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UAAP Season 72

UAAP Season 72
One color. One goal
Host school	Far Eastern University
Overall
Seniors	University of Santo Tomas
Juniors	University of Santo Tomas
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women Basketball  Ateneo  Adamson Volleyball  UST  UST Chess  FEU  FEU Table tennis  FEU  FEU Taekwondo  UST  FEU Judo  Ateneo  UP Swimming  La Salle  UP Beach Volleyball  UST  Adamson Track and field  UE  FEU Football  FEU  La Salle Fencing  UE  UE Tennis  UST  La Salle Badminton  UST  La Salle Baseball  Adamson N/A Softball N/A  UST Cheerdance  FEU (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls Basketball  Ateneo N/A Volleyball  UE  UST Chess  Adamson Table tennis  UE Taekwondo  UST Judo  Ateneo Swimming  Ateneo  UST Beach Volleyball  UP Track and field  Ateneo Football  Ateneo
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition;
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UAAP Season 72 was the 2009–2010 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. It was hosted by Far Eastern University, with opening rites on July 11, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum. The men's basketball tournament and the women's volleyball tournament were aired by ABS-CBN's UHF Studio 23 for the tenth consecutive year.

The opening ceremonies for the 72nd UAAP games was held at the Araneta Coliseum last July 11, 2009. The opening rites featured different student organizations from the host Far Eastern University including other participants from the other 7 UAAP member universities. With the season's theme One Color. One Goal. the event participants wore white costumes, symbolizing unity in the league, introduced the league member universities through flags and the sarimanok, bearing the member schools' respective colors.

The schedule of the sporting events will be changed this season. Badminton will be held in the first semester, instead of chess.

With ABS-CBN's contract to broadcast the UAAP expiring on March 31, 2010, two other TV networks are bidding for exclusive television rights for the league, although ABS-CBN has the right of first refusal. Solar Entertainment Corporation's sports section Solar Sports will join the bidding for the TV rights, with a Solar official naming GMA Network as another interested party. The UAAP has been broadcast by ABS-CBN for ten years already at their UHF station Studio 23.^[1] UAAP president Anton Montinola said the league considers "to project the league not just nationally but also globally" due to "a lot of followers abroad, mostly alumni". Montinola further said the league has been satisfied with ABS-CBN's coverage of both the basketball and volleyball games. The volleyball tournament was even moved from the first semester (July–October) to the second semester (November–March) to maximize the TV coverage.^[2]

Confirming Solar's earlier revelation, GMA has joined the bidding, submitting theirs at a UAAP board meeting on March 19, 2009. In order to strengthen its position, ABS-CBN's bid includes airing the men's basketball championship series at their flagship VHF station Channel 2 instead of airing it on Studio 23, where ABS-CBN has aired the men's basketball tournament for the past nine seasons.^[3] Solar will air it on VHF C/S 9 of which they a block-timer. All three submitted five-year bids.^[3] GMA will air the games on its VHF channel Q.^[4]

Despite the TV rights row on the Pacquiao-Hatton boxing bout between ABS-CBN on one hand and Solar Sports and GMA on the other, Solar has confirmed it will stand by their UAAP bid, with Solar offering a possible linkage either to ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel (on which the games currently air) or to GMA Pinoy TV to air the games internationally.^[4] With ABS-CBN's current contract worth P75 million, Montinola has expressed delight that "there are three TV networks that are very, very much interested to become our partner next season," noting that it is "the first time that this is happening." Montinola clarified that the UAAP is not "rushing things" to determine which among the three networks have the best offer, and declined to comment on the financial offers, saying, "We [UAAP, GMA 7, ABS-CBN and Solar] are still far from that discussion."^[5]

On October 4, right before the tip-off of Game 2 of the men's basketball finals, the UAAP and ABS-CBN agreed in principle and signed a memorandum of agreement giving the broadcasting network the right to air the league's games for another five-year period starting UAAP Season 73.^[6]

The UAAP Season 72 basketball tournament began on July 11, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The tournament host was Far Eastern University and tournament commissioner was Jose "Joe" Lipa, Jr.

The opening ceremonies and the opening day doubleheader were the first programs in the Philippines to be broadcast in high definition, although only SkyCable subscribers with HD boxes were able to watch them.

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU Tamaraws (H)	11	3	.786	2
3	UE Red Warriors	10	4	.714	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Growling Tigers	6	8	.429	7
5	Adamson Soaring Falcons	5	9	.357[a]	8
6	De La Salle Green Archers	5	9	.357[a]	8
7	NU Bulldogs	3	11	.214[b]	10
8	UP Fighting Maroons	3	11	.214[b]	10

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	Ateneo		81
	4	UST		64
							1	Ateneo	78	68	71
							3	UE	71	88	58
	2	FEU	74	72
	3	UE	84	78

• Most Valuable Player: Dylan Ababou (UST Growling Tigers)
• Rookie of the Year: Jeric Teng (UST Growling Tigers)

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU Lady Tamaraws (H)	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Adamson Lady Falcons	11	3	.786[a]	2
3	De La Salle Lady Archers	11	3	.786[a]	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Tigresses	8	6	.571	5
5	UP Lady Maroons	5	9	.357	8
6	Ateneo Lady Eagles	4	10	.286	9
7	NU Lady Bulldogs	3	11	.214	10
8	UE Lady Warriors	1	13	.071	12

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	FEU	74
	4	UST	71
						1	FEU	51	50
						2	Adamson	58	64
	2	Adamson	55
	3	La Salle	50

• Most Valuable Player: Analyn Almasan (Adamson Lady Falcons)
• Rookie of the Year: Miller Joy Ong (De La Salle Lady Archers)

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	DLSZ Junior Archers	12	2	.857	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Tiger Cubs	11	3	.786	1
3	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	10	4	.714[a]	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws (H)	10	4	.714[a]	2
5	UE Junior Warriors	6	8	.429	6
6	Adamson Baby Falcons	5	9	.357	7
7	NUNS Bullpups	2	12	.143	10
8	UPIS Junior Maroons	0	14	.000	12

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	DLSZ		86
	4	FEU–FERN		69
							1	DLSZ	73	57	56
							3	Ateneo	80	53	61
	2	UST	66	68
	3	Ateneo	72	73

• Most Valuable Player: Terrence Romeo (FEU Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Kevin Ferrer (UST Growling Tigers)

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
UST Growling Tigers	13	1	.929	-
FEU Tamaraws	11	3	.786	2
Ateneo Blue Eagles	8	6	.571	5
UP Fighting Maroons	7	7	.500	6
De La Salle Green Archers	7	7	.500	6
UE Red Warriors	5	9	.357	9
NU Bulldogs	3	11	.214	10
Adamson Soaring Falcons	2	12	.143	11

	Fourth-seed playoff					Semifinals Top seeds twice-to-beat					Finals Best-of-three series
						1	UST	3
	UP		3			4	UP	0
	La Salle		0								1	UST	3	3
											2	FEU	0	0
						2	FEU	3
						3	Ateneo	1

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Henry James Pecaña (UST Growling Tigers)
• Season Most Valuable Player: Andre Joseph Pareja (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Christopher Michael Antonio (De La Salle Green Archers)

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
De La Salle Lady Archers	13	1	.929	-
UST Tigresses	12	2	.857	1
Ateneo Lady Eagles	10	4	.714	3
Adamson Lady Falcons	9	5	.643	4
FEU Lady Tamaraws	6	8	.429	7
UP Lady Maroons	4	10	.286	9
UE Lady Warriors	1	13	.071	12
NU Lady Bulldogs	1	13	.071	12

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	La Salle	3
	4	Adamson	1
						1	La Salle	1	1
						2	UST	3	3
	2	UST	3
	3	Ateneo	0

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan (UST Tigresses)
• Season Most Valuable Player: Cherry May Vivas (FEU Lady Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Joanne Siy (De La Salle Lady Archers)

Team	W	L	PCT	GB
Adamson Soaring Falcons	8	2	.800	--
NU Bulldogs	7	3	.700	1
UP Fighting Maroons	6	4	.600	2
De La Salle Green Archers	5	5	.500	3
UST Growling Tigers	4	6	.400	4
Ateneo Blue Eagles	0	10	.000	8

  Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
  Qualified to the semifinals

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	Adamson		10
	4	La Salle		6
							1	Adamson	3	10
							2	NU	1	5
	2	NU	5	16
	3	UP	20	0

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year:
• Most Improved Player:

The UAAP Season 72 taekwondo tournaments were held on September 16, 2009 at the University of Santo Tomas Gymnasium.^[7]

Men's tournament [edit] Team standings [edit] Team W L GB  UST Growling Tigers 5 0 --  De La Salle Green Archers 4 1 1  Ateneo Blue Eagles 2 3 3  FEU Tamaraws 2 3 3  UP Fighting Maroons 2 3 3  UE Red Warriors 0 5 5 Awards [edit] Most Valuable Player: Marlon Avenido (UST Growling Tigers) Rookie of the Year: Jose Anthony Soriano (UST Growling Tigers)

Women's tournament [edit] Team standings [edit] Team W L GB  FEU Lady Tamaraws 5 0 --  UST Tigresses 3 2 2  De La Salle Lady Archers 3 2 2  UP Lady Maroons 3 2 2  Ateneo Lady Eagles 1 4 4  UE Lady Warriors 0 5 5 Awards [edit] Most Valuable Player: Richelle Dinolan (FEU Lady Tamaraws) Rookie of the Year: Winlove Dela Cerna (FEU Lady Tamaraws)

Team	W	L	GB
UST Tiger Cubs	4	0	--
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	3	1	1
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	2	2	2
UPIS Junior Maroons			-
DLSZ Junior Archers			-
UE Junior Warriors			-

• Most Valuable Player: Keiffer Mikhael Cedro (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
• Rookie of the Year: Clint Ferrer (UST Tiger Cubs)

Men's tournament [edit] Elimination round [edit] Team standings [edit] Team W L PCT Matches W–L  Ateneo Blue Eagles 6 1 1.000 26-4  UP Fighting Maroons 6 1 .833 22-8  De La Salle Green Archers 5 2 .667 21–9  UST Growling Tigers 5 2 .667 20–10  UE Red Warriors 3 4 .500 13–17  FEU Tamaraws 2 5 .167 6–19  NU Bulldogs 1 6 .167 9–21  Adamson Soaring Falcons 0 7 .000 0–30   Qualified to the semifinals Playoffs [edit]   Semi-finals Final                        Ateneo 1        UST 4    UST 3        La Salle 2    UP 2      La Salle 3   Third place            Ateneo 3      UP 2 Awards [edit] Most Valuable Player: Paolo Dawal (UST Growling Tigers) Rookie of the Year: Toby Gadi (Ateneo Blue Eagles) Most Improved Player: Salvador Kapunan (UST Growling Tigers)

Women's tournament [edit] Elimination round [edit] Team standings [edit] Team W L PCT  De La Salle Lady Archers 7 0 1.000  FEU Lady Tamaraws 6 1 .857  Adamson Lady Falcons 5 2 .714  UE Lady Warriors 4 3 .571  UST Tigresses 2 5 .286  UP Lady Maroons 2 5 .286  Ateneo Lady Eagles 1 6 .143  NU Lady Bulldogs 1 6 .143   Qualified to the semifinals Playoffs [edit]   Semi-finals Final                        La Salle 3        Adamson 2    La Salle 3        UE 1    FEU 2      UE 3   Third place            Adamson 2      FEU 3 Awards [edit] Most Valuable Player: Descka Calimlim (De La Salle Lady Archers) Rookie of the Year: Danica Bolos (De La Salle Lady Archers) Most Improved Player: Rochelle Reyes (FEU Lady Tamaraws)