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 Jiovani Jalalon as they take on the Mapúa Cardinals.[2]

NCAA Season 93
Host school San Sebastian College–Recoletos
Men's Finals 1 2Wins
 Lyceum Pirates 87 820
 San Beda Red Lions 94 922
DurationNovember 10–16
Arena(s)Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPDonald Tankoua
Winning coachBoyet Fernandez(3rd title)
Semifinalists San Sebastian Stags
 JRU Heavy Bombers
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD
Juniors' Finals 1 23Wins
 Malayan Red Robins 68 91741
 La Salle Greenies 74 81752
DurationNovember 10–24
Arena(s)Smart Araneta Coliseum
Filoil Flying V Center
Finals MVPJoel Cagulangan
Winning coachMarvin Bienvenida
Semifinalists Letran Squires
 San Beda Red Cubs

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

Format
  • 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
College High school Seniors' team Seniors' coach Juniors' team Juniors' coach
Arellano University Chiefs Jerry Codiñera Braves Tylon Darjuan
Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights Jeff Napa Squires Raymund Valenzona
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde La Salle Green Hills Blazers Ty Tang Greenies Marvin Bienvenida
Emilio Aguinaldo College Immaculate Concepcion Academy Generals Ariel Sison Brigadiers Azlie Guro
Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers Vergel Meneses Light Bombers Vic Lazaro
Lyceum of the Philippines University Lyceum of the Philippines University-Cavite Pirates Topex Robinson Junior Pirates LA Mumar
Mapua University Malayan High School of Science Cardinals Atoy Co Red Robins Randy Alcantara
San Beda University San Beda University Rizal Red Lions Boyet Fernandez Red Cubs JB Sison
San Sebastian College-Recoletos Golden Stags Egay Macaraya Staglets Mel Banua
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Altas Nick Omorogbe Altalettes Michael Saguiguit

Seniors' tournament

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1  Lyceum Pirates 18 0 1.000 — Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2] 9
5  Letran Knights 9 9 .500[lower-alpha 2] 9
6  Arellano Chiefs 9 9 .500[lower-alpha 2] 9
7  EAC Generals 7 11 .389 11
8  Benilde Blazers 4 14 .222[lower-alpha 3] 14
9  Perpetual Altas[lower-alpha 4] 4 14 .222[lower-alpha 3] 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 record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
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. Head-to-head goal averages: San Sebastian +30, Letran –9, Arellano –21; fourth-seed qualification playoff: Letran 70–68 Arellano; fourth-seed playoff: San Sebastian 74–69 Letran
  3. 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.[3]

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

Results
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[lower-alpha 1]
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:
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.[3]

Fourth–seed playoffs
  • 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.
Qualification playoff 4th–seed playoff
      
 San Sebastian 74
 Letran 69
 Arellano 68
 Letran 70

Qualification playoff
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

Fourth-seed playoff
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
  Stepladder round 1
(One-game playoff)		 Stepladder round 2
(One-game playoff)		 Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
                               
    1  Lyceum 87 82
    2  San Beda 76     2  San Beda 94 92
  3  JRU 73     4  San Sebastian 71  
  4  San Sebastian 85  

Stepladder semifinals

These are one-game playoffs.

First round

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

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

Second round

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

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

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.[4]

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)

Wrong uniform

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.[5]

Awards
2017 Seniors' Basketball Champion

San Beda
Twenty-first title
  • Most Valuable Player: CJ Perez (Lyceum Pirates) [6]
  • Rookie of the Year: Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum Pirates) [6]
  • Mythical Five:[6]
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Prince Eze (Perpetual Altas) [6]
  • All-Defensive Team:[6]
    • 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) [6]


Season average leaders
StatisticNameTeamAverage
Points CJ Perez Lyceum Pirates19.3
Rebounds Prince Eze Perpetual Altas16.4
Assists Robert Bolick San Beda Red Lions5.3
Steals CJ Perez Lyceum Pirates1.9
Blocks Prince Eze Perpetual Altas2.6

Juniors' tournament

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1  San Beda Red Cubs 13 5 .722[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2  Malayan Red Robins 13 5 .722[lower-alpha 1] —
3  Letran Squires 11 7 .611[lower-alpha 2] 2 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4  La Salle Greenies 11 7 .611[lower-alpha 2] 2
5  San Sebastian Staglets (H) 11 7 .611[lower-alpha 2] 2
6  Perpetual Junior Altas 8 10 .444[lower-alpha 3] 5
7  Arellano Braves 8 10 .444[lower-alpha 3] 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 record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: San Beda 1–1 Mapúa; San Beda +4
  2. Point differential: Letran +16, San Sebastian –5, LSGH –11; fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 108–82 San Sebastian
  3. Head-to-head record: UPHSD 2–0 Arellano

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 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[lower-alpha 1]
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:
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 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.[3]

Fourth-seed playoff
October 24
1:00 PM
San Sebastian Staglets  82–108  La Salle 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
  Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		 Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
                       
1  San Beda–Rizal 72 108  
4 LSGH 83 110***  
*Game went into overtime   4 LSGH 74 81 75
  2  Malayan 68 91 74
2  Malayan 82  
3  Letran 80  

Semifinals

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.

San Beda vs. LSGH
October 27
11:00 AM
San Beda Red Cubs  72–83  La Salle 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 Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 12–17, 23–20, 23–222, 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
La Salle wins series in two games

Malayan vs. Letran
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
November 10
1:00 PM
Malayan Red Robins  68–74  La Salle 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 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 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
La Salle wins series 2–1
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Joel Cagulangan (La Salle Greenies)

Awards
2017 Juniors' Basketball Champion

La Salle
First title
  • Most Valuable Player: Will Gozum (Malayan Red Robins)[7]
  • Rookie of the Year: Inand Fornilos (La Salle Greenies)[7]
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)[8]
  • Most Improved Player: co-awardees, Clint Escamis and Neil Villapando (Malayan Red Robins)[7]
  • Mythical Five:[8]
    • Warren Bonifacio (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Will Gozum (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Joel Cagulangan (La Salle Greenies)
    • Inand Fornilos (La Salle Greenies)
    • Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
  • All-Defensive Team:[8]
    • Warren Bonifacio (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Will Gozum (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Inand Fornilos (La Salle Greenies)
    • Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
    • Romel Calahat (San Sebastian Staglets)

Wrong uniform

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.[5]

See also

References
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  2. Li, Matthew (4 April 2017). "Season 93 host San Sebastian to bring back "NCAA on Tour"". tiebreakertimes.com. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. "NCAA: Perpetual's win vs. CSB forfeited over wrong jersey". cnn. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  4. 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.
  5. "CSB gets on win column as NCAA forces forfeiture for Perpetual". ABS-CBN Sports. 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  6. Jacinto, Christian (November 10, 2017). "Lyceum star CJ Perez named NCAA Season 93 Most Valuable Player". SPIN.ph. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
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