| UAAP Season 72 | |
| Host: | Far Eastern University |
| Tagline: | Madrama |
| Higherseed: | |
| Higherseed Game1: | 78 |
| Higherseed Game2: | 68 |
| Higherseed Game3: | 71 |
| Higherseed Series: | 2 |
| Lowerseed Game1: | 71 |
| Lowerseed Game2: | 88 |
| Lowerseed Game3: | 58 |
| Lowerseed Series: | 1 |
| Duration: | October 1–8, 2009 |
| Arena: | Araneta Coliseum |
| Mvp: | Rabeh Al-Hussaini |
| Network: | Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD |
| Coach: | Norman Black (2nd title) |
| Semis: | |
| Jlowerseed: | |
| Jhigherseed Game1: | 73 |
| Jhigherseed Game2: | 57 |
| Jhigherseed Game3: | 56 |
| Jhigherseed Series: | 1 |
| Jlowerseed Game1: | 80 |
| Jlowerseed Game2: | 53 |
| Jlowerseed Game3: | 61 |
| Jlowerseed Series: | 2 |
| Jduration: | October 3–8, 2009 |
| Jarena: | Filoil Flying V Arena (Games 1 & 2) Araneta Coliseum (Game 3) |
| Jmvp: | Kiefer Ravena |
| Jnetwork: | Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD |
| Jcoach: | Jamike Jarin |
| Jsemis: | |
| Wlowerseed: | |
| Whigherseed Game1: | 51 |
| Whigherseed Game2: | 50 |
| Whigherseed Series: | 0 |
| Wlowerseed Game1: | 58 |
| Wlowerseed Game2: | 64 |
| Wlowerseed Series: | 2 |
| Wduration: | October 3–6, 2009 |
| Warena: | Filoil Flying V Arena |
| Wmvp: | Amby Almazan |
| Wnetwork: | Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD |
| Wcoach: | Emily Vega |
| Wsemis: | |
| Prevlink: | UAAP Season 71 basketball tournaments |
| Prev: | 71 |
| Seasonlink: | UAAP Season 72 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Nextlink: | UAAP Season 73 basketball tournaments |
| Next: | 73 |
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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3] 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."[4]
Due to the high demand of tickets for Ateneo-La Salle games, host FEU has devised a way for allocating tickets for fans of the two schools, although the Ateneo-La Salle game will still be a part of a doubleheader, tickets will be sold separately for the Ateneo-La Salle and the following FEU-UE game. The patrons who only have tickets for one game has to watch only the game stated on their tickets and has to leave when the other game is being held. The two-hour gap between the games was to allow Araneta Coliseum personnel to clear the arena for the second game. During last year's finals series between Ateneo and La Salle, the crowd was estimated to be at least 22,000.[5]
See main article: UAAP Season 72 men's basketball tournament.
The Ateneo Blue Eagles had the twice-to-beat advantage.
The FEU Tamaraws had the twice-to-beat advantage.
The women's tournament started on July 15 with most of the games played at the Far Eastern University Gym in Manila.
DLSZ has the twice-to-beat advantage.
UST has the twice-to-beat advantage.