UAAP Season 71 was the 2008–2009 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The University of the Philippines (UP) hosted this season, which coincided with the centennial anniversary of the University's establishment. It opened on July 5, 2008 with an elaborate ceremony held at the Araneta Coliseum.^[7]

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UAAP Season 71
Host school	University of the Philippines
Tagline	Filipino Leadership Through Sports Excellence
Overall
Seniors	University of Santo Tomas
Juniors	University of Santo Tomas
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women Basketball  Ateneo  FEU Volleyball  UST  La Salle Chess  FEU  La Salle Table tennis  UST  FEU Taekwondo  UST  UST Judo  Ateneo  UP Swimming  UST  Ateneo Beach Volleyball  UST  FEU Track and field  FEU  FEU Football  UP  UST Fencing  UST  UE Tennis  La Salle  UST Badminton  UE  FEU Baseball  Adamson NT Softball NT  Adamson Cheerdance  UP (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls Basketball  Ateneo[1] NT Volleyball  UE[2]  UST Chess  Adamson[3] Table tennis  UST[4] Taekwondo  UE Judo  Ateneo Swimming  Ateneo  UST Beach Volleyball  Ateneo[5] Track and field  Ateneo Football  Ateneo[6]
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition;
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• Two-round eliminations, the top 4 teams enter the semifinals, with the top 2 seeds possessing the twice-to-beat advantage. Semifinal winners play in the best-of-three finals.
• If there are ties in the standings, the standard tiebreaking procedure will be used per sport, except for the last seed, in which an extra game will be held to break the tie.
  • Exception: In basketball and volleyball, an extra game will be played regardless of the position and tiebreaking procedure recommended in a sport.
• If a team wins all of their elimination round games, the postseason will be scrapped and that team will win the championship outright.
• Exceptions:
  • In basketball, the team that wins all elimination round games will have the thrice-to-beat advantage in the finals.
  • In volleyball, the team that wins all elimination round games advances outright to the finals.
  • In both instances, the #3 and #4 teams play for a berth to face the #2 seed with the twice-to-win advantage in the semifinals.

The UAAP Season 71 Basketball tournament began on July 5, 2008 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The tournament host was University of the Philippines and tournament commissioner was Andres "Chito" Narvasa, Jr.

Seniors division

Men's tournament

Main article: UAAP Season 71 men's basketball tournament

Elimination round

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Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	De La Salle Green Archers	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	3
3	FEU Tamaraws	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UE Red Warriors	9	5	.643	4
5	UST Growling Tigers	6	8	.429	7
6	UP Fighting Maroons (H)	3	11	.214[lower-alpha 2]	10
7	Adamson Soaring Falcons	3	11	.214[lower-alpha 2]	10
8	NU Bulldogs	2	12	.143	11

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Source: ABS-CBN Sports
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. Second-seed playoff: La Salle 62–59 FEU
2. Head-to-head record: UP 2–0 Adamson

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	Ateneo	70
	4	UE	50
						1	Ateneo	69	62
						2	La Salle	61	51
	2	La Salle	67
	3	FEU	62

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Rabeh Al-Hussaini (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Rookie of the Year: Ryan Buenafe (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

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Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU Lady Tamaraws	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Tigresses	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	3
3	UP Lady Maroons (H)	10	4	.714[lower-alpha 1]	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Lady Falcons	9	5	.643	4
5	De La Salle Lady Archers	7	7	.500	6
6	Ateneo Lady Eagles	4	10	.286	9
7	UE Lady Warriors	2	12	.143	11
8	NU Lady Bulldogs	1	13	.071	12

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Source: ABS-CBN Sports
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. Second-seed playoff: UST 69–64

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	FEU	56	74
	4	Adamson	57	63
							1	FEU	54	52
							3	UP	52	46
	2	UST	39	46
	3	UP	52	50

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Marichu Bacaro (UST Tigresses)
• Rookie of the Year: Angelica Ortega (Adamson Lady Falcons)

Juniors division

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

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Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	12	2	.857[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	DLSZ Junior Archers	12	2	.857[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	9	5	.643[lower-alpha 2]	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Baby Falcons	9	5	.643[lower-alpha 2]	3
5	UST Tiger Cubs	8	6	.571	4
6	UE Junior Warriors	3	11	.214[lower-alpha 3]	9
7	NUNS Bullpups	3	11	.214[lower-alpha 3]	9
8	UPIS Junior Maroons (H)	0	14	.000	12

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Source: ABS-CBN Sports
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 1–1 La Salle (Ateneo +2)
2. Head-to-head record: FEU 1–1 Adamson (FEU +10)
3. Head-to-head record: UE 1–1 NU (UE +10)

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	Ateneo		78
	4	Adamson		45
							1	Ateneo	72	71
							3	FEU–FERN	62	60
	2	La Salle Zobel	70	56
	3	FEU–FERN	72**	58

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Mark Kevin Juruena (Adamson Baby Falcons)
• Rookie of the Year: Luis Alfonso dela Paz (DLSZ Junior Archers)

The UAAP Beach Volleyball tournament started on September 6, 2008 at the University of the East Caloocan Grounds. UST and FEU were declared outright champions after sweeping the men's and women's tournaments, respectively.

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Men's tournament Team W L GB  UST Growling Tigers 7 0 --  FEU Tamaraws 6 1 1  Adamson Soaring Falcons 5 2 2  UP Fighting Maroons 3 4 4  De La Salle Green Archers 3 4 4  NU Bulldogs 2 5 5  UE Red Warriors 1 6 6  Ateneo Blue Eagles 1 6 6 Awards Most Valuable Player: Henry James Pecana (UST Growling Tigers) Rookie of the Year: Dominico Ramon Lucindo (UP Fighting Maroons)

Women's tournament Team W L GB  FEU Lady Tamaraws 7 0 --  UE Lady Warriors 6 1 1  UST Tigresses 5 2 2  Adamson Lady Falcons 4 3 3  NU Lady Bulldogs 3 4 4  De La Salle Lady Archers 2 5 5  Ateneo Lady Eagles 1 6 6  UP Lady Maroons 0 7 7 Awards Most Valuable Player: Anna Camille Abanto (FEU Lady Tamaraws) Rookie of the Year: Melissa Gohing (De La Salle Lady Archers)

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The UAAP Football tournament opened on January 18, 2009. Games were played at the Erenchun and Ocampo Football Fields of the Ateneo de Manila University.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

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Team standings Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1  FEU Tamaraws 10 6 2 2 16 6 +10 20 2  UP Fighting Maroons 10 5 4 1 10 6 +4 19 3  De La Salle Green Archers 10 4 2 4 4 8 −4 14 4  UST Growling Tigers 10 3 2 5 8 12 −4 11 5  UE Red Warriors 10 2 3 5 7 10 −3 9 6  Ateneo Blue Eagles 10 2 3 5 6 9 −3 9 Source: [citation needed]   Qualified to the Finals with the twice-to-beat advantage   Qualified to the Finals

Match-up results   Round 1 Round 2 Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Ateneo  La Salle  FEU  UE  UP  UST Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = Draw;   = Loss

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Finals

FEU had the twice to beat advantage.

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UP Fighting Maroons	2–1	FEU Tamaraws

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February 26

Erenchun Field, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City

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UP Fighting Maroons	1–0	FEU Tamaraws

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March 3

Erenchun Field, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City

Women's tournament

Elimination round

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Team standings Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1  De La Salle Lady Archers 8 6 2 0 16 1 +15 20 2  UST Tigresses 8 5 2 1 12 3 +9 17 3  FEU Lady Tamaraws 8 3 3 2 11 6 +5 12 4  Ateneo Lady Eagles 8 1 2 5 2 16 −14 5 5  UP Lady Maroons 8 0 1 7 2 15 −13 1 Source: [citation needed]   Qualified to the Finals with the twice-to-beat advantage   Qualified to the Finals

Match-up results   Round 1 Round 2 Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  Ateneo  La Salle  FEU  UP  UST Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = Draw;   = Loss

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Finals

La Salle had the twice to beat advantage.

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UST Tigresses	2–0 (aet)	De La Salle Lady Archers

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February 26

Erenchun Field, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City

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UST Tigresses	1–1 (aet) 4–1 (pso)	De La Salle Lady Archers

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March 3

Erenchun Field, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City

The UAAP Baseball tournament opened on January 11, 2009. Games were played at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

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Team standings Team W L GB  Adamson Soaring Falcons 10 0 --  UP Fighting Maroons 7 3 3  Ateneo Blue Eagles 6 4 4  UST Growling Tigers 4 6 6  NU Bulldogs 3 7 7  De La Salle Green Archers 0 10 10

Match-up results   Round 1 Round 2 Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Adamson  Ateneo  La Salle  NU  UP  UST Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = Loss

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The UAAP Softball tournament opened on January 10, 2009. Games were played at the UST Open Field.

Women's tournament

Elimination round

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Team standings Team W L GB  Adamson Lady Falcons 10 0 --  UST Tigresses 6 4 4  UE Lady Warriors 5 5 5  UP Lady Maroons 5 5 5  Ateneo Lady Eagles 4 6 6  De La Salle Lady Archers 0 10 10

Match-up results   Round 1 Round 2 Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Adamson  Ateneo  La Salle  UE  UP  UST Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = Loss

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The UAAP Season 71 Chess tournament started on August 9, 2008, at the Tan Yan Kee Student Center of the University of Santo Tomas.^[8]

Seniors division

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Men's tournament Team standings Standings after 12 rounds Team Points  FEU Tamaraws 36.0  UST Growling Tigers 33.5  Adamson Soaring Falcons 33.0  De La Salle Green Archers 31.5  UE Red Warriors 29.5  NU Bulldogs 25.5  UP Fighting Maroons 24.5  Ateneo Blue Eagles 10.5 Awards Most Valuable Player: John Paul Gomez (De La Salle Green Archers) Rookie of the Year: Sheider Nebato (FEU Tamaraws)

Women's tournament Team standings Standings after 12 rounds Team Points TB  De La Salle Lady Archers 35.0  FEU Lady Tamaraws 35.0  UST Tigresses 28.0  UP Lady Maroons 25.5  UE Lady Warriors 23.0  Ateneo Lady Eagles 17.0  NU Lady Bulldogs 4.0 Awards Most Valuable Player: Aices Salvador (De La Salle Lady Archers) Rookie of the Year: Jedara Docena (FEU Lady Tamaraws)

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Juniors division

Boys' tournament

Team standings

Standings after 12 rounds

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Team	Points
Adamson Baby Falcons	36.5
UE Red Pages	33.5
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	32.5
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	26.5
NUNS Bullpups	26
UST Tiger Cubs	7.5
DLSZ Junior Archers	5.5

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Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Gabriel Layugan (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
• Rookie of the Year: Dominique Lagula (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)

The UAAP Season 71 Taekwondo tournaments were held on September 13 and September 17, 2008 at the Far Eastern University Gym.^[9]

Seniors division

More information Team, W ...

Men's tournament Team standings Final. Team W L GB  UST Growling Tigers 5 0 -  Ateneo Blue Eagles 4 1 -  FEU Tamaraws 3 2 -  UP Fighting Maroons 3 3 -  UE Red Warriors -  De La Salle Green Archers - Awards Most Valuable Player: Jurrie Bernardino (UST Growling Tigers) Rookie of the Year: Dane Pio de Roda (UST Growling Tigers)

Women's tournament Team standings Final. Team W L GB  UST Tigresses 5 0 -  FEU Lady Tamaraws 4 1 -  UP Lady Maroons 4 2 -  Ateneo Lady Eagles 3 2 -  De La Salle Lady Archers -  UE Lady Warriors - Awards Most Valuable Player: Caryn Pilongo (UST Tigresses) Rookie of the Year: Jade Zafra (UST Tigresses)

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Juniors division

Boys' tournament

Team standings

Final.

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Team	W	L	GB
UE Red Pages	5	0	-
UST Tiger Cubs	4	1	-
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	3	2	-
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws			-
UPIS Junior Maroons			-
DLSZ Junior Archers			-

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Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Anthony John Samia (UE Junior Warriors)
• Rookie of the Year: John Resaba (UE Junior Warriors)

The UAAP Judo Championships ran from October 4 to October 5, 2008 at the UP College of Human Kinetics Gym. For the third straight year, Judo was a demonstration sport in the boys' (junior's) division.

Seniors division

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Men's tournament Team standings Final results: Team Medals Points Total  Ateneo 2 1 6 9 37  La Salle 3 1 4 32  UST 28  UP 7 26  Adamson  UE Awards Most Valuable Player: Paulo Hector Luz (Ateneo Blue Eagles) Rookie of the Year: Alex Diaz (UP Fighting Maroons)

Women's tournament Team standings Final results: Team Medals Points Total  UP 5 5 0 10 75  UST 21  La Salle 1 2 14  Ateneo 4  UE Awards Most Valuable Player: Ada Therese Estanislao (UP Lady Maroons) Rookie of the Year: Ada Therese Estanislao (UP Lady Maroons)

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Juniors division

Boys' tournament

Team standings

Final results:

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Team	Medals				Points
				Total
Ateneo	5	2	1	8	62
UST
UE	0	0	3	3
DLSZ

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Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Ronaldo Vergel de Dios (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
• Rookie of the Year:

UE and FEU won all of their elimination round games in the men's and women's tournaments respectively to clinch the championship outright.

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Men's tournament Team W L GB  UE Red Warriors 7 0 --  UST Growling Tigers 6 1 1  De La Salle Green Archers 5 2 2  FEU Tamaraws 4 3 3  UP Fighting Maroons 3 4 4  Ateneo Blue Eagles 2 5 5  Adamson Soaring Falcons 1 6 6  NU Bulldogs 0 7 7 Awards:[10] Most Valuable Player: Winston Aquilo (UE Red Warriors) Rookie of the Year: R-Jay Ormilla (UST Growling Tigers) Most Improved Player: Don Johnson Agustin (UE Red Warriors)

Women's tournament Team W L GB  FEU Lady Tamaraws 7 0 --  De La Salle Lady Archers 5 2 1  UST Tigresses 5 2 2  UE Lady Warriors 5 2 3  Adamson Lady Falcons 3 4 4  UP Lady Maroons 2 5 5  Ateneo Lady Eagles 1 6 6  NU Lady Bulldogs 0 7 7 Awards[11] Most Valuable Player: Racquel Guerrero (UE Lady Warriors) Rookie of the Year: Bianca Legaspi (UP Lady Maroons) Most Improved Player: Diosan Abangan (FEU Lady Tamaraws)

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The UAAP Season 71 Tennis tournaments began on January 10, 2009 at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Tennis Courts.

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Men's tournament Elimination round Team W L GB  De La Salle Green Archers 5 1 0.5  UST Growling Tigers 5 0 --  UP Fighting Maroons 3 3 2.5  UE Red Warriors 1 5 4.5  Ateneo Blue Eagles 0 5 5 Awards Most Valuable Player: Glen Rodriguez (UST Growling Tigers) Rookie of the Year: Zoren Mendiola (UST Growling Tigers)

Women's tournament Elimination round Team W L GB  UST Tigresses 6 0 --  De La Salle Lady Archers 4 2 2  Ateneo Lady Eagles 2 4 4  UP Lady Maroons 0 6 6

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The UAAP Season 71 Table Tennis tournament began on September 20, 2008 at the Blue Eagle Gym inside the Ateneo de Manila University campus.

Seniors division

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Men's tournament Team standings Team W L GB  UST Growling Tigers 12 0 --  FEU Tamaraws 10 2 2  UP Fighting Maroons 6 6 6  De La Salle Green Archers 5 7 7  UE Red Warriors 4 8 8  Ateneo Blue Eagles 2 10 10  NU Bulldogs 0 12 12 Awards Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year:

Women's tournament Team standings Team W L GB  FEU Lady Tamaraws 10 0 -  UST Tigresses 8 2 2  UP Lady Maroons 6 4 4  De La Salle Lady Archers 4 6 6  Ateneo Lady Eagles 2 8 8  NU Lady Bulldogs 0 10 10 Awards Most Valuable Player: Beverly Villar (FEU Lady Tamaraws) Rookie of the Year: Princess Masong (UST Tigresses)

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Juniors' division

Boys' tournament

Team standings

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Team	W	L	GB
UST Tiger Cubs	12	0	-
UE Red Pages	10	2	-
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	6	4	-
Adamson Baby Falcons	6	6	-
UPIS Junior Maroons	5	7	-
NUNS Bullpups	2	10	-
DLSZ Junior Archers	0	10	-

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Awards

• Most Valuable Player:
• Rookie of the Year: