UAAP Season 28 men's basketball tournament

1965 UAAP season

Host school	University of Santo Tomas
Men's Finals G1 G2 G3 Wins  UST Glowing Goldies 69 65 84 1  UE Red Warriors 67 72 88 2
Duration	October 31 to November 27, 1965
Arena(s)	Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coach	Baby Dalupan
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The 1965 UAAP men's basketball tournament was the 28th year of the men's tournament of the

Although spotty officiating hurt the Goldies more than it did the Warriors — only one of the UST first stringers survived the game — UE could not be denied its hard-earned victory. But for Florencio's superb showing, Chief Warrior Robert Jaworski was the outstanding star of the evening, grabbing those rebounds like nobody's business and scattering 29 precious points, the last two of which came off Florencio's fifth and costly foul and tied the score at 84-all, with 10 seconds to go. At this stage, UST was a badly crippled lot, and Loyzaga had to scrape the bottom of a shallow bench; the reserves he sent in to face a still intact UE first team fell apart with a series of boners which enabled the Warriors to pull two sensational steals and put in four points to clinch the thrill-chocked contest.

The ending reminded fans of UST’s triumph in the first of the three-game championship series, when Florencio made two lightning interceptions in the last few seconds to give his team a hairline 69–67 victory. The Warriors evened matters in the second game, 72–65, by blanking George Lizares, one of UST’s chief gunners. And Florencio was not so hot that time, making only 17 points, most of which came rather too late to check a determined UE crew.

Ironically, that night Florencio was at his hottest — the entire UE team practically ganged up on him, to no avail — UST lost the title and made Florencio the most frustrated hero in the history of UAAP cage competitions.

References

• "University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)". gameface.ph.
• "UE RED WARRIORS Men's Basketball Team Listing". ue.edu.ph.