The 1986 UAAP men's basketball tournament was the 49th year of the men's tournament of the
University Athletic Association of the Philippines
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila Univers ...
(UAAP)'s
basketball championship. Hosted by
National University, the
UP Fighting Maroons
The UP Fighting Maroons are the collegiate varsity teams of the University of the Philippines, primarily off Diliman, which play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere sports league in the country.
The Fi ...
defeated the
UE Red Warriors
UE Red Warriors refer to the collegiate men's varsity teams of the University of the East. The women's collegiate varsity teams are called the UE Lady Warriors. The Athletic director of the University of the East is Rodrigo M. Roque.
Backgroun ...
in the finals taking their first UAAP men's basketball championship in 47 years.
Prior to the start of the season,
De La Salle University was admitted as the eighth member school of the league.
Elimination round
Tournament format:
*Double
round robin
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* Round-robin schedu ...
; the two teams with the best records advance Finals:
**The #1 seed will only need to win once to clinch the championship.
**The #2 seed has to win twice to clinch the championship.
Finals
Number 1 seed UE only has to win once, while number 2 seed UP has to win twice, to clinch the championship.
*Most Valuable Player:
Eric Altamirano
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After 47 years of frustration, the State University, which is more famous for producing personalities from the various spectrum of the society, finally made a name for itself in the field of varsity basketball.
After five years of bench bitterness, Lipa, the new miracle man of amateur caging, realized an elusive dream which had slipped from his hand twice in the last five years.
The dying seconds of the winner-take-all UP-University of the East clash seemed a lifetime for Lipa, the players and the throngs of pro-Maroons crowd. The UP lead was already insurmountable, yet in everyone's mind was the wounds of the 1983 championship to
Far Eastern University.
The fans were kept at the edge of their seats by the last ditch, desperate fullcourt press by the dethroned Warriors, proud owners of 18 UAAP titles. A pocket of UP supporters at the gallery were undecided whether to unfurl the championship streamer or not. The Maroons were leading FEU in 1983, only to lose by a slim margin. Finally, the final horn blared and all frustrations were erased.
See also
*
NCAA Season 62 basketball tournaments
References
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1986 in Philippine basketball