UAAP Season 55

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UAAP Season 55
Host school UST's school colors University of Santo Tomas
Overall champions
Seniors  ?
Juniors  ?
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women
Basketball FEU school colors FEU
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls
Basketball N/A
(Ex) = Exhibition; (DS) = Demonstration Sport
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UAAP Season 55 is the 1992–1993 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by the University of Santo Tomas.

Men's basketball

The UAAP men's basketball competition opens on July 18 at the Araneta Coliseum.[1] The year's host, UST, formerly known as the Glowing Goldies, will now carry the moniker Glowing Tigers. De La Salle University, declared champion by the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) headed by president Lito Puyat, will have a new coach Gabby Velasco, who will replaced Derrick Pumaren. Far Eastern University, the UAAP board's recognized champion, lost the services of power forward Victor Pablo from graduation.

Elimination round

Team W L PCT GB
Adamson school colors Adamson Falcons 11 3 .786 --
FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws 11 3 .786 --
La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers 11 3 .786 --
UST school colors UST Growling Tigers 10 4 .714 1
Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 6 8 .429 5
UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 5 9 .357 6
UE school colors UE Red Warriors 1 13 .071 10
NU school colors NU Bulldogs 1 13 .071 10

The Adamson Falcons of coach Orly Bauzon, clinch the first finals berth by way of superior quotient, this was made possible by FEU's 87-76 win over UST in their final elimination assignment in which the last three minutes and forty-seven seconds of the game were replayed due to a brownout at the venue.[2]

The FEU Tamaraws advance to the championship against Adamson by defeating De La Salle Green Archers, 101-87, in a playoff.[3] The Tamaraws, coach by Alfredo Amador, scored a two-game sweep over the Falcons to retain the senior's basketball title.[4]

Championships summary

Seniors Division championships

October 10
69–59 Adamson school colors Adamson Falcons
October 14
94–83 Adamson school colors Adamson Falcons

Juniors Division championships

Overall Championship race

References