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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.

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

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

Name changes

Coaching changes

Venues

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

Squads

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

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

Elimination round

Team standings

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

Source: UAAP on Livestats
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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.

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

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

Bracket

Semifinals

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

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]

(2) UP vs. (3) NU

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]

Finals

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]

Awards

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

Players of the Week

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

Player suspensions

Statistical leaders

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

Statistical points leaders

Player game highs

  1. ^ Game went into overtime.
  2. ^ Game ended in regulation time.

Player season highs

Team game highs

Team season highs

Women's tournament

Elimination round

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

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

Source: UAAP on Livestats
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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.

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

Semifinals

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

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]

(2) La Salle vs. (3) UST

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

Finals

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]

Awards

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

Players of the Week

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

Player suspensions

Statistical leaders

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

Statistical points leaders

Player game highs

Player season highs

Team game highs

Team season highs

Boys' tournament

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

Team standings

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

Source: UAAP on Livestats
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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.

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

Semifinals

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

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]

(2) FEU Diliman vs. (3) NSNU

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

Finals

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]

Awards

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

Overall championship points

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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