UAAP Season 68
Host schoolAdamson school colors Adamson University
TaglineSOAR Higher!
Overall
SeniorsUST school colors University of Santo Tomas
JuniorsUE school colors University of the East
Seniors' champions
Sport
Men
Women
Basketball FEU school colors FEU Ateneo school colors Ateneo
Volleyball FEU school colors FEU La Salle school colors La Salle
Football Ateneo school colors Ateneo La Salle school colors La Salle
Baseball UP school colors UP N/A
Softball N/A Adamson school colors Adamson
Fencing UE school colors UE UE school colors UE
Swimming UP school colors UP UST school colors UST
Badminton UST school colors UST La Salle school colors La Salle
Chess UP school colors UP UST school colors UST
Judo UP school colors UP UST school colors UST
Taekwondo UST school colors UST UST school colors UST
Table tennis UST school colors UST UST school colors UST
Tennis La Salle school colors La Salle La Salle school colors La Salle
Track and field FEU school colors FEU FEU school colors FEU
Cheerdance UST school colors UST (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport
Boys
Girls
Basketball La Salle school colors DLSZ N/A
Volleyball UE school colors UE UE school colors UE
Softball Ateneo school colors Ateneo UE school colors UE
Fencing UE school colors UE
Badminton UST school colors UST
Chess UE school colors UE
Judo UST school colors UST
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport;
(Ex) = Exhibition;
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UAAP Season 68 was the 2005–06 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Several events were held, the most prominent was the basketball tournament. The tournament is divided into three divisions: the Juniors tournament for high school students, the Women's tournament for female college students, and the Men's tournament for male college students

The FEU Tamaraws swept the defending champions La Salle Green Archers, 2 games to none in the Men's tournament to take their record-breaking 19th title, with Arwind Santos as the Finals MVP. It was a rematch of the 2004 Final, where the Archers prevailed, 2–1.

In the juniors division, the De La Salle Zobel Junior Archers swept the UPIS Junior Maroons, 2–0, to take their first UAAP title. It was also La Salle's first Juniors title since the 1955 La Salle Green Hills championship in the NCAA.

In the women's tournament, the Ateneo Lady Eagles swept the Adamson Lady Falcons, 2 games to none, to win their first UAAP women's title. The Lady Eagles snapped the Lady Falcons' two year title run.

Basketball

Men's tournament

Main article: UAAP Season 68 men's basketball tournament

Elimination round

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws 12 2 .857 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers[a] 10 4 .714[b] 2
3 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 10 4 .714[b] 2 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 UE school colors UE Red Warriors 10 4 .714[b] 2
5 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 6 8 .429 6
6 UST school colors UST Growling Tigers 4 10 .286 8
7 Adamson school colors Adamson Falcons (H) 3 11 .214 9
8 NU school colors NU Bulldogs 1 13 .071 11
Source: UBelt.com
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ This "final" team standings is overtuned when La Salle forfeited their games after the season was over. See Suspension of De La Salle University for details.
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: La Salle 3–1, Ateneo 2–2, UE 1–3; third-seed playoff: Ateneo 76–65 UE

Note: The "final" team standings were adjusted when La Salle forfeited its games after the season was over. See Suspension of De La Salle University-Manila for details.

Playoffs

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1FEU school colors FEU78
4UE school colors UE57
1FEU school colors FEU7573
2La Salle school colors La Salle7371
2La Salle school colors La Salle74
3Ateneo school colors Ateneo57

Awards

 UAAP Season 68 men's basketball champions 
FEU school colors
FEU Tamaraws
19th title, third consecutive title

Women's tournament

Awards

Juniors' tournament

The Juniors' tournament saw the return of Far Eastern University juniors team, the FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws.

Elimination round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eaglets 12 2 .857 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 La Salle school colors DLSZ Junior Archers 11 3 .786 1
3 FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 10 4 .714[a] 2 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 UP school colors UPIS Junior Maroons 10 4 .714[a] 2
5 Adamson school colors Adamson Baby Falcons (H) 7 7 .500 5
6 UST school colors UST Tiger Cubs 5 9 .357 7
7 UE school colors UE Junior Warriors 2 12 .143 10
8 NU school colors NUNS Bullpups 0 14 .000 12
Source:[citation needed]
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. ^ a b Head-to-head record: FEU 2–0 UPIS

Playoffs

SemifinalsBest of 3 Finals
1Ateneo school colors Ateneo6158
4UP school colors UPIS6276
4UP school colors UPIS4962
2La Salle school colors DLSZ7386
2La Salle school colors DLSZ74
3FEU school colors FEU–FERN66

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) UPIS

The Ateneo Blue Eaglets had the twice-to-beat advantage.

September 25
Ateneo Blue Eaglets Ateneo school colors 61–62 UP school colors UPIS Junior Maroons
September 29
Ateneo Blue Eaglets Ateneo school colors 58–76 UP school colors UPIS Junior Maroons
UPIS wins series in two games
(2) DLSZ vs. (3) FEU-FERN

The De La Salle Junior Archers had twice-to-beat advantage.

September 25
DLSZ Junior Archers La Salle school colors 74–66 FEU school colors FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
La Salle wins series in one game

Finals

October 2
DLSZ Junior Archers La Salle school colors 73–49 UP school colors UPIS Junior Maroons
October 6
DLSZ Junior Archers La Salle school colors 86–62 UP school colors UPIS Junior Maroons
La Salle wins series 2–0

Awards

Cheerdance

The Cheerdance Competition was held on September 17, 2005 at the Araneta Coliseum.

Order Pep squad Score
1st UST school colors UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe 90.98
2nd UP school colors UP Pep Squad 90.76
3rd FEU school colors FEU Cheering Squad 88.72
4th La Salle school colors DLSU Animo Squad 76.37
5th UE school colors UE Pep Squad 76.15
6th Adamson school colors Adamson Pep Squad 76.09
7th Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion 69.33
8th NU school colors NU Pep Squad 64.48

General championship summary

The general champion is determined by a point system. The system gives 15 points to the champion team of a UAAP event, 12 to the runner-up, and 10 to the third placer. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating teams according to their order of finish.

Medals table

General championship tally

Seniors' division

BasketballVolleyball (indoor)SwimmingChessTennisTable tennisBadmintonTaekwondoJudoBaseballSoftballFootballAthleticsFencingTotal
RankTeamMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWMWOverall
1UST school colors UST441210121510151212151515101515101512810128868141147288
2UP school colors UP610102151215121010126884121212151288421010129116245
3La Salle school colors La Salle126615810121015156810158106846121512444115126241
4Ateneo school colors Ateneo1015161082488410446615101041561010812103103206
5FEU school colors FEU158158——68——8121212108————61015151269987186
6UE school colors UE (H)824466866—1026212486—104—61215159369162
7Adamson school colors Adamson212812——4———2426————615——26——265581
8NU school colors NU1—21——12——1—1—————8———————14317
Source: [1][2]
(H) Season host;   = Champion;   = Runner-up;   = Third place; — = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

Juniors' division

BasketballVolleyball (indoor)SwimmingChessTable tennisTaekwondoAthleticsTotal
RankTeamBBGBGCBBBBGCOverall
1UE school colors UE (H)2151510151515106583015103
2UST school colors UST410126861015156020686
3Ateneo school colors Ateneo1012—15—121212127301285
4La Salle school colors DLSZ158101210446105520479
5UP school colors UPIS126881288885020878
6NU school colors NU1————106——701017
7Adamson school colors Adamson6————22——80210
8FEU school colors FEU–FERN8————————8008
(H) Season host;   = Champion;   = Runner-up;   = Third place; — = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

Individual awards

Athlete of the Year:

Suspension of De La Salle University-Manila

Controversy surrounded the UAAP after De La Salle University-Manila (DLSU) discovered that two members of its men's basketball team were ineligible to play in the UAAP from the 2003–2004 up to the 2005–2006 season. The players failed Department of Education's Philippine Educational Placement Test Certificate of Rating (PEPTCR, a replacement for a high school diploma). The University has offered to return the 2004 championship and 2005 runner-up trophy and file a leave of absence from the league.

In its meeting on April 21, 2006 in Adamson University, members of the UAAP Board unanimously decided to suspend DLSU in all sports events of the UAAP for the entire 2006–2007 season as a consequence of the university's negligence and inaction against the two ineligible players.

The board has also forfeited all of La Salle's men's basketball games from 2003 to 2004. The board awarded the 2004 title to FEU as a result.

If the forfeited games are factored in, the final elimination round standings is:

Team W L
FEU Tamaraws 12 2
Ateneo Blue Eagles 12 2
UE Red Warriors 11 3
UP Fighting Maroons 7 7
UST Growling Tigers 6 8
Adamson Soaring Falcons 5 9
NU Bulldogs 3 11
La Salle Green Archers 0 14

All of La Salle's victories in the playoffs were also forfeited; if La Salle won the 2005 title, they would've surrendered back the trophy to the finals opponents, FEU.

See also

References

  1. ^ uaapgames.com
  2. ^ Ust Tigers Uaap Overall Champ
  3. ^ UE’s Mariano named UAAP athlete of the year
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