NCAA Season 91 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 91
Host schoolMapua Institute of Technology
Men's Finals G1 G2G3
(OT)		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 (1st title)
Semifinalists Mapúa Cardinals
 JRU Heavy Bombers
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action, Balls, Balls HD
Juniors' Finals G1 G2G3Wins
 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 Green Hills Greenies

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 men's games are aired live by ABS-CBN Sports and Action and in High Definition on Balls HD 167.[1]

Men's tournament

Teams

Team School Coach
Arellano Chiefs Arellano University (AU) Jerry Codiñera
Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) Jeff Napa
Benilde Blazers De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Gabby Velasco
EAC Generals Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) Andy de Guzman
JRU Heavy Bombers José Rizal University (JRU) Vergel Meneses
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Topex Robinson
Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT) Atoy Co
San Beda Red Lions San Beda College (SBC) Jamike Jarin
San Sebastian Stags San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) Rodney Santos
Perpetual Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) Jimwell Gican

Changes from last season

Full members (from probationary members):[2]

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1  San Beda Red Lions 13 5 .722[a] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2  Letran Knights 13 5 .722[a] —
3  Mapúa Cardinals (H) 12 6 .667[b] 1 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4  JRU Heavy Bombers 12 6 .667[b] 1
5  Arellano Chiefs 12 6 .667[b] 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 top 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b First-seed playoff: San Beda 83–78 Letran
  2. ^ a b c 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

Match-up results

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

Scores

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.

  • 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

First–seed playoff

Letran and San Beda were tied for first and second; a playoff was held to determine which will be the #1 seed.

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

Third to fourth–seed playoffs

First roundSecond round
 JRU76
 Mapúa93 Mapúa81
 Arellano75

Mapúa vs. Arellano

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

JRU vs Mapúa

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 series)
1 San Beda78
4 JRU68
1 San Beda906882
2 Letran946185*
2 Letran91
3 Mapúa90

*Game went into overtime

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.

(1) San Beda vs. (4) 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

(2) Letran vs. (3) 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
Rosters West 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 Knights)
  • Slam Dunk Champion: Jebb Bulawan (Perpetual Altas)
  • Miss NCAA: Lyra Velchez (Perpetual Altas)
    • Miss NCAA 1st Runner-Up: Rycca Timog (Lyceum Pirates)
    • Miss NCAA 2nd Runner-Up: Zahara Soriano (Arellano Chiefs)

Awards

 NCAA Season 91 men's basketball champions 

Letran Knights
17th title

The awards were given prior to Game 1 of the Men's basketball finals on October 23, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena.[3]

Broadcast notes

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.

Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside Reporters
Game 1 Anton Roxas Olsen Racela Myrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco
Game 2 Andrei Felix Allan Gregorio Roxanne Montealegre and Ceej Tantengco
Game 3 Anton Roxas Allan Gregorio Myrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco

Additional Game 3 crew:

  • Award presenter: Andrei Felix

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1  San Beda Red Cubs 18 0 1.000 — Thrice-to-beat in the Finals[a]
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 Green Hills Greenies[b] 11 7 .611[c] 7
5  Lyceum Junior Pirates 11 7 .611[c] 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 top 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
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.[4]
  3. ^ a b Fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 88–71 Lyceum

Match-up results

 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

Scores

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[a] 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 88–49; 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.[4]

Fourth–seed playoff

October 13
12 noon
Lyceum Junior Pirates  71–88  La Salle Green Hills Greenies
La Salle advances to the Final Four

Bracket

Stepladder round 1
(Single-elimination)		Stepladder round 2
(Single-elimination)		Finals
(#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)
1 San Beda–Rizal766870
2 Malayan793 Arellano687261
3 Arellano753 Arellano85
4 LSGH74

Stepladder semifinals

The semifinals consists of two rounds of single-elimination.

(3) Arellano vs. (4) LSGH

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

(2) Malayan vs. (3) Arellano

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

 NCAA Season 91 juniors' basketball champions 

San Beda Red Cubs
22nd title, seventh consecutive title
  • 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)

Controversies

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.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "WATCH: NCAA kicks off Season 91 with fiery opening". ABS-CBN News. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. ^ "NCAA Welcomes EAC, Lyceum as regular members". ABS-CBN News. 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  3. ^ Flores-Colina, Celest (2015-10-23). "Oraeme named NCAA Season 91 Rookie MVP, Best Defensive player". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  4. ^ a b c "SBC seeks No. 2 vs EAC; LSGH win forfeited". The Philippine Star. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
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