# UAAP Season 69 basketball tournaments

The basketball tournaments of UAAP Season 69 started on July 8, 2006 at the Araneta Coliseum and ended on October 2, 2006 also at the same venue with the UST Growling Tigers defeating the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the third game of their Finals series.
The Ateneo Blue Eaglets triumphed over the FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws to win the Juniors' championship, while the UST Tigresses won over the FEU Lady Tamaraws in the Women's Championship. In the Men's championship, the UST Growling Tigers rallied in the Finals series to beat the Ateneo Blue Eagles, 2 games to 1 to win their 19th basketball championship. Kenneth Bono of the Adamson Soaring Falcons, Bacon Austria of Ateneo and Cassy Tioseco of Ateneo won the Most Valuable Player awards.

## Men's tournament
### Elimination round

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Ateneo Blue Eagles | 10 | 2 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | UE Red Warriors (H) | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | UST Growling Tigers | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | Adamson Soaring Falcons | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | FEU Tamaraws | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 | |
| 6 | UP Fighting Maroons | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6 | |
| 7 | NU Bulldogs | 3 | 9 | .250 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Third-seed playoff: UST 85–71 Adamson

#### Rivalry games

These are the results of the different rivalry games:
* Studio 23
* July 16
| UP Fighting Maroons | 89–98 | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
* Ninoy Aquino Stadium
* Studio 23
* August 20
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | 98–88 | UP Fighting Maroons |
* Araneta Coliseum
* Studio 23
* July 15
| FEU Tamaraws | 84–92 | UE Red Warriors |
* Ninoy Aquino Stadium
* Studio 23
* August 20
| UE Red Warriors | 73–86 | FEU Tamaraws |
* Araneta Coliseum

### Third–seed playoff

* Studio 23
* Sept. 14
| UST Growling Tigers | 85–71 | Adamson Soaring Falcons |
* PhilSports Arena

### Bracket

| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) |
| 1 | Ateneo | Ateneo | 76 | | | | | |
| 4 | Adamson | Adamson | 73 | |
| 4 | Adamson | Adamson | 73 | 1 | Ateneo | 73 | 71 | 74 |
| | | | | 3 | UST | 72 | 87 | 76* |
| 2 | UE | 75 | 81 | 3 | UST | 72 | 87 | 76* |
| 3 | UST | 79 | 82 | |

### Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

#### (1) Ateneo vs. (4) Adamson

The Ateneo Blue Eagles has the twice-to-beat advantage.
* Studio 23
* September 17
| Adamson Soaring Falcons | 73–76 | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
| Ateneo wins series in one game |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

#### (2) UE vs. (3) UST

The UE Red Warriors has the twice-to-beat advantage.
* Studio 23
* September 17
| UST Growling Tigers | 79–75 | UE Red Warriors |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Studio 23
* September 21
| UST Growling Tigers | 82–81 | UE Red Warriors |
| UST wins series in two games |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Finals

* Studio 23
* September 24
| UST Growling Tigers | 72–73 | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Studio 23
* September 30
| UST Growling Tigers | 87–71 | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Studio 23
* October 2
| UST Growling Tigers | 76–74 (OT) | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
| UST wins series 2–1 |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Finals Most Valuable Player: Jojo Duncil (UST Growling Tigers)

### Awards

* UAAP Season 69 men's basketball champions
* UST Growling Tigers 18th title
* Most Valuable Player: Ken Bono (Adamson Soaring Falcons)
* Rookie of the Year: Woody Co (UP Fighting Maroons)
* Mythical Team:
** Guard: Marvin Cruz (UP Fighting Maroons)
** Guard: Jeff Chan (FEU Tamaraws)
** Forward: JC Intal (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
** Forward: Jervy Cruz (UST Growling Tigers)
** Center: Ken Bono (Adamson Soaring Falcons)
* Gilette Breakout Player: JC Intal (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
* PSBank Maasahan (Dependable) Player: Ken Bono (Adamson Soaring Falcons)
* Coach of the Year: Pido Jarencio (UST Growling Tigers)
* Player of the Year: JC Intal (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
* Scoring Champion: Ken Bono (Adamson Soaring Falcons)
* Mr. Clutch: Jojo Duncil (UST Growling Tigers)
* Defensive Player: Jervy Cruz (UST Growling Tigers)
* Sixth Man: Dylan Ababou (UST Growling Tigers)
* Comeback Player: Chris Tiu (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
* Most Improved Player: Marvin Cruz (UP Fighting Maroons)
* Sportsmanship Award: Jeff Chan (FEU Tamaraws)
* Energy Player: Marcy Arellano (UE Red Warriors)

#### Statistical leaders

* Points: Kenneth Bono (Adamson, 21.8)
* Rebounds: Jervy Cruz (UST, 12.8)
* Assists: Japs Cuan (UST, 6.3)
* Blocks: Elmer Espiritu (UE, 2.1)
* Steals: Marvin Cruz (UP, 2.0)
* Turnovers: Bonbon Custodio (UE, 4.3)

### Suspensions

* Jonathan Jankhe of the NU Bulldogs for shoving a closed fist against Vicmel Epres of the UP Fighting Maroons. Served one-game suspension against, ironically, the same team.
* Jojo Duncil of the UST Growling Tigers for headbutting Dave Catamora of the NU Bulldogs. Served one-game suspension against the Adamson Soaring Falcons.
* Ira Buyco of the UP Fighting Maroons for hitting Macky Escalona of the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the face on a rebound play. Served one-game suspension against the Adamson Soaring Falcons.
* UE suspended Bonifacio Custodio of the UE Red Warriors for disciplinary action. Served suspension on Game 2 of the semifinals against the UST Growling Tigers.
* Anthony Espiritu of the UST Growling Tigers was supposedly suspended on Game 3 of the Finals due to two flagrant fouls on Game 2 but was instead given a warning by the UAAP Board.

## Women's tournament
### Elimination round

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | UST Tigresses | 9 | 3 | .750 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | FEU Lady Tamaraws | 9 | 3 | .750 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | Ateneo Lady Eagles | 9 | 3 | .750 | — | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | UP Lady Maroons | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | Adamson Lady Falcons | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3 | |
| 6 | UE Lady Warriors (H) | 2 | 10 | .167 | 7 | |
| 7 | NU Lady Bulldogs | 0 | 12 | .000 | 9 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head point differential: UST +35, FEU –13, Ateneo –22; second-seed playoff: FEU 49–48 Ateneo

### Second–seed playoff

* September 9
| FEU Lady Tamaraws | 49–48 | Ateneo Lady Eagles |
| FEU wins the twice-to-beat advantage |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Bracket

| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) |
| 1 | UST | 64 | 78 | | | | | |
| 4 | UP | 72 | 68 | |
| 4 | UP | 72 | 68 | 1 | UST | 52 | 67 | 67 |
| | | | | 2 | FEU | 49 | 75 | 59 |
| 2 | FEU | 53 | 46 | 2 | FEU | 49 | 75 | 59 |
| 3 | Ateneo | 63 | 44 | |

### Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

#### (1) UST vs. (4) UP

The UST Tigresses has the twice-to-beat advantage.
* September 14
| UST Tigresses | 64–72 | UP Lady Maroons |
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig
* September 17
| UST Tigresses | 78–68 | UP Lady Maroons |
| UST wins series in two games |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

#### (2) FEU vs. (3) Ateneo

The FEU Lady Tamaraws had the twice-to-beat advantage after beating the Ateneo Lady Eagles for the second-seed, which led to a virtual best-of-three playoff series.
* September 14
| FEU Lady Tamaraws | 53–63 | Ateneo Lady Eagles |
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig
* September 17
| FEU Lady Tamaraws | 46–44 | Ateneo Lady Eagles |
| FEU wins series in two games |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Finals

* September 21
| UST Tigresses | 52–49 | FEU Lady Tamaraws |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* September 24
| UST Tigresses | 67–75 | FEU Lady Tamaraws |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* September 30
| UST Tigresses | 67–59 | FEU Lady Tamaraws |
| UST wins series 2–1 |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Awards

* UAAP Season 69 women's basketball champions
* UST Tigresses 11th title
* Most Valuable Player: Cassy Tioseco (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
* Rookie of the Year: Katherine Sandel (Adamson Lady Falcons)
* Mythical Five:
** Cassy Tioseco (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
** AJ Barracoso (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
** Rem Buenacosa (UST Tigresses)
** Marichu Bacaro (UST Tigresses)
** Merenciana Arayi (Adamson Lady Falcons)

## Juniors' tournament
### Elimination round

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Ateneo Blue Eaglets | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | FEU–D Baby Tamaraws | 10 | 2 | .833 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2 |
| 3 | UPIS Junior Maroons | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 4 | Adamson Baby Falcons | 6 | 6 | .500 | 6 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 5 | UST Tiger Cubs | 4 | 8 | .333 | 8 | |
| 6 | UE Junior Warriors (H) | 2 | 10 | .167 | 10 | |
| 7 | NUNS Bullpups | 1 | 11 | .083 | 11 | |
* ↑ As Ateneo won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.

### Bracket

| Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage) | Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage) | Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) |
| | | | | | | 1 | Ateneo | 55 | 73 | 69 |
| | | | 2 | FEU | 76 | 2 | FEU | 67 | 65 | 61 |
| 3 | UP | 78 | 4 | Adamson | 66 | | | | | |
| 4 | Adamson | 84 | | | | | | | | |

### Stepladder semifinals
#### (3) UPIS vs. (4) Adamson

This is a one-game playoff.
* September 14
| UPIS Junior Maroons | 78–84 | Adamson Baby Falcons |
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig

#### (2) FEU-FERN vs. (4) Adamson

FEU-FERN has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.
* September 17
| FEU–D Baby Tamaraws | 76–66 | Adamson Baby Falcons |
| FEU-FERN wins series in one game |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff.
* Studio 23
* September 21
| Ateneo Blue Eaglets | 55–67 | FEU–D Baby Tamaraws |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Studio 23
* September 24
| Ateneo Blue Eaglets | 73–65 | FEU–D Baby Tamaraws |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Studio 23
* September 30
| Ateneo Blue Eaglets | 69–61 | FEU–D Baby Tamaraws |
| Ateneo wins series 2–1 |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Finals Most Valuable Player: Michael Gamboa (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)

### Awards

* UAAP Season 69 juniors' basketball champions
* Ateneo Blue Eaglets 14th title
* Most Valuable Player: Bacon Austria (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
* Rookie of the Year: Jeff Olalia (Adamson Baby Falcons)
* Mythical Five:
** Bacon Austria (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
** Michael Gamboa (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
** Socrates Rivera (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
** Mark Lopez (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
** Erwin Duran (UE Junior Warriors)