UAAP Season 87 basketball tournaments

UAAP Season 87
Host school	University of the Philippines Diliman (Collegiate division)
Men's tournament
TV network(s)	One Sports; UAAP Varsity Channel;
Women's tournament
TV network(s)	One Sports; UAAP Varsity Channel;
Juniors' tournament
TV network(s)	One Sports; UAAP Varsity Channel;

The UAAP Season 87 basketball tournaments are the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2024–25 school year. The University of the Philippines Diliman are the hosts.

Tournament format

The UAAP continued to use the UAAP Final Four format.

Xavy Nunag was named basketball commissioner for the third consecutive year. Assisting him are hisn deputies Mariana Lopa and Marvin Bienvenida who will supervise the women’s and high school basketball tournaments, respectively. The UAAP also announced the return of the girls' tournament, last played in 2020.^[1]

Teams customarily assigned to wear light jerseys during certain games would be allowed to wear dark uniforms instead as long as Commissioner's Office permits. This privilege was not exercised last Season 86 when this change was introduced. . The Green Archers is set to be the first team to take advantage of the new rule in their scheduled opening game against Ateneo.^[2]

Teams

Basketball is a mandatory event in the UAAP, where all 8 universities are required to field in teams.

The girls' tournament is a demonstration sport last held in 2020, and is not mandatory.

Collegiate division
University	Men		Women		Uniform manufacturer
University	Team	Coach	Team	Coach	Uniform manufacturer
Adamson University (AdU)	Soaring Falcons	Nash Racela	Lady Falcons	Ryan Monteclaro	Anta^[3]
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)	Blue Eagles	Tab Baldwin	Blue Eagles	LA Mumar	Jordan Brand (Nike)^[4]
De La Salle University (DLSU)	Green Archers	Topex Robinson	Lady Archers	Pocholo Villanueva	Nike^[5]
Far Eastern University (FEU)	Tamaraws	Sean Chambers	Lady Tamaraws	Bert Flores	Puma^[6]
National University (NU)	Bulldogs	Jeff Napa	Lady Bulldogs	Aries Dimaunahan
University of the East (UE)	Red Warriors	Jack Santiago	Lady Warriors	Aileen Lebornio	Anta^[7]
University of the Philippines (UP)	Fighting Maroons	Goldwin Monteverde	Fighting Maroons	Paul Ramos	STATS (Men's)^[8] Titan 22 (Women's)
University of Santo Tomas (UST)	Growling Tigers	Pido Jarencio	Tigresses	Haydee Ong	Delta Sportswear^[9]

High school division
High schools	Team	Coach
Adamson University (AdU)	Baby Falcons	Mike Fermin
Ateneo de Manila University High School (ADMU)	Blue Eagles	Reggie Varilla
De La Salle Santiago Zobel School (DLSZ)	Junior Archers	Boris Aldeguer
Far Eastern University Diliman (FEU-D)	Baby Tamaraws	Allan Albano
National University Nazareth School (NUNS)	Bullpups	Kevin De Castro
University of the East (UE)	Junior Warriors	Karl Santos
University of the Philippines Integrated School (UPIS)	Junior Fighting Maroons	Paolo Mendoza
University of Santo Tomas Senior High School (UST)	Tiger Cubs	Manu Iñigo

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date	Replaced by	Date
FEU Lady Tamaraws^[10]	Bert Flores	Fired	February 29, 2024	Raiza Palmera-Dy	February 29, 2024
FEU Tamaraws^[11]	Denok Miranda	Promoted as head of basketball programs	March 19, 2024	Sean Chambers	March 19, 2024

Venues

The opening ceremonies and opening day men's doubleheader shall be held at Araneta Coliseum. Subsequent men's, women's and junior high school first round games are scheduled to be held there, and in the SM Mall of Asia Arena, mostly in sextupleheaders. In game days where only the men's teams are to play in either arena, the women's and junior high school games are held in the Adamson University gym on the same day.^[12]

Arena	Location	Tournament					Capacity
Arena	Location	M	W	B	G	JHS	Capacity
Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	Y	Y			Y	14,429
SM Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	Y	Y			Y	15,000
St. Vincent Gym (Adamson Gym)	Manila		Y			Y

Squads

Each team has a 16-player roster. Only one "foreign student-athlete", non-Filipinos who are otherwise known as "imports" elsewhere, is allowed to be on the active roster.

Men's tournament

The men's tournament started on September 7, 2024, featuring a Battle of Katipunan game between the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the UP Fighting Maroons in the Araneta Coliseum.^[13]

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	De La Salle Green Archers	3	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UP Fighting Maroons (H)	2	0	1.000	0.5	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Adamson Soaring Falcons	2	1	.667^[a]	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Growling Tigers	2	1	.667^[a]	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	NU Bulldogs	1	1	.500	1.5
6	FEU Tamaraws	0	2	.000	2.5
7	UE Red Warriors	0	2	.000	2.5
8	Ateneo Blue Eagles	0	3	.000	3

Updated to match(es) played on September 15, 2024. 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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head: Adamson 1–0 UST

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Adamson
Ateneo
La Salle
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Updated to match(es) played on September 15, 2024. Source: UAAP on Livestats
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Scores

Results on top and to the right of the grey cells are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson Soaring Falcons		–	52–82	59–47	–	–	–	69–56
Ateneo Blue Eagles	–		61–74	–	–	–	61–77	64–74
De La Salle Green Archers	–	–		–	78–75	–	–	–
FEU Tamaraws	–	–	–		60–62	–	–	–
NU Bulldogs	–	–	–	–		–	–	–
UE Red Warriors	–	–	–	–	–		71–81	55–70
UP Fighting Maroons	–	–	–	–	–	–		–
UST Growling Tigers	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Updated to match(es) played on September 15, 2024. Source: UAAP on Livestats
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.