2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship

The 2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship is the ninth edition of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) in its current incarnation, the postseason tournament to determine the national collegiate champions in basketball. The tournament will be the ninth edition in its current incarnation, and the 14th edition overall.[1]

2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship
Men's Finals 1 Wins
 Lyceum Pirates 70 1
 San Beda Red Lions 66 0
DurationFebruary 8–15, 2018
Arena(s)Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVPJaycee Marcelino (LPU)
Winning coachTopex Robinson
TV network(s)Basketball TV

Format

Eight teams will compete in the national championship to be held in Metro Manila in February 2018. The finalists of the recently concluded NCAA and UAAP basketball championships, as well as the champion of the CESAFI basketball championship will automatically qualify in the tournament. Qualifying tournaments for the three remaining slots were held for Mindanao, Luzon and Metro Manila.[2]

Qualifying teams

Automatic qualifiers
TeamLeagueElim. round
finish		Playoff finishQualified as
 Ateneo Blue EaglesUAAP1st (13–1)Def. La Salle in finalsUAAP champion
 De La Salle Green ArchersUAAP2nd (12–2)Def. by Ateneo in finalsUAAP runner-up
 San Beda Red LionsNCAA2nd (16–2)Def. Lyceum in finalsNCAA champion
 Lyceum PiratesNCAA1st (18–0)Def. by San Beda in finalsNCAA runner-up
University of the Visayas Green LancersCESAFI1st (16–2)Def. University of Cebu in finalsCESAFI champion

Regional qualifiers
TeamQualified asRegional tournament
Naga College Foundation TigersLuzon championNorth Luzon/South Luzon knockout game
Def. Lyceum-Northwestern University (North Luzon champion)
Holy Trinity College WildcatsMindanao championMindanao qualifiers
Def. HCC Crusaders in finals[3]
 San Sebastian StagsNCR qualifiers championNCR qualifiers
Def. CDSL Griffins in finals

Regional qualifiers results

South Luzon
November 18
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 25–20, 21–15, 28–21

North Luzon

North Luzon/South Luzon knockout
November 30
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 19–16, 29–30, 12–12

Mindanao
November 25
Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 14–18, 17–20, 16–20, Overtime: 12–13
Almendras Gym, Davao

NCR

The NCR Regional Qualifiers were held at the Jose Rizal University (JRU) gymnasium from January 15 to 18.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification CDSL SCC JRU
1 CDSL Griffins 2 2 0 1.000 — Qualified to the NCR Qualifiers finals 87–80 83–58
2 St. Clare Saints 2 1 1 .500 1
3 JRU Heavy Bombers 2 0 2 .000 2 85–88
Source:

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification SSC-R UP PATTS
1 San Sebastian Stags 2 2 0 1.000 — Qualified to the NCR Qualifiers finals
2 UP Fighting Maroons 2 1 1 .500 1 84–93 84–79
3 PATTS Seahorses 2 0 2 .000 2 67–90
Source:

Finals
January 18
Scoring by quarter: 17-21, 19-20, 28-19, 21-30

Elite Eight

Group A
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