UAAP Season 71 basketball tournaments
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The basketball tournaments of University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 71 started on July 5 at the Araneta Coliseum with University of the Philippines, Diliman as hosts. The defending champions are De La Salle Green Archers (men), Ateneo Lady Eagles (women) and the De La Salle Junior Archers (juniors).
NCAA Season 83 basketball commissioner and Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines president Chito Narvasa is the season's commissioner. The theme is "Filipino Leadership Through Sports Excellence".[1]
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Men's tournament
Preseason events
Aboy Castro succeeds Joe Lipa as the new head coach of the UP Fighting Maroons, after Lipa led his team to a 0-14 record in Season 70. Castro was an assistant coach of Glenn Capacio for the Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws, and of Chot Reyes for the Philippines men's basketball national team, the San Miguel Beermen and Talk 'N Text Phone Pals. [2]
Elimination round
Newly crowned World Boxing Council lightweight and super featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Washington Wizards player Gilbert Arenas attended the July 6 games featuring host UP and NU and the Ateneo-La Salle game. Pacquiao was given Sports Excellence award by the UAAP Board while Arenas was on town on a promotional tour.
On July 24, FEU player Mac Baracael was shot and critically wounded near the FEU campus. The assailant used a caliber .45 pistol[3] with a silencer. Baracael is now in stable condition; police speculate that the shooting maybe basketball-related.[4] Baracael suited up for the Tamaraws in their game against NU, August 28, 2008.
Team standings
Tiebreakers:
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Schedule
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Rivalry games
Postseason teams
Ateneo Blue Eagles
Ateneo opened the season against La Salle, eking out a six-point win 79-73. After an easy win against Adamson, the Eagles were taken to the edge by UE before winning. They won two more games until the sixth game against FEU. The Tamaraws seized the initiative in the endgame to deal Ateneo their first and only loss of the season even with Rabeh Al-Hussaini scoring half of Ateneo's 66 points. Ateneo won the next six games, including a close game versus UST, and an overtime win against UE in which Ryan Buenafe did the heroics over two UE centers, and a rout against NU, the last of which clinched them the twice to beat advantage in the semifinals, en route to the elimination round finale against the Green Archers, in which they never let the Archers lead, en route to a 65-57 win against their arch-rivals. The 13-1 league leading Blue Eagles will now face the 9-5 UE Red Warriors in which both the games in the elimination round were close but with the men in blue and white victorious.
La Salle Green Archers
After losing their first game against the Eagles, La Salle won five consecutive games. UE gave La Salle their second loss but La Salle won their next game also against the Red Warriors. La Salle won their next three games but lost to FEU. With head coach Franz Pumaren out of the country coaching the under-18 team in the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2008, La Salle prevented overtime with a buzzer-beating put-back for the win against UST, and an overtime win against Adamson to ensure a semifinals berth. Their next game against league-leading Ateneo Blue Eagles would be crucial for them to clinch the twice to beat advantage, even with FEU losing their final elimination game against UE, they lost the game against the Eagles. La Salle's leading scorer in Jvee Casio was being guarded well by the Eagles ended up having a nightmare game, sinking only two field goals out of 17 from the field. The Archers now will have a knockout game against the Tamaraws for the 2nd seed and twice to beat advantage.
FEU Tamaraws
FEU survived their game against Adamson with a three-pointer to save the game for them. La Salle defeated them but they won their next two games against UP and UST. However, starting power forward Mac Baracael was shot outside school premises that caused him to be sidelined. In their next game against UE, FEU had a rally in the fourth quarter to give them an emphatic win. Riding their three-game winning streak, the Tamaraws defeated the Eagles as they held off the Eagles in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter.
Just after they've won against the #1 team, the #8 team NU upset the Tamaraws who were then tied with three teams for #1. A sorry loss against Ateneo gave them their first losing streak, but an easy win against Adamson and a come from behind overtime win against UST put them back on track. With wins against La Salle, NU and UP, FEU clinched a semifinals berth. They will fight for a playoff game for the twice to beat advantage vs. La Salle since La Salle was beaten by Ateneo in the elimination round finale.
UE Red Warriors
Coming off a 14-0 elimination round sweep last year, UE continued their dominance of the eliminationr round with wins against UST and NU. However, fellow undefeated team Ateneo handed them their first defeat of the season. A shock loss against Adamson gave them their first elimination round losing streak in a year. Although they've won against cellar dweller UP, the loss against FEU placed them at .500. In a rematch of 2007 Finals, UE got some sort of vengeance as the defeated La Salle, but the Archers got payback as they met each other again four days later.
With wins against doormats UP and NU, UE gave Ateneo another dogfight but they came up short in overtime. Avenging their first round loss against Adamson, UE eliminated UST despite giving up their 24-point lead in the fourth quarter to clinch their semifinals berth.
Second-seed playoff
Bracket
Semifinals
- Games marked by asterisks are to be held if necessary.
Ateneo–UE series
La Salle–FEU series
Finals
Controversies
ID controversy
After the Ateneo's first round defeat of La Salle, La Salle coach Franz Pumaren contested the technical given to him for not wearing his ID; previously, UST coach Pido Jarencio wasn't issued a technical when he wasn't wearing his ID. Pumaren labeled this as "selective officiating."[5] La Salle elevated the issue to the UAAP Board but refused to label it as a "protest".[6] Jarencio for his part said that he is willing to accept any sanctions for not wearing his ID, including two technical free throws in their next game.[7]
As a result of the controversy, Commissioner Narvasa suspended the three referees officiating in the Ateneo-La Salle game for one game for "losing control of the ballgame." La Salle's league representative welcomed the sanctions "but the sanction is for poor officiating; it has nothing to do with the technical foul called."[8]
Suspension of referee
Another referee was suspended indefinitely by the National Amateur Basketball Referees Organization (NABRO, the organization handling the league referees) after the July 12 La Salle-FEU game. Bryan Tabañag made several errant calls that "deprived FEU a fair chance to determine who the better team was," according to NABRO president Rolando Omampo. Tabañag is NABRO's vice-president.[9]
Despite the referee's suspension, the La Salle-FEU game won't be replayed.[10]
Juniors' tournament
Elimination round
Games, which began on July 9, are held at the Blue Eagle Gym
Team standings
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Schedule
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Rivalry games
Bracket
Semifinals
Ateneo–Adamson series
La Salle Zobel–FEU series
Finals
- Games marked by asterisks are to be held if necessary.
Women's tournament
Elimination round
Games, which began on July 6, are held at the Blue Eagle Gym.
Team standings
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Rivalry games
Second-seed playoff
Bracket
Semifinals
FEU–Adamson series
UP–UST series
Finals
- Winners of the semifinals compete in a best-of-3 series to determine the champion.
Broadcast notes
Playoffs broadcasters:
| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst | Courtside reporters |
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| La Salle-FEU semifinal | Eric Tipan | Luigi Trillo | Sharon Yu and Kristel Filart |
| Ateneo-UE semifinal | Boom Gonzalez | Mark Molina | Portia Silva and Alexis Go |
See also
References
- ^ GMANews.tv UAAP all set to open 70th season on July 7, GMANews.tv. July 2, 2007
- ^ "UP Fighting Maroons get new basketball coach". GMANews.tv. 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
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