| UAAP Season 87 | |
| Tagline: | Stronger, Better, Together |
| Host: | University of the Philippines (Collegiate and Junior High School) |
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| Duration: | December 8–15, 2024 |
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The UAAP Season 87 basketball tournaments are the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2024–25 school year. The University of the Philippines Diliman are the hosts.
In the men's tournament, the De La Salle Green Archers finished first, with the UP Fighting Maroons second. They have the twice-to-beat advantage against the Adamson Soaring Falcons and the UST Growling Tigers, respectively. The Falcons eliminated the UE Red Warriors in a playoff after both teams ended up tied for fourth.
In the women's tournament, the NU Lady Bulldogs advanced to the finals outright after winning all elimination round games. The Adamson Lady Falcons and Ateneo Blue Eagles shall play the first round of the stepladder, with the winner facing the UST Tigresses.
In the junior high school tournament, the UE Junior Warriors finished first, followed by the FEU Diliman Baby Tamaraws; they have the twice-to-beat advantage against the NUNS Bullpups and the UST Tiger Cubs, respectively.
The UAAP continued to use the UAAP Final Four format.
Xavy Nunag was named basketball commissioner for the third consecutive year. Assisting him are his deputies Mariana Lopa and Marvin Bienvenida who will supervise the women’s and high school basketball tournaments, respectively. The UAAP also announced the return of the girls' tournament, last played in 2020.[1]
Teams customarily assigned to wear light jerseys during certain games would be allowed to wear dark uniforms instead as long as Commissioner's Office permits. This privilege was not exercised last Season 86 when this change was introduced. The Green Archers is set to be the first team to take advantage of the new rule in their scheduled opening game against Ateneo.[2]
Basketball is a mandatory event in the UAAP, where all 8 universities are required to field in teams.
The girls' tournament is a demonstration sport last held in 2020, and is not mandatory.
| Men | Women | Uniform manufacturer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Coach | Team | Coach | |||
| Adamson University (AdU) | Soaring Falcons | Nash Racela | Lady Falcons | Ryan Monteclaro | Anta[3] | |
| Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) | Blue Eagles | Tab Baldwin | Blue Eagles | LA Mumar | Jordan Brand (Nike)[4] | |
| De La Salle University (DLSU) | Green Archers | Topex Robinson | Lady Archers | Pocholo Villanueva | Nike[5] | |
| Far Eastern University (FEU) | Tamaraws | Sean Chambers | Lady Tamaraws | Raiza Palmera-Dy | Puma[6] | |
| National University (NU) | Bulldogs | Jeff Napa | Lady Bulldogs | Aries Dimaunahan | Adidas[7] | |
| University of the East (UE) | Red Warriors | Jack Santiago | Lady Warriors | Aileen Lebornio | Anta[8] | |
| University of the Philippines (UP) | Fighting Maroons | Goldwin Monteverde | Fighting Maroons | Paul Ramos | STATS (Men's)[9] Titan 22 (Women's) | |
| University of Santo Tomas (UST) | Growling Tigers | Pido Jarencio | Tigresses | Haydee Ong | Delta Sportswear[10] | |
| High schools | Team | Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adamson University (AdU) | Baby Falcons | Mike Fermin | |
| Ateneo de Manila University High School (ADMU) | Blue Eagles | Reggie Varilla | |
| De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ) | Junior Archers | Boris Aldeguer | |
| Far Eastern University Diliman (FEU-D) | Baby Tamaraws | Allan Albano | |
| National University Nazareth School (NUNS) | Bullpups | Kevin De Castro | |
| University of the East (UE) | Junior Warriors | Karl Santos | |
| University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS) | Junior Fighting Maroons | Paolo Mendoza | |
| University of Santo Tomas Senior High School (UST) | Tiger Cubs | Manu Iñigo |
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date | Replaced by | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEU Lady Tamaraws[11] | Bert Flores | Fired | February 29, 2024 | Raiza Palmera-Dy | February 29, 2024 | |
| FEU Tamaraws[12] | Denok Miranda | Promoted as head of basketball programs | March 19, 2024 | Sean Chambers | March 19, 2024 |
The opening ceremonies and opening day men's doubleheader shall be held at Araneta Coliseum. Subsequent men's, women's and junior high school first round games are scheduled to be held there, and in the SM Mall of Asia Arena, mostly in sextupleheaders. In game days where only the men's teams are to play in either arena, the women's and junior high school games are held in the Adamson University gym on the same day.[13]
For the second round, there are 5 games per day held in one venue, with the Filoil EcoOil Centre and the Quadricentennial Pavilion hosting games. The affected women's and junior high school games will be done after the men's elimination round concludes, and will be held at the Filoil EcoOil Centre. This was done to have earlier start times for men's games.[14] For the postponed games due to Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami), it was included in the games that will be held at the Filoil EcoOil Centre.
| Arena | Location | Tournament | Capacity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | 14,429 | ||||||
| Filoil EcoOil Centre | San Juan | 6,000 | ||||||
| Quadricentennial Pavilion (UST Gym) | Manila | 5,792 | ||||||
| SM Mall of Asia Arena | Pasay | 15,000 | ||||||
| St. Vincent Gym (Adamson Gym) | Manila | |||||||
Each team has a 16-player roster. Only one "foreign student-athlete", non-Filipinos who are otherwise known as "imports" elsewhere, is allowed to be on the active roster.
| Ateneo | De La Salle | FEU | NU | UE | UP | UST | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Alexander | Mike Asoro | Earl Abadam | Royce Alforque | Mohamed Diassana | John Abate | Gerry Abadiano | Amiel Acido | |
| Matthew Anabo | Jared Bahay | Henry Agunanne | Chiolo Anonuevo | Edmund Dela Cruz | Hunter Cruz-Dumont | Harold Alarcon | Nic Cabanero | |
| Joshua Barcelona | Ayodeji Balogun | Ethan Alian | Aeron Bagunu | Steve Nash Enriquez | Jack Cruz-Dumont | Sean Alter | Ivanne Calum | |
| Mario Barasi Jr | Andrew Bongo | CJ Austria | Jorick Bautista | Jake Figueroa | Devin Fikes | Jacob Bayla | Gelo Crisostomo | |
| John Arthur Calisay | Adam Roy Dela Cruz | Vincent Joshua David | Jedric Daa | Paul John Francisco | Romo Finney | Mark Belmonte | Glenn Isaac Danting | |
| Flever Dignadice | Femi Edu | David Andrei Dungo | Nicholas Duque | Tebol Garcia | Ethan Galang | Chicco Briones | Leeland Estacio | |
| Matt Erolon | Waki Espina | EJ Gollena | Mohamed Konateh | Reinhard Jumamoy | Ronjie Go | JD Cagulangan | Echo Laure | |
| Anthony Fransman | Ian Espinosa | Raven Gonzales | Jayden Jones | Donn Spencer Lim | Johndrew Jimenez | Janjan Felicilda | Chase Lane | |
| Allen Ignacio | Kyle Daven Gamber | Alex Konov | Rojan Montemayor | Ian Jolo Manansala | Wello Lingolingo | Terrence Fortea | Mark Llemit | |
| Royca Mantua | Chris Koon | JC Macalalag | Janrey Pasaol | Kenshin Padrones | Rainer Maga | Francis Lopez | Zain Mahmood | |
| Cedric Manzano | Joshua Lazaro | Vhoris Marasigan | Adam Nakai | PJ Palacielo | Reynaldo Malaga III | Quentin Millora-Brown | Christian Manaytay | |
| Mathew Montebon | Kyle Ong | Isaiah Phillips | Miguel Ona | Bobby Mark Parks | Precious Momowei | Gani Stevens | Forthsky Padrigao | |
| Mudiaga Ojarikre | Kristian Porter | Mike Phillips | Veejay Pre | Kurt Perciano | Nico Mulingtapang | Sean Aldous Torculas | Miguel Pangilinan | |
| Eli Ramos | Sean Quitevis | Kevin Quiambao | Gelo Santiago | DJ Robles | Reyland Torres | Kyle Paranada | ||
| Austin Ronzone | Marc Samuel Reyes | Lian Ramiro | Nathaniel Tulabut | Keian Spandonis | Dikachi Ududo | Geremy Robinson | ||
| Joshua Yerro | Shawn Tuano | Matt Rubico | Patrick Wilson Yu | Gjerard Wilson | Denzil Walker | Mo Tounkara |
The men's tournament started on September 7, 2024, featuring a Battle of Katipunan game between the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the UP Fighting Maroons in the Araneta Coliseum.[15]
Due to the University of Santo Tomas Entrance Test being held on the same day, the UAAP postponed the October 20 games hosted by the Quadricentennial Pavilion to November 3.[16]
The UAAP postponed the October 23 games due to inclement weather caused by Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami).[17] The postponed games were rescheduled to November 20 and 23.
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.
Adamson and UE finished the elimination round tied for fourth. This is a one-game playoff to determine the #4 seed.[18] This Adamson's third consecutive fourth seed playoff.[19]
*If necessary
The top two seeded teams after the elimination round have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals, where they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents only once, to progress.
La Salle became the first team to clinch a semifinals berth with their win against Adamson.[20] La Salle then clinched the twice-to-beat advantage with FEU's win over UE.[21] The Green Archers then locked the #1 seed in a win against UP.[22] Adamson clinched the #4 seed after winning their fourth seed playoff against UE. These two teams last met in the semis in 2017 where La Salle won in one game.
UP was the second team to clinch a semifinals berth, their sixth consecutive, after a win against Adamson.[23] They then settled on the #2 seed and the twice-to-beat advantage that comes with it, on their loss against La Salle. UST clinched the #3 seed and its first Final Four appearance since 2019 after their win against Adamson. The match-up is a rematch of the 2019 series where lower-seeded UST won in two games.[24]
The finals is a best-of-three playoff. The UP Fighting Maroons advances to its fourth consecutive finals,[25] while the De La Salle Green Archers clinched their second consecutive finals berth. This is a rematch of the UAAP Season 86 finals where La Salle won. [26]
Game 3 was originally scheduled on December 14 at the Araneta Coliseum, coincidentally on the same day and venue as game 3 of NCAA Season 100. The UAAP then rescheduled game 3 to December 15, also at the Araneta Coliseum.[27]
The Collegiate Press Corps names a player of the week throughout the season.
| September 7–15[28] | Kevin Quiambao | ||
| September 18–22[29] | John Abate | ||
| September 25–29[30] | Michael Phillips | ||
| October 2–6[31] | Wello Lingolingo | ||
| October 12–19[32] | Jorick Bautista | ||
| October 26–30[33] | Kevin Quiambao | ||
| November 13–23[34] | Amiel Acido |
La Salle's Kevin Quiambao emerged as the top player in the statistical points race, the basis of determining the individual awards including most valuable player. Quiambao was also the scoring champion.[35]
| Player | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Quiambao | 81.357 | ||
| 2 | Mike Philips | 74.929 | ||
| 3 | JD Cagulangan | 69.167 | ||
| 4 | Mohamed Konateh | 68.643 | ||
| 5 | Precious Momowei | 67.538 |
| Statistic | Player | Team | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | Kevin Quiambao | 16.64 | ||
| Rebounds per game | Mohamed Konateh | 16.71 | ||
| Assists per game | Forthsky Padrigao | 6.07 | ||
| Steals per game | JD Cagulangan | 1.75 | ||
| Blocks per game | Mohamed Konateh | 2.35 | ||
| Field goal percentage | Shawn Tuano | 47.32% | ||
| Three-point field goal percentage | Kyle Paranada | 42.86% | ||
| Free throw percentage | Jorick Bautista | 82.86% | ||
| Turnovers per game | Precious Momowei | 4.38 |
| Statistic | Player | Team | Total | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Kevin Quiambao | 33 | ||
| Harold Alarcon | ||||
| Rebounds | Mohamed Konateh | 27 | ||
| Assists | Forthsky Padrigao | 11 | ||
| Steals | Mike Philips | 5 | ||
| Blocks | Mudiaga Ojarikre | 7 | ||
| Turnovers | JD Cagulangan | 9 | ||
| Precious Momowei |
| Category | Team | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 74.21 | ||
| Rebounds per game | 49.86 | ||
| Assists per game | 20.79 | ||
| Steals per game | 7.86 | ||
| Blocks per game | 4.07 | ||
| Field goal percentage | 41.14% | ||
| Three point field goal percentage | 30.27% | ||
| Free throw percentage | 68.92% | ||
| Turnovers per game | 19.43 |
| Statistic | Team | Total | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 94 | |||
| 89 | ||||
| Rebounds | 62 | |||
| Assists | 27 | |||
| Steals | 15 | |||
| 13 | ||||
| Blocks | 9 | |||
| Field goal percentage | 54.0% | |||
| Three-point field goal percentage | 52.0% | |||
| Free throw percentage | 100% | |||
| Turnovers | 30 |
The following were disciplined throughout the course of the season:
The women's tournament started on September 8, 2024 at the Araneta Coliseum, with defending champions UST winning against UE.[39]
The UE Lady Warriors ended their 40-game losing streak stretching back to UAAP Season 82 (2019) in their first round win against La Salle.[40]
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.
*If necessary
After winning their first 12 games, the NU Lady Bulldogs clinched the top seed. UST, Adamson, and Ateneo round-up the teams that qualified to the playoffs.[41] As the NU Lady Bulldogs won all elimination round games, received a bye up to the finals, with the next three teams figuring in a stepladder single-elimination tournament.[42]
Adamson and Ateneo will face in the first round of the stepladder.[43]
UST finished the elimination round at second and will await the winner of the first round.[44]
The finals is a best-of-three playoff.
The NU Lady Bulldogs clinched their tenth consecutive finals appearance, and the first elimination round sweep since UAAP Season 82 (2019).
Game 3 was originally scheduled on December 14 at the Araneta Coliseum, coincidentally on the same day and venue as game 3 of NCAA Season 100. The UAAP then rescheduled game 3 to December 15, also at the Araneta Coliseum.*If necessary
The College Press Corps names a player of the week throughout the season.
| September 7–15 | Kent Pastrana | ||
| September 18–22 | Jearzy Ganade | ||
| September 25–29 | Luisa San Juan | ||
| October 2–6 | Kacey dela Rosa | ||
| October 12–19[45] | Tacky Tacatac | ||
| October 26–30 | Kacey dela Rosa | ||
| November 13–23 | Cielo Pagdulagan |
| Player | Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kacey dela Rosa | 96.286 | ||
| 2 | Kent Pastrana | 79.857 | ||
| 3 | Louna Ozar | 67.571 | ||
| 4 | Junize Calago | 67.0 | ||
| 5 | Sarah Makanjuola | 65.786 |
| Statistic | Player | Team | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | Kacey dela Rosa | 22.07 | ||
| Rebounds per game | Kacey dela Rosa | 16.0 | ||
| Assists per game | Princess Ganade | 5.14 | ||
| Steals per game | Rachel Lacayanga | 3.31 | ||
| Blocks per game | Kacey dela Rosa | 2.29 | ||
| Field goal percentage | Sarah Makanjuola | 59.26% | ||
| Three-point field goal percentage | Tacky Tacatac | 39.17% | ||
| Free throw percentage | Princess Faburada | 84.44% | ||
| Turnovers per game | Shane Salvani | 6.0 |
| Statistic | Player | Team | Total | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Kacey dela Rosa | 34 | |||
| Luisa San Juan | |||||
| Rebounds | Kacey dela Rosa | 20 | |||
| Assists | Shane Salvani | 10 | |||
| Steals | Amby Ambos | 8 | |||
| Blocks | Kacey dela Rosa | 5 | |||
| Rea Fe Ong | |||||
| CJ Maglupay | |||||
| Turnovers | Junize Calago | 12 |
| Category | Team | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | 76.29 | ||
| Rebounds per game | 50.71 | ||
| Assists per game | 21.86 | ||
| Steals per game | 16.14 | ||
| Blocks per game | 4.5 | ||
| Field goal percentage | 41.58% | ||
| Three point field goal percentage | 27.19% | ||
| Free throw percentage | 68.04% | ||
| Turnovers per game | 20.5 |
| Statistic | Team | Total | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 103 | |||
| Rebounds | 64 | |||
| Assists | 32 | |||
| Steals | 24 | |||
| Blocks | 9 | |||
| Field goal percentage | 56.0% | |||
| Three-point field goal percentage | 47.0% | |||
| Free throw percentage | 100% | |||
| Turnovers | 43 |
The boys' tournament will begin on the second semester, alongside the girls' tournament.
The girls' tournament will return, and shall be held concurrently with the boys' tournament in the second semester.
The junior high school tournament shall be held alongside the collegiate tournaments in the first semester. The tournament started on September 8, 2024 at the Adamson Gym.[46]
The UAAP postponed October 23 games due to inclement weather caused by Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami). The UAAP further postponed November 17 games due to Super Typhoon Pepito (Man-yi).[47]
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.
*If necessary
The top two seeded teams after the elimination round have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals, where they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents only once.
UE clinched the first playoff berth after their win against NUNS.[48] UE then clinched the #1 seed with a win against Adamson.[49] The NUNS Bullpups defeat of DLSZ and UST's win over Ateneo eliminated the defeated teams and clinched qualification for NUNS as the #4 seed.[50]
FEU DIliman clinched a semifinal berth after winning against NUNS.[51] FEU's second round win over UE denied the Junior Warriors winning all elimination round games, and guaranteed that the playoffs will be on the traditional final four format.[52] FEU clinched the twice-to-beat advantage in their win against UPIS.[53] UST's win over DLSZ clinched their semifinal appearance, and had all UST basketball teams participating the first semester qualify to the playoffs.[54]
The finals is a best-of-three playoff.*If necessary
| Pts. | Ranking | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=gold align=center style="border: 1px solid gray;" | 15 | Champion | |
| bgcolor=silver align=center style="border: 1px solid gray;" | 12 | 2nd | |
| bgcolor=#CC9966 align=center style="border: 1px solid gray;" | 10 | 3rd | |
| align=center style="border: 1px solid gray;" | 8 | 4th | |
| align=center style="border: 1px solid gray;" | 6 | 5th | |
| align=center style="border: 1px solid gray;" | 4 | 6th | |
| align=center style="border: 1px solid gray;" | 2 | 7th | |
| align=center style="border: 1px solid gray;" | 1 | 8th | |
| align=center style="border: 1px solid gray;" | — | Did not join | |
| bgcolor=#FFCCCC align=center style="border: 1px solid gray;" | WD | Withdrew |
| Rank | Team | Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 4 | ||||
| 2nd | 2 | ||||
| 3rd | 6 | ||||
| 4th | 10 | ||||
| 5th | 8 | 10 | 18 | ||
| 6th | 1 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 7th | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 8th | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Rank | Team | Boys | Girls | JHS | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ||||||
| 2nd | ||||||
| 3rd | ||||||
| 4th | ||||||
| 5th | 6 | |||||
| 6th | 4 | |||||
| 7th | 2 | |||||
| 8th | 1 |
How rankings are determined: