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| Host school | Adamson University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tagline | "Soar Higher!" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seniors |  University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Juniors |  University of the East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UAAP Season 68 was the 2005–06 season of theUniversity Athletic Association of the Philippines. Several events were held, the most prominent was thebasketball tournament. The tournament is divided into three divisions: the Juniors tournament forhigh school students, the Women's tournament for femalecollege students, and the Men's tournament for male college students
TheFEU Tamaraws swept the defending championsLa Salle Green Archers, 2 games to none in the Men's tournament to take their record-breaking 19th title, with Arwind Santos as the Finals MVP. It was a rematch of the 2004 Final, where the Archers prevailed, 2–1.
In the juniors division, theDe La Salle Zobel Junior Archers swept theUPIS Junior Maroons, 2–0, to take their first UAAP title. It was also La Salle's first Juniors title since the 1955La Salle Green Hills championship in theNCAA.
In the women's tournament, theAteneo Lady Eagles swept theAdamson Lady Falcons, 2 games to none, to win their first UAAP women's title. The Lady Eagles snapped the Lady Falcons' two year title run.
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 |  FEU Tamaraws | 12 | 2 | .857 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 |  De La Salle Green Archers[a] | 10 | 4 | .714[b] | 2 | |
| 3 |  Ateneo Blue Eagles | 10 | 4 | .714[b] | 2 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | UE Red Warriors | 10 | 4 | .714[b] | 2 | |
| 5 |  UP Fighting Maroons | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6 | |
| 6 | UST Growling Tigers | 4 | 10 | .286 | 8 | |
| 7 |  Adamson Falcons(H) | 3 | 11 | .214 | 9 | |
| 8 |  NU Bulldogs | 1 | 13 | .071 | 11 |
Note: The "final" team standings were adjusted when La Salle forfeited its games after the season was over. SeeSuspension of De La Salle University-Manila for details.
| Semifinals (Top 2twice-to-beat) | Finals (Best-of-three playoff) | ||||||||
| 1 | FEU | 78 | |||||||
| 4 | UE | 57 | |||||||
| 1 | FEU | 75 | 73 | ||||||
| 2 | La Salle | 73 | 71 | ||||||
| 2 | La Salle | 74 | |||||||
| 3 | Ateneo | 57 | |||||||
| UAAP Season 68men's basketball champions |
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 FEU Tamaraws 19th title, third consecutive title |
The Juniors' tournament saw the return ofFar Eastern University juniors team, theFEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws.
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ateneo Blue Eaglets | 12 | 2 | .857 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | Zobel Junior Archers | 11 | 3 | .786 | 1 | |
| 3 | FEU–D Baby Tamaraws | 10 | 4 | .714[a] | 2 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | UPIS Junior Fighting Maroons | 10 | 4 | .714[a] | 2 | |
| 5 | Adamson Baby Falcons(H) | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 | |
| 6 | UST Tiger Cubs | 5 | 9 | .357 | 7 | |
| 7 | UE Junior Red Warriors | 2 | 12 | .143 | 10 | |
| 8 | NUNS Bullpups | 0 | 14 | .000 | 12 |
In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.
TheAteneo Blue Eaglets had the twice-to-beat advantage.
TheDe La Salle Junior Archers had twice-to-beat advantage.
The Cheerdance Competition was held on September 17, 2005 at the Araneta Coliseum.
| Order | Pep squad | Score |
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| 1st | UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe | 90.98 |
| 2nd | UP Pep Squad | 90.76 |
| 3rd | FEU Cheering Squad | 88.72 |
| 4th | DLSU Animo Squad | 76.37 |
| 5th | UE Pep Squad | 76.15 |
| 6th | Adamson Pep Squad | 76.09 |
| 7th | Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion | 69.33 |
| 8th | NU Pep Squad | 64.48 |
The general champion is determined by a point system. The system gives 15 points to the champion team of a UAAP event, 12 to the runner-up, and 10 to the third placer. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating teams according to their order of finish.
Seniors' division[edit]
* Host nation (Season host); General champions Notes: Results are final. | Juniors' division[edit]
* Host nation (Season host); General champions Notes: Results are final.
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| Rank | Team | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | Overall | |
| 1 | UST | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 141 | 147 | 288 | |
| 2 | UP | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 129 | 116 | 245 | |
| 3 | La Salle | 12 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 115 | 126 | 241 | |
| 4 | Ateneo | 10 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 103 | 103 | 206 | |
| 5 | FEU | 15 | 8 | 15 | 8 | — | — | 6 | 8 | — | — | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 99 | 87 | 186 | |
| 6 | UE (H) | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | — | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 6 | — | 10 | 4 | — | 6 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 93 | 69 | 162 | |
| 7 | Adamson | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 15 | — | — | 2 | 6 | — | — | 26 | 55 | 81 | |
| 8 | NU | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 3 | 17 | |
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| Rank | Team | B | B | G | B | G | C | B | B | B | B | G | C | K | Overall |
| 1 | UE (H) | 2 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 58 | 30 | 15 | 0 | 103 |
| 2 | UST | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 60 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 86 |
| 3 | Ateneo | 10 | 12 | — | 15 | — | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 73 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 85 |
| 4 | DLSZ | 15 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 55 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 79 |
| 5 | UPIS | 12 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 78 |
| 6 | NU | 1 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 6 | — | — | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Adamson | 6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | FEU–FERN | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Athlete of the Year:
Controversy surrounded the UAAP after De La Salle University-Manila (DLSU) discovered that two members of its men's basketball team were ineligible to play in the UAAP from the 2003–2004 up to the 2005–2006 season. The players failed Department of Education's Philippine Educational Placement Test Certificate of Rating (PEPTCR, a replacement for a high school diploma). The University has offered to return the 2004 championship and 2005 runner-up trophy and file a leave of absence from the league.
In its meeting onApril 21, 2006 inAdamson University, members of the UAAP Board unanimously decided to suspend DLSU in all sports events of the UAAP for the entire 2006–2007 season as a consequence of the university's negligence and inaction against the two ineligible players.
The board has also forfeited all of La Salle's men's basketball games from 2003 to 2004. The board awarded the 2004 title to FEU as a result.
If the forfeited games are factored in, the final elimination round standings is:
| Team | W | L |
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| FEU Tamaraws | 12 | 2 |
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | 12 | 2 |
| UE Red Warriors | 11 | 3 |
| UP Fighting Maroons | 7 | 7 |
| UST Growling Tigers | 6 | 8 |
| Adamson Soaring Falcons | 5 | 9 |
| NU Bulldogs | 3 | 11 |
| La Salle Green Archers | 0 | 14 |
All of La Salle's victories in the playoffs were also forfeited; if La Salle won the 2005 title, they would've surrendered back the trophy to the finals opponents, FEU.