NCAA Season 91 basketball tournaments

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 91 were the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for the current season. The Mapua Institute of Technology hosted the season, started with an opening ceremony held on June 27, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena followed by a double-header.[1] Games are expected to be followed at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan, with two seniors and juniors games. The seniors' games are aired live by ABS-CBN Sports and Action and in High Definition on Balls HD 167.[1]

NCAA Season 91
Host schoolMapua Institute of Technology
Men's Finals 1 23*Wins
 San Beda Red Lions 90 68821
 Letran Knights 94 61852
DurationOctober 23–29, 2015
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPMark Cruz
Winning coachAldin Ayo
Semifinalists Mapúa Cardinals
 JRU Heavy Bombers
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action, Balls, Balls HD
Juniors' Finals 1 23Wins
 San Beda Red Cubs 76 68702+1
 Arellano Braves 68 72611
DurationOctober 23–29, 2015
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPEvan Nelle
Winning coachJB Sison (3rd title)
Semifinalists Malayan Red Robins
 La Salle Greenies

Seniors' tournament

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1  San Beda Red Lions 13 5 .722[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2  Letran Knights 13 5 .722[lower-alpha 1] —
3  Mapúa Cardinals (H) 12 6 .667[lower-alpha 2] 1 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4  JRU Heavy Bombers 12 6 .667[lower-alpha 2] 1
5  Arellano Chiefs 12 6 .667[lower-alpha 2] 1
6  Perpetual Altas 11 7 .611 2
7  San Sebastian Stags 6 12 .333 7
8  Benilde Blazers 5 13 .278 8
9  Lyceum Pirates 4 14 .222 9
10  EAC Generals 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 record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. First-seed playoff: San Beda 83–78 Letran
  2. Head-to-head record: JRU 3–1, Mapúa 2–2, Arellano 1–3; fourth-seed playoff: Mapúa 93–75 Arellano, third-seed playoff: Mapúa 83–76 JRU

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

Results
Team AU CSJL CSB EAC JRU LPU MIT SBC SSC-R UPHSD
Arellano Chiefs 68–77 85–73 92–80 61–78 80–78 100–96* 88–84 104–92 66–76
Letran Knights 87–81 82–53 69–83 78–62 83–78 80–77 93–80 82–76 79–71
Benilde Blazers 82–86 69–79 73–66 49–67 69–72 64–76 67–73 88–66 69–77
EAC Generals 90–98 76–86 57–81 47–67 55–69 72–101 80–108 77–71 55–68
JRU Heavy Bombers 114–112** 86–80 73–69 87–64 75–60 90–87 69–88 89–91* 83–86*
Lyceum Pirates 83–97 57–74 56–59 59–45 55–64 95–109 74–97 70–77 61–70
Mapúa Cardinals 81–76 82–77 77–72 88–63 68–67 70–66 89–102 88–86 79–82
San Beda Red Lions 72–91 77–73 89–63 96–84 83–75 87–80 75–65 92–81 83–81
San Sebastian Stags 76–86 89–87 62–69 91–77 69–91 67–71 78–87 98–92 70–84
Perpetual Altas 77–84* 64–93 70–47 89–59 60–62 70–42 65–70 88–86 87–91
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Seeding playoffs

The top 5 teams are separated by 1 game.

  • Letran and San Beda were tied for first and second; a playoff was held to determine which will be the #1 seed.
  • JRU, Mapua and Arellano were tied for third to fifth; a series of playoffs were held. JRU had the bye as the team with the best head-to-head record among the three:
    • Mapua and Arellano played for the #4 seed; the loser is eliminated; the winner advances to the third-seed playoff, and is guaranteed no less than a #4 seed
    • JRU waited for the third-seed playoff; the winner gets the #3 seed, while the loser is the #4 seed
4th–seed playoff 3rd–seed playoff
      
 JRU 76
 Mapúa 81
 Mapúa 93
 Arellano 75

First–seed playoff

Winner faces the #4 seed, while the loser faces the #3 seed. Both still have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals.

October 13
4:00 p.m.
Letran Knights  78–83  San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–24, 18–18, 30–24

Fourth–seed playoff

Winner advances to the third seed playoff and is guaranteed of no less than a #4 seed, while the loser is eliminated.

October 13
2:00 p.m.
Mapúa Cardinals  93–75  Arellano Chiefs
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 33–18, 20–18, 24–24
Mapúa advances to the Final Four

Third–seed playoff

Winner is the third seed, while the loser settles for the #4 seed.

October 16
4:00 p.m.
JRU Heavy Bombers  76–81  Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 16–19, 22–18, 22–25

Bracket

  Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		 Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
                       
1  San Beda 78  
4  JRU 68    
  1  San Beda 90 68 82
  2  Letran 94 61 85*
2  Letran 91   *Game went into overtime
3  Mapúa 90  

Semifinals

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

San Beda vs. JRU
October 20
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions  78–68  JRU Heavy Bombers
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 13–13, 26–21, 22–15
San Beda wins series in one game

Letran vs. Mapua
October 20
2:00 p.m.
Letran Knights  91–90  Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 24–25, 22–28, 24–20
Letran wins series in one game

Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff.

October 23
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions  90–94  Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–17, 21–22, 28–33
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 12,825
October 27
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions  68–61  Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 11–15, 19–19, 16–12
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 17,588
October 29
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions  82–85 (OT)  Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 27–20, 13–14, 23–21, Overtime: 7–10
Letran wins series 2–1
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 20,158
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Mark Cruz (Letran Knights)

All-Star Game

The 10 member schools were divided into East and West. The East squad is represented by players from San Beda College, University of Perpetual Help, Arellano University, Jose Rizal University and San Sebastian College-Recoletos, while the West team draws from Lyceum of the Philippines University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, College of Saint Benilde, Mapua Institute of Technology, and Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

August 21
3:00 p.m.
NCAA West All-Stars 89–88 NCAA East All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 22–24, 18–25, 30–25
  • All-Star Game MVP: Jonathan Grey (CSB)
RostersWest NCAA All-Stars East NCAA All-Stars 

Mark Cruz
Kevin Racal
Rey Nambatac
Jonathan Grey
Pons Saavedra
Jeffrey Ongteco
Francis Munsayac
Sydney Onwubere
Christ Mejos
Joseph Gabayni
Wilson Baltazar
Shaq Alanes
Allwell Oraeme
JP Nietes
Justin Serrano

Jio Jalalon
Zach Nicholls
Kent Sallado
Abdul Razak Abdul Wahab
Tey Teodoro
Jordan dela Paz
Michole Sorela
Arthur dela Cruz
Ryusei Koga
Jamil Ortuoste
Michael Calisaan
Bradwyn Guinto
Bright Akhuetie
Earl Thompson (replaced by John Ylagan)
Gab Dalangon

Coach: Aldin Ayo Coach: Jamike Jarin

Side events winners
  • 3-Point Shootout Champion: Mark Cruz (Letran)
  • Slam Dunk Champion: Jebb Bulawan (Lyceum)
  • Miss NCAA: Lyra Velchez (Perpetual)
    • Miss NCAA 1st Runner-Up: Rycca Timog (Lyceum)
    • Miss NCAA 2nd Runner-Up: Zahara Soriano (Arellano)

Awards

The awards were given prior to Game 1 of the Seniors' basketball finals on October 23, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena.[2]

Finals

Simulcast over ABS-CBN Sports and Action, The Filipino Channel or ABS-CBN Sports and Action International, and Balls HD 195 with replays on Balls and Balls HD 195.

GamePlay-by-playAnalystCourtside Reporters
Game 1Anton RoxasOlsen RacelaMyrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco
Game 2Andrei FelixAllan GregorioRoxanne Montealegre and Ceej Tantengco
Game 3Anton RoxasAllan GregorioMyrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco

Additional Game 3 crew:

  • Award presenter: Andrei Felix

Juniors' tournament

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1  San Beda Red Cubs 18 0 1.000 — Thrice-to-beat in the Finals[lower-alpha 1]
2  Malayan Red Robins (H) 16 2 .889 2 Proceed to stepladder round 2
3  Arellano Braves 12 6 .667 6 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4  La Salle Greenies[lower-alpha 2] 11 7 .611[lower-alpha 3] 7
5  Lyceum Junior Pirates 11 7 .611[lower-alpha 3] 7
6  EAC–ICA Brigadiers 9 9 .500 9
7  Letran Squires 6 12 .333 12
8  San Sebastian Staglets 4 14 .222 14
9  JRU Light Bombers 2 16 .111 16
10  Perpetual Junior Altas 1 17 .056 17
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. As San Beda won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
  2. LSGH's first round win against Letran was forfeited after three of its players were ruled to be ineligible for wearing uniform numbers outside the league-mandated 4 to 19.[3]
  3. Fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 88–71 Lyceum

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

Results
Team AU CSJL EAC-ICA JRU LSGH LPU-C MHSS SBC-R SSC-R UPHSD
AU 89–71 104–98 103–34 69–90 97–88 76–69 81–86 82–64 85–69
CSJL 76–86 71–72 92–54 20–0[lower-alpha 1] 73–76 63–97 59–99 71–75 81–80*
EAC-ICA 74–92 87–77 111–73 61–72 79–76 80–88 78–84 81–67 88–62
JRU 52–99 65–69 69–93 57–86 73–81* 39–87 53–103 56–75 89–66
LSGH 80–67 69–48 68–75 84–54 80–83 55–79 63–84 69–48 82–67
LPU-C 77–100 91–83 95–90 87–63 66–81 64–76 81–91 88–82 78–59
MHSS 86–73 73–43 90–74 83–62 64–57 85–63 63–80 80–51 87–51
SBC-R 80–76 76–67 100–83 95–71 82–70 90–79 89–84 85–60 85–61
SSC-R 99–72 73–78 84–83 66–70 57–87 49–78 64–86 57–88 87–58
UPHSD 66–100 52–74 72–73 51–77 58–83 74–88 46–95 53–109 60–55
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:
  1. LSGH originally won 49–88; the NCAA Management Committee upheld Letran's protest of the game after three LSGH players were ineligible for wearing uniform numbers outside of the league-mandated 4 to 19.[3]

Fourth–seed playoff
October 13
12 noon
Lyceum Junior Pirates  71–88  La Salle Greenies
La Salle advances to the Final Four

Bracket

  Stepladder round 1
(One-game playoff)		 Stepladder round 2
(One-game playoff)		 Finals
(#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)
                               
    1  San Beda–Rizal 76 68 70
    2  Malayan 79     3  Arellano 68 72 61
  3  Arellano 75     3  Arellano 85  
  4  LSGH 74  

Stepladder semifinals

The semifinals consists of two rounds, both of which are one-game playoffs.

First round
October 16
2:00 p.m.
Arellano Braves  75–74  La Salle Greenies
Arellano advances to the 2nd round

Second round
October 20
12 noon
Malayan Red Robins  79–85  Arellano Braves
Arellano advances to the Finals

Finals

Since San Beda swept the elimination round, the Finals is a de facto best of five series with San Beda automatically leading 1–0. Therefore, San Beda has to win twice, while Arellano needed thrice, to win the championship.

October 23
12 noon
San Beda Red Cubs  76–68  Arellano Braves
October 27
2:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs  68–72  Arellano Braves
October 29
2:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs  70–61  Arellano Braves
San Beda wins series in three games
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Evan Nelle (San Beda Red Cubs)

Awards
  • Most Valuable Player: Michael Enriquez (Malayan Red Robins)
  • Mythical Five:
    • Michael Enriquez (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Sherwin Concepcion (San Beda Red Cubs)
    • Samuel Abu Hijle (San Beda Red Cubs)
    • Guilmer dela Torre (Arellano Braves)
    • Carlo Abadeza (Arellano Braves)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: John Anthony Umali (Perpetual Junior Altas)
  • Rookie of the Year: Lars Sunga (Arellano Braves)
  • Most Improved Player: Maui Cruz (EAC–ICA Brigadiers)
  • Coach of the Year: JB Sison (San Beda Red Cubs)

Wrong uniform

The NCAA Management Committee, chaired by Melchor Divina of Mapua, upheld the recommendation of commissioner Arturo Cristobal forfeiting La Salle-Greenhills’ 88–49 victory over Letran. LSGH's Jesmar Pedrosa, Alain Madrigal and Ladis Lepalam wore Nos. 20, 28 and 27, respectively, which violated a league rule limiting the use of jersey numbers to Nos. 4 to 19.[3]

See also

References
  1. "WATCH: NCAA kicks off Season 91 with fiery opening". ABS-CBN News. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. Flores-Colina, Celest (2015-10-23). "Oraeme named NCAA Season 91 Rookie MVP, Best Defensive player". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  3. "SBC seeks No. 2 vs EAC; LSGH win forfeited". The Philippine Star. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
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