UAAP Season 65

UAAP Season 65 is the 2002–2003 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by National University. The season opened on July 13, 2002.

UAAP Season 65
Host school	National University
Tagline	Youth of Today, Future of Tomorrow, Searching for a New Beginning
Overall
Seniors	University of Santo Tomas
Juniors	University of Santo Tomas
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women Basketball  Ateneo  La Salle Volleyball  UST  FEU Chess  La Salle  La Salle Table tennis  UST  FEU
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls Basketball  UP N/A Volleyball  UE  La Salle Chess  UE
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition;
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Broadcast by ABS-CBN Sports aired on Studio 23 for the third consecutive year. The theme music of the UAAP was "Energy III" composed by Craig Palmer recorded in the late 1980s at Network Music Ensemble.^[1]

Basketball

Men's tournament

Main article: UAAP Season 65 men's basketball tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	De La Salle Green Archers	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UE Red Warriors	10	4	.714	3
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	9	5	.643	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Growling Tigers	8	6	.571	5
5	FEU Tamaraws	6	8	.429	7
6	UP Fighting Maroons	5	9	.357	8
7	Adamson Falcons	3	11	.214	10
8	NU Bulldogs (H)	2	12	.143	11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts

Bracket

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	La Salle		97
	4	UST		84
							1	La Salle	70	85	70
							3	Ateneo	72	77	77
	2	UE	78	70
	3	Ateneo	84	72

Overall championship race

Juniors' division Rank Team Points 1  UST 97 2  UE 94 3  DLSZ 81 4  Ateneo 79 5  UPIS 76 6  NU (H) 22 7  Adamson 8 (H) Season host. Notes: Results are final.

Seniors' division Rank Team Points 1  UST 295 2  La Salle 273 3  UP 248 4  UE 190 5  Ateneo 174 6  FEU 148 7  Adamson 87 8  NU (H) 18 (H) Season host. Notes: Results are final.

List of Most Valuable Players

Seniors' division  Jose Enrico Villanueva (Ateneo, men's basketball)  Narciza Minerva (Adamson, women's basketball)  Anthony Irvin Guiao (UST, men's volleyball)  Ailyn Ege (FEU, women's volleyball)  Mark Madrona (UE, men's football)  Mariella Benitez (La Salle, women's football)  Joseph Orillana (La Salle, men's baseball)  Ediza Yator (UE, women's softball)  Evan Grabador (UE, men's swimming)  Michelle Nisce (La Salle, women's swimming)  Oliver Dimakiling (La Salle, men's chess)  Shercila Cua (UST, women's chess)  Art Tomas Calingasan (UST, men's tennis)  Sommer Bisagas (La Salle, women's tennis)  Harold Baring (UST, men's table tennis)  Rhoda Casino (UST, women's table tennis)  Ralph Waldy Soguilon (La Salle, men's athletics)  Mercedita Manipol (UE, women's athletics)  Lloyd Escoses (FEU, men's badminton)  Paula Lynn Obañana (La Salle, women's badminton)  Rolando Canlas (UE, men's fencing)  Ma. Dinah Remolacio (UP, women's fencing)  Charles Adam Oliver (UST, men's judo)  Jennifer Labon (UP, women's judo)  Tshomlee Go (UP, men's taekwondo)  Kristine Silverian Calulo (UP, women's taekwondo)

Juniors' division  Marcy Arellano (UE, boys' basketball)  Jerico Magno (UE, boys' volleyball)  Priscilla Mae Trinidad (La Salle, girls' volleyball)  Roland Lester Guballa (Ateneo, boys' athletics)  Ronald Papa (Ateneo, boys' swimming)  Lea Langit (UST, girls' swimming)  John Paul Gomez (La Salle, boys' chess)  Jojo Von de Guzman (UST, boys' taekwondo)  Michael John Brieva (UE, boys' table tennis) Reference:[2]

See also

• NCAA Season 78

External links

• UBelt.com - UAAP Season 65 - Final Overall Championship Tally
• UST Emerge Overall UAAP Champions