NCAA Season 86 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 86
Winning Drive at 85
Host school	San Sebastian College - Recoletos
Duration	October 13–15, 2010
Arena(s)	Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Sudan Daniel
Winning coach	Frankie Lim (3rd title)
Semifinalists	JRU Heavy Bombers; Mapúa Cardinals
TV network(s)	Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD
Duration	October 13–15, 2010
Arena(s)	Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Baser Amer
Winning coach	Brit Reroma (1st title)
Semifinalists	Perpetual Junior Altas; Letran Squires
TV network(s)	Studio 23, The Filipino Channel, Balls HD

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 86 refers to the basketball events of the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s 2010–11 season.

The San Beda Red Lions won all of their sixteen elimination round games to qualify for the finals outright needing to win twice against their opponent, which has to win thrice. The second-seed and defending champion San Sebastian Stags won the stepladder series against the JRU Heavy Bombers, which had earlier beaten the Mapua Cardinals. The Red Lions completed their 18–0 game sweep of the season when they won against the Stags in double digits to win in the second finals where the finalists were the champions of the two immediate seasons met since 2005. San Beda's American center Sudan Daniel won both season and finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors.

In the juniors' division, the San Beda Red Cubs lost only two games in the elimination round: one against the Letran Squires via technicality, and the other their last elimination round game against the San Sebastian Staglets which won via overtime. The Red Cubs and the Staglets defeated the Squires and the UPHSD Altalettes respectively in the semifinals to qualify for the finals. Like in the men's division, the Finals series was between two preceding champions; the Red Cubs also won double-digit games against the Staglets to successfully defend their championship. San Beda's Baser Amer won both season and finals MVP awards.

Men's tournament edit

Teams edit

Team	College	Coach
Arellano Chiefs	Arellano University (AU)	Leo Isaac
Letran Knights	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL)	Louie Alas
Benilde Blazers	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB)	Richard del Rosario
EAC Generals	Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC)	Nomar Angeles Isla
JRU Heavy Bombers	José Rizal University (JRU)	Vergel Meneses
Mapúa Cardinals	Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT)	Chito Victolero
San Beda Red Lions	San Beda College (SBC)	Frankie Lim
San Sebastian Stags	San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R)	Ato Agustin
Perpetual Altas	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD)	Boris Aldeguer

Changes from last season edit

Probationary members (from guest teams):^[1]

Departed teams:

AUF Great Danes

Preseason edit

JRU Heavy Bomber head coach Ariel Vanguardia was let go by the school after their semifinals loss against the San Sebastian Stags; former Heavy Bomber Vergel Meneses was hired to replace him. Arellano Chiefs' former head coach Leo Isaac takes over from Junjie Ablan. Isaac previously coached the Mapúa Cardinals from 2007–09; however he held the position while still Arellano head coach, at the time playing for the NCRAA. Meanwhile, Aric del Rosario is retained as the basketball commissioner.

The San Sebastian Stags emerged as the team to beat prior the season, finishing fourth at the 2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship, and winning the CHED Games, the Philippine Basketball League and more recently, the Fil-Oil/Flying V Championship.^[2]

Elimination round edit

Team standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Beda Red Lions	16	0	1.000	—	Thrice-to-beat in the Finals^[a]
2	San Sebastian Stags (H)	13	3	.813	3	Proceed to stepladder round 2
3	JRU Heavy Bombers	12	4	.750	4	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	Mapúa Cardinals	9	7	.563	7	Proceed to stepladder round 1
5	Letran Knights	7	9	.438	9
6	Arellano Chiefs (X)	6	10	.375	10
7	Benilde Blazers	5	11	.313	11
8	Perpetual Altas	2	14	.125^[b]	14
9	EAC Generals (X)	2	14	.125^[b]	14

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts; (X) Under probation
Notes:

^ As San Beda won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Perpetual 1–1 EAC (Perpetual +5)

Match-up results edit

	Round 1								Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Arellano
Letran
Benilde
EAC
JRU
Mapúa
San Beda
San Sebastian
Perpetual

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Scores edit

Team	AU	CSJL	CSB	EAC	JRU	MIT	SBC	SSC-R	UPHSD
Arellano Chiefs		78–76	64–70	82–72	62–66	51–73	57–92	58–69	86–67
Letran Knights	72–58		70–54	88–65	62–67*	51–66	60–77	53–59	87–69
Benilde Blazers	71–69	69–72		71–76	65–74	63–65*	61–87	74–75	79–70
EAC Generals	60–71	47–68	64–83		61–69*	68–82	55–97	66–106	78–66
JRU Heavy Bombers	67–64	76–60	73–55	76–50		61–54	52–68	49–68	79–65
Mapúa Cardinals	72–76	63–60	64–59	74–64	54–68		64–69	49–68	79–65
San Beda Red Lions	70–54	74–56	89–70	92–68	78–46	90–78		90–82	73–69
San Sebastian Stags	62–64	59–58	62–51	81–63	64–59	85–76	82–90		73–69
Perpetual Altas	66–61	61–90	64–70	69–52	55–66	72–79	61–92	63–72

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket edit


Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)			Stepladder round 2 (Single-elimination)			Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)



						1	San Beda	93	85

			2	San Sebastian	61	2	San Sebastian	73	70

3	JRU	60	3	JRU	52

4	Mapúa	54

Stepladder semifinals edit

(3) JRU vs. (4) Mapua edit

Studio 23

October 6

JRU Heavy Bombers	60–54	Mapúa Cardinals
JRU advances to the stepladder semifinals round 2

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

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

Studio 23

October 8

San Sebastian Stags	61–52	JRU Heavy Bombers
San Sebastian advances to the Finals

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Finals edit

San Beda has to win twice, while their opponent has to win thrice to win the championship.

Studio 23

October 13

San Beda Red Lions	93–73	San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 18–17, 28–20, 21–13
Pts: Borgie Hermida 18 Rebs: Borgie Hermida 13 Asts: Borgie Hermida 4		Pts: Calvin Abueva 22 Rebs: Calvin Abueva 12 Asts: Pamboy Raymundo 5

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 11,018

Studio 23

October 15

San Beda Red Lions	85–70	San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 20-17, 23-10, 15-22, 27-21
Pts: Sudan Daniel 24 Rebs: Sudan Daniel 19 Asts: Borgie Hermida 4		Pts: Edward Semira 13 Rebs: Ronald Pascual 8 Asts: Gilbert Bulawan 4
San Beda wins series in two games

Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 13,018

Finals Most Valuable Player: Sudan Daniel (San Beda Red Lions)

Awards edit

NCAA Season 86 men's basketball champions
San Beda Red Lions 15th title

The awards were given prior to Game 2 of the Men's Finals at the Araneta Coliseum.^[3]

Most Valuable Player: Sudan Daniel (San Beda Red Lions)
Coach of the Year: Frankie Lim (San Beda Red Lions)
Mythical Five:
- Sudan Daniel (San Beda Red Lions)
- Calvin Abueva (San Sebastian Stags)
- Borgie Hermida (San Beda Red Lions)
- Garvo Lanete (San Beda Red Lions)
- Andrian Celada (Arellano Chiefs)
Rookie of the Year: Carlo Lastimosa (Benilde Blazers)
Most Improved Player: Joe Etame (JRU Heavy Bombers)
Defensive Player of the Year: Sudan Daniel (San Beda Red Lions)

Players of the Week edit

Week	Name
Week 1	Calvin Abueva
Week 2	Joe Etame
Week 3	Nchotu Njei
Week 4	Garvo Lanete
Week 5	Sudan Daniel
Week 6	Allan Mangahas
Week 7	Sudan Daniel
Week 8	Borgie Hermida Nate Matute
Week 9	Sudan Daniel
Week 10	Garvo Lanete
Week 11	Calvin Abueva
Week 12	Sudan Daniel
Week 13	Garvo Lanete