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NCAA Season 93 basketball tournaments

The 2017 basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, otherwise known as the NCAA Season 93, which started on July 8, 2017 at Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay.[1] Same as the last year's opener, the defending champions San Beda Red Lions will open their title defense bid as they will battle the season's hosts San Sebastian Stags at the first game, and at the second game the Arellano Chiefs will open their first season without Jio Jalalon as they take on the Mapúa Cardinals.[2]

NCAA Season 93
Host schoolSan Sebastian College – Recoletos
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 87 820
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 94 922
DurationNovember 10–16
Arena(s)Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPDonald Tankoua
Winning coachBoyet Fernandez (3rd title)
SemifinalistsSSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD
Juniors' Finals G1 G2G3Wins
Mapua school colors Malayan Red Robins 68 91741
CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies 74 81752
DurationNovember 10–24
Arena(s)Smart Araneta Coliseum
Filoil Flying V Center
Finals MVPJoel Cagulangan
Winning coachMarvin Bienvenida (1st title)
SemifinalistsLetran school colors Letran Squires
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs
< Season 92 2017 Season 94 >

ABS-CBN Sports and Action will be covering the games for the third consecutive year.

Format edit

  • In the seniors and juniors' tournament, ten (10) teams will play in a double round-robin classification.
  • Once teams are tied, tie-breaker games shall be held for either the first, second or the fourth seed if necessary.
  • The scenarios after the elimination round ends are the following below:
    1. If no team sweeps the elimination round, the regular play-offs (Final Four) shall be used.
    2. If a team successfully sweep the elimination round, that team will gain an automatic bye to the finals and the stepladder play-offs shall be used.
  • In the semifinals, the first and second seed shall earn a twice-to-beat bonus against their respective opponents. These teams shall only need to win once to advance to the finals; while the third and fourth seed teams will need to win twice to advance to the finals.
  • The finals is a best-of-three championship series.
Tie-breaker classification rules
  1. Head-to-head matchup in the two (2) rounds
  2. Goal average between the tied teams
  3. Overall goal average

Teams edit

Men's teams
Team College Coach
Arellano Chiefs Arellano University (AU) Jerry Codiñera
Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) Jeff Napa
Benilde Blazers De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Ty Tang
EAC Generals Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) Ariel Sison
JRU Heavy Bombers José Rizal University (JRU) Vergel Meneses
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Topex Robinson
Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa University (MU) Atoy Co
San Beda Red Lions San Beda College (SBC) Boyet Fernandez
San Sebastian Stags San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) Edgar Macaraya
Perpetual Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) Nick Omorogbe
Juniors' teams
Team High school Coach
Arellano Braves Arellano University (AU) Tylon Darjuan
Letran Squires Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) Raymund Valenzona
EAC-IAC Brigadiers Immaculate Concepcion Academy (IAC) Marvin Bienvenida
JRU Light Bombers José Rizal University (JRU) Azlie Guro
La Salle Green Hills Greenies La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) Vic Lazaro
Lyceum Junior Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite (LPU-C) LA Mumar
Mapúa Red Robins Malayan High School of Science (MHSS) Randy Alcantara
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda College Rizal (SBCR) JB Sison
San Sebastian Staglets San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) Mel Banua
Perpetual Junior Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) Michael Saguiguit

Name changes edit

  • The Commission on Higher Education granted university status to Mapúa Institute of Technology on May 18, 2017, renaming itself as "Mapúa University."[3]

Men's tournament edit

Elimination round edit

Team standings edit

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1   Lyceum Pirates 18 0 1.000 — Advance to the Finals[a]
2   San Beda Red Lions 16 2 .889 2 Proceed to stepladder round 2
3   JRU Heavy Bombers 11 7 .611 7 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4   San Sebastian Stags (H) 9 9 .500[b] 9
5   Letran Knights 9 9 .500[b] 9
6   Arellano Chiefs 9 9 .500[b] 9
7   EAC Generals 7 11 .389 11
8   Benilde Blazers 4 14 .222[c] 14
9   Perpetual Altas[d] 4 14 .222[c] 14
10   Mapúa Cardinals 3 15 .167 15
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head point differential; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ As Lyceum won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head point differential: San Sebastian +30, Letran –9, Arellano –21; fourth-seed playoffs: Letran 70–68 Arellano, San Sebastian 74–69 Letran
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Benilde 2–0 Perpetual
  4. ^ Perpetual's first round win over Benilde was forfeited after its entire team wore the dark-colored uniforms over the light-colored ones that were assigned to them for this game.[4]

Match-up results edit

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
  Arellano                  
  Letran                  
  Benilde                  
  EAC                  
  JRU                  
  Lyceum                  
  Mapúa                  
  San Beda                  
  San Sebastian                  
  Perpetual                  
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores edit

Team AU CSJL CSB EAC JRU LPU MU SBC SSC-R UPHSD
Arellano Chiefs 75–82 87–81 79–85 73–72* 65–99 91–82 80–95 56–65 59–68
Letran Knights 84–73 92–76 83–80 62–65 68–75 75–78 74–81 79–75* 63–61
Benilde Blazers 65–95 86–89 64–74 53–81 55–98 74–69 52–76 71–101 20–0[a]
EAC Generals 79–84 78–84 84–94* 48–77 93–97 77–72 69–81 73–75 61–58
JRU Heavy Bombers 109–115** 77–68 90–77 84–88 75–96 68–59 48–54 73–62 68–54
Lyceum Pirates 94–92 81–69 83–69 86–74 100–63 97–74 96–91 78–73 76–58
Mapúa Cardinals 64–81 79–88 79–69 72–85 58–62 90–96 55–66 66–75 60–63
San Beda Red Lions 83–72 73–68 72–58 88–51 65–60 105–107** 88–70 76–67 57–53
San Sebastian Stags 79–85 95–64 73–61 81–69 58–60 73–78 97–70 65–76 65–68
Perpetual Altas 52–62 88–82* 55–83 81–83 52–85 83–94 71–76 50–55 60–80
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:
  1. ^ Perpetual originally won this game 69–65. However, the league awarded Benilde a forfeit win (defined as a 20–0 win) as Perpetual wore the dark-colored uniforms instead of the light-colored ones that were assigned to them for this game.[4]

Fourth–seed playoffs edit

  • As three teams were tied for #4, the two teams with the lowest head-to-head goal averages (Arellano and Letran) played in the first round of the fourth-seed playoff. The winner met San Sebastian for the right to enter the playoffs proper.
First round
(Single-elimination)		Second round
(Single-elimination)
  San Sebastian74
  Arellano68  Letran69
  Letran70

Arellano vs. Letran edit

October 20
3:30 PM
Arellano Chiefs   68–70   Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 20–14, 13–16, 19–16
Pts: Levi Dela Cruz 18
Rebs: Lervin Flores 11
Asts: Dela Cruz, Taywan, 3 each		 Pts: Rey Nambatac 25
Rebs: Rey Nambatac 9
Asts: Bong Quinto 4

San Sebastian vs. Letran edit

S+A
October 24
3:30 PM
San Sebastian Stags   74–69   Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 14–14, 21–24, 21-15
Pts: Michael Calisaan 36
Rebs: JM Calma 11
Asts: David, Ilagan 3 Each		 Pts: Jeremiah Taladua 16
Rebs: Jeo Ambohot 12
Asts: Bong Quinto 7
San Sebastian advances to the Final Four

Bracket edit

Stepladder round 1
(Single-elimination)		Stepladder round 2
(Single-elimination)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  Lyceum8782
2  San Beda762  San Beda9492
3  JRU734  San Sebastian71
4  San Sebastian85
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Stepladder semifinals edit

This stage is a single-elimination tournament.

(3) JRU vs. (4) San Sebastian edit

This is the first playoff appearance for JRU since 2015, and the first for San Sebastian since 2013.

October 27
3:30 PM
JRU Heavy Bombers   73–85   San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 19–29, 11–30, 28–14
Pts: Jed Mendoza 20
Rebs: Abdul Wahab Abdul Razak 9
Asts: Mendoza, Teodoro, 5 each		 Pts: RK Ilagan 21
Rebs: Michael Calisaan 8
Asts: RK Ilagan 5
San Sebastian advances to the stepladder semifinals round 2

(2) San Beda vs. (4) San Sebastian edit

This is the 12th consecutive playoff appearance of defending champions San Beda.

November 7
3:30 PM
San Beda Red Lions   76–71   San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 18–20, 13–20, 19–20
Pts: Javee Mocon 23
Rebs: Javee Mocon 22
Asts: Jomari Presbitero 5		 Pts: Jayson David 16
Rebs: Michael Calisaan 9
Asts: Gayosa, Costelo, 3 each
San Beda advances to the Finals

Finals edit

This is a best-of-three playoff. This is the first Finals appearance for Lyceum, and the 12th consecutive Finals appearance for San Beda. Lyceum's sweep of the elimination round broke San Beda's 11-year streak of being the #1 seed, and is the first sweep since San Beda did it in 2010.

November 10
3:30 PM
Lyceum Pirates   87–94   San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 29–23, 14–19, 23–30
Pts: CJ Perez 25
Rebs: Perez, Nzeusseu, 8 each
Asts: JV Marcelino 4		 Pts: Donald Tankoua 27
Rebs: Donald Tankoua 20
Asts: Franz Abuda 3
November 16
3:30 PM
Lyceum Pirates   82–92   San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 25–24, 19–24, 16–27
Pts: CJ Perez 22
Rebs: Mike Nzeusseu 15
Asts: CJ Perez 5		 Pts: Robert Bolick 18
Rebs: Donald Tankoua 17
Asts: Robert Bolick 6
San Beda wins series 2–0
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)

All-Star Game edit

The Games of the NCAA All-Star were held last September 1 at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan. The event served as a transition event from the first round going into the second round. The Team Saints, composed of stars from Perpetual Help, San Beda, Letran, Benilde, and the season hosts, San Sebastian, defeated The Team Heroes, consisting of Arellano, Lyceum, Jose Rizal University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, and Mapua; 84–80. Prince Eze was named as the All-Star MVP who went double-double with 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks.[5]

September 1
04:00
Team Saints 84–80 Team Heroes
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 22–23, 21–23, 18–16
Pts: Eze 17
Rebs: Eze 14
Asts: Nambatac 3		 Pts: Perez 15
  • All-Star Game MVP: Prince Eze (Team Saints)

Controversies edit

Wrong uniform edit

On July 11, 2017, The Altas were clad in maroon when they were scheduled to be donning their light uniforms. Hence, the league ruled that the University of Perpetual Help was ineligible to play in its matchup against the Blazers earlier in the day. Citing the rule which states, “any athlete whose playing uniform does not conform with the rules will be ineligible to participate in a given game/match”, the management committee overturned UPHSD's 69-65 win in favor of the Blazers.[6]

Awards edit

 NCAA Season 93 men's basketball champions 
 
San Beda Red Lions
21st title, second consecutive title
  • Most Valuable Player: CJ Perez (Lyceum Pirates) [7]
  • Rookie of the Year: Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum Pirates) [7]
  • Mythical Five:[7]
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Prince Eze (Perpetual Altas) [7]
  • All-Defensive Team:[7]
    • Prince Eze (Perpetual Altas)
    • Sidney Onwubere (EAC Generals)
    • Mike Harry Nzeusseu (Lyceum Pirates)
    • Abdul Wahab Abdul Razak (JRU Heavy Bombers)
    • Christian Bunag (Mapúa Cardinals)
  • Most Improved Player: Jed Mendoza (JRU Heavy Bombers) [7]

Statistics edit

Season average leaders edit

Statistic Name Team Average
Points   CJ Perez   Lyceum Pirates 19.3
Rebounds   Prince Eze   Perpetual Altas 16.4
Assists   Robert Bolick   San Beda Red Lions 5.3
Steals   CJ Perez   Lyceum Pirates 1.9
Blocks   Prince Eze   Perpetual Altas 2.6

Juniors' tournament edit

Elimination round edit

Team standings edit

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1   San Beda Red Cubs 13 5 .722[a] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2   Malayan Red Robins 13 5 .722[a] —
3   Letran Squires 11 7 .611[b] 2 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4   La Salle Green Hills Greenies 11 7 .611[b] 2
5   San Sebastian Staglets (H) 11 7 .611[b] 2
6   Perpetual Junior Altas 8 10 .444[c] 5
7   Arellano Braves 8 10 .444[c] 5
8   Lyceum Junior Pirates 7 11 .389 6
9   JRU Light Bombers 6 12 .333 7
10   EAC–ICA Brigadiers 2 16 .111 11
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head point differential; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head point differential: San Beda +4, Mapúa –4
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head point differential: Letran +16, San Sebastian –5, LSGH –11; fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 108–82 San Sebastian
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head point differential: UPHSD +15, Arellano –15

Match-up results edit

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
  AU                  
  CSJL                  
  EAC–ICA                  
  JRU                  
  LSGH                  
  LPU–C                  
  MHSS                  
  SBC–R                  
  SSC–R                  
  UPHSD                  
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores edit

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams AU CSJL EAC-ICA JRU LSGH LPU-C MHSS SBC-R SSC-R UPHSD
AU — 86–79 83–65 80–79 77–79 85–95 75–78 67–60 86–80 67–75
CSJL 65–57 — 85–81 92–79 63–64 93–87 75–91 45–91 85–74* 78–68
EAC-ICA 70–81 85–86 — 75–84 59–82 77–111 60–99 69–105 77–97 65–72
JRU 86–84 87–91 92–85 — 55–76 87–94 94–82 77–70 60–71 78–79
LSGH 63–71 83–89 77–81 80–73 — 88–87 71–78 82–78 71–73 20–0[a]
LPU-C 89–82 64–76 92–58 94–88 83–90 — 98–102* 73–78 81–88 89–86
MHSS 84–88 81–76* 82–68 92–88 71–62 81–77 — 81–87 70–63 94–74
SBC-R 94–65 63–60 91–56 70–69 72–76 83–80 71–73 — 86–75 90–79
SSC–R 88–81 67–66 80–62 76–84 71–67 101–91 81–80 78–85 — 59–70
UPHSD 88–81 70–83 92–71 51–86 69–82 72–74 69–64 66–87 81–92 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ LSGH originally won this game 64–60. However, the league awarded LSGH a forfeit win (defined as a 20–0 win) as Perpetual wore the dark-colored uniforms instead of the light-colored ones that were assigned to them for this game. As LSGH originally won the game, no material changes in the team standings were made.[4]

Fourth-seed playoff edit

October 24
1:00 PM
San Sebastian Staglets   82–108   La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 24–24, 16–34, 17–29
Pts: Romel Calahat 15 Pts: Joel Cagulangan 27
La Salle advances to the Final Four

Bracket edit

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  San Beda–Rizal72108
4  LSGH83110***
4  LSGH748175
2  Malayan689174
2  Malayan82
3  Letran80

*Game went into overtime

Semifinals edit

San Beda and Malayan have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only need to win once, while their opponents twice, to advance to the finals.

(1) San Beda vs. (4) LSGH edit

October 27
11:00 AM
San Beda Red Cubs   72–83   La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 27–28, 17–20, 11–19, 17–16
Pts: Germy Mahinay 13
Rebs: 3 players, 5 each
Asts: Evan Nelle 10		 Pts: Joel Cagulangan 27
Rebs: Joshua David 12
Asts: Joshua David 8
November 7
1:00 PM
San Beda Red Cubs   108–110 (3OT)   La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 12–17, 23–20, 23–22, Overtime: 30–32
Pts: Evan Nelle 26
Rebs: Germy Mahinay 17
Asts: Evan Nelle 8		 Pts: Joel Cagulangan 29
Rebs: Inand Fornillos 18
Asts: Joel Cagulangan 9
LSGH series in two games

(2) Malayan vs. (3) Letran edit

October 27
1:00 PM
Malayan Red Robins   82–80   Letran Squires
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 20–19, 13–19, 25–22
Pts: Will Gozum 24
Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 16
Asts: Clint Escamis 7		 Pts: Keifer Cordero 16
Rebs: Keifer Cordero 8
Asts: Keith Peralta 6
Malayan wins series in one game

Finals edit

November 10
1:00 PM
Malayan Red Robins   68–74   La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 17–14, 15–26, 16–15
Pts: Will Gozum 16
Rebs: Will Gozum 19
Asts: Clint Escamis 5		 Pts: Cagulangan, David, 17 each
Rebs: Joshua David 14
Asts: Cagulangan, David, 5 each
November 16
1:00 PM
Malayan Red Robins   91–81   La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 30–27, 12–21, 24–14
Pts: Clint Escamis 25
Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 14
Asts: Escamis, Jabel, 4 each		 Pts: Joel Cagulangan 16
Rebs: Mark Sangco 8
Asts: Joel Cagulangan 9
November 24
3:00 PM
Malayan Red Robins   74–75   La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 25–17, 12–21, 18–22
Pts: Clint Escamis 21
Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 20
Asts: Clint Escamis 4		 Pts: Joshua David 27
Rebs: Cagulangan, Fornillos, 9 each
Asts: Joel Cagulangan 7
LSGH series 2–1
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Joel Cagulangan (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)

Awards edit

 NCAA Season 93 juniors' basketball champions 
 
La Salle Green Hills Greenies
First title
  • Most Valuable Player: Will Gozum (Malayan Red Robins)[8]
  • Rookie of the Year: Inand Fornilos (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)[8]
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)[9]
  • Most Improved Player: co-awardees, Clint Escamis and Neil Villapando (Malayan Red Robins)[8]
  • Mythical Five:[9]
    • Warren Bonifacio (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Will Gozum (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Joel Cagulangan (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
    • Inand Fornilos (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
    • Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
  • All-Defensive Team:[9]
    • Warren Bonifacio (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Will Gozum (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Inand Fornilos (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
    • Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
    • Romel Calahat (San Sebastian Staglets)

Controversies edit

Wrong uniform edit

On July 11, 2017, The Junior Altas wore their dark uniforms instead of light. The Juniors' standings did not change, however, as CSB-LSGH triumphed in that matchup.[6]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NCAA re-ignites the fire in Season 93". ABS-CBN Sports. July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  2. ^ Li, Matthew (4 April 2017). "Season 93 host San Sebastian to bring back "NCAA on Tour"". tiebreakertimes.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. ^ Bajo, Anna Felicia (May 18, 2017). "Mapua Institute of Technology now a university". GMA News Online. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "NCAA: Perpetual's win vs. CSB forfeited over wrong jersey". cnn. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  5. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (1 September 2017). "Eze leads Saints in takedown of Heroes in NCAA Season 93 All-Star Game". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  6. ^ a b "CSB gets on win column as NCAA forces forfeiture for Perpetual". ABS-CBN Sports. 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Jacinto, Christian (November 10, 2017). "Lyceum star CJ Perez named NCAA Season 93 Most Valuable Player". SPIN.ph. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (November 10, 2017). "Mapua tower Will Gozum completes rise with MVP award". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  9. ^ a b c Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (November 10, 2017). "Two Red Robins, two Junior Blazers in Mythical Team". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved November 12, 2017.

External links edit

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