UAAP Season 77 basketball tournaments

September 20
4:00 p.m.

4th seed

UE Red Warriors	49–51	NU Bulldogs
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 7–11, 10–12, 18–13
Pts: Roi Sumang 19 Rebs: Charles Mammie 14 Asts: Irvin Alberto 3		Pts: Glenn Khobuntin 12 Rebs: Troy Rosario 9 Asts: Paolo Javelona 6
NU advances to the Final Four

Second–seed playoff[]

September 21
4:00 p.m.

2nd seed

FEU Tamaraws	65–60	De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 17–12, 21–26, 12–10
Pts: Mike Tolomia 19 Rebs: Mac Belo 10 Asts: Pogoy, Inigo, 3 each		Pts: Jason Perkins 15 Rebs: Jason Perkins 13 Asts: Jason Perkins 3
FEU wins the twice–to–beat advantage

Bracket[]

Semifinals (#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three playoff)

1	Ateneo	74	63
4	NU	78	65
				4	NU	70	62	75
				2	FEU	75	47	59
2	FEU	73	67
3	La Salle	94	64

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. NU[]

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

September 24
4:00 p.m.

Ateneo Blue Eagles	74–78	NU Bulldogs
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 18–20, 18–16, 24–18
Pts: Kiefer Ravena 24 Rebs: Chris Newsome 7 Asts: Chris Newsome 4		Pts: Jay-Jay Alejandro 20 Rebs: Rosario, Aroga, 13 each Asts: Jay-Jay Alejandro 4

October 1
2:00 p.m.

Ateneo Blue Eagles	63–65	NU Bulldogs
Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 19–20, 20–14, 16–19
Pts: Chris Newsome 22 Rebs: Chris Newsome 6 Asts: K. Ravena, Elorde 7 each		Pts: Alfred Aroga 14 Rebs: Alfred Aroga 12 Asts: 4 players, 2 each
NU wins series in two games

FEU vs. La Salle[]

The FEU Tamaraws had the twice-to-beat advantage after beating the De La Salle Green Archers in the playoff for the #2 seed, which led to a virtual best-of-three playoff series.

September 27
4:00 p.m.

FEU Tamaraws	73–94	De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 13–10, 20–29, 26–31
Pts: Mac Belo 32 Rebs: Tolomia, Cruz, 7 each Asts: Mike Tolomia 4		Pts: Jeron Teng 25 Rebs: Jason Perkins 12 Asts: Vosotros, Perkins, 4 each

October 1
6:00 p.m.

FEU Tamaraws	67–64	De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 18–20, 9–10, 16–17
Pts: Mac Belo 23 Rebs: RR Pogoy 11 Asts: Mike Tolomia 6		Pts: Jeron Teng 13 Rebs: Jason Perkins 12 Asts: Jeron Teng 6
FEU wins series in two games

Finals[]

This was the first time since 1993 that neither Ateneo nor La Salle featured in the UAAP Finals. The attendance of the Do-or-Die Game 3 of the series was set as the all-time basketball attendance record of Smart Araneta Coliseum.

ABS-CBN

October 4
3:30 p.m.

FEU Tamaraws	75–70	NU Bulldogs
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 21–23, 25–12, 15–20
Pts: Mike Tolomia 15 Rebs: 3 players, 7 each Asts: 3 players, 3 each		Pts: Alfred Aroga 17 Rebs: Aroga, Rosario, 8 each Asts: Paolo Javelona 4

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 17,065

October 8
4:00 p.m.

FEU Tamaraws	47–62	NU Bulldogs
Scoring by quarter: 6–18, 12–8, 12–17, 17–19
Pts: Mac Belo 17 Rebs: RR Pogoy 9 Asts: Achie Inigo 3		Pts: Troy Rosario 19 Rebs: Troy Rosario 14 Asts: Paolo Javelona 4

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 24,896

October 15
3:30 p.m.

FEU Tamaraws	59–75	NU Bulldogs
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 8–10, 18–25, 15–20
Pts: Mike Tolomia 23 Rebs: Mac Belo 13 Asts: Mike Tolomia 3		Pts: Alfred Aroga 24 Rebs: Alfred Aroga 18 Asts: Paolo Javelona 5
NU wins series 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 25,138

Finals Most Valuable Player: Alfred Aroga (NU Bulldogs)

Awards[]

UAAP Season 77 men's basketball champions
NU Bulldogs Second title

Most Valuable Player: Kiefer Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: Arvin Tolentino (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Mythical Five:
- Kiefer Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Chris Newsome (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Jeron Teng (De La Salle Green Archers)
- Mac Belo (FEU Tamaraws)
- Karim Abdul (UST Growling Tigers)

Coaching changes[]

Preseason
Team	Old coach	Reason	New coach	Old position
Adamson	Leo Austria	Resigned ^[1]	Kenneth Duremdes	Adamson assistant coach
UE	Boysie Zamar	Terminated ^[2]	Derrick Pumaren	Hong Kong national basketball team consultant
UST	Pido Jarencio	Resigned ^[3]	Bong Dela Cruz	UST assistant coach

Broadcast notes[]

Television[]

Simulcast over ABS-CBN Channel 2 (Game 1), ABS-CBN Sports and Action (Games 2 and 3), The Filipino Channel, and Balls HD with replays on ABS-CBN Sports and Action and Balls.

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1	Boom Gonzales
Game 2	Boom Gonzales
Game 3	Boom Gonzales

Radio[]

Simulcast over DZMM Radio Patrol 630.

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst
Game 1	Noel Zarate	Allan Gregorio
Game 2	Noel Zarate	Allan Gregorio
Game 3	Noel Zarate	Allan Gregorio

Women's tournament[]

Elimination round[]

Team standings[]

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	0	1.000	—	Thrice-to-beat in the Finals^[a]
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	10	4	.714	4	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	UST Tigresses	8	6	.571^[b]	6	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws	8	6	.571^[b]	6	Proceed to stepladder round 1
5	Ateneo Lady Eagles	7	7	.500	7
6	Adamson Lady Falcons	6	8	.429	8
7	UE Lady Warriors (H)	3	11	.214	11
8	UP Lady Maroons	0	14	.000	14

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:

^ As NU won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: UST 1–1 FEU; UST +4

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:^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Scores[]

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson		59–47	42–50	48–47	46–62	52–54*	57–44	47–59
Ateneo	51–48		39–48	58–55	50–59	50–35	54–42	54–55
La Salle	50–55	53–37		46–43	55–77	64–56	66–31	56–50
FEU	66–62	45–34	48–43		40–56	52–37	65–61	57–56
NU	71–60	74–52	75–71	67–50		81–59	57–44	62–60
UE	68–80	56–70	52–78	50–59	66–70		58–47	54–69
UP	47–59	49–56	40–62	54–59	44–64	60–69		43–44
UST	74–63	54–60	63–69	73–68	68–73	54–36	88–75

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket[]

	Stepladder round 1 (One-game playoff)			Stepladder round 2 (#2 has twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)

								1	NU	80	59
				2	La Salle	56	80	4	FEU	58	48
	3	UST	61	4	FEU	61	81*
	4	FEU	62
* Game went into overtime.

Stepladder semifinals[]

First round[]

September 21
1:30 p.m.

UST Tigresses	61–62	FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 19–13, 17–17, 13–21
FEU advances to the stepladder semifinals round 2

Second round[]

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

September 25
11:00 a.m.

De La Salle Lady Archers	56–61	FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 7–6, 22–11, 16–20, 11–24

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

September 27
01:30 p.m.

De La Salle Lady Archers	80–81 (OT)	FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 21–16, 14–14, 21–27, Overtime: 9–10
FEU wins series in two games

Finals[]

The NU Lady Bulldogs have the thrice-to-beat advantage, while the FEU Lady Tamaraws have the twice-to-win disadvantage.

October 1, 2014
11:00 am

NU Lady Bulldogs	80–58	FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 20–7, 16–23, 20–19

October 4, 2014
12:30 pm

NU Lady Bulldogs	59–48	FEU Lady Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 16–11, 11–6, 19–12
NU wins series in two games