NCAA Season 95 basketball tournaments

The NCAA Season 95 basketball tournaments are the 95th basketball season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA). Arellano University are the season hosts. Separate men's and juniors' tournaments are held for male college and senior high school students, respectively.

NCAA Season 95
Kaisa sa Pagkakaiba (transl. United in diversity)
Host schoolArellano University
Men's Finals G1 G2G3Wins
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 64 79791
Letran school colors Letran Knights 65 76812
DurationNovember 12–19, 2019
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPFran Yu
Winning coachBonnie Tan (1st title)
SemifinalistsLyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action
Liga
ABS-CBN
iWant
Juniors' Finals G1 G2G3Wins
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs 94 76982
Lyceum school colors Lyceum Junior Pirates 80 78771
DurationNovember 12–19, 2019
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPRhayyan Amsali
Winning coachManu Iñigo (1st title)
SemifinalistsSSC-R school colors San Sebastian Staglets
CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies
< Season 94 2019 Season 97 >

Bamboo Mañalac and performers from Arellano University performed in the opening ceremony held at the Mall of Asia Arena on July 7, 2019.[1]

The Letran Knights won the men's championship after beating three-time defending champions and erstwhile unbeaten San Beda Red Lions in the Finals. Finishing the elimination round undefeated, the Red Lions advanced to the Finals outright. Letran defeated San Sebastian in the first round of the stepladder semifinals to meet previous year's finalist Lyceum in the second round. The Knights defeated the Pirates to arrange a Finals meeting with the Red Lions. The Finals went the distance, with all three games being decided in the final play of the game. Letran won the title to bring the 18th championship back to Intramuros.

The San Beda Red Cubs won the juniors' title after beating the Lyceum Junior Pirates in the Finals. Both Red Cubs and Junior Pirates finished in the top two seeds after the elimination round. San Beda eliminated the LSGH Greenies, which qualified by defeating the Arellano Braves in a playoff, in the first game to advance to the Finals. Lyceum needed their twice-to-beat advantage to eliminate the San Sebastian Staglets. The Red Cubs handily defeated the Junior Pirates in Game 1, but Lyceum eked out a Game 2 win to force a third game, where San Beda won comprehensively.

Format

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The association is using this format for 2019:[2]

  • In the seniors and juniors' tournament, ten (10) teams will play in a double round-robin classification. The top four (4) team advance to the playoffs.
  • Once teams are tied, tie-breaker games shall be held for the top four seeds, if necessary.
  • The scenarios after the elimination round ends are the following:
    1. If no team doesn't win all elimination round games, the regular playoffs (Final Four) shall be used.
    2. If a team wins all elimination round games, that team will gain an automatic bye to the finals and the stepladder playoffs 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.
    • In the stepladder semifinals, the third and fourth seed will play to determine which among them will face the second seed, The winner of the game against the second seed will meet the first seed in 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

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All ten schools are participating.

Men's teams
Team College Coach
Arellano Chiefs Arellano University (AU) Cholo Martin
Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) Bonnie Tan
Benilde Blazers De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Ty Tang
EAC Generals Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) Oliver Bunyi
JRU Heavy Bombers José Rizal University (JRU) Louie Gonzalez
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Topex Robinson
Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa University (MU) Randy Alcantara
San Beda Red Lions San Beda University (SBU) Boyet Fernandez
San Sebastian Stags San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) Edgar Macaraya
Perpetual Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) Frankie Lim
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) Yong Garcia
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda University Rizal (SBUR) Manu Inigo
San Sebastian Staglets San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) Mel Banua
Perpetual Junior Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) Myk Saguiguit

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date Replaced by Date
Arellano Chiefs[3] Junjie Ablan End of spell as interim coach October 23, 2018 Cholo Martin October 23, 2018
Mapua Cardinals Atoy Co End of contract October 31, 2018[4] Randy Alcantara December 6, 2018[5]
Malayan Red Robins[5] Randy Alcantara Signed by Mapua Cardinals December 6, 2018 Yong Garcia December 6, 2018
EAC Generals[6] Ariel Sison Demoted to lead assistant coach December 7, 2018 Oliver Bunyi December 7, 2018
Letran Knights Jeff Napa End of contract January 11, 2019[7] Bonnie Tan January 22, 2019[8]
JRU Heavy Bombers Vergel Meneses End of contract January 22, 2019[9] Louie Gonzalez April 1, 2019[10]

Uniform changes

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The Letran Knights and Squires replaced their red uniforms with white ones, after request by the NCAA. Letran traditionally played with their red uniforms as their "light-colored" uniform.[11]

Venues

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Mall of Asia Arena
 
Cuneta Astrodome
 
Filoil
Flying
V
Centre
 
JRU Gym
 
SBU
Gym
 
EAC Gym
 
UPHSD Gym
 
MU Gym
Venues in Metro Manila. Red pog, Primary venues; blue pogs: NCAA on Tour venues.

Like most Metro Manila-centric leagues, most games are held in arenas rented by the league, with games being played in neutral venues. In an innovation dubbed as "NCAA on Tour", starting in 2017, the NCAA will continue holding Thursday games in the first round hosted at the campus of one of the teams that are playing on that day.[12]

Main venues

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Arena City
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
Filoil Flying V Centre San Juan
Cuneta Astrodome Pasay

NCAA on Tour venues

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Arena Host team City
San Beda University Gym San Beda Red Lions Manila
Emilio Aguinaldo College Gym EAC Generals Manila
Mapua University Gym Mapua Cardinals Manila
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Gym Perpetual Altas Las Piñas
Jose Rizal University Gym JRU Heavy Bombers Mandaluyong

Squads

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Each NCAA team can have up to 15 players on their roster. At least two is allowed to be a foreigner, but only one is allowed to be on court. A team is allowed to have three additional players in the reserve list. The opening day rosters were released on July 2.[13]

This is the final season where non-Filipinos are allowed to play.[14]

Imports

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Only four foreigners from three teams participated in the final season imports can play.[15]

Team Import Country
  Benilde Blazers Clement Leutcheu   Senegal
  Lyceum Pirates Mike Harry Nzeusseu   Cameroon
  San Beda Red Lions Donald Tankoua   Cameroon
  San Beda Red Lions Arnaud Noah   Cameroon

Men's tournament

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Elimination round

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At the end of the elimination round, three-time defending champion San Beda finished first with an undefeated season, winning all 18 games. In their final elimination round game, they defeated Lyceum, the last team to win all 18 elimination round games, in 2017. This allowed the Red Lions to advance to the Finals outright, while modifying the usual Final Four format to a stepladder one. The Red Lions, who last finished the elimination round undefeated in 2010, advanced to their 14th consecutive Finals appearance. The Pirates finished second, awaiting the winning of the first round of stepladder semifinals.[16]

The final participant of the Final Four was determined the following day. With Letran already guaranteed the third seed, only the fourth seed was up for grabs. The San Sebastian Stags defeated the Perpetual Altas to eliminate the Mapua Cardinals to qualify. With elimination confirmed, the Cardinals lost the next game against the Benilde Blazers. The last game of the eliminations had season host Arellano losing to JRU.[17]

Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   San Beda Red Lions 18 0 1.000 Advance to the Finals[a]
2   Lyceum Pirates 13 5 .722 5 Proceed to stepladder round 2
3   Letran Knights 12 6 .667 6 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4   San Sebastian Stags 11 7 .611 7
5   Benilde Blazers 9 9 .500[b] 9
6   Mapúa Cardinals 9 9 .500[b] 9
7   Perpetual Altas 5 13 .278[c] 13
8   JRU Heavy Bombers 5 13 .278[c] 13
9   EAC Generals 4 14 .222[d] 14
10   Arellano Chiefs (H) 4 14 .222[d] 14
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ As San Beda won all elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head point differential: Benilde +10, Mapua −10
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head point differential: Perpetual +6, JRU −6
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head point differential: EAC +18, Arellano −18

Match-up results

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

Scores

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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 CSB EAC JRU LPU MU SBU SSC-R UPHSD
Arellano Chiefs 72–81 77–82 86–77 77–80 87–81 64–73 46–59 79–85 73–75
Letran Knights 97–84 88–64 91–89 55–43 80–84 89–84 66–70 101–102* 82–80*
Benilde Blazers 69–75 74–87 69–66 74–66 71–74 71–67 57–88 77–72 75–63
EAC Generals 77–50 79–87 56–62 58–64 84–82 66–76 72–89 65–86 87–88
JRU Heavy Bombers 77–73 61–81 58–66 69–63 77–95 63–83 52–74 51–82 71–66
Lyceum Pirates 93–90 97–90 85–83 83–71 77–64 79–71 73–88 80–69 87–85
Mapúa Cardinals 93–67 105–101** 62–68 79–76 72–67 71–77 60–69 68–92 78–80
San Beda Red Lions 73–66 75–63 95–73 98–66 65–47 85–62 83–55 73–59 102–56
San Sebastian Stags 85–82 82–99 83–67 75–79 62–59 73–71 73–90 76–91 107–90
Perpetual Altas 86–91 69–88 85–83 76–80 77–66 74–89 81–85 62–75 94–99
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

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Stepladder round 1
(Single-elimination)
Stepladder round 2
(Single-elimination)
Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  San Beda647979
2  Lyceum883  Letran657681
3  Letran853  Letran92
4  San Sebastian80

Stepladder semifinals

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(3) Letran vs. (4) San Sebastian

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This is a one-game playoff. Letran is in its second consecutive playoffs appearance; San Sebastian is in its first appearance since 2017.

November 5
4:00 p.m.
Letran Knights   85–80   San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 27–20, 19–19, 16–21
Pts: Jerrick Balanza 15
Rebs: Fran Yu 7
Asts: Tommy Olivario 5
Pts: RK Ilagan 36
Rebs: Ken Villapando 9
Asts: Ilagan, Bulanadi 3 each
Letran advances to the Stepladder Semifinals Round 2

Letran was leading 69–52 when San Sebastian cut down the lead to six. Bonbon Batiller scored on two three-pointers to increase Letran's lead to 14, 77–63. RK Ilagan led the Stags to a final run late in the game, reducing the deficit to one point, 81–80 with less than two minutes left. Letran's defense prevented another scoring opportunity for the Stags though, and the Knights held on the win.[18]

(2) Lyceum vs. (3) Letran

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This is a one-game playoff. This is Lyceum's third consecutive playoffs appearance.

November 8
4:00 p.m.
Lyceum Pirates   88–92   Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 14–24, 26–23, 22–25
Pts: Jaycee Marcelino 26
Rebs: Mike Nzeusseu 15
Asts: Reymar Caduyac 5
Pts: Fran Yu 20
Rebs: Larry Muyang 9
Asts: Yu, Batiller 6 each
Letran advances to the Finals

Lyceum was leading 70–69 when Letran went on a 15–2 run capped with a Jerrick Balanza three pointer midway in the fourth quarter to give them the lead 84–72. Lyceum cut the lead to three, 87–90, but the Knights converted their free-throws to put the game away for good. Balanza, Fran Yu and Larry Muyang scored on that crucial fourth quarter run to clinch the Knights' first Finals appearance since 2015.[19]

Finals

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This is a best-of-three playoff. This is a rematch of the 2015 Finals which Letran won; this was also their last Finals appearance, and San Beda's last Finals defeat. For three-time defending champion San Beda, this is their 14th consecutive Finals appearance. This is the latest installment of the San Beda–Letran rivalry.[20]

November 12
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions   64–65   Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 14–11, 12–19, 20–18
Pts: Evan Nelle 20
Rebs: Donald Tankoua 13
Asts: 3 players, 2 each
Pts: Edson Batiller 12
Rebs: Larry Muyang 8
Asts: Fran Yu 6
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 17,588
November 15
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions   79–76   Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 18 –7, 19–18, 16–31, 26–20
Pts: James Kwekuteye 21
Rebs: Calvin Oftana 11
Asts: James Kwekuteye 6
Pts: Fran Yu 23
Rebs: Muyang, Caralipio 10 each
Asts: Fran Yu 5
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 18,407
November 19
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions   79–81   Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 14–18, 21–25, 20–12
Pts: Donald Tankuoa 22
Rebs: Calvin Oftana 8
Asts: Evan Nelle 9
Pts: Jerrick Balanza 27
Rebs: Jerrick Balanza 7
Asts: Fran Yu 7
Letran wins series, 2–1
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 19,876
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Fran Yu (Letran Knights)
  • Coach of the Year: Bonnie Tan (Letran Knights)

In Game 1, San Beda posted manageable leads early in the game, with the halftime score at 32–28. Letran edged out San Beda in a low-scoring third quarter, 39–38. By the middle of the fourth quarter, the Red Lions were leading 58–56 when Fran Yu and Jerrick Balanza each scored a three-pointer, with Larry Muyang converting his free-throws to give Letran the lead 63–60 late in the fourth quarter. Cameroonian Donald Tankoua made a field-goal later on, cutting the lead to one, but Muyang converted a basket to pad the lead to three once again. Evan Nelle made a shot on the next play, bringing back the lead to one in favor of Letran. The Red Lions forced a turnover when Letran ran out the shot-clock with 12 seconds left. Calvin Oftana missed a three-pointer for San Beda that could've given them the lead; Fran Yu rebounded the ball, was fouled, and missed both free-throws, but San Beda failed to grab the rebound as time expired.[21]

San Beda started Game 2 with a 15–0 run; Letran recovered at halftime, cutting San Beda's lead to 12 at 37–25. Letran first took the lead with a Muyang a free-throw of a foul to put the Knights up 44–41. Letran ended the third quarter on an 8–2 run, with Fran Yu converting two three-pointers, to put them up 56–53. In the middle of the fourth period, James Canlas tied the score at 66–all. His San Beda teammate Calvin Oftana ended a 6–0 run to give San Beda a 72–66 lead. Letran then went on an 8–0 run, giving them a 2-point lead late in the fourth period. Oftana converted on a three-point play to give the Red Lions back the lead. On the next play, Bonbon Batiller missed on a close shot with 5.1 seconds left. James Canlas scored on free-throws on the next play to tie the series 1–1.[22]

Letran started by trailing in the final game of the season, with San Beda taking a 19–12 lead, but ended the first quarter on a 14–5 run to take a 26–24 lead. The Red Lions then posted a 9–0 run themselves to tie the game 37–all, but Letran went on a 7–1 run to lead 44–38 at halftime. Letran then had a 7–0 run in the third to post their largest lead of 13. San Beda had their own 14–2 run to cut the deficit 70–71 at the start of the fourth quarter. Letran was leading 81–79 with 11.5 seconds after Evan Nelle scored on 2 consecutive three-pointers. On the next possession, Calvin Oftana forced a jump ball against Fran Yu; the Red Lions won the jump with 5.4 seconds left. Nelle attempted a championship-winning three-pointer, but was blocked, to give Letran their first championship since 2015. Fran Yu, who finished the game with eight points, five rebounds, seven assists and three steals, was named Finals MVP.[23]

Awards

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 NCAA Season 95 men's basketball champions 
 
Letran Knights
18th title

The awards were given prior to Game 2 of the men's Finals.[24]

  • Most Valuable Player: Calvin Oftana (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Rookie of the Year: Justin Arana (Arellano Chiefs)
  • Mythical Five:
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Justin Arana (Arellano Chiefs)
  • All-Defensive Team:
    • Calvin Oftana (San Beda Red Lions)
    • Justin Arana (Arellano Chiefs)
    • Benedict Adamos (Perpetual Altas)
    • John Michael Calma (San Sebastian Stags)
    • John Paul Maguliano (EAC Generals)
  • Most Improved Player: Fran Yu (Letran Knights)
  • Best Foreign Player: Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Best Defensive Foreign Player: Mike Harry Nzeusseu (Lyceum Pirates)

Player of the Week

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The NCAA Press Corps awards a player of the week sponsored by Chooks-to-Go.

Week ending Player Team
July 13[25]   Jethro Mendoza   EAC Generals
July 20[26]   Bonbon Batiller   Letran Knights
July 27[27]   Calvin Oftana   San Beda Red Lions
August 3[28]   Edgar Charcos   Perpetual Altas
August 10[29]   Laurenz Victoria   Mapúa Cardinals
August 17[30]   Paolo Hernandez   Mapúa Cardinals
August 24[31]   Justin Arana   Arellano Chiefs
August 31[32]   Justin Gutang   Benilde Blazers
September 7[33]   Jerrick Balanza   Letran Knights
September 14[34]   Allyn Bulanadi   San Sebastian Stags
September 21[35]   Kent Salado   Arellano Chiefs
September 28[36]   Jaycee Marcelino   Lyceum Pirates
October 5[37]   Evan Nelle   San Beda Red Lions
October 12[38]   Calvin Oftana   San Beda Red Lions
October 19[39]   Allyn Bulanadi   San Sebastian Stags

Juniors' tournament

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Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1   San Beda Red Cubs 17 1 .944 Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2   Lyceum Junior Pirates 11 7 .611 6
3   San Sebastian Staglets 10 8 .556[a] 7 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4   La Salle Green Hills Greenies 10 8 .556[a] 7
5   Arellano Braves (H) 10 8 .556[a] 7
6   JRU Light Bombers 9 9 .500 8
7   Letran Squires 8 10 .444 9
8   Perpetual Junior Altas 7 11 .389 10
9   Malayan Red Robins 6 12 .333 11
10   EAC–ICA Brigadiers 2 16 .111 15
Updated to match(es) played on September 20, 2019. Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head point differential: San Sebastian +8, LSGH +5, Arellano −13; fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 66–52 Arellano

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
  Arellano                  
  Letran                  
  EAC–ICA                  
  JRU                  
  LSGH                  
  Lyceum–Cavite                  
  Malayan                  
  San Beda–Rizal                  
  San Sebastian                  
  Perpetual                  
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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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 SBU-R SSC-R UPHSD
Arellano Braves 79–72 76–67 70–68 66–74 64–81 63–56 67–69 68–73 78–70
Letran Squires 59–65 73–56 69–85 69–66 64–74 90–92 79–83 72–64 70–52
EAC-ICA Brigadiers 60–73 74–92 75–69 68–72 76–85 68–83 70–94 81–86* 70–71
JRU Light Bonbers 70–62 89–81 78–57 62–78 77–74 65–72* 80–99 72–68 88–83
La Salle Green Hills Greenies 67–70 79–83 81–51 76–72 68–74 95–90 99–98* 82–78* 59–81
Lyceum Pirates 76–61 71–83 83–71 70–69 87–95 101–66 97–99* 74–82 93–81
Malayan Red Robins 54–60 78–82 73–64 74–77 64–60 94–99 77–88 62–64 62–76
San Beda Red Cubs 58–54 108–80 83–58 88–68 94–87 111–82 91–82 89–73 95–76
San Sebastian Stags 63–60 86–81 95–87 94–91 90–86 72–82 74–69 79–88 62–67
Perpetual Junior Altas 62–86 81–77 86–90 76–85 71–81 93–88 61–74 97–100 81–76
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Fourth-seed playoff

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This is a one-game playoff.

October 22
12:00 p.m.
La Salle Green Hills Greenies   66–52   Arellano Braves
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 21–7, 20–10, 9–22
Pts: Jan Manansala 13
Rebs: Jan Manansala 8
Asts: Kobe Palencia 4
Pts: Miguel Sahali 13
Rebs: Chris Recto 12
Asts: Miguel Sahali 3
La Salle advances to the Final Four

LSGH qualified to the Final Four with a 14-win point win against the Arellano Braves. They will face the San Beda Red Cubs, whose only defeat came from the Greenies.[40]

Bracket

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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)
Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1  San Beda–Rizal82
4  LSGH79
1  San Beda–Rizal947698
2  Lyceum–Cavite807877
2  Lyceum–Cavite7578
3  San Sebastian8476

Semifinals

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San Beda and Lyceum have the twice-to-beat advantage.

(1) San Beda-Rizal vs. (4) LSGH

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November 5
10:00 a.m.
San Beda Red Cubs   82–79   La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 15–16, 24–24, 23–24
Pts: Yukien Andrada 23
Rebs: Amsali, Sanchez 17 each
Asts: Cyrus Llarena 4
Pts: JC Macalalag 23
Rebs: Jan Manansala 13
Asts: Kobe Palencia 5
San Beda wins series in one game

San Beda had three players with double-doubles in their semifinal win against LSGH. Yukien Andrada tied a game-high 23 points, with 13 coming in the fourth quarter to lead the Red Cubs.[41]

(2) Lyceum-Cavite vs. (3) San Sebastian

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November 5
1:00 p.m.
Lyceum Junior Pirates   75–84   San Sebastian Staglets
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 20–24, 13–22, 29–20
Pts: John Barba 24
Rebs: John Barba 11
Asts: John Barba 7
Pts: Aguilar, Janao 15 each
Rebs: Josel Barroga 11
Asts: Janao, Bulasa 4 each
November 8
1:00 p.m.
Lyceum Junior Pirates   78–76   San Sebastian Staglets
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 19–24, 19–10, 22–22
Pts: John Barba 36
Rebs: Leonard Gamlanga 10
Asts: Mclaude Guadania 8
Pts: Dylan Darbin 18
Rebs: Janao, Barroga 9 each
Asts: Dylan Darbin 4
Lyceum wins series in two games

The Staglets forced a rubber match against the Junior Pirates, with four players finishing in double figures.[41] In the deciding Game 2, John Borba led the Junior Pirates to their first ever NCAA Finals appearance, with 36 points in 15/19 field-goal percentage.[42]

Finals

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This is a best-of-three playoff. This is the first NCAA basketball finals where both teams are based outside Metro Manila, with the Red Cubs based in Taytay. Rizal, and the Junior Pirates are based in General Trias, Cavite

November 12
1:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs   94–80   Lyceum Junior Pirates
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 22–27, 20–17, 27–22
Pts: Sanchez, Ynot, 16 each
Rebs: Sanchez, Amsali, 14 each
Asts: Alcantara, Alao, 4 each
Pts: Barba 21
Rebs: Omandac 7
Asts: Montano, Garing, 3 each
November 15
1:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs   74–79   Lyceum Junior Pirates
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 13–14, 14–22, 24–23
Pts: Yukien Andrada 20
Rebs: Yukien Andrada 10
Asts: Charles Delfino 6
Pts: Mclaude Guadania 19
Rebs: Raphael Garro 12
Asts: Raphael Garro 7
November 19
1:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs   98–77   Lyceum Junior Pirates
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 23–15, 31–18, 17–26
Pts: Justin Sanchez 19
Rebs: Rhayyan Amsali 11
Asts: Ynot, Amsali, 4 each
Pts: Mclaude Guadania 24
Rebs: Montano, Garro, 7 each
Asts: Gyle Montano 4
San Beda wins series, 2–1
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Rhayyan Amsali (San Beda Red Cubs)

The San Beda Red Cubs won their 23rd NCAA title after defeating the Lyceum Junior Pirates in Game 3 of the Finals. San Beda's Rhayyan Amsali was named Finals MVP, and Manu Inigo won his first title on his rookie season.[43]

Awards

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 NCAA Season 95 juniors' basketball champions 
 
San Beda Red Cubs
23rd title
  • Most Valuable Player: John Ronald Barba (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
  • Rookie of the Year: Jan Manansala (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
  • Mythical Five:
    • John Ronald Barba (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
    • Mac Guadana (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
    • Jonnel Policarpio (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Yukien Andrada (San Beda Red Cubs)
    • Justine Sanchez (San Beda Red Cubs)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Jonnel Policarpio (Malayan Red Robins)
  • All-Defensive Team:
    • John Ronald Barba (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
    • Jonnel Policarpio (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Yukien Andrada (San Beda Red Cubs)
    • Jan Manansala (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
    • Shawn Umali (Letran Squires)
  • Most Improved Player: Yukien Andrada (San Beda Red Cubs)

See also

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References

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Preceded by NCAA men's basketball seasons
Season 95 (2019)
Succeeded by
Preceded by NCAA juniors' basketball seasons
Season 95 (2019)
Succeeded by