UAAP Season 70 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 70

Madrama
Host school	University of Santo Tomas
Men's Finals 1 2 Wins  UE Red Warriors 63 64 0  De La Salle Green Archers 64 73 2
Duration	October 4–11, 2007
Arena(s)	Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	JV Casio and Pocholo Villanueva (co-awardees)
Winning coach	Franz Pumaren
Semifinalists	Ateneo Blue Eagles  UST Growling Tigers
TV network(s)	Studio 23 and TFC
Women's Finals 1 2 Wins  Ateneo Lady Eagles 64 62 2  UP Lady Maroons 60 58 0
Duration	September 22–29
Arena(s)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Finals MVP	Kat Quimpo
Semifinalists	Adamson Lady Falcons  UST Tigresses
TV network(s)	Studio 23 and TFC
Juniors' Finals 1 2 (OT) Wins  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 74 92 0  De La Salle Junior Archers 76 98 2
Duration	September 22–29
Arena(s)	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Finals MVP	Joshua Webb
Winning coach	Boris Aldeguer
Semifinalists	FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws  NSNU Bullpups
TV network(s)	Studio 23 and TFC

Team standings key:

	Qualified for the Finals
	Qualified for semifinals with twice to beat advantage
	Qualified for semifinals
	Qualified for the first round
	Qualified for knockout game

The basketball tournaments of University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 70 started on July 7, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum with University of Santo Tomas (UST) Rector Very Rev. Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P. delivering the speech. Manuel V. Pangilinan of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and United States ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney were the guests.

Former UST Growling Tigers basketball player Ed Cordero is the season's commissioner. The theme is "Winners All, Recreating the Value of Honesty through Sports"^[1] The Studio 23 coverage uses the theme "Madrama" (Tagalog for "full of drama").

Despite a 14-0 sweep by the University of the East (UE) Red Warriors in the elimination round, they were in turn swept by the De La Salle University-Manila Green Archers 2-0 in the finals after UE had a half-a-month's rest. De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ) Junior Archers clinched their second championship by beating the Ateneo High School Blue Eaglets with their own 2-0 sweep. Ateneo took home the women's championship with their own version of a sweep against the University of the Philippines Lady Maroons.

Uniforms

Adamson	Ateneo	De La Salle	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Light uniform	Light uniform	Light uniform	Light uniform	Light uniform	Light uniform	Light uniform	Light uniform
Dark uniform	Dark uniform	Dark uniform	Dark uniform	Dark uniform	Dark uniform	Dark uniform	Dark uniform

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Rivalry games

Bracket

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	Classification games				First round One-game playoff					Semifinal 2nd seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	For 2nd seed:
	Ateneo	69							UE		63	64
	La Salle	70							La Salle	64	65			2	La Salle		64	73
	For 4th seed::				3	Ateneo	69			3	Ateneo	65	60
	FEU	69
	UST	80

Tiebreakers

• Ateneo and La Salle, which are tied for second place, played for the #2 seed, the twice-to-beat advantage and the bye up to the semifinals in a classification game.
• FEU and UST, which are tied at fourth place, played for the #4 seed, the last berth to the first round of the playoffs.

Fourth-seed playoff

Second-seed playoff

First round

Semifinal

Finals

Awards

• Finals Most Valuable Player: co-awardees, JV Casio and Pocholo Villanueva (La Salle)
• Season Most Valuable Player: Jervy Cruz (UST)
• Rookie of the Year: JR Cawaling (FEU)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Edwin Asoro (NU)
• Mythical Five:
  • Chris Tiu
  • JV Casio
  • Mark Borboran
  • Rico Maierhofer
  • Jervy Cruz

Women's tournament

Rivalry games

Bracket

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	Ateneo	57
	4	Adamson	46
							1	Ateneo		64	62
							2	UP		60	58
	2	UP	56
	3	UST	54

Semifinals

Ateneo-Adamson series

UP-UST series

Finals

Awards

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Katrina Quimpo (Ateneo)
• Season Most Valuable Player: Cassandra Tioseco (Ateneo)
• Rookie of the Year: Cindy Resultay (UE)

Juniors' tournament

Rivalry games

Bracket

	Fourth-seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
					1	Ateneo	70	94
	UE	80			4	NU	73	75
	NU	83
											1	Ateneo		74	92
											2	La Salle Zobel		76	98*
					2	La Salle Zobel	67				*Overtime
					3	FEU-FERN	61

Fourth-seed playoff

Semifinals

Ateneo-NU series

Zobel-FEU–FERN series

Finals

Awards

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Joshua David Webb (La Salle)
• Season Most Valuable Player: Samuel Joseph Marata (UPIS)
• Rookie of the Year: David Kurt De Guzman (FEU-FERN)
• Mythical Five:
  • John David Dumrique
  • Juan Miguel Tiongson
  • Kevin Michael Batac
  • Josh David Webb
  • Mark Jovet Mendoza

Broadcast notes

ABS-CBN's UHF channel Studio 23 is the sole coverer of the games, covering all men's games. 101.9 For Life!, ABS-CBN's FM radio station, delivers updates on game dates. FM radio station NU 107 delivers on-the-court updates for Ateneo games.

UAAP Sportscenter airs every Tuesday afternoons as a supplement for the main UAAP coverage. Boom Gonzalez hosts the program.

Playoffs broadcasters:

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside reporters
Men's fourth-seed game	Sev Sarmienta	Ronnie Magsanoc	Andi Manzano & Dianne Querrer
Men's second-seed game	Boom Gonzalez	TJ Manotoc	Sharon Yu & Vanna Lim
Men's first round game			Vanna Lim & Dianne Querrer
Men's Semifinal game 1	Boom Gonzalez	Ronnie Magsanoc	Vanna Lim & Sharon Yu
Women's Finals game 2	Eric Tipan	Ronnie Magsanoc	none
Juniors' Finals game 2	Boom Gonzalez	Mark Molina	none
Men's Semifinal game 2	Sev Sarmienta	Randy Sacdalan	Vanna Lim & Sharon Yu
Men's Finals game 1	Boom Gonzalez	Mark Molina	Tracy Abad & Sharon Yu
Men's Finals game 1	Boom Gonzalez	TJ Manotoc	Tracy Abad & Sharon Yu

Champion rosters

De La Salle Green Archers

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

No. Position Player 5 C PJ Walsham 6 PG JV Casio 7 PG Simon Atkins 8 SF Bader Malabes 9 SG Pocholo Villanueva 10 PF Rico Maierhofer 11 PG Ty Tang (C) 12 PF Kish Co 15 C Brian Ilad 16 SF OJ Cua 17 SF Peejay Barua 18 PF Ferdinand Damanik 19 SF James Mangahas 20 C Marko Batricevic 21 SG Rejan Lee Position Name/s Head coach:  Franz Pumaren De La Salle Green Archers

See also

• NCAA Season 83 basketball tournaments

References

1. ↑ GMANews.tv UAAP all set to open 70th season on July 7, GMANews.tv. July 2, 2007

External links

• UAAP Basketball at UBelt.com: Men's | Women's | Juniors'
• A Nation’s Passion Lives in a Rivalry of Green vs. Blue by Raphael Bartholomew, the New York Times.

Preceded by Season 69 (2006)	UAAP basketball seasons Season 70 (2007)	Succeeded by Season 71 (2008)