldwin
La Salle[3] Juno Sauler Resigned Aldin Ayo
Adamson[4] Mike Fermin End of interim spell Franz Pumaren
UP[5] Renzy Bajar Fired Bo Perasol
UST[6] Bong dela Cruz Fired Boy Sablan

Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers 13 1 .929 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 10 4 .714 3
3 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws 9 5 .643 4 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons 8 6 .571 5
5 NU school colors NU Bulldogs 5 9 .357[a] 8
6 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 5 9 .357[a] 8
7 UE school colors UE Red Warriors 3 11 .214[b] 10
8 UST school colors UST Growling Tigers (H) 3 11 .214[b] 10
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #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: NU 1–1 UP (NU +6)
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: UE 1–1 UST (UE +9)

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Adamson school colors AdamsonUP school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colors
Ateneo school colors AteneoUST school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colors
La Salle school colors La SalleFEU school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colors
FEU school colors FEULa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colors
NU school colors NUUE school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colors
UE school colors UENU school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colors
UP school colors UPAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsUE school colors
UST school colors USTAteneo school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colors
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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Team AdU ADMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson Soaring Falcons 62–61 75–91 65–75 64–51 57–64 104–85 79–52
Ateneo Blue Eagles 73–67 81–97 76–71 60–70 84–69 79–64 73–69
De La Salle Green Archers 86–79 71–83 83–78 75–66 84–78 89–71 100–62
FEU Tamaraws 59–61 59–74 67–73 78–75 67–59 51–49 79–72
NU Bulldogs 53–77 50–65 88–113 56–57 72–66 80–69 75–68
UE Red Warriors 71–79 61–75 66–95 61–64 52–64 71–75 87–88
UP Fighting Maroons 70–66 56–52 72–78 60–63 71–66 67–80 77–83
UST Growling Tigers 61–76 64–74 56–99 48–59 73–69 61–71 69–75
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Bracket

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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1La Salle school colors La Salle69
4Adamson school colors Adamson64
1La Salle school colors La Salle6779
2Ateneo school colors Ateneo6572
2Ateneo school colors Ateneo6169*
3FEU school colors FEU6268

* Game went into overtime.

Semifinals

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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) La Salle vs. (4) Adamson

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The De La Salle Green Archers has the twice-to-beat advantage.

November 23
4:00 p.m.
De La Salle Green Archers La Salle school colors 69–64 Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 15–13, 13–18, 19–13
Pts: Jeron Teng 25
Rebs: Ben Mbala 16
Asts: 3 players, 1 each		 Pts: Sean Manganti 13
Rebs: Papi Sarr 7
Asts: Sean Manganti 3
La Salle wins series in one game

(2) Ateneo vs. (3) FEU

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The Ateneo Blue Eagles has the twice-to-beat advantage.

November 26
4:00 p.m.
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 61–62 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 10–13, 22–12, 19–27
Pts: Aaron Black 11
Rebs: Mike Nieto 8
Asts: Ravena, Verano, 4 each		 Pts: Raymar Jose 20
Rebs: Raymar Jose 23
Asts: Axel Inigo 3
November 30
4:00 p.m.
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 69–68 (OT) FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 23–21, 15–8, 13–17, Overtime: 3–2
Pts: Ravena, Mi. Nieto, 13 each
Rebs: Isaac Go 14
Asts: Adrian Wóng 4		 Pts: Monbert Arong 15
Rebs: Jose, Orizu, 12 each
Asts: Wendel Comboy 6
Ateneo wins series in two games

Finals

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This is the fifth overall Finals matchup between the De La Salle Green Archers and the Ateneo Blue Eagles. The Blue Eagles won their last encounter in 2008.

December 3
3:30 p.m.
De La Salle Green Archers La Salle school colors 67–65 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 17–20, 16–26, 15–13
Pts: Ben Mbala 20
Rebs: Ben Mbala 15
Asts: Andrei Caracut 4		 Pts: Aaron Black 12
Rebs: Chibueze Ikeh 9
Asts: Black, Ravena, 3 each
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 16, 712
December 7
3:30 p.m.
De La Salle Green Archers La Salle school colors 79–72 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 23–19, 14–17, 20–20
Pts: Jeron Teng 28
Rebs: Ben Mbala 10
Asts: Thomas Torres 3		 Pts: Mike Nieto 18
Rebs: Verano, Go, 9 each
Asts: Adrian Wóng 4
La Salle wins series 2–0

Broadcast notes

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All games will be aired on S+A Channel 23, S+A HD Channel 166, TFC.tv and sports.abs-cbn.com. Game 1 was also simulcast on ABS-CBN Channel 2 and ABS-CBN HD Channel 167.

Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside reporters
Game 1 and Game 2 Eric Tipan Christian Luanzon Bea Escudero and Denice Dinsay

Awards

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 UAAP Season 79 men's basketball champions 
La Salle school colors
De La Salle Green Archers
Ninth title
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Players of the Week

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Week Player Ref.
September 7–11 La Salle school colors Ben Mbala (La Salle) [7]
September 14–18 La Salle school colors Jeron Teng (La Salle) [8]
September 21–25 La Salle school colors Kib Montalbo (La Salle) [9]
September 28 – October 2 La Salle school colors Ben Mbala (La Salle) [10]
October 5–9 FEU school colors Monbert Arong (FEU) [11]
October 12–16 UST school colors Marvin Lee (UST) [12]
October 19–23 FEU school colors Raymar Jose (FEU) [13]
October 26–30 UP school colors Jett Manuel (UP) [14]
November 2–6 Ateneo school colors Aaron Black (Ateneo) [15]
November 9–13 Ateneo school colors Isaac Go (Ateneo) [16]

Women's tournament

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Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 NU school colors NU Lady Bulldogs 14 0 1.000 — Advance to the Finals[a]
2 La Salle school colors De La Salle Lady Archers 11 3 .786 3 Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3 UE school colors UE Lady Warriors 10 4 .714 4 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4 Adamson school colors Adamson Lady Falcons 6 8 .429[b] 8
5 UST school colors UST Tigresses (H) 6 8 .429[b] 8
6 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Lady Eagles 4 10 .286 10
7 FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws 3 11 .214 11
8 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 2 12 .143 12
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #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. ^ As NU won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
  2. ^ a b Fourth-seed playoff: Adamson 73–58 UST

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Adamson school colors AdUUP school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colors
Ateneo school colors AdMUUST school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colors
La Salle school colors DLSUFEU school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colors
FEU school colors FEULa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colors
NU school colors NUUE school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colors
UE school colors UENU school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colors
UP school colors UPAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colors
UST school colors USTAteneo school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colors
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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Team AdU ADMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson 74–62 61–69 56–61 53–85 57–69 66–61 66–62
Ateneo 64–65* 57–67 60–56 52–74 50–60 40–42 65–57
La Salle 76–74 71–60 76–52 59–72 74–72 65–46 77–67
FEU 53–57 39–54 66–62 69–80 45–55 56–52 61–65
NU 79–61 80–56 93–77 78–42 62–58 74–30 103–49
UE 66–55 50–30 64–70 49–44 53–92 69–51 74–57
UP 60–67 44–47 48–65 46–44 55–84 39–53 73–80
UST 74–70 59–42 69–72 62–58 49–71 58–64 70–62
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Fourth–seed playoff

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November 23
12:00 n.n.
Adamson Lady Falcons Adamson school colors 73–58 UST school colors UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 14–14, 19–15, 17–21
Pts: Kaye Pingol 17
Rebs: Nathalia Prado 10
Asts: 3 players, 3		 Pts: Shanda Aries 14
Rebs: Misaela Larosa 16
Asts: Aries, Gandalla 3
Adamson enters the Final Four

Bracket

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Stepladder round 1
(Single-elimination)		Stepladder round 2
(No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1NU school colors NU7796
2La Salle school colors La Salle722La Salle school colors La Salle7472
3UE school colors UE483UE school colors UE50
4Adamson school colors Adamson45

Stepladder semifinals

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(3) UE vs. (4) Adamson

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This is a one-game playoff.

November 26
12:00 n.n.
UE Lady Warriors UE school colors 48–45 Adamson school colors Adamson Lady Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 11–7, 14–6, 10–18, 13–14
Pts: Tacula, Chan, 11
Rebs: Chan, Gayacao, 11
Asts: Eunique Chan 3		 Pts: Lacson, Alcoy, 10
Rebs: Nathalia Prado 17
Asts: Camacho, Araja, 4
UE advances to the semifinals

(2) La Salle vs. (3) UE

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In the semifinals, La Salle has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

November 30
12:00 n.n.
De La Salle Lady Archers La Salle school colors 72–50 UE school colors UE Lady Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 15–2, 22–13, 20–19
Pts: Khate Castillo 23
Rebs: Snow Peñaranda 13
Asts: Camille Claro 8		 Pts: Love Joy Sto. Domingo 22
Rebs: Alysaa Gayacao 12
Asts: Nicole Medina 5
La Salle wins series in one game

Finals

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This is a best-of-three playoff.

December 3
12:00 n.n.
NU Lady Bulldogs NU school colors 77–74 La Salle school colors De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 8–20, 28–10, 21–25
Pts: Gemma Miranda 23
Rebs: Gemma Miranda 15
Asts: Bernardino, Miranda, 5 each		 Pts: Khate Castillo 18
Rebs: Snow Peñaranda 11
Asts: Camille Claro 9
December 7
12:00 n.n.
NU Lady Bulldogs NU school colors 96–72 La Salle school colors De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 26–23, 26–9, 18–25
Pts: Gemma Miranda 25
Rebs: Jack Animam 18
Asts: Afril Bernardino 9		 Pts: Khate Castillo 15
Rebs: Snow Peñaranda 11
Asts: Camille Claro 6
NU wins series 2–0

Awards

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 UAAP Season 79 women's basketball champions 
NU school colors
NU Lady Bulldogs
Third title, third consecutive title

Juniors' tournament

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Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 NU school colors NUNS Bullpups 12 2 .857 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws (H) 11 3 .786[a] 1
3 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets 11 3 .786[a] 1 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 La Salle school colors DLSZ Junior Archers 6 8 .429[b] 6
5 UST school colors UST Tiger Cubs 6 8 .429[b] 6
6 UP school colors UPIS Junior Maroons 5 9 .357 7
7 UE school colors UE Junior Warriors 3 11 .214 9
8 Adamson school colors Adamson Baby Falcons[c] 2 12 .143 10
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #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 Second-seed playoff: FEU Diliman 64–62 Ateneo
  2. ^ a b Fourth-seed playoff: DLSZ 72–65 UST
  3. ^ Adamson forfeited 11 wins after Encho Serrano, who participated on those games, was ruled as an ineligible player.[17]

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Adamson school colors AdUUP school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUST school colorsNU school colors
Ateneo school colors AdMUUST school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colors
La Salle school colors DLSZFEU school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colors
FEU school colors FEULa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsAteneo school colors
NU school colors NSNUUE school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colors
UE school colors UENU school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colors
UP school colors UPISAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colors
UST school colors USTAteneo school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colors
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores

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Team AdU ADMU DLSZ FEU NSNU UE UPIS UST
Adamson 77–65[a] 78–53[a] 78–65[a] 80–67[a] 130–47[a] 72–59[a] 86–43[a]
Ateneo 73–79[b] 64–57 73–77 68–73 89–62 79–55 79–73
La Salle 51–78[b] 53–69 56–66 55–80 86–54 59–81 64–58
FEU 75–73 70–75 70–56 67–78 100–82 84–68 87–76
NSNU 68–70[b] 78–71 63–52 46–61 104–54 95–61 73–64
UE – 53–92 59–81 51–94 56–107 63–95 87–77
UP 59–77[b] 77–103 69–82 – 64–90 82–74 67–69
UST 58–92 75–81 83–77* 54–52 59–72 94–81 91–83
Source: [citation needed]
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 d e f g Loss by forfeit
  2. ^ a b c d Win by forfeit

Bracket

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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1NU school colors NSNU72
4La Salle school colors DLSZ50
1NU school colors NSNU6573
2FEU school colors FEU–D6681
2FEU school colors FEU–D5674
3Ateneo school colors Ateneo7572

Fourth–seed playoff

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February 9
2:00 p.m.
4th seed
DLSZ Junior Archers La Salle school colors 72–65 UST school colors UST Tiger Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 20–19, 14–14, 18–21
Pts: Roberto Mariano 17
Rebs: Diaz, Romero, 7
Asts: Franz Diaz 6		 Pts: Crispin Cansino 17
Rebs: Cansino, Fornillos, 12
Asts: Crispin Cansino 5
DLSZ advances to the Final Four

Second–seed playoff

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February 9
4:00 p.m.
2nd seed
Ateneo Blue Eaglets Ateneo school colors 62–64 FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–18, 12–21, 13–19
Pts: SJ Belangel 23
Rebs: Kai Sotto 17
Asts: SJ Belangel 4		 Pts: Jack Gloria 14
Rebs: Jack Gloria 13
Asts: Abarrientos, Gonzales, 4
FEU Diliman wins the twice–to–beat advantage

Semifinals

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(1) NSNU vs. (4) DLSZ

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In the semifinals, NU has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

February 14
3:30 p.m.
NUNS Bullpups NU school colors 72–50 La Salle school colors DLSZ Junior Archers
Scoring by quarter: 17–8, 22–12, 12–22, 21–8
Pts: John Lloyd Clemente 28
Rebs: Rhayyan Amsali 11
Asts: 3 players, 2		 Pts: Jan Sobrevega 13
Rebs: Martin Romero 14
Asts: 3 players, 2
NSNU wins series in one game

(2) FEU Diliman vs. (3) Ateneo

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The FEU Baby Tamaraws had the twice-to-beat advantage after beating the Ateneo Blue Eaglets for the second-seed, which led to a virtual best-of-three playoff series.

February 14
1:00 p.m.
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws FEU school colors 56–75 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 14–26, 12–13, 11–15
Pts: Louell Gonzales 13
Rebs: Kenji Roman 8
Asts: Louell Gonzales 4		 Pts: Dave Ildefonso 19
Rebs: Kai Sotto 12
Asts: Belangel, Angeles, 3
February 17
3:00 p.m.
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws FEU school colors 74–72 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 13–15, 20–18, 18–17
Pts: Louell Gonzales 22
Rebs: Jack Gloria 11
Asts: Jun Gabane 5		 Pts: Sotto, Credo, 16
Rebs: Romulo Berjay 15
Asts: SJ Belangel 4
FEU Diliman wins series in two games

Finals

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February 21
3:30 p.m.
NUNS Bullpups NU school colors 65–66 FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 14–19, 18–14, 13–9
Pts: John Clemente 25
Rebs: Rhayyan Amsali 7
Asts: Paul Manalang 5		 Pts: Kenji Roman 12
Rebs: Louell Gonzales 10
Asts: Louell Gonzales 10
February 24
3:30 p.m.
NUNS Bullpups NU school colors 73–81 FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 8–15, 16–21, 23–30
Pts: John Lloyd Clemente 26
Rebs: Karl Penano 9
Asts: Daniel Atienza 5		 Pts: Kenji Roman 18
Rebs: Kenji Roman 15
Asts: Louell Gonzales 6
FEU Diliman wins series 2–0

Awards

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 UAAP Season 79 juniors' basketball champions 
FEU school colors
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Eighth title

Overall Championship points

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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:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FEU avoids meltdown, wins first UAAP title in 10 years". Rappler.
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