UAAP Season 63 is the 2000–01 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by the University of Santo Tomas. The season opened on July 15, 2000, at the Araneta Coliseum.
| UAAP Season 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Recreating the Value of Friendship through Sports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host school | University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Seniors |  University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Juniors |  Ateneo de Manila University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seniors' champions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Juniors' champions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ABS-CBN Sports took over the league's TV coverage beginning this season after winning the TV rights over previous broadcaster Silverstar Communications.
Basketball
editMen's tournament
editElimination round
edit| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 |  De La Salle Green Archers
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12 | 2 | .857 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | Ateneo Blue Eagles
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11 | 3 | .786 | 1 | |
| 3 |  FEU Tamaraws
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9 | 5 | .643 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | UST Growling Tigers (H)
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8 | 6 | .571[a] | 4 | |
| 5 |  UE Red Warriors
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8 | 6 | .571[a] | 4 | |
| 6 |  UP Fighting Maroons
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4 | 10 | .286 | 8 | |
| 7 |  NU Bulldogs
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4 | 10 | .286 | 8 | |
| 8 |  Adamson Falcons
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0 | 14 | .000 | 12 |
Playoffs
edit| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | |||||||||
| 1 | La Salle | 65 | ||||||||
| 4 | UST | 62 | ||||||||
| 1 | La Salle | 67 | 74 | |||||||
| 3 | FEU | 64 | 65 | |||||||
| 2 | Ateneo | 60 | 67 | |||||||
| 3 | FEU | 61 | 75 | |||||||
Overall championship race
editBroadcast notes
editSeason 63 would be the first season under the UAAP's new broadcast contract with ABS-CBN Sports. Games were aired through their UHF channel Studio 23, together with the games of ABS-CBN's professional league, the Metropolitan Basketball Association.