UAAP Season 80 basketball tournaments
The UAAP Season 80 basketball tournaments were the University Athletic Association of the Philippines basketball tournaments for the 2017–18 school year. The tournaments are divided into men's, women's and juniors' divisions, for male and female college players and male high school players, respectively. The host school for the seniors' division was Far Eastern University, while Ateneo de Manila University was the sub-host for the juniors' division. The De La Salle Green Archers, NU Lady Bulldogs, and FEU Baby Tamaraws are the defending champions for the men's, women's and juniors respectively.
The senior men’s tournament began on September 9, 2017 and the games for the women's division followed on September 10. The juniors' tournament began on November 11.
Atty. Rene Saguisag, Jr. who was appointed UAAP's executive director served as commissioner for the third straight season.
Teams
All eight member universities of the UAAP field teams in all three divisions.| University | Men's team | Women's team | Juniors' team |
| Adamson University | Falcons | Lady Falcons | Baby Falcons |
| Ateneo de Manila University | Blue Eagles | Lady Eagles | Blue Eaglets |
| De La Salle University | Green Archers | Lady Archers | Junior Archers |
| Far Eastern University | Tamaraws | Lady Tamaraws | Baby Tamaraws |
| National University | Bulldogs | Lady Bulldogs | Bullpups |
| University of the East | Red Warriors | Lady Warriors | Junior Warriors |
| University of the Philippines | Fighting Maroons | Lady Maroons | Junior Maroons |
| University of Santo Tomas | Growling Tigers | Tigresses | Tiger Cubs |
Coaches
Coaching changes
Venues
The Mall of Asia Arena, Smart Araneta Coliseum and the Filoil Flying V Centre are the venues for the men's tournament. The venues for the women's tournament are the Mall of Asia Arena, the Smart Araneta Coliseum and the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym. The Filoil Flying V Centre and the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym will serve as the venues for the juniors' tournament.Men's tournament
Elimination round
Team standings
Match-up results
Scores
Bracket
*Game went into overtime.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.Ateneo vs. FEU
The Ateneo Blue Eagles has the twice-to-beat advantage.- Player of the game: Ron Marvis Dennison
- Player of the game: Joseph Matthew Nieto
La Salle vs. Adamson
- Player of the game: Leonardo Santillan
Finals
- Player of the game: Michael Joseph Nieto
- Player of the game: Joshua Andrei Caracut
- Player of the game: Ferdinand Ravena III
- Finals Most Valuable Player:
Awards
- Most Valuable Player:
- Rookie of the Year:
- Mythical Team:
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Sponsored awards
- Manulife 110% Heart and Hustle Player of the Season:
- Shell V-Power Most Efficient Player of the Season:
- Appeton Most Improved Player of the Season:
- Milo Nutri-up Up Your Galing Performance Award:
- PSBankable Player of the Season:
- Manulife 110% Heart and Hustle Player of the Finals:
- PSBankable Player of the Finals:
- BDO Winning Ways Coach of the Season:
Players of the Week
Statistics
Players' statistical points
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Season player highs
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Game player highs
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Game team highs
Season team highs
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Broadcast notes
is the official broadcaster of the UAAP Season 80 Men's Basketball games.| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst | Courtside Reporters |
| Semis #1 vs. #4, Game 1 | Boom Gonzales | TJ Manotoc | Sydney Crespo, Martie Bautista & Paui Versoza |
| Semis #1 vs. #4, Game 2 | Nikko Ramos | Marco Benitez | Martie Bautista, Sydney Crespo & Angelique Manto |
| Semis #2 vs. #3 | Eric Tipan | Ronnie Magsanoc | Eileen Shi, Stef Monce & Angelique Manto |
| Finals, Game 1 | Mico Halili | Ronnie Magsanoc | Martie Bautista, Eileen Shi & Paui Versoza |
| Finals, Game 2 | Boom Gonzales | Ronnie Magsanoc | Eileen Shi, Martie Bautista & Angelique Manto |
| Finals, Game 3 | Boom Gonzales | Christian Luanzon | Martie Bautista, Eileen Shi & Paui Versoza |
UAAP-JBL Three-Point Contest
The UAAP Three-Point Contest, or the UAAP-JBL Three-Point Contest for sponsorship reasons, is the inaugural three-point competition of the UAAP in the basketball discipline. The contest served as a transition event from the first round going to the second round of eliminations. All eight universities fielded representative shooters to compete for the chance to clinch ₱80,000 and JBL products for the winner, and another ₱50,000 will be given to the winning university. In the end of the competition, the older brother of Adrian Wong, Dan Angelo Wong, claimed the inaugural title for the said competition.Competition Format
In the first round, all eight participants will get a chance to shoot as many three-pointers as they can within the time limit of one minute. In each rack, the first four balls were regular balls, which is worth only one point, and the fifth and the last ball is the moneyball, which is worth two points. After the first round, only the top two players would advance the final round, competing for the championship.Results
Women's tournament
The NU Lady Bulldogs won their 64th straight match after clinching their four-peat championship against the UE Lady Warriors on December 3, 2017.NU's Ria Nabalan recorded a triple-double in their second round win over the FEU Lady Tamaraws on October 18, 2017. Nabalan tallied 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to lead the Lady Bulldogs to their 56th consecutive win that dates back to Season 77.
For the first time in 49 years, the UE Lady Warriors advanced to the Finals after defeating the UST Tigresses in the second round of the Stepladder semifinals to face the undefeated NU Lady Bulldogs. A punch thrown by UST's Sai Larosa at Love Sto. Domingo ignited a bench-clearing brawl among the players of the two teams. Larosa was disqualified from inclusion to the Mythical team following her ejection and subsequent suspension.
The UE Lady Warriors held the Adamson Lady Falcons to a scoreless 2nd quarter in their 62-44 win on October 1, 2017.
Elimination round
Team standings
Match-up results
Scores
Bracket
Stepladder semifinals
First round
- Player of the game: Anjel Anies
Second round
- Player of the game: Anjel Anies
- Player of the game: Joyce Francisco
Finals
- Player of the game: Trixie Antiquera
- Player of the game: Rhena Itesi
- Finals Most Valuable Player:
Awards
- Most Valuable Player:
- Rookie of the Year:
- Mythical Five:
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Statistics
Players' statistical points
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Juniors' tournament
The Ateneo Blue Eaglets' 7'1" center Kai Sotto recorded a triple-double in their Game 1 win over the NU Bullpups in their best-of-three Finals series on February 23, 2018. Sotto tallied 22 points, 16 rebounds and 11 blocks. Of those 11 shot-blocks, five were made in the first half.The NU Bullpups' opening day win over the UE Junior Warriors was overturned after the UAAP board found NU player Jayson Puray to be ineligible.
Elimination round
Team standings
Match-up results
Scores
Bracket
* Game went into overtimeFourth-seed playoff
Stepladder semifinals
First round
Second round
NU has the twice-to-beat advantage- Player of the game: Paolo Javilionar
Finals
- Player of the game: Kai Sotto
- Finals Most Valuable Player:
Awards
- Most Valuable Player:
- Rookie of the Year:
- Mythical Five:
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Statistics
Players' statistical points
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Overall Championship points
Seniors' division
In case of a tie, the team with the higher position in any tournament is ranked higher. If both are still tied, they are listed by alphabetical order.How rankings are determined:
- Ranks 5th to 8th determined by elimination round standings.
- Loser of the #1 vs #4 semifinal match-up is ranked 4th
- Loser of the #2 vs #3 semifinal match-up is ranked 3rd
- Loser of the finals is ranked 2nd
- Champion is ranked 1st