UAAP Season 73 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 73
Host school	De La Salle University
Duration	September 25–30, 2010
Arena(s)	Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Ryan Buenafe
Winning coach	Norman Black (3rd title)
Semifinalists	Adamson Soaring Falcons; De La Salle Green Archers
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN, Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD
Duration	September 25–30, 2010
Arena(s)	Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Analyn Almazan
Winning coach	Emily Vega
Semifinalists	De La Salle Lady Archers; UST Tigresses
Duration	September 14–19, 2010
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena (Game 1); Araneta Coliseum (Games 2 & 3)
Finals MVP	Kiefer Ravena
Winning coach	Jamike Jarin (8th title)
Semifinalists	NUNS Bullpups; DLSZ Junior Archers
TV network(s)	Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 73 basketball tournaments are the basketball events of UAAP's 2010-11 season. The basketball season began on July 10, 2010 at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City with an opening ceremony hosted by De La Salle University, followed by a couple of men's basketball games. Hosts De La Salle Green Archers defeated the UP Fighting Maroons, and the UST Growling Tigers defeated the UE Red Warriors in the last game of the day.

Ato Badolato, former head coach of the San Beda Red Cubs, was named commissioner for basketball for the 2010 season.

Results

Juniors

The Juniors were the first of the three basketball tournaments to be finished. The Ateneo Blue Eaglets forced the step ladder format, putting themselves directly into the finals. Four other teams battled it out for the one spot left in the finals, with UST triumphing after beating out La Salle, 74–60. Since Ateneo cleared the eliminations, they were given an automatic 1–0 lead in the finals series. However, UST tied it up with a 77–71 win. Ateneo then continued on to sweep the next two games, 76–66 in game 2, and 76–59 in game 3. This was the Juniors' 17th title, and 3rd consecutive championship.

Women

Second-seed Adamson Lady Falcons has advanced to the finals with a win over the UST Lady Tigresses, 72–59. However, fourth-seed La Salle Lady Archers edged out first-seed FEU Lady Tamaraws to extend the series, where the winner will advance and face Adamson. FEU won the knockout match to set up a finals showdown with Adamson.

Men

First-seed FEU Tamaraws advanced to the finals after beating the De La Salle Green Archers in overtime, 69–59. They faced off against the defending champion Ateneo Blue Eagles, who blew past the Adamson Falcons, 68–55. Ateneo started off with an outstanding win, sweeping the Tamaraws by 23 points in game one (72–49), which was the lowest output by a team in the finals since UAAP Season 61, by the same school. The Tamaraws looked ahead for a comeback, being only down by one point, 56–57, in the last 3 minutes of the 4th quarter. However. the Blue Eagles managed to distance, with 2 successive baskets, and a good free throw. FEU scored 3 successful free throws to go up 59–61 against the Ateneans, at the final minute of the championship. However, with a critical hold by Ateneo, Ryan Buenafe pulled off a three-point shot to give Ateneo a 64–59 lead while heading into the final 20 seconds of the game. FEU managed to score just one more three-pointer, but still went down, 62–65. The Ateneo Blue Eagles became the fifth successful team to achieve 3 consecutive championships, and capture their 6th championship title.

Finals MVP

In Game 2, Ryan Buenafe delivered a season high of 23 points, and a critical three-point shot that lead to the championship. He was named Finals MVP.

Men's tournament

Teams

Team	University	Coach
Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson University (AdU)	Leo Austria
Ateneo Blue Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)	Norman Black
De La Salle Green Archers	De La Salle University (DLSU)	Dindo Pumaren
FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University (FEU)	Glenn Capacio
NU Bulldogs	National University (NU)	Eric Gonzales
UE Red Warriors	University of the East (UE)	Lawrence Chongson
UP Fighting Maroons	University of the Philippines Diliman (UP)	Boyet Fernandez
UST Growling Tigers	University of Santo Tomas (UST)	Pido Jarencio

Elimination round

Most games were held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City and the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, with a single gameday played at Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU Tamaraws	12	2	.857	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Ateneo Blue Eagles	10	4	.714	2	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Adamson Soaring Falcons	9	5	.643	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	De La Salle Green Archers (H)	8	6	.571	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	NU Bulldogs	7	7	.500	5
6	UE Red Warriors	6	8	.429	6
7	UST Growling Tigers	4	10	.286	8
8	UP Fighting Maroons	0	14	.000	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

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Adamson
Ateneo
La Salle
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	FEU	69*

4	La Salle	59
			1	FEU	49	62

			2	Ateneo	72	65
2	Ateneo	68

3	Adamson	55

Semifinals

(1) FEU vs. (4) La Salle

Studio 23

September 16

FEU Tamaraws	69–59 (OT)	De La Salle Green Archers
FEU wins series in one game

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

(2) Ateneo vs. (3) Adamson

Studio 23

September 19

Ateneo Blue Eagles	68–55	Adamson Soaring Falcons
Ateneo wins series in one game

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

ABS-CBN

September 25

FEU Tamaraws

49–72

Ateneo Blue Eagles

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Studio 23

September 30

FEU Tamaraws	62–65	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Ateneo wins series 2–0

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals Most Valuable Player: Ryan Buenafe (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Awards

UAAP Season 73 men's basketball champions
Ateneo Blue Eagles Sixth title, third consecutive title

Most Valuable Player: RR Garcia (FEU Tamaraws)
Rookie of the Year: Terrence Romeo (FEU Tamaraws)