UAAP Season 79 basketball tournaments

The UAAP Season 79 basketball tournaments are held in school year 2016-17. University of Santo Tomas is the season host while Far Eastern University are the defending champions.[1] ABS-CBN's UHF channel ABS-CBN Sports and Action broadcast the men's tournament for the seventeenth consecutive year.

UAAP Season 79

Host school	University of Santo Tomas
Men's Finals 1 2 Wins  De La Salle Green Archers 67 79 2  Ateneo Blue Eagles 65 72 0
Duration	December 3–7, 2016
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Jeron Teng
Winning coach	Aldin Ayo
Semifinalists	FEU Tamaraws  Adamson Falcons
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN HD, ABS-CBN Sports and Action, The Filipino Channel, ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD
Women's Finals 1 2 Wins  NU Lady Bulldogs 77 96 2  De La Salle Lady Archers 74 72 0
Duration	December 3–7, 2016
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Gemma Miranda
Winning coach	Pat Aquino
Semifinalists	UE Lady Warriors
Juniors' Finals 1 2 Wins  NSNU Bullpups 65 73 0  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 66 81 2
Duration	February 21–24, 2017
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVP	Louell Gonzales
Semifinalists	Ateneo Blue Eaglets  DLSZ Junior Archers
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD

Men's tournament

Teams

Team	School	Seniors' coach
Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson University	Franz Pumaren
Ateneo Blue Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University	Tab Baldwin
De La Salle Green Archers	De La Salle University	Aldin Ayo
FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University	Nash Racela
NU Bulldogs	National University	Eric Altamirano
UE Red Warriors	University of the East	Derrick Pumaren
UP Fighting Maroons	University of the Philippines	Bo Perasol
UST Growling Tigers	University of Santo Tomas	Rodil Sablan

Elimination round

Team standings Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1  De La Salle Green Archers 13 1 .929 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals 2  Ateneo Blue Eagles 10 4 .714 3 3  FEU Tamaraws 9 5 .643 4 Twice-to-win in the semifinals 4  Adamson Falcons 8 6 .571 5 5  NU Bulldogs 5 9 .357[lower-alpha 1] 8 6  UP Fighting Maroons 5 9 .357[lower-alpha 1] 8 7  UE Red Warriors 3 11 .214[lower-alpha 2] 10 8  UST Growling Tigers (H) 3 11 .214[lower-alpha 2] 10 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) Host. Notes: Head-to-head record: NU 1–1 UP; NU +6 Head-to-head record: UE 1–1 UST; UE +9 Match-up results   Round 1 Round 2 Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14  AdU  ADMU  DLSU  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST Source:   = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		62–61	75–91	65–75	64–51	57–64	104–85	79–52
Ateneo	73–67		81–97	76–71	60–70	84–69	79–64	73–69
La Salle	86–79	71–83		83–78	75–66	84–78	89–71	100–62
FEU	59–61	59–74	67–73		78–75	67–59	51–49	79–72
NU	53–77	50–65	88–113	56–57		72–66	80–69	75–68
UE	71–79	61–75	66–95	61–64	52–64		71–75	87–88
UP	70–66	56–52	72–78	60–63	71–66	67–80		77–83
UST	61–76	64–74	56–99	48–59	73–69	61–71	69–75

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Bracket

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	La Salle	69
	4	Adamson	64
							1	La Salle		67	79
							2	Ateneo		65	72
	2	Ateneo	61	69		* Game went into overtime.
	3	FEU	62	68*

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.

La Salle vs. Adamson

The De La Salle Green Archers has the twice-to-beat advantage.

ABS-CBN Sports and Action

November 23 4:00 p.m.

De La Salle Green Archers	69–64	Adamson Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 15–13, 13–18, 19–13
Pts: Jeron Teng 25 Rebs: Ben Mbala 16 Asts: 3 players, 1 each		Pts: Sean Manganti 13 Rebs: Papi Sarr 7 Asts: Sean Manganti 3
La Salle wins series in one game

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Ateneo vs. FEU

The Ateneo Blue Eagles has the twice-to-beat advantage.

ABS-CBN Sports and Action

November 26 4:00 p.m.

Ateneo Blue Eagles	61–62	FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 10–13, 22–12, 19–27
Pts: Aaron Black 11 Rebs: Mike Nieto 8 Asts: Ravena, Verano, 4 each		Pts: Raymar Jose 20 Rebs: Raymar Jose 23 Asts: Axel Inigo 3

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

ABS-CBN Sports and Action

November 30 4:00 p.m.

Ateneo Blue Eagles	69–68 (OT)	FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 23–21, 15–8, 13–17, Overtime: 3–2
Pts: Ravena, Mi. Nieto, 13 Rebs: Isaac Go 14 Asts: Adrian Wong 4		Pts: Monbert Arong 15 Rebs: Jose, Orizu, 12 each Asts: Wendel Comboy 6
Ateneo wins series in two games

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

This is the fifth overall Finals matchup between the De La Salle Green Archers and the Ateneo Blue Eagles. The Blue Eagles won their last encounter in 2008.

ABS-CBN

December 3 3:30 p.m.

De La Salle Green Archers	67–65	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 19–6, 17–20, 16–26, 15–13
Pts: Ben Mbala 20 Rebs: Ben Mbala 15 Asts: Andrei Caracut 4		Pts: Aaron Black 12 Rebs: Chibueze Ikeh 9 Asts: Black, Ravena, 3 each

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 16, 712

ABS-CBN Sports and Action

December 7 3:30 p.m.

De La Salle Green Archers	79–72	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 23–19, 14–17, 20–20
Pts: Jeron Teng 28 Rebs: Ben Mbala 10 Asts: Thomas Torres 3		Pts: Mike Nieto 18 Rebs: Verano, Go, 9 Asts: Adrian Wong 4
La Salle wins series 2–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 17, 495

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Jeron Teng (De La Salle Green Archers)

Broadcast notes

All games will be aired on S+A Channel 23, S+A HD Channel 166, TFC.tv and sports.abs-cbn.com. Game 1 was also simulcast on ABS-CBN Channel 2 and ABS-CBN HD Channel 167.

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside reporters
Game 1 and Game 2	Eric Tipan	Christian Luanzon	Bea Escudero and Denice Dinsay

Awards

UAAP Season 79 men's basketball champions
De La Salle Green Archers Ninth title

• Most Valuable Player: Ben Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
• Rookie of the Year: Aljun Jay Melecio (De La Salle Green Archers)
• Mythical Team:
  • Ben Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Jeron Teng (De La Salle Green Archers)
  • Paul Desiderio (UP Fighting Maroons)
  • Raymar Jose (FEU Tamaraws)
  • Thirdy Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Sponsored awards

• Chooks-to-go Sportsmanship Award: Isaac Go (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• Appeton Most Improved Player: Isaac Go (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
• PS Bank PSBankable Player: Ben Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)
• Manulife Up and Coming Player of the Season: Aljun Jay Melecio (De La Salle Green Archers)
• Kopiko 78's Recharged Player:
  • Bon Batiller (UE Red Warriors)
  • Louie Vigil (UST Growling Tigers)
  • Dave Moralde (UP Fighting Maroons)
  • Jayjay Alejandro (NU Bulldogs)
  • Jerrick Ahanmisi (Adamson Falcons)
  • Prince OrizU (FEU Tamaraws)
  • Anton Assistio (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
  • Ben Mbala (De La Salle Green Archers)

Players of the Week

Week	Player	Ref.
September 7–11	Ben Mbala (La Salle)	[2]
September 14–18	Jeron Teng (La Salle)	[3]
September 21–25	Kib Montalbo (La Salle)	[4]
September 28–October 2	Ben Mbala (La Salle)	[5]
October 5–9	Monbert Arong (FEU)	[6]
October 12–16	Marvin Lee (UST)	[7]
October 19–23	Raymar Jose (FEU)	[8]
October 26–30	Jett Manuel (UP)	[9]
November 2–6	Aaron Black (Ateneo)	[10]
November 9–13	Isaac Go (Ateneo)	[11]

Seniors coaching changes and suspensions

Out of 8 competing teams in the UAAP, 5 teams has changed their head coach starting Season 79.

• Adamson Soaring Falcons: Former DLSU Green Archers coach and current GlobalPort Batang Pier team consultant Franz Pumaren will call the shots for the Falcons, replacing interim coach Mike Fermin who is relegated as part of the coaching staff.[12]
• Ateneo Blue Eagles: Long-time assistant coach Sandy Arespacochaga will mentor the Blue Eagles starting this season, replacing Bo Perasol who moved to the UP Fighting Maroons.[13] Arespacochaga will be assisted by Philippines men's national basketball team head coach Tab Baldwin as a team consultant. With Baldwin seen calling out the plays, and other teams complaining about his exemption from receiving technical fouls, the UAAP Board subsequently ordered him designated as Ateneo's coach, making him eligible to receive technical fouls.[14]
• De La Salle Green Archers: Erstwhile NCAA champion coach Aldin Ayo of the Letran Knights was named as head coach of the Green Archers, replacing resigned head coach Juno Sauler.[15]
• UP Fighting Maroons: Former Ateneo Blue Eagles head coach Bo Perasol returned to his alma mater as the new head coach of the Fighting Maroons, replacing Renzy Bajar who handled the team in Season 78.[16]
• UST Growling Tigers: Blackwater Elite assistant coach Rodil "Boy" Sablan took over from the controversial former head coach Bong Dela Cruz as the head mentor of the Growling Tigers.[17]

Women's tournament

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	11	3	.786	3	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	UE Lady Warriors	10	4	.714	4	Qualified to stepladder round 1
4	Adamson Lady Falcons	6	8	.429[lower-alpha 1]	8
5	UST Tigresses (H)	6	8	.429[lower-alpha 1]	8	Qualified to fourth-seed playoff
6	Ateneo Lady Eagles	4	10	.286	10
7	FEU Lady Tamaraws	3	11	.214	11
8	UP Lady Maroons	2	12	.143	12

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) Host.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head point differential: Adamson 0,–59; UST 0,–80; fourth-seed playoff: Adamson 73–58 UST

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		74–62	61–69	56–61	53–85	57–69	66–61	66–62
Ateneo	64–65*		57–67	60–56	52–74	50–60	40–42	65–57
La Salle	76–74	71–60		76–52	59–72	74–72	65–46	77–67
FEU	53–57	39–54	66–62		69–80	45–55	56–52	61–65
NU	79–61	80–56	93–77	78–42		62–58	74–30	103–49
UE	66–55	50–30	64–70	49–44	53–92		69–51	74–57
UP	60–67	44–47	48–65	46–44	55–84	39–53		73–80
UST	74–70	59–42	69–72	62–58	49–71	58–64	70–62

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

	4th–seed playoff One–game playoff				First round One–game playoff					Semifinals No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
																1	NU		77	96
										2	La Salle		72			2	La Salle		74	72
					3	UE	48			3	UE		50
	Adamson	73			4	Adamson	45
	UST	58

Fourth–seed playoff

November 23 12:00 n.n.

Adamson Lady Falcons	73–58	UST Tigresses
Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 14–14, 19–15, 17–21
Pts: Kaye Pingol 17 Rebs: Nathalia Prado 10 Asts: 3 players, 3		Pts: Shanda Aries 14 Rebs: Misaela Larosa 16 Asts: Aries, Gandalla 3
Adamson enters the Final Four

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

First round

November 26 12:00 n.n.

UE Lady Warriors	48–45	Adamson Lady Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 11–7, 14–6, 10–18, 13–14
Pts: Tacula, Chan, 11 Rebs: Chan, Gayacao, 11 Asts: Eunique Chan 3		Pts: Lacson, Alcoy, 10 Rebs: Nathalia Prado 17 Asts: Camacho, Araja, 4
UE advances to the semifinals

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Semifinals

In the semifinals, La Salle has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

November 30 12:00 n.n.

De La Salle Lady Archers	72–50	UE Lady Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 15–2, 22–13, 20–19
Pts: Khate Castillo 23 Rebs: Snow Peñaranda 13 Asts: Camille Claro 8		Pts: Love Joy Sto. Domingo 22 Rebs: Alysaa Gayacao 12 Asts: Nicole Medina 5
La Salle wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

Best-of-three Finals

December 3 12:00 n.n.

NU Lady Bulldogs	77–74	De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 8–20, 28–10, 21–25
Pts: Gemma Miranda 23 Rebs: Gemma Miranda 15 Asts: Bernardino, Miranda, 5 each		Pts: Khate Castillo 18 Rebs: Snow Peñaranda 11 Asts: Camille Claro 9

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

December 7 12:00 n.n.

NU Lady Bulldogs	96–72	De La Salle Lady Archers
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 26–23, 26–9, 18–25
Pts: Gemma Miranda 25 Rebs: Jack Animam 18 Asts: Afril Bernardino 9		Pts: Khate Castillo 15 Rebs: Snow Peñaranda 11 Asts: Camille Claro 6
NU wins series 2–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Awards

UAAP Season 79 women's basketball champions
NU Lady Bulldogs Third title, third consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player: Afril Bernardino (NU Lady Bulldogs)
• Mythical Five:
  • Jack Danielle Animam (NU Lady Bulldogs)
  • Gemma Miranda (NU Lady Bulldogs)
  • Afril Bernardino (NU Lady Bulldogs)
  • Mary Snow April Peñaranda (De La Salle Lady Archers)
  • Love Sto. Domingo (UE Lady Warriors)

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1  NSNU Bullpups 12 2 .857 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals 2  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws (H) 11 3 .786[lower-alpha 1] 1 3  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 11 3 .786[lower-alpha 1] 1 Twice-to-win in the semifinals 4  DLSZ Junior Archers 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 2] 6 5  UST Tiger Cubs 6 8 .429[lower-alpha 2] 6 Qualified to fourth-seed playoff 6  UPIS Junior Maroons 5 9 .357 7 7  UE Junior Warriors 3 11 .214 9 8  Adamson Baby Falcons 2 12 .143 10 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) Host. Notes: Head-to-head record: FEU 1–1 Ateneo; Ateneo +1; second-seed playoff: FEU 64–62 Ateneo Overall point differential: DLSZ –90 UST –105; fourth-seed playoff: DLSZ 72–65 UST Match-up results   Round 1 Round 2 Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14  AdU  AdMU  DLSZ  FEU  NSNU  UE  UPIS  UST Source:   = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit Scores Team AdU ADMU DLSZ FEU NSNU UE UPIS UST Adamson 77–65[lower-alpha 1] 78–53[lower-alpha 1] 78–65[lower-alpha 1] 80–67[lower-alpha 1] 130–47[lower-alpha 1] 72–59[lower-alpha 1] 86–43[lower-alpha 1] Ateneo 73–79[lower-alpha 2] 64–57 73–77 68–73 89–62 79–55 79–73 La Salle 51–78[lower-alpha 2] 53–69 56–66 55–80 86–54 59–81 64–58 FEU 75–73 70–75 70–56 67–78 100–82 84–68 87–76 NSNU 68–70[lower-alpha 2] 78–71 63–52 46–61 104–54 95–61 73–64 UE – 53–92 59–81 51–94 56–107 63–95 87–77 UP 59–77[lower-alpha 2] 77–103 69–82 – 64–90 82–74 67–69 UST 58–92 75–81 83–77* 54–52 59–72 94–81 91–83 Source: Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win. Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. Notes: Loss by forfeit Win by forfeit Bracket   4th-seed playoff (top) 2nd-seed playoff (bottom) Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage Finals Best-of-three series                                       1  NU 72      La Salle 72     4  La Salle 50        UST 65         1  NU 65 73     2  FEU 66 81      Ateneo 62   2  FEU 56 74  FEU 64   3  Ateneo 75 72   Fourth–seed playoff February 9 14:00 4th seed DLSZ Junior Archers  72–65  UST Tiger Cubs Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 20–19, 14–14, 18–21 Pts: Roberto Mariano 17 Rebs: Diaz, Romero, 7 Asts: Franz Diaz 6 Pts: Crispin Cansino 17 Rebs: Cansino, Fornillos, 12 Asts: Crispin Cansino 5 DLSZ advances to the Final Four Filoil Flying V Arena Second–seed playoff February 9 16:00 2nd seed Ateneo Blue Eaglets  62–64  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–18, 12–21, 13–19 Pts: SJ Belangel 23 Rebs: Kai Sotto 17 Asts: SJ Belangel 4 Pts: Jack Gloria 14 Rebs: Jack Gloria 13 Asts: Abarrientos, Gonzales, 4 FEU wins the twice–to–beat advantage Filoil Flying V Arena Semifinals NU vs. La Salle In the semifinals, NU has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress. February 14 NSNU Bullpups  72–50  DLSZ Junior Archers Scoring by quarter: 17–8, 22–12, 12–22, 21–8 Pts: John Lloyd Clemente 28 Rebs: Rhayyan Amsali 11 Asts: 3 players, 2 Pts: Jan Sobrevega 13 Rebs: Martin Romero 14 Asts: 3 players, 2 NSNU wins series in one game Filoil Flying V Arena FEU vs. Ateneo The FEU Baby Tamaraws had the twice-to-beat advantage after beating the Ateneo Blue Eaglets for the second-seed, which led to a virtual best-of-three playoff series. February 14 13:00 FEU–D Baby Tamaraws  56–75  Ateneo Blue Eaglets Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 14–26, 12–13, 11–15 Pts: Louell Gonzales 13 Rebs: Kenji Roman 8 Asts: Louell Gonzales 4 Pts: Dave Ildefonso 19 Rebs: Kai Sotto 12 Asts: Belangel, Angeles, 3 Filoil Flying V Arena February 17 15:00 FEU–D Baby Tamaraws  74–72  Ateneo Blue Eaglets Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 13–15, 20–18, 18–17 Pts: Louell Gonzales 22 Rebs: Jack Gloria 11 Asts: Jun Gabane 5 Pts: Sotto, Credo, 16 Rebs: Romulo Berjay 15 Asts: SJ Belangel 4 FEU wins series in two games Filoil Flying V Arena Finals ABS-CBN February 21 3:30 p.m. NSNU Bullpups  65–66  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 14–19, 18–14, 13–9 Pts: John Clemente 25 Rebs: Rhayyan Amsali 7 Asts: Paul Manalang 5 Pts: Kenji Roman 12 Rebs: Louell Gonzales 10 Asts: Louell Gonzales 10 Filoil Flying V Arena ABS-CBN February 24 3:30 p.m. NSNU Bullpups  73–81  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 8–15, 16–21, 23–30 Pts: John Lloyd Clemente 26 Rebs: Karl Penano 9 Asts: Daniel Atienza 5 Pts: Kenji Roman 18 Rebs: Kenji Roman 15 Asts: Louell Gonzales 6 FEU wins series 2–0 Filoil Flying V Arena Awards  UAAP Season 79 juniors' basketball champions  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws Eighth title Most Valuable Player: Juan Gomez de Liaño (UPIS Junior Maroons)[18] Rookie of the Year: Kai Zachary Sotto (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)[19] Mythical Team:[20] John Lloyd Clemente (NSNU Bullpups) Sam Josef Belangel (Ateneo Blue Eaglets) Juan Gomez de Liaño (UPIS Junior Maroons) Sean Dave Ildefonso (Ateneo Blue Eaglets) Inand Fornillos (UST Tiger Cubs) Overall Championship points Seniors' division Team Men Women Total  De La Salle Green Archers 15 12 27  NU Bulldogs 6 15 21  Ateneo Blue Eagles 12 4 16  Adamson Falcons 8 8 16  FEU Tamaraws 10 2 12  UE Red Warriors 2 10 12  UST Growling Tigers 1 6 7  UP Fighting Maroons 4 1 5 Pts. Ranking 15 Champion 12 2nd 10 3rd 8 4th 6 5th 4 6th 2 7th 1 8th — Did not join WD Withdrew 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 See also NCAA Season 92 basketball tournaments References http://www.rappler.com/sports/university/uaap/114707-feu-wins-season-78-championship "DLSU's Mbala muscles way into first Player of the Week plum". ABS-CBN Sports. September 12, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016. "Teng keeps Player of the Week plum in Taft Avenue". ABS-CBN Sports. September 19, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016. "Stat sheet-stuffing Montalbo is Player of the Week". ABS-CBN Sports. September 26, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016. "Player of the Week Mbala carries DLSU to best start since 2002". ABS-CBN Sports. October 3, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016. "FEU's Arong finally takes Player of the Week away from Taft Avenue". ABS-CBN Sports. October 10, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016. "Player of the Week Lee proving key to UST's playoff hopes". ABS-CBN Sports. October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 17, 2016. "FEU's Jose doesn't stop working en route to Player of the Week plum". ABS-CBN Sports. October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016. "Manuel is first Player of the Week from UP in over a decade". ABS-CBN Sports. November 1, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016. "Player of the Week Black back in form in Ateneo's upset of DLSU". ABS-CBN Sports. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016. "Ateneo's Go caps off emergence with Player of the Week nod". ABS-CBN Sports. November 13, 2016. Retrieved November 15, 2016. "Franz Pumaren officially named as new coach of Adamson Falcons". InterAksyon. December 4, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2016. "Sandy Arespacochaga out to fast-track Ateneo development in post-Kiefer Ravena era". Fox Sports Asia. September 2, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016. Terrado, Reuben (October 8, 2016). "Tab Baldwin now Ateneo head coach as UAAP board orders 'consultant' tag dropped, says source". Sports Interactive Network Philippines (SPIN). Retrieved November 29, 2017. Ganglani, Naveen (December 16, 2015). "It's official: Aldin Ayo is new DLSU Green Archers coach". Rappler. Retrieved September 4, 2016. Bracher, Jane (May 4, 2016). "Bo Perasol named UP Fighting Maroons coach". Rappler. Retrieved September 4, 2016. Leongson, Randolph B. (May 31, 2016). "Sablan officially named UST head coach". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 4, 2016. Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (February 23, 2017). "UPIS Juan GDL does it all, fights with his all for MVP". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved November 28, 2017. Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (February 24, 2017). "Ateneo's towering teen Kai Sotto is Jrs Rookie of the Year". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved November 28, 2017. Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (February 23, 2017). "NU's Clemente, Ateneo's Belangel flank MVP GDL in Mythical Team". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved November 28, 2017.