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UAAP Season 81
It All Begins Here
Host schoolNational University
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 88 992
UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 79 810
DurationDecember 1–5, 2018
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPThirdy Ravena
Winning coachTab Baldwin (2nd title)
SemifinalistsAdamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons
FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action
Liga
ABS-CBN
Women's Finals G1 G2Wins
NU school colors NU Lady Bulldogs 71 672
FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws 59 610
DurationDecember 1–5, 2018
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPJack Animam
Winning coachPatrick Aquino (5th title)
SemifinalistsUST school colors UST Tigresses
Adamson school colors Adamson Lady Falcons
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action
Juniors' Finals G1 G2Wins
NU school colors NUNS Bullpups 70 642
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets 58 530
DurationFebruary 18–22, 2019
Arena(s)Filoil Flying V Centre
Finals MVPCarl Tamayo
Winning coachGoldwin Monteverde (1st title)
SemifinalistsFEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Adamson school colors Adamson Baby Falcons
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action
< Season 80 2018–19 Season 82 >

The UAAP Season 81 basketball tournaments were the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2018–19 school year.

Former NU Bulldogs athletic director Junel Baculi replaced Atty. Rebo Saguisag as commissioner for the season's basketball tournaments on August 28, 2018. Former Vietnam Basketball Association commissioner Tonichi Pujante was also appointed as assistant commissioner.[1]

The senior men's and women's tournaments began on September 8, 2018[2] while the games of the juniors' division began on November 11.[3]

The Ateneo Blue Eagles and the NU Lady Bulldogs successfully defended their championships this season. Ateneo finished first after the elimination round, followed by Adamson. UP, FEU and La Salle finished tied for third, with UP getting the #3 seed due to tiebreakers. FEU defeated La Salle in the playoff for the #4 seed, and were beaten by Ateneo in the semifinals. Adamson lost out in the semifinals again, losing to UP, who have never been in the semifinals since 1998. Qualifying to its first UAAP Finals since 1986, UP was swept by Ateneo in the latter's second consecutive (and tenth overall) UAAP title. Thirdy Ravena was named Finals MVP, after scoring a still-standing UAAP Finals record of 38 points in the title-clinching Game 2.

The NU Lady Bulldogs won all elimination round games, qualifying to the Finals outright. FEU emerged through the stepladder playoffs that also involved UST and Adamson as NU's Finals opponent, but were still swept by the Lady Bulldogs. NU won its fifth consecutive title, all unbeaten seasons, for a still-standing league record of 80–0 in the last five tournaments.

In the Juniors' Division, the NU Bullpups and the Ateneo Blue Eaglets finished the elimination round with the top two seeds. NU eliminated the Adamson Baby Falcons, the only team that defeated them in the eliminations, while Ateneo defeated FEU Baby Tamaraws. In the rematch of last year's finals, the Bullpups defeated the defending champions, by winning all two Finals games. The Bullpups won their fourth title since 2011.

Teams

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All eight member universities of the UAAP fielded teams in all three divisions.

University Men's team Women's team Juniors' team
Adamson University Soaring Falcons Lady Falcons Baby Falcons
Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles Lady Eagles Blue Eaglets
De La Salle University Green Archers Lady Archers Junior Archers
Far Eastern University Tamaraws Lady Tamaraws Baby Tamaraws
National University Bulldogs Lady Bulldogs Bullpups
University of the East Red Warriors Lady Warriors Junior Warriors
University of the Philippines Diliman Fighting Maroons Lady Maroons Junior Maroons
University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers Tigresses Tiger Cubs

Coaches

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University Men's coach Women's coach Juniors' coach
Adamson University Franz Pumaren Ewon Arayi Mike Fermin
Ateneo de Manila University Tab Baldwin Anthony John Flores Reggie Varilla[4]
De La Salle University Louie Gonzalez Pocholo Villanueva Boris Aldeguer
Far Eastern University Olsen Racela Bert Flores Michael Oliver
National University Jamike Jarin Patrick Aquino Goldwin Monteverde
University of the East Joe Silva Aileen Lebornio Florence Conlu
University of the Philippines Diliman Bo Perasol Kenneth Marius Raval Paolo Mendoza
University of Santo Tomas Aldin Ayo Haydee Ong Bonnie Garcia[5]

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date Replaced by Date
UST Growling Tigers Boy Sablan Terminated November 21, 2017[6] Aldin Ayo January 8, 2018[7]
UE Red Warriors Derrick Pumaren Resigned November 22, 2017[8] Joe Silva May 2, 2018[9]
De La Salle Green Archers Aldin Ayo Signed with UST Growling Tigers January 3, 2018[10] Louie Gonzalez January 4, 2018[11]
UST Tiger Cubs Chris Cantonjos Resigned February 21, 2018[12] Bonnie Garcia April 6, 2018[5]
Ateneo Blue Eaglets Joe Silva Resigned April 10, 2018[4] Reggie Varilla April 10, 2018[4]

Venues

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The Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City were the primary venues for the men's tournament, and the venues for the finals series for the women's tournament. The Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan and the Blue Eagle Gym in Quezon City were the alternate venues for the men's and women's tournament, respectively and the main venue for the women's and juniors' tournaments.[13]

In the second round of the men's tournament, two game days were scheduled at the Ynares Center in Antipolo.[14]

Men'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 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 12 2 .857 Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons 10 4 .714 2
3 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 8 6 .571[a] 4 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws 8 6 .571[a] 4
5 La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers 8 6 .571[a] 4
6 UST school colors UST Growling Tigers 5 9 .357 7
7 NU school colors NU Bulldogs (H) 4 10 .286 8
8 UE school colors UE Red Warriors 1 13 .071 11
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 c Head-to-head record: UP 3–1, FEU 2–2, La Salle 1–3; Fourth-seed playoff: FEU 71–70 La Salle

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Adamson school colors AdamsonAteneo school colorsUE school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colors
Ateneo school colors AteneoAdamson school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colors
La Salle school colors La SalleFEU school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colors
FEU school colors FEULa Salle school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colors
NU school colors NUUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colors
UE school colors UEUP school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colors
UP school colors UPUE school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colors
UST school colors USTNU school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colors
Source: [citation needed]
  = 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 DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson Soaring Falcons 74–70 78–79* 85–88* 63–58 90–76 69–68 79–71
Ateneo Blue Eagles 62–48 71–55 60–63 72–46 89–62 87–79 85–53
De La Salle Green Archers 50–57 62–71 61–68 80–76 82–72 61–67 99–72
FEU Tamaraws 82–56 62–82 57–65 73–68 65–90 89–73 74–76
NU Bulldogs 58–69 64–79 77–84 74–79 88–61 88–89 75–70
UE Red Warriors 72–85 70–90 59–79 61–80 71–79 58–87 66–80
UP Fighting Maroons 72–80 66–83 97–81 95–82 82–71 94–81 72–86
UST Growling Tigers 83–96 62–102 69–110 78–70 61–69 79–68 69–83
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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The Tamaraws and the Green Archers last met in the fourth seed playoff in 2012 in which La Salle won. The winner faces Ateneo in the semifinals while the loser gets eliminated.

November 21
3:30 p.m.PHT
FEU Tamaraws FEU school colors 71–70 La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 14–17, 18–13, 17–19
Pts: Arvin Tolentino15
Rebs: Barkley Eboña 16
Asts: Jasper Parker 5
Pts: Leonard Santillan 20
Rebs: Justine Baltazar 9
Asts: Aljun Melecio 6
FEU advances to the Final Four
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Referees: Allan Manzano, Don Arguelles, Garry Villanueva

Prior to the game both teams were having ups and downs into this match-up, after losing their first four games in the second round FEU manage to win their last three games to salvage their season, while La Salle sitting as the #4 and #3 throughout the season lost their last two games that denied them a chance for the last twice-to-beat advantage and a slot in the semifinals. In the first quarter, the Tamaraws were leading already by seven points, 17–10, towards the end of that period but the Green Archers countered it with an 11–2 run to take the lead by two points, 21–19. An Axel Iñigo buzzer beater 3-point shot regained the lead for FEU as they took a single-point lead. In the second quarter, both teams exchanged blows but La Salle took matters the most to lead by two points at halftime, 38–36. In the third quarter, FEU pounced La Salle into a corner with a five-point lead but La Salle cut the deficit by three points, 54–51, heading into the final period. In the fourth quarter, the Tamaraws were trying to pull away while the Green Archers were trying to catch up. La Salle eventually crept up tying the game and regained the lead. FEU's Prince Orizu fouled out of the game as Barkley Eboña returned to the game despite suffering from cramps earlier. La Salle took advantage of it as they led by four points towards the last two minutes of the game. However, FEU went within striking distance going toe to toe against La Salle cutting the lead by a single basket. The Green Archers swung back the lead by four, 70–66. with less than a minute remaining in the game. In an inbound play, Jasper Parker passed the ball to Ken Tuffin and converted his jumper and cut La Salle's lead by two points with less than 40 seconds remaining. Off a timeout, La Salle inbounded a pass but turned the ball over as it paved the way for FEU to steal the game from them. After the timeout, FEU had the possession with Parker holding the ball as he found a wide open Arvin Tolentino who shot a three-pointer to take the lead for FEU, 71–70, with 3.1 seconds remaining. In La Salle's final possession, Aljun Melecio found an open Leonard Santillan to win the game for them but eventually he was blocked by three FEU defenders winning the Tamaraws the game. Arvin Tolentino, who had a season plagued with controversy, led the scoring for FEU with 15 points with three three-pointers made including the last shot that sealed the game for them, while Barkley Eboña, one of the unsung heroes for FEU, finished with a double-double of 12 points and 16 rebounds.

Bracket

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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)
Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1Ateneo school colors Ateneo80
4FEU school colors FEU61
1Ateneo school colors Ateneo8899
3UP school colors UP7981
2Adamson school colors Adamson7187
3UP school colors UP7389*

*Game went into overtime.

Semifinals

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Ateneo and Adamson had the twice to beat advantage. Ateneo qualified for its fifth consecutive Final Four appearance, and the second consecutive year where they are the first seed. Adamson, the second seed, was in its third consecutive appearance, and improved on last year's third seed. Third seed UP qualified for its first Final Four appearance in 21 years, last appearing in the playoffs in 1997. FEU advanced to the Final Four in its sixth consecutive season, the longest active streak.

(1) Ateneo vs. (4) FEU

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Ateneo had the twice-to-beat advantage. Ateneo has faced FEU in the semifinals in three consecutive seasons where the Blue Eagles won the last two series.

November 25
3:30 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 80–61 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 21–15, 21–12, 21–25
Pts: Thirdy Ravena 22
Rebs: Ange Kouame 11
Asts: Thirdy Ravena 4
Pts: Barkley Eboña 9
Rebs: Ken Tuffin 12
Asts: Axel Iñigo 3
Ateneo wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Referees: Nestor Sambrano, Ariel Bermeo, Emman Faraon

Ateneo started off with all cylinders on fire highlighted by two consecutive dunks by Thirdy Ravena to start the game on an 8–0 start despite FEU finally converted their shots with two consecutive three-pointers to cut the deficit by four points. However, the Tamaraws never had a chance to catch up against the Blue Eagles as they were blown out by as many as 31 points towards the end of the 3rd quarter. Ateneo outscored FEU in every quarter except in the last period as they didn't needed to use their twice to beat advantage after going wire to wire in the past few seasons. They finally marched on to their third consecutive Finals appearance and twelfth overall in the Final Four era.

(2) Adamson vs. (3) UP

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Adamson had the twice-to-beat advantage. The Falcons and the Fighting Maroons were in their first playoff match-up against each other. The winner of the series would be the seventh team to qualify in the Finals in the Final Four era.

November 24
3:30 p.m.PHT
Adamson Soaring Falcons Adamson school colors 71–73 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 13–11, 14–26, 28–19
Pts: Papi Sarr 23
Rebs: Papi Sarr 9
Asts: Jerrick Ahanmisi 4
Pts: Desiderio, Ju. Gómez de Liaño, 19 each
Rebs: Bright Akhuetie 14
Asts: Paul Desiderio 4
Mall of Asia Arena
Attendance: 14,657
Referees: Ariel Bermeo, Allan Manzano, Don Arguelles
November 28
3:30 p.m.PHT
Adamson Soaring Falcons Adamson school colors 87–89 (OT) UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 26–25, 25–13, 11–14Overtime: 9–11
Pts: Jerrick Ahanmisi 20
Rebs: Papi Sarr 15
Asts: Jerom Lastimosa 5
Pts: Juan Gómez de Liaño 30
Rebs: Bright Akhuetie 17
Asts: Jun Manzo 4
UP wins series in two games
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Attendance: 20,944
Referees: Garry Villanueva, Emman Faraon, Ribel Cañelas

In the first game of the series, both teams exchanged leads in the 1st half with UP taking the 1st quarter while Adamson taking the 2nd to nudge by a point at halftime. But the Fighting Maroons outscored the Falcons in the 3rd quarter 26–14 to take an 11-point lead heading into the 4th quarter. Adamson refused to lose as they countered them with a 26-11 scoring run to lead by 4 but UP countered it back with a 6–0 run of their own to take a 71-69 heading into regulation. A costly foul by UP sends Sean Manganti to the free throw line as he converted both of his free throws. UP called a timeout with 3.7 seconds remaining in the game to strategize the play as Juan Gómez de Liaño from the inbound found an open Bright Akhuetie to seal the game for them as they forced a rubber match.

In the second game, the Fighting Maroons kept their guns ablaze as they led by ten points in the first quarter and nine points at half time. Their lead later ballooned already by 16 points, 60–44, but the Falcons countered it with their own scoring with a 23–4 run to take the lead at the end of the third quarter, 67–64. Both teams exchanged leads towards regulation as UP led by three points with less than ten seconds remaining, 78–75. Jerom Lastimosa shot a three-point shot to tie the game once again at 78-all with UP in ball possession. Paul Desiderio missed a shot as the game went into overtime. In the extra period Adamson took a six-point lead already, 84–78, with 2:39 remaining in overtime, but UP scored 6 straight points to tie once again at 84-all with 58.2 seconds remaining. Adamson's top gunner Jerrick Ahanmisi went down with cramps after a contested layup against Bright Akhuetie was waved off by the referee, instead calling it a foul on JD Tungcab on the floor. Ahanmisi missed the remainder of the game. Two free throws were awarded to Adamson because they were already in the penalty. Jonathan Espeleta came in to take the shots in place of Jerrick Ahanmisi but split his freethrows to lead by a point. A three-point shot by Paul Desiderio swang back the lead to UP 87–85 with forty seconds remaining but a foul by UP sent another Adamson player back into the free throw line and tied for one last time at 87-all. Desiderio's jumper over Sean Manganti however put UP back on top 89–87 with 6.6 seconds remaining with Adamson calling its last time out. The ball was given to Jerom Lastimosa to win the game but he missed a three-point shot that would give Adamson the victory, as UP won the game and entered the Finals for the first time since 1986.

Finals

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The best-of-three finals began on December 1. It would be the first Finals match-up between the two teams. This is the first time that UP has made it to the finals since 1986, while defending champions Ateneo were in its third consecutive Finals appearance. The winner qualified for the 2018 PCCL National Collegiate Championship.

December 1
3:30 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 88–79 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 13–20, 24–23, 25–18
Pts: Matt Nieto 27
Rebs: Ange Kouame 12
Asts: Thirdy Ravena 9
Pts: Jun Manzo 19
Rebs: Juan Gómez de Liaño 8
Asts: Paul Desiderio 8
Mall of Asia Arena
Attendance: 21,608
Referees: Allan Manzano, Don Arguelles, Sam del Rosario
December 5
3:30 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 99–81 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 23–24, 22–19, 29–25
Pts: Thirdy Ravena 38
Rebs: Ange Kouame 20
Asts: Thirdy Ravena 6
Pts: Juan Gómez de Liaño 24
Rebs: Bright Akhuetie 8
Asts: 4 players, 3 each
Ateneo wins series, 2–0
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Attendance: 23,471
Referees: Ronwaldo de Luna, Garry Villanueva, Ribel Cañelas

Awards

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 UAAP Season 81 men's basketball champions 
Ateneo school colors
Ateneo Blue Eagles
Tenth title, second consecutive title
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Players of the Week

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Week ending Player Team
September 9[16] Jerrick Ahanmisi Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons
September 12[17] Renzo Subido UST school colors UST Growling Tigers
September 23[18] Justine Baltazar La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
September 30[19] Sean Manganti Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons
October 8[20] Wendell Comboy FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
October 15[21] CJ Cansino UST school colors UST Growling Tigers
October 22[22] Ange Kouame Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles
October 29[23] CJ Cansino UST school colors UST Growling Tigers
November 5[24] Aljun Melecio La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
November 12[25] Bright Akhuetie UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons
November 19[26] Juan Gómez de Liaño UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons

Statistics

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Players' statistical points

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# Player Team Total
1 Nigeria Bright Akhuetie UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 82.5000
2 Ivory Coast Ange Kouame Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 76.2143
3 Philippines Alvin Pasaol UE school colors UE Red Warriors 74.5714
4 Philippines Juan Gómez de Liaño UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 63.8571
5 Philippines Justine Baltazar La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers 58.3846

Season player highs

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Statistic Player Team Average
Points Philippines Alvin Pasaol UE school colors UE Red Warriors 24.4
Rebounds Nigeria Bright Akhuetie UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 14.6
Assists Philippines Juan Gómez de Liaño UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 5.5
Steals Philippines Alvin Pasaol UE school colors UE Red Warriors 1.9
Blocks Ivory Coast Ange Kouame Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 3.2

Game player highs

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Statistic Player Team Total Opponent
Points Philippines John Lloyd Clemente
Philippines Thirdy Ravena
NU school colors NU Bulldogs
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles
38 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons
Rebounds Ivory Coast Ange Kouame Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 27 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
Assists Philippines Philip Manalang
Philippines Juan Gómez de Liaño
UE school colors UE Red Warriors
UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons
12 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
UE school colors UE Red Warriors
Steals Philippines Raffy Verano
Philippines Alvin Pasaol
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles
UE school colors UE Red Warriors
5 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons
FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws
Blocks Senegal Issa Gaye NU school colors NU Bulldogs 8 UST school colors UST Growling Tigers
UE school colors UE Red Warriors

Game team highs

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Statistic Team Total Opponent
Points La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers 110 UST school colors UST Growling Tigers
Rebounds UST school colors UST Growling Tigers 59 NU school colors NU Bulldogs
Assists UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 28 NU school colors NU Bulldogs
Steals Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons 12 La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
Blocks Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons
La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
18 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles
FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws

Season team highs

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Statistic Team Average
Points UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 80.3
Rebounds Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 47.1
Assists UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 19.9
Steals Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons 7.2
Blocks Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 5.6

Broadcast notes

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ABS-CBN Sports is the official broadcaster of the UAAP Season 81 Men's Basketball games.

Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside Reporters
4th seed playoff Boom Gonzales Ronnie Magsanoc Sydney Crespo and Aiyana Perlas
Semis #1 vs. #4 Mico Halili Christian Luanzon Frannie Reyes and Sydney Crespo
Semis #2 vs. #3, Game 1 Boom Gonzales TJ Manotoc Sam Corrales and Cor Catibayan
Semis #2 vs. #3, Game 2 Nikko Ramos TJ Manotoc Sam Corrales and Cor Catibayan
Finals, Game 1 Mico Halili Ronnie Magsanoc Frannie Reyes and Sam Corrales
Finals, Game 2 Nikko Ramos Christian Luanzon Frannie Reyes and Sam Corrales

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 (H) 14 0 1.000 Advance to the Finals[a]
2 FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws 9 5 .643[b] 5 Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3 Adamson school colors Adamson Lady Falcons 9 5 .643[b] 5 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4 UST school colors UST Tigresses 8 6 .571[c] 6
5 La Salle school colors De La Salle Lady Archers 8 6 .571[c] 6
6 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Lady Eagles 4 10 .286[d] 10
7 UE school colors UE Lady Warriors 4 10 .286[d] 10
8 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 0 14 .000 14
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 Second-seed playoff: FEU 67–63 Adamson
  3. ^ a b Fourth-seed playoff: UST 79–67 La Salle
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Ateneo 2–0 UE

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Adamson school colors AdamsonLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colors
Ateneo school colors AteneoUP school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colors
La Salle school colors La SalleAdamson school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colors
FEU school colors FEUUE school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colors
NU school colors NUUST school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colors
UE school colors UEFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsUP school colors
UP school colors UPAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUE school colors
UST school colors USTNU school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colors
Source: [citation needed]
  = 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 La Salle FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson Lady Falcons 72–54 57–72 59–55 62–92 61–49 68–51 55–85
Ateneo Lady Eagles 65–80 56–82 44–54 64–90 68–66 64–60 38–67
La Salle 66–64 57–39 55–77 66–74 64–61 81–60 73–63
FEU Lady Tamaraws 69–73* 73–71 77–62 58–91 52–34 69–55 91–87***
NU Lady Bulldogs 86–58 76–52 111–64 68–44 80–53 109–46 79–71
UE Lady Warriors 75–76 63–69 86–69 57–64 59–89 49–40 51–53
UP Fighting Maroons 43–69 51–63 56–68 66–80 41–97 56–71 42–129
UST Tigresses 72–76 82–60 68–65 76–68 57–96 64–66 103–58
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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This is a one-game playoff. The winner advances to the 1st round of the stepladder; the loser is eliminated.

November 21
9:00 a.m.PHT
De La Salle Lady Archers La Salle school colors 67–79 UST school colors UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 12–21, 17–16, 17–25
Pts: Ana Castillo 20
Rebs: Johanna Arciga 8
Asts: Bettina Binaohan 5
Pts: Grace Irebu 29
Rebs: Grace Irebu 14
Asts: Ruby Portillo 8
UST advances to the Stepladder Round 1

Second–seed playoff

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The winner advances to the 2nd round of the stepladder with the twice to beat advantage; the loser is relegated to the 1st round of the stepladder.

November 21
11:00 a.m.PHT
Adamson Lady Falcons Adamson school colors 63–67 FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 19–19, 14–20, 13–13
Pts: Jamie Alcoy 25
Rebs: Nat Prado 13
Asts: Mariz Cacho 3
Pts: Clare Castro 25
Rebs: Clare Castro 16
Asts: Fatima Quiapo 5
FEU wins the twice–to–beat advantage

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 NU7167
2FEU school colors FEU682FEU school colors FEU5961
3Adamson school colors Adamson694UST school colors UST66
4UST school colors UST78

Stepladder semifinals

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(3) Adamson vs. (4) UST

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This is a one-game playoff. Adamson last faced UST in the semifinals in 2011 in which the Lady Falcons won.

November 25
11:00 a.m.PHT
Adamson Lady Falcons Adamson school colors 69–78 UST school colors UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 11–21, 22–17, 22–18
Pts: Nat Prado 34
Rebs: Nat Prado 10
Asts: Kath Araja 5
Pts: Grace Irebu 28
Rebs: Grace Irebu 20
Asts: Clarice Aujero 7
UST advances to the Stepladder Round 2

(2) FEU vs. (4) UST

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FEU holds the twice to beat advantage. The Lady Tamaraws last faced the Tigresses in the first round of last year's stepladder semifinals where UST won.

November 28
9:00 a.m.PHT
FEU Lady Tamaraws FEU school colors 68–66 UST school colors UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 15–18, 22–13, 15–23
Pts: Clare Castro 32
Rebs: Clare Castro 15
Asts: Nina Antiola 4
Pts: Grace Irebu 28
Rebs: Grace Irebu 13
Asts: Sai Larosa 5
FEU wins series in one game
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Referees: Don Arguelles, Ruben Agbalo, Julius David

Finals

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The NU Lady Bulldogs advance to the best-of-three finals by winning all 14 elimination round games. The Lady Bulldogs have not lost for 78 consecutive games, and have swept the elimination round for the past five seasons.[27] This is a rematch of the 2014 Finals where the Lady Bulldogs won, and was the last Finals appearance of the Lady Tamaraws.

December 1
11:00 a.m.PHT
NU Lady Bulldogs NU school colors 71–59 FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 15–20, 21–5, 13–21
Pts: Jack Animam 19
Rebs: Jack Animam 12
Asts: Monique Del Carmen 6
Pts: Clare Castro 15
Rebs: Clare Castro 13
Asts: Fatima Quiapo 5
December 5
11:00 a.m.PHT
NU Lady Bulldogs NU school colors 67–61 FEU school colors FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 23–9, 13–19, 13–17
Pts: Rhena Itesi 17
Rebs: Jack Animam 21
Asts: Monique Del Carmen 4
Pts: Fatima Quiapo 15
Rebs: Clare Castro 13
Asts: Camille Taguiam 6
NU wins series, 2–0

Awards

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 UAAP Season 81 women's basketball champions 
NU school colors
NU Lady Bulldogs
Fifth title, fifth consecutive title
  • Most Valuable Player: Grace Irebu (UST Tigresses)[28]
  • Rookie of the Year: Reynalyn Ferrer (UST Tigresses)
  • Mythical Team:[28]
    • Grace Irebu (UST Tigresses)
    • Jack Danielle Animam (NU Lady Bulldogs)
    • Misaela Larosa (UST Tigresses)
    • Nathalie Prado (Adamson Lady Falcons)
    • Clare Castro (FEU Lady Tamaraws)

Player of the Week

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Week ending Player Team
October 22 [22] Ria Nabalan NU school colors NU Bulldogs

Juniors' tournament

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The juniors' tournament began on November 11, 2018 at the Blue Eagle Gym, Quezon City.

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 (H) 13 1 .929 Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets 11 3 .786 2
3 FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 9 5 .643[a] 4 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 Adamson school colors Adamson Baby Falcons 9 5 .643[a] 4
5 UST school colors UST Tiger Cubs 7 7 .500 6
6 La Salle school colors DLSZ Junior Archers 4 10 .286 9
7 UE school colors UE Junior Warriors 2 12 .143 11
8 UP school colors UPIS Junior Maroons 1 13 .071 12
Updated to match(es) played on February 10, 2019. Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: FEU 2–0 Adamson

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Adamson school colors AdamsonUP school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colors
Ateneo school colors AteneoUST school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colors
La Salle school colors La SalleZUE school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colors
FEU school colors FEU–DNU school colorsUE school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsNU school colors
NU school colors NSNUFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colors
UE school colors UELa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colors
UP school colors UPISAdamson school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUE school colors
UST school colors USTAteneo school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colors
Source: [citation needed]
  = 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 La SalleZ FEU NSNU UE UPIS UST
Adamson Baby Falcons 59–75 72–57 60–75 62–59 56–44 78–66 77–74
Ateneo Blue Eaglets 72–59 69–54 80–87* 62–78 84–62 77–60 74–61
De La Salle Junior Archers 77–94 59–88 67–62 49–91 66–56 55–48 55–63
FEU Baby Tamaraws 80–72 61–77 95–68 70–78 81–54 102–72 63–37
NSNU Bullpups 112–71 78–71 82–67 81–75 115–43 104–54 84–55
UE Junior Warriors 64–85 59–82 66–70 82–99 56–77 74–72 60–70
UPIS Junior Maroons 66–94 68–115 64–56 65–87 55–106 76–80 63–75
UST Tiger Cubs 67–69 78–87 85–64 86–83 66–94 85–63 80–65
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)
Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1NU school colors NSNU94
4Adamson school colors Adamson72
1NU school colors NSNU7064
2Ateneo school colors Ateneo5853
2Ateneo school colors Ateneo90
3FEU school colors FEU Diliman82

Semifinals

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(1) NSNU vs. (4) Adamson

[edit]

The NSNU Bullpups have a twice-to-beat advantage.

February 15 (15-02)
1:00 p.m.PHT
NUNS Bullpups NU school colors 94–72 Adamson school colors Adamson Baby Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 30–18, 24–17, 22–21, 18–16
Pts: Terrence Fortea 30
Pts Cyril Gonzales 13
Pts Gerry Abadiano 11
Pts: Didat Hanapi 19
Pts Adam Manlapaz 12
Pts Jeremy Guarino 11
NSNU wins series in one game
Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
Referees: Garry Villanueva, Julius Medillo, Edmar Avis

(2) Ateneo vs. (3) FEU Diliman

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The Ateneo Blue Eaglets have a twice-to-beat advantage.

February 15 (15-02)
3:00 p.m.PHT
Ateneo Blue Eaglets Ateneo school colors 90–82 FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 21–11, 27–23, 24–30
Pts: Kai Sotto 22
Rebs: Kai Sotto 8
Asts: Ian Espinosa 4
Pts: RR Tolentino 19
Rebs: RR Tolentino 14
Asts: RJ Abarrientos 5
Ateneo wins series in one game
Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
Referees: Irewin Traballo, Emman Faraon, Ribel Cañelas

Finals

[edit]

This is a best-of-three playoff.

February 18 (18-02)
3:00 p.m.PHT
NUNS Bullpups NU school colors 70–58 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 11–19, 28–15, 17–13
Pts: Carl Tamayo 15
Rebs: Kevin Quiambao 13
Rebs Carl Tamayo 12
Pts: Kai Sotto 16
Rebs: Kai Sotto 15
Asts: Forthsky Padrigao 8
February 22 (22-02)
3:00 p.m.PHT
NUNS Bullpups NU school colors 64–53 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 13–16, 15–14, 18–8
Pts: Terrence Fortea 15
Rebs: Carl Tamayo, Cyril Gonzales 10
Asts: Kevin Quiambao 5
Pts: Kai Sotto 26
Pts Forthsky Padrigao 8
Rebs: Kai Sotto 25
NSNU wins series, 2–0
Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City
Referees: Don Arguelles, Ariel Bermeo, Edgar Orpilla
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Carl Tamayo (NUNS Bullpups)

Awards

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 UAAP Season 81 juniors' basketball champions 
NU school colors
NUNS Bullpups
Seventh title
  • Most Valuable Player: Kai Sotto (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
  • Mythical Five:
Six players were named to the Mythical team for the first time in UAAP history.[29]
  • Kai Sotto (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
  • Mark Nonoy (UST Tiger Cubs)
  • Rence Keith Sean Padrigao (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
  • John Bismarck Lina (UST Tiger Cubs)
  • Rhonjhay Abarrientos (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
  • Jose Manuel Sabandal (Adamson Baby Falcons)

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:

  • Ranks 5th to 8th determined by elimination round standings.
  • Loser of the #1 vs #4 semifinal match-up is ranked 4th
    • If stepladder: Loser of stepladder semifinals round 1 is ranked 4th
  • Loser of the #2 vs #3 semifinal match-up is ranked 3rd
    • If stepladder: Loser of stepladder semifinals round 2 is ranked 3rd
  • Loser of the finals is ranked 2nd
  • Champion is ranked 1st

See also

[edit]

References

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Preceded by UAAP basketball seasons
Season 81 (2018)
Succeeded by