The 1964 UAAP men's basketball tournament was the 27th year of the men's tournament of the
University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)'s
basketball championship. Hosted by
University of the East
The University of the East ( fil, Pamantasan ng Silangan), also known as UE, is a leading private university located in Manila, Philippines. Founded in 1946, business tycoon Lucio Tan acquired the university in 1990. UE was once labeled as the ...
, the
UST Glowing Goldies
The UST Growling Tigers are the college athletic teams representing the University of Santo Tomas in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. They hold the most UAAP Overall Championships with 44 Seniors' Overall Championships ( ...
defeated the
FEU Tamaraws in the best of three finals series two games to one taking their twelfth overall UAAP men's basketball championship.
Elimination round
Tournament format:
Teams play a double round robin. The winner of the first round play the winner of the second round in a best of three championship to determine the champion. Ties for round winners are broken by knockout games.
If a team wins both rounds, it is automatically declared the champion, regardless if it was a sweep or not. If a team fails to win either rounds, but ends up with a better over-all record than either of the round winners, that team will challenge the second round winner for a championship slot against the first round winner.
Finals
UST won Game 1, 60-55, but FEU forced the decider with a 69-58 win. Ceferino dela Paz scored the marginal points as UST frustrated FEU in the winner-take-all match, 71-68. The series was dubbed as the most exhilarating UAAP conquest in the post war featuring two players who would be future champion coaches of their respective schools:
Aric del Rosario
Januario "Aric" del Rosario (January 1, 1940 – March 25, 2020) was a Filipino basketball player and coach who served as head coach of the UST Growling Tigers in the UAAP, Pampanga Dragons in the Metropolitan Basketball Association, the 2003 R ...
of UST, and Danny Gavieres of FEU.
References
* http://sports.inquirer.net/199719/uaap-64-aric-vs-danny#ixzz3tvGUpnhR
* http://www.pressreader.com/philippines/inquirer-libre/20151125/281608124344212/TextView
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