UAAP Season 72 basketball tournaments
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| Host school | Far Eastern University | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | October 1-8, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Araneta Coliseum | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Rabeh Al-Hussaini | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Norman Black (2nd title) | |||||||||||||||
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 FEU Tamaraws UST Growling Tigers
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| TV network(s) | Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | October 3–6, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Filoil Flying V Arena | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Amby Almazan | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Emily Vega | |||||||||||||||
| Semifinalists |
 De La Salle Lady Archers UST Tigresses
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| TV network(s) | Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | October 3–8, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
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Filoil Flying V Arena (Games 1 & 2) Araneta Coliseum (Game 3) |
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| Finals MVP | Kiefer Ravena | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Jamike Jarin | |||||||||||||||
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UST Tiger Cubs FEU-Diliman Baby Tamaraws
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| TV network(s) | Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD | |||||||||||||||
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 72 basketball tournaments are the basketball events of UAAP's 2009–10 season.
Far Eastern University was the season host and the tournament kicked off with a doubleheader on July 11 at the Araneta Coliseum. At the conclusion of the season, the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the Ateneo Blue Eaglets successfully defended their men's and juniors' championships, beating the UE Red Warriors and the De La Salle Junior Archers in the Finals; the Adamson Lady Falcons reclaimed the women's championship beating the defending champions FEU Lady Tamaraws in their own Finals series.
ABS-CBN UHF channel Studio 23 broadcast the men's tournament for the tenth consecutive year, and renewed their contract with the UAAP for another five years.
NCAA Season 84 commissioner Joe Lipa will take over from last season's commissioner Chito Narvasa this season after he was appointed by the UAAP Board.
Major rule changes are:
Major rules that are retained are:
League president Anton Montinola of Far Eastern University said that the method in breaking ties will use "common sense" as the tournament is prolonged by holding unnecessary matches.
Commissioner Joe Lipa also instructed referees, which come from Philippine Basketball Association, Philippine Basketball League and BRAASCU, to limit unnecessary technical fouls. Furthermore, a "no ID, no sitting on the bench rule" will be implemented to avoid what happened last season when La Salle coach Franz Pumaren was slapped a technical foul for not wearing his ID. Lipa said that the referees "must have the integrity" and their diverse backgrounds should not be a drawback for Lipa had been an advocate of having diverse groups of referees participating in a single tournament "instead of having the attitude of being parochial."
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