UAAP Season 87 basketball tournaments
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| Host school | University of the Philippines (Collegiate and Junior High School) University of Santo Tomas (Boys' and Girls') | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | December 8–15, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Finals MVP | JD Cagulangan | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Goldwin Monteverde (2nd title) | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | December 8–15, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Finals MVP | Cielo Pagdulagan | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Aris Dimaunahan (2nd title) | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | March 13–27, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Filoil EcoOil Centre | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Racine Kane | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Manu Iñigo | |||||||||||||||
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| TV network(s) | UAAP Varsity Channel | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | March 13–20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Filoil EcoOil Centre | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Barby Dajao | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Arsenio Dysangco | |||||||||||||||
| TV network(s) | UAAP Varsity Channel | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | December 11–20, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
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| Finals MVP | Gab Delos Reyes | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Andrew Estrella | |||||||||||||||
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| TV network(s) | UAAP Varsity Channel | |||||||||||||||
The UAAP Season 87 basketball tournaments were the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2024–25 school year. University of the Philippines Diliman were the hosts.
In the elimination round of the men's tournament, the De La Salle Green Archers finished first, with the UP Fighting Maroons second. The UST Growling Tigers finished third, while the Adamson Soaring Falcons eliminated the UE Red Warriors in the 4th seed playoff. Both UP and La Salle won the semifinals match-ups over Adamson and UST, respectively, marking their second overall head-to-head UAAP Finals matchup. For the fourth consecutive season, the men's basketball finals series reached a do-or-die third game - the longest such streak so far for the tournament in UAAP Final Four history. UP defeated La Salle to win their 4th men's championship.
In the women's tournament, the NU Lady Bulldogs advanced to the finals outright after winning all elimination round games. The Adamson Lady Falcons defeated the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the first round of the stepladder. UST defeated Adamson on the next round, setting up a rematch from last year's finals with NU. The series lasted three full games, with NU defeating UST to win their 8th women's championship.
In the junior high school tournament, the UE Junior Warriors finished first, followed by the FEU Diliman Baby Tamaraws; they have the twice-to-beat advantage against the NUNS Bullpups and the UST Tiger Cubs, respectively. While UE defeated NUNS, UST upset FEU Diliman in the semifinals. The Junior Warriors then defeated the Tiger Cubs to win the first junior high school championship, and first basketball championship for UE since 1985.
In the boys' tournament, the UST Tiger Cubs won the title against the NUNS Bullpups. The Bullpups finished first and had won the first 13 elimination round games, but lost the last game against UST, who had then finished second. NUNS and UST defeated Adamson and FEU Diliman respectively in the semifinals, then split the first two games in the finals. The Tiger Cubs won the deciding game in overtime.
The UST Junior Tigresses finished undefeated in the girls' tournament, and faced the second seeded NUNS Lady Bullpups. UST won the championship undefeated.