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The University Athletic Association Of The Philippines holds its ''' Basketball Tournament ''' from July to October of a calendar year. The tournament is divided into two divisions, the Seniors' division, which is further divided into the Men's tournament, for male collegiate players, and the Women's tournament for female collegiate players; the other division is the Juniors' for male high school players. As of the 2005-06 season, all eight universities send their varsity teams to the Men's, Women's, and Juniors tournaments. The current defending champions are the University Of Santo Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers of the Men's division, the UST Tigresses for the Women's division the Ateneo Blue Eaglets for the Juniors division. TOURNAMENT FORMAT The tournament begins with a double round eliminations, where a team meets its opponent twice in a season. The four top teams qualify for the postseason. The postseason is divided into the semi-finals and the Finals. In the semi-Finals, the top four teams based on team standings (and tiebreakers, if applicable) from the elimination round qualify. The two top seeds have a twice to beat advantage, that is they must be beaten twice in order to be eliminated. The lower seeds, on the other hand, can be eliminated when they are defeated once. The surviving teams face off in a best-of-three Finals, where the team which notches two wins first wins the championship. If a team wins all of the games in the elimination round, the step ladder format is used, where the unbeaten team has a bye up to the best-of-three Finals. The third and fourth seed will figure in a knockout game; the winner of that game will face the second seed with a twice-to-win disadvantage. The surviving team meets the first seed at the Finals. The previous format used (prior to 1993) was that the two top teams after a double round eliminations would qualify for the Finals, with the first seed possessing the twice to beat advantage. If a team survives the elimination round unbeaten, they are declared as the automatic champions. After UST's sweep in 1994, the automatic champion provision was removed and the step-ladder format was adopted (see above). UAAP BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS Early years UAAP founded by FEU, NU, UP and UST. First expansion Adamson, MCU, UM and UE added; only Adamson and UE were retained. Second expansion Ateneo added. Third expansion De La Salle added. Final Four era Current tournament format introduced. Notes FEU won the title after De La Salle failed to appear in the replayed Game 3 of the Finals. De La Salle admitted to have unknowingly fielded two ineligible players for the last 3 years (from 2003-2005) and forfeited the 2004-05 championship by returning it to the UAAP board. As a result,
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NUMBER OF CHAMPIONSHIPS PER UNIVERSITY Notes:
Includes one championship as University of the Philippines, Manila. FINAL FOUR The Final Four was instituted in the 1993-94 season. However, since UST swept the elimination round 14-0, the Growling Tigers were declared automatic champions, and the Final Four format was first used in the 1994-95 season. Notes: Number of appearance excludes 4th seed elimination games, while postseason record includes those games. Notes: Postseason Record includes Championship Games Notes: Number of appearance excludes 4th seed elimination games, while postseason record includes those games. Notes: Postseason Record includes Championship Games Notes: Number of appearance excludes 4th seed elimination games, while postseason record includes those games. Notes: Postseason Record includes Championship Games FACTS AND TRIVIA
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