UAAP Season 66 men's basketball tournament

The UAAP Season 66 men's basketball tournament refers to the men's basketball tournament of UAAP Season 66 (2003–04 season) of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). The tournament was hosted by Ateneo de Manila University. ABS-CBN covered the games on Studio 23.

UAAP Season 66
Host schoolAteneo de Manila University
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 65 560
FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws 83 692
DurationOctober 2 to 5
Arena(s)Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPArwind Santos
Winning coachKoy Banal
SemifinalistsUE school colors UE Red Warriors
La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
TV network(s)Studio 23 and TFC

After a UAAP Board decision that upheld the UE Red Warriors' protest against the De La Salle Green Archers, three teams ended tied for first after the elimination round. By virtue of having the superior point differential from games among the tied teams, the defending champions Ateneo Blue Eagles secured the #1 seed; the FEU Tamaraws defeated UE in the second-seed playoff in a virtual game one of a best-of-3 series. Ateneo needed their twice-to-beat advantage to outlast La Salle in a fight-marred series to advance to the Finals, while FEU needed one game to eliminate a stubborn UE team. In the Finals, FEU coach Koy Banal led the team to victory over a tired Ateneo team coached by his brother Joel to win FEU's first UAAP men's basketball championship since 1997.

UE's James Yap was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season. Arwind Santos was named Finals MVP.

Elimination round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles (H) 11 3 .786[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws 11 3 .786[lower-alpha 1] —
3 UE school colors UE Red Warriors[lower-alpha 2] 11 3 .786[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers[lower-alpha 3] 7 7 .500 4
5 Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons 5 9 .357[lower-alpha 4] 6
6 UST school colors UST Growling Tigers 5 9 .357[lower-alpha 4] 6
7 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 3 11 .214[lower-alpha 5] 8
8 NU school colors NU Bulldogs 3 11 .214[lower-alpha 5] 8
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Ateneo 2–2, FEU 2–2, UE 2–2 (Ateneo +21, UE –5, FEU –16); second-seed playoff: FEU 80–75 UE
  2. La Salle originally won against UE in the second round, but the UAAP Board awarded UE the win after instant replay showed that the buzzer beater that gave De La Salle the victory was not yet in the air when time expired.
  3. This "final" team standings is overturned when La Salle forfeited their games after the Season 68 was over. See Suspension of De La Salle University for details.
  4. Head-to-head record: Adamson 1–1 UST (Adamson 0, UST 0); overall point differential: Adamson –59, UST –62
  5. Head-to-head record: UP 1–1 NU (UP +4)

Match-up results
 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Adamson school colors AdamsonFEU school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colors
Ateneo school colors AteneoUE school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUP school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colors
La Salle school colors La SalleUST school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsFEU school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsNU school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colors
FEU school colors FEUAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUP school colorsLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsUST school colors
NU school colors NUUP school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsLa Salle school colorsUE school colorsUP school colors
UE school colors UEAteneo school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsUP school colorsAteneo school colorsUP school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUST school colorsAdamson school colorsLa Salle school colors
UP school colors UPNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUST school colorsFEU school colorsUE school colorsAdamson school colorsUE school colorsLa Salle school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsNU school colorsUST school colors
UST school colors USTLa Salle school colorsNU school colorsAteneo school colorsFEU school colorsAdamson school colorsUP school colorsUE school colorsNU school colorsLa Salle school colorsAdamson school colorsAteneo school colorsUE school colorsFEU school colorsUP school colors
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams AdU AdMU DLSU FEU NU UE UP UST
Adamson Soaring Falcons — 62–70 61–81 53–57 74–70** 61–74 83–80 60–57
Ateneo Blue Eagles 69–55 — 82–68 62–73 63–57 68–69 70–68 69–65
De La Salle Green Archers 82–74 89–98 — 72–74 92–85* 84–65 67–58 88–75
FEU Tamaraws – 63–87 76–74 — 71–49 64–62 65–50 45–51
NU Bulldogs 67–85 76–62 80–59 56–69 — 75–79 74–70 77–84
UE Red Warriors 82–76 67–76 64–62[lower-alpha 1] 77–72 – — 75–65 73–69
UP Fighting Maroons 66–68* 53–56 80–70 61–67 75–67 61–68 — 73–55
UST Growling Tigers 64–61 – 66–71 58–71 83–78 69–76 92–89* —
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:
  1. UE put the result of their 65–64 second round game loss against La Salle under protest as UE contended that Junjun Cabatu's last-second three-point buzzer beater for La Salle was made after the end-game buzzer sounded. After the UAAP Technical Committee, citing a review of the tapes that showed the ball was until in Cabatu's fingertips as time expired, concluded that indeed the ball was released after time expired, the UAAP Board upheld UE's protest and awarded UE the 64–62 victory. This earned them a playoff for the second seed against FEU as they ended up in a three-way tie for first place. Ateneo, with the superior point differential, won the #1 seed.[1]

Second seed playoff

Since Ateneo, FEU and UE finished the eliminations with identical 11-3 cards, the quotient system was used. Ateneo emerged with the best quotient among the three, so UE and FEU figured out for a playoff game for the second seed to determine which team will clinch the twice-to-beat advantage that goes along with it, leading to a de facto first game of a best-of-three series. The winner only has to win once in the series, while the loser have to win twice to qualify for the Finals.

September 21
4:00 p.m.
FEU Tamaraws FEU school colors 80–75 UE school colors UE Red Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 20–13, 20–17, 16–26
Pts: Dennis Miranda 16 Pts: James Yap 27
FEU wins the twice to beat advantage

UE fell behind by as much as 18 points in the fourth quarter, but caught up with FEU due to their trapping defense. Olan Omiping hit a shot to start a 21–4 UE run, that was ended by RJ Masbang when he scored on a three-point play to cut FEU's lead to one point. Denok Miranda and Mark Isip initiated a 5–0 FEU run when UE coach Boyzie Zamar benched Masbang for shooter Charles Tan, who turned the ball over and fouled Santos that caused a three-point play to put FEU up by eight points. Up by three points, Santos tipped-in a Miranda miss to seal the win for FEU and the #2 seed.[2]

Bracket
Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1Ateneo school colors Ateneo7274
4La Salle school colors La Salle76*68
1Ateneo school colors Ateneo6553
2FEU school colors FEU8369
2FEU school colors FEU67
3UE school colors UE63

*Number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime periods.

Semifinals

FEU and Ateneo have the twice-to-beat advantage. They only have to win once, while their opponents, twice, to progress.

FEU vs. UE
September 25
2:00 p.m.
FEU Tamaraws FEU school colors 67–63 UE school colors UE Red Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 12–27, 21–11, 15–8
Pts: Gerard Jones 18 Pts: Olan Omiping 20
FEU wins series in one game

FEU and UE were locked in a close game until the final minutes. Paul Artadi scored a three-pointer to put the Red Warriors up 61–60. RJ Rizada and Gerald Jones scored baskets late in the game to eliminate the Red Warriors anew.[3]

Game 1
September 25
4:00 p.m.
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 72–76 (OT) La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 19–11, 9–16, 14–15, Overtime: 7–11
Pts: Wesley Gonzales 20 Pts: Joseph Yeo 31
Rebs: Araña, Gaco 8 each
Asts: Joseph Yeo 4
La Salle extends series

With former Chicago Bulls player Scott Burrell at court side, Ateneo led for much of the game; La Salle top scorer Mark Cardona was injured. La Salle's Joseph Yeo led the Archers back into the game; Jerwin Gaco scored on a put-back after a La Salle miss to force overtime. With 1:31 left in the overtime period, a bench-clearing brawl erupted after Gaco bumped LA Tenorio after a loose-ball scramble. Slo-mo replays later showed Tenorio sneaked in a punch to Gaco's side. After commissioner Joe Lipa and Araneta Coliseum personnel restored order, referees thrown out Ateneo's Magnum Membrere and La Salle's Ryan Araña. Yeo, who scored 31 points, and JV Casio led La Salle at the end of overtime to extend the series.[3]

Game 2
September 30
3:00 p.m.
Ateneo Blue Eagles Ateneo school colors 74–68 La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–12, 14–22, 16–13
Pts: Larry Fonacier 20
Rebs: Larry Fonacier 11
Asts: Larry Fonacier 3		 Pts: Joseph Yeo 26
Ateneo wins series in two games

After the fracas at their first semifinals game, Tenorio was suspended. This gave Macky Escalona Tenorio's starting point-guard spot. Cardona, who was dressed to play, was not fielded in by La Salle coach Franz Pumaren. At the end of the first half, a commotion broke out between the two teams in the Araneta Coliseum tunnel as they went to their respective locker rooms. At the stands, there were at least three incidents of shoving, punching and debris-throwing involving officials and supporters. Lipa ordered a certain fan to be expelled after having a word war with the Ateneo supporters. Midway through the third quarter, Ateneo led 47–33 but La Salle crept up. At the fourth quarter, as Ateneo's shot clock was running out, center Paolo Bugia made an improbable three-pointer to pad their lead 63–59. Larry Fonacier scored six straight points in the final 61 seconds to put Ateneo up for good; after Joseph Yeo scored on a three-pointer to cut Ateneo's lead 71–68, Fonacier made two free-throws off Cabatu's unsportsmanlike foul to put them up by five points. A last-ditch foul from Casio on Macky Escalona settled the final score as Escalona split his free-throws.[4]

At the end of the game, another scuffle between the supporters broke out, and included former Ateneo players Enrico Villanueva, Rainier Sison and Andrew Cruz; both Sison and Cruz suffered bruises. Uniformed policemen, including the SWAT team, and Araneta Coliseum security guards restored order.[5]

Finals

In the finals, defending champion Ateneo coach Joel Banal faced his brother, FEU coach Koy.

Game 1
October 2
4:00 p.m.
FEU Tamaraws FEU school colors 83–65 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles
FEU leads series 1–0

Ateneo threatened to blow the game wide open in the first quarter, but FEU responded with defense that gave Ateneo few easy points. The Tamaraws grabbed rebounds that led into easy fast break points to cruise to an easy win to lead the best-of-3 series 1–0.[6]

Game 2
October 5
4:00 p.m.
FEU Tamaraws FEU school colors 69–56 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 22–9, 10–13, 20–17
Pts: Cesar Catli 16
Rebs: Denok Miranda 11		 Pts: Larry Fonacier 17
Rebs: Larry Fonacier 7
FEU wins series 2–0

FEU led for most of the game, with Cesar Catli, RJ Rizada and Rhagnee Singco scoring baskets to increase FEU's lead 39–26. Ateneo cut the lead 46–39 near the end of the third quarter thanks to Larry Fonacier's free-throws. However, Jeffrei Chan scored on a three-point shot to increase FEU's lead to ten to end the quarter. At the start of the fourth quarter, FEU led for good, 56–39, after a Gerald Jones shot. The Eagles threatened anew late in the fourth, but Dennis Miranda converted a three-point shot with 2:31 left to put the Eagles away, 63–50. FEU won their first UAAP men's basketball championship since 1997.[7]

Broadcast notes

UAAP Final Four

September 25, 2003

GamePlay-by-playAnalystTeam
Game 1Boom GonzalezRandy SacdalanFEU vs. UE
Game 1Jude TurcuatoRyan GregorioDLSU vs. ADMU

September 30, 2003

GamePlay-by-playAnalystTeam
Game 2Boom GonzalezRandy SacdalanDLSU vs. ADMU

UAAP Finals
GamePlay-by-playAnalyst
Game 1Jude TurcuatoRandy Sacdalan
Game 2Jude TurcuatoRyan Gregorio

Awards

The awards were given out prior to Game 2 at the Araneta Coliseum:

See also


References
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  3. Eroa, Dennis (2003-09-26). "Tams wait as Eagles, Archers forge sudden death". Philippine Daily Inquirer. p. 25. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  4. Eroa, Dennis (2003-10-01). "It's Ateneo in final versus Far Eastern". Philippine Daily Inquirer. p. 25. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  5. Talao, Tito (2003-09-30). "Hooliganism mars KO game". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
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