UAAP Season 78 basketball tournaments

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UAAP Season 78

Host school

Men's Finals	G1	G2	G3	Wins
UST Growling Tigers	64	62	62	1
FEU Tamaraws	75	56	67	2

Duration

November 25 – December 2, 2015

Arena(s)

Smart Araneta Coliseum
Mall of Asia Arena

Finals MVP

Mac Belo

Winning coach

Nash Racela (1st title)

Semifinalists

Ateneo Blue Eagles

NU Bulldogs

TV network(s)

ABS-CBN, ABS-CBN HD, ABS-CBN Sports and Action, The Filipino Channel, Balls, Balls HD

Women's Finals	G1	G2	Wins
NU Lady Bulldogs	91	75	2+1
Ateneo Lady Eagles	59	55	0

Duration

December 2–6, 2015

Arena(s)

Mall of Asia Arena
Blue Eagle Gym

Finals MVP

Afril Bernardino

Winning coach

Patrick Aquino (2nd title)

Semifinalists

De La Salle Lady Archers

Ateneo Lady Eagles

Juniors' Finals	G1	G2	G3	Wins
NUNS Bullpups	78	60	96	2+1
DLSZ Junior Archers	58	71	75	1

Duration

February 19 – March 4, 2016

Arena(s)

Filoil Flying V Arena

Finals MVP

Justine Baltazar

Winning coach

Jeff Napa (3rd title)

Semifinalists

Ateneo Blue Eaglets

FEU–D Baby Tamaraws

TV network(s)

ABS-CBN Sports and Action

< Season 77

2015–16

Season 79 >

The UAAP Season 78 basketball tournaments are held in school year 2015-16. University of the Philippines Diliman is the season host. The basketball tournaments started with a doubleheader basketball games after the opening ceremonies on September 5, 2015, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum and ended on December 2, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena, while the junior's basketball has currently been held since November. ABS-CBN's UHF channel ABS-CBN Sports and Action broadcast the men's tournament for the sixteenth consecutive year.

Men's tournament

Teams

Team	University	Coach
Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson University (AdU)	Mike Fermin
Ateneo Blue Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU)	Bo Perasol
De La Salle Green Archers	De La Salle University (DLSU)	Juno Sauler
FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University (FEU)	Nash Racela
NU Bulldogs	National University (NU)	Eric Altamirano
UE Red Warriors	University of the East (UE)	Derrick Pumaren
UP Fighting Maroons	University of the Philippines Diliman (UP)	Rensy Bajar
UST Growling Tigers	University of Santo Tomas (UST)	Bong dela Cruz

Coaching changes

Team	Old coach	Reason	New coach
UP	Rey Madrid	Fired	Renzy Bajar
Adamson^[1]	Kenneth Duremdes	Fired	Mike Fermin

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	UST Growling Tigers	11	3	.786^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU Tamaraws	11	3	.786^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	9	5	.643	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	NU Bulldogs	7	7	.500	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	De La Salle Green Archers	6	8	.429^[b]	5
6	UE Red Warriors	6	8	.429^[b]	5
7	UP Fighting Maroons (H)	3	11	.214^[c]	8
8	Adamson Soaring Falcons	3	11	.214^[c]	8

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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: UST 2–0 FEU
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: La Salle 2–0 UE
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: UP 1–1 Adamson (UP 0, Adamson 0); overall point differential: UP –91, Adamson –128

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

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

Scores

Team	AdU	ADMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson Soaring Falcons		60–84	71–88	60–64	54–75	78–89	73–68	64–70
Ateneo Blue Eagles	87–72		76–80	64–88	74–70**	77–72	56–43	58–68
De La Salle Green Archers	74–75	62–73		75–93	67–63	71–64	66–71	61–77
FEU Tamaraws	82–69	66–61	71–68		61–59	92–81	75–58	71–72
NU Bulldogs	85–79*	59–68	81–73	70–68		71–76	68–52	55–54
UE Red Warriors	71–74	74–69	64–72	67–71	52–47		55–62	76–83
UP Fighting Maroons	89–84	65–74	68–72	57–68	69–75	67–79		59–67
UST Growling Tigers	78–63	74–80	81–79	85–76	65–57	77–91	83–76

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

Bracket


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	UST	64

4	NU	55
			1	UST	64	62	62

			2	FEU	75	56	67
2	FEU	76

3	Ateneo	74

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.

(1) UST vs. (4) NU

The UST Growling Tigers had the twice-to-beat advantage.

ABS-CBN Sports and Action

November 22
3:30 p.m.

Boxscore

UST Growling Tigers	64–55	NU Bulldogs
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 15–8, 14–12, 20–23
Pts: Louie Vigil 19 Rebs: Louie Vigil 10 Asts: Louie Vigil 7		Pts: Pao Javelona 17 Rebs: Alfred Aroga 15 Asts: Alolino, Alejandro 2 each
UST wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

(2) FEU vs. (3) Ateneo

The FEU Tamaraws had the twice-to-beat advantage.

ABS-CBN Sports and Action

November 21
3:30 p.m.

Boxscore

FEU Tamaraws	76–74	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 19–20, 18–18, 20–24
Pts: Roger Pogoy 16 Rebs: Mac Belo 9 Asts: Tolomia, Ru. Escoto 2 each		Pts: Kiefer Ravena 25 Rebs: Pessumal, Ikeh 6 each Asts: Ravena, Pingoy 2 each
FEU wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

This is the first Finals matchup between the FEU Tamaraws and the UST Growling Tigers in 36 years. The last time these two teams faced each other in the Finals was in UAAP Season 42. This is also, as of 2025, the last UAAP Finals series to not feature either or both Ateneo and La Salle men's basketball teams.

ABS-CBN Sports and Action

November 25
3:30 p.m.

Boxscore

UST Growling Tigers	64–75	FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 24–28, 10–19, 17–10, 13–18
Pts: Karim Abdul 19 Rebs: Karim Abdul 9 Asts: 5 players 1 each		Pts: Roger Pogoy 15 Rebs: Mac Belo 13 Asts: Pogoy, Inigo, 3 each

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

ABS-CBN

November 28
3:30 p.m.

Boxscore

UST Growling Tigers	62–56	FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 8–10, 26–11, 15–15
Pts: Kevin Ferrer 29 Rebs: Kevin Ferrer 10 Asts: Ed Daquioag 4		Pts: Mac Belo 16 Rebs: Mac Belo 11 Asts: Mike Tolomia 6

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 21,933

ABS-CBN Sports and Action

December 2
3:30 p.m.

UST Growling Tigers	62–67	FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 11–12, 16–21, 16–16
Pts: Ed Daquioag 21 Rebs: Louie Vigil 7 Asts: 3 players, 2 each		Pts: Mac Belo 23 Rebs: Belo, Ru. Escoto, 8 each Asts: Mike Tolomia 3
FEU wins series 2–1

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 23,124

Finals Most Valuable Player: Mac Belo (FEU Tamaraws)

Broadcast notes

ABS-CBN Sports is the official broadcaster of the UAAP Season 78 Men's Basketball Finals. Simulcast over ABS-CBN Channel 2 and ABS-CBN HD Channel 167 (Game 2 only), ABS-CBN Sports and Action, Balls HD channel 195, The Filipino Channel. Livestream over TFC.tv, sports.abs-cbn.com and IWant TV. Replays on Balls. This is the first time in the finals of the game 2 series to broadcast in both ABS-CBN Channel 2 and ABS-CBN Sports and Action.

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside Reporters	Upfront at the UAAP Hosts
Game 1	Boom Gonzales	TJ Manotoc	Angelique Manto and Ganiel Krishnan	Janeena Chan and Nathasha Alquiros
Game 2	TJ Manotoc	Marco Benitez	Angelique Manto and Ganiel Krishnan	No Upfront at the UAAP
Game 3	Mico Halili	TJ Manotoc	Angelique Manto and Ganiel Krishnan	Janeena Chan, Nathasha Alquiros and Bea Daez

Additional Game 2 crew:

Awards Presenter: Nikko Ramos

Additional Game 3 crew:

Awards Presenter: TJ Manotoc

Awards

UAAP Season 78 men's basketball champions
FEU Tamaraws 20th title

Most Valuable Player: Kiefer Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: Joshua Andrei Caracut (De La Salle Green Archers)
Mythical Team:
- Kiefer Ravena (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
- Jeron Teng (De La Salle Green Archers)
- Alfred Aroga (NU Bulldogs)
- Ed Daquioag (UST Growling Tigers)
- Kevin Ferrer (UST Growling Tigers)

Discipline

Mike Fermin of the Adamson Falcons was suspended on their game against the NU Bulldogs, last September 23, after he was ejected during their game against La Salle due to a slit-throat gesture.