UAAP Season 85 basketball tournaments

[1][2] The Ateneo Blue Eagles reclaimed the men's title from their Finals opponents UP Fighting Maroons.

The NU Lady Bulldogs 108-game winning streak was snapped in the elimination round by the De La Salle Lady Archers, but NU still won in the Finals against La Salle to win their 7th consecutive title.

Aldrin Suan, UAAP president, said that the league reverted to its pre-pandemic Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday schedule.

Bachmann's term as basketball commissioner was supposed to last until the league's 86th season[8] but he foregone the position as he was appointed as the new Philippine Sports Commission chairman.

Postponed games: La Salle and Adamson finished the elimination round tied for fourth.

[27] Ateneo and UP had the twice-to-beat advantage which means they have to win only once, and their opponents twice in the semifinals to advance to the Finals.

[28] The Ateneo Blue Eagles qualified for their eighth consecutive Final Four appearance, and their sixth consecutive tournament with the twice-to-beat advantage – the longest active streak in the Final Four era of UAAP men's basketball.

For the first time in the Final Four era of UAAP men's basketball, Ateneo clinched their sixth consecutive finals appearance – the school's longest overall championship appearance streak in UAAP men's basketball.

NU[49] and La Salle[50] have the twice-to-beat advantage, which means they have to win only once, and their opponents twice in the semifinals to advance to the Finals.

[51] Their second round loss to La Salle meant that the Final Four will be played in the usual format for first time since 2013.

[53] The De La Salle Lady Archers and UST Tigresses have qualified for the Final Four.

[56] The awards were handed out prior to Game 2 of the Finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.

Adamson and FEU have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals, They only need to win once while their opponents twice in order to qualify in the Finals.

[62] The Baby Falcons clinched the twice-to-beat advantage by winning its elimination round finale against the Tiger Cubs.