The
basketball
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tournaments of
University Athletic Association of the Philippines
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(UAAP)
Season 70 started on July 7, 2007 at the
Araneta Coliseum
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with
University of Santo Tomas
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(UST) Rector Very Rev. Fr. Ernesto Arceo, O.P. delivering the speech.
Manuel V. Pangilinan
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of the
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas () or the SBP is the national sport association for basketball in the Philippines, formed from the merging of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) and Pilipinas Basketball (PB).
It was formed ...
and United States ambassador to the Philippines
Kristie Kenney
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were the guests.
Former
UST Growling Tigers
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basketball player Ed Cordero is the season's commissioner. The theme is "Winners All, Recreating the Value of Honesty through Sports"
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GMANews.tv. July 2, 2007 The Studio 23
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coverage uses the theme "''Madrama''" ( Tagalog for "full of drama").
Despite a 14–0 sweep by the University of the East
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(UE) Red Warriors in the elimination round, they were in turn swept by the De La Salle University-Manila
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Green Archers 2–0 in the finals after UE had a half-a-month's rest. De La Salle Santiago Zobel School
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(DLSZ) Junior Archers
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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
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Lady Maroons.
Uniforms
Men's tournament
Elimination round
Team standings
Match-up results
Rivalry games
Fourth-seed playoff
Second-seed playoff
Bracket
Stepladder semifinals
First round
This is a single-elimination
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game.
Second round
La Salle has the twice-to-beat advantage
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, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.
Finals
This is a best-of-three playoff
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.
*Finals Most Valuable Player:
Awards
*Most Valuable Player:
*Rookie of the Year:
*Defensive Player of the Year:
*Mythical Five:
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Women's tournament
Elimination round
Schedule
Rivalry games
Bracket
Semifinals
Ateneo vs. Adamson
UP vs. UST
Finals
*Finals Most Valuable Player:
Awards
*Most Valuable Player:
*Rookie of the Year:
Juniors' tournament
Elimination round
Schedule
Rivalry games
Fourth-seed playoff
Bracket
Overtime
Semifinals
Ateneo vs. NU
Zobel vs. FEU–FERN
Finals
*Finals Most Valuable Player:
Awards
*Most Valuable Player:
*Rookie of the Year:
*Mythical Five:
**
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Broadcast notes
ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast broadcast network, network tha ...
's UHF channel Studio 23
Studio 23 (officially Studio 23, Inc. and previously AMCARA Broadcasting Network) was a Filipino television network owned by ABS-CBN Corporation. The network was named for its flagship station in Metro Manila, DWAC-TV and carried on UHF chann ...
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
Nu or NU may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
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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:
Champion rosters
De La Salle Green Archers
See also
*NCAA Season 83 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) 83rd season hosted by Jose Rizal University began on June 23, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum with Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Manuel V. Pangilinan as ...
References
External links
* UAAP Basketball at UBelt.com
Men's
Women's
Juniors'
by Raphael Bartholomew, the New York Times
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Basket
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