2024 Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup

2024 Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup
17th Filoil EcoOil ECJ Preseason Cup
Tournament details
Country	Philippines
City	San Juan
Venue(s)	Filoil EcoOil Centre
Dates	May 11 – June 12, 2024
Teams	18
Defending champions	UP Fighting Maroons
	← 2023 (16th) 2025 (18th) →

The 2024 Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup, officially referred to as the 17th Filoil EcoOil ECJ Preseason Cup, is the seventeenth edition of the collegiate basketball tournament organized by Filoil EcoOil Sports. The tournament began on May 11, 2024 and is contested by all 18 teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).^[1]^[2]^[3] The tournament is set to conclude with the championship game on June 12, 2024. All games are held at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.

On May 10, 2024, Filoil EcoOil Sports announced that the 17th Preseason Cup would be named after late sports patron Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.. The trophy in which the eventual champions will receive is also renamed as the ECJ Cup.^[4]

The UP Fighting Maroons enter this tournament as the defending Preseason Cup champions.^[5]

Elimination round edit

In the elimination round, the teams are grouped by association. From there, the teams play in a single round-robin tournament. UAAP teams will play seven games while NCAA teams play nine. Teams are ranked by win-loss records with the top four teams from each association group advancing to the playoffs.

UAAP group edit

Team standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	GB
1	UP Fighting Maroons	7	7	0	554	478	+76	1.000	—
2	De La Salle Green Archers	7	5	2	533	524	+9	.714	2
3	FEU Tamaraws	7	4	3	441	456	−15	.571^[a]	3
4	UE Red Warriors	7	4	3	487	471	+16	.571^[a]	3

5	UST Growling Tigers	7	3	4	391	391	0	.429^[b]	4
6	NU Bulldogs	7	3	4	493	453	+40	.429^[b]	4
7	Adamson Soaring Falcons	7	2	5	414	460	−46	.286	5
8	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	0	7	419	509	−90	.000	7

Source: Standings
Notes:

^ ^a ^b FEU wins tiebreaker over UE by head-to-head victory (80–76).
^ ^a ^b UST wins tiebreaker over NU by head-to-head victory (76–75).

Results table edit

Legend
	Won in regulation	Lost in regulation
	Won in overtime	Lost in overtime
(*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods

Team	Game
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
AdU	UE 57–65	FEU 67–77	DLSU 72–80	ADMU 61–59	NU 57–53	UP 46–68	UST 54–58
ADMU	AdU 59–61	UST 52–63	NU 64–66	FEU 46–65	UP 75–82	DLSU 61–98	UE 62–74
DLSU	UP 77–89	UST 68–61	AdU 80–72	UE 77–74	ADMU 98–61	FEU 81–76	NU 52–81
FEU	AdU 77–67	UE 80–76	UP 84–95	ADMU 65–46	NU 59–91	DLSU 76–81	UST 79–72
NU	UE 64–72	UST 75–76	UP 63–73	ADMU 66–64	AdU 53–57	FEU 91–59	DLSU 81–52
UE	AdU 65–57	FEU 76–80	NU 72–64	UP 60–71	DLSU 74–77	UST 66–60	ADMU 74–62
UP	DLSU 89–77	UST 76–73	UE 71–60	NU 73–63	FEU 95–84	ADMU 82–75	AdU 68–46
UST	DLSU 61–68	UP 73–76	NU 76–75	ADMU 63–52	UE 60–66	AdU 58–54	FEU 72–79
Source: Schedule

NCAA group edit

Team standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	GB
1	Letran Knights	9	7	2	718	703	+15	.778^[a]	—
2	Benilde Blazers	9	7	2	700	646	+54	.778^[a]	—
3	San Beda Red Lions	9	6	3	652	589	+63	.667	1
4	Mapúa Cardinals	9	5	4	686	686	0	.556^[b]	2

5	EAC Generals	9	5	4	688	670	+18	.556^[b]	2
6	Perpetual Altas	9	4	5	621	655	−34	.444	3
7	Lyceum Pirates	9	3	6	717	747	−30	.333^[c]	4
8	Arellano Chiefs	9	3	6	686	711	−25	.333^[c]	4
9	San Sebastian Stags	9	3	6	730	774	−44	.333^[c]	4
10	JRU Heavy Bombers	9	2	7	703	720	−17	.222	5

Updated to match(es) played on June 6, 2024. Source: Standings
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Letran wins tiebreaker over Benilde by head-to-head victory (80–71).
^ ^a ^b Mapúa wins tiebreaker over EAC by head-to-head victory (75–71).
^ ^a ^b ^c Lyceum (2–0), Arellano (1–1), and San Sebastian (0–2) are ranked by head-to-head record.

Results table edit

Legend
	Won in regulation	Lost in regulation
	Won in overtime	Lost in overtime
(*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods

Team	Game
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
AU	JRU 80–79	SSC–R 105–95	EAC 77–80	UPHSD 68–65	CSJL 75–80	CSB 58–72	LPU 82–88	MU 71–79	SBU 70–73
CSJL	SBU 69–76	UPHSD 69–77	CSB 80–71	LPU 91–86	AU 80–75	JRU 68–66	SSC–R 81–79	MU 96–92	EAC 84–81
CSB	CSJL 71–80	MU 72–59	SSC–R 86–64	JRU 86–80	AU 72–58	SBU 71–69	LPU 95–89	UPHSD 77–72	EAC 70-75
EAC	SBU 76–67	UPHSD 60–49	AU 80–77	JRU 66–73	LPU 93–81	MU 71–75	SSC–R 86–94	CSJL 81–84	CSB 75–70
JRU	UPHSD 89–91	AU 79–80	EAC 73–66	CSB 80–86	CSJL 66–68	MU 89–93	SBU 62–75	SSC–R 95–87	LPU 70–74
LPU	MU 67–75	SBU 66–76	SSC–R 94–89	CSJL 86–91	EAC 81–93	UPHSD 72–76	AU 88–82	CSB 89–95	JRU 74–70
MU	LPU 75–67	UPHSD 67–76	CSB 59–72	SBU 67–64	SSC–R 79–80	EAC 75–71	JRU 93–89	CSJL 92–96	AU 79–71
SBU	CSJL 76–69	LPU 76–66	EAC 67–76	MU 64–67	UPHSD 75–44	SSC–R 77–64	CSB 69–71	JRU 75–62	AU 73–70
SSC–R	LPU 89–94	AU 95–105	CSB 64–86	MU 80–79	SBU 64–77	CSJL 79–81	EAC 94–86	UPHSD 78–71	JRU 87–95
UPHSD	JRU 91–89	CSJL 77–69	MU 76–67	EAC 49–60	AU 65–68	SBU 44–75	LPU 76–72	SSC–R 71–78	CSB 72–77
Source: Schedule

Playoffs edit

The single-elimination playoffs will begin on June 8, 2024 with the crossover quarterfinals, where the first-seeded teams play the fourth-seeded team from the opposing association group, same goes for the second-seeded and third-seeded teams.^[3]

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship game

U1

UP

N4

Mapúa

N2

Benilde

U3

FEU

N1