NCAA Season 92 basketball tournaments

The 2016 basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines), otherwise known as NCAA Season 92, officially opened on June 25, 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City. The showdown between season hosts San Beda Red Lions and season 91 men's basketball champions Letran Knights will be the first game, while JRU Heavy Bombers will face Mapua Cardinals in the second game.[1][2]

NCAA Season 92
Host school San Beda College
Men's Finals 1 2Wins
 San Beda Red Lions 88 832
 Arellano Chiefs 85 730
DurationOctober 6–11, 2016
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
The Arena in San Juan
Finals MVPArnaud Noah
Winning coachMichael Ray Jarin (1st title)
Semifinalists Mapúa Cardinals
 Perpetual Altas
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action, The Filipino Channel, ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD
Juniors' Finals 1 23Wins
 San Beda Red Cubs 64 81671
 Malayan Red Robins 83 78842
DurationOctober 6–14, 2016
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
The Arena in San Juan
Finals MVPBryan Samudio
Winning coachRandy Alcantara (1st title)
Semifinalists La Salle Greenies
 Arellano Braves

The games of the seniors basketball will be played on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, while the junior games will be conducted every Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Most of the basketball games will be held at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan, while Playoffs Final Four and Finals matches will be held at the MOA Arena.[3][4]

Starting this season, NCAA players can choose their jersey number from #00 to #99. The new rule is in line with the current rules set by FIBA on basketball jerseys.[5] Also, the league will implement harsher penalties against teams who will commit foul away from the ball in the last two minutes or the so-called Hack-a-Shaq fouls.[6]

Veteran basketball analyst Andy Jao will serve as the commissioner of the men's basketball tournament.[7] Jao will tap referees and game officials from the three basketball referees associations, which are all associated with the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas (SBP), to officiate this season's basketball games.[6]

Teams
TeamSchoolSeniors' coach
Arellano ChiefsArellano UniversityJerry Codiñera
Letran KnightsColegio de San Juan de LetranJeff Napa
Benilde BlazersDe La Salle-College of Saint BenildeGabby Velasco
EAC GeneralsEmilio Aguinaldo CollegeAndy de Guzman
JRU Heavy BombersJose Rizal UniversityVergel Meneses
Lyceum PiratesLyceum of the Philippines UniversityTopex Robinson
Mapúa CardinalsMapúa Institute of TechnologyAtoy Co
San Beda Red LionsSan Beda CollegeJamike Jarin
San Sebastian StagsSan Sebastian College-RecoletosEgay Macaraya
Perpetual Help AltasUniversity of Perpetual Help System DaltaJimwell Gican

Seniors' coaching changes
  • Letran Knights: NU Bullpups head coach Jeff Napa was appointed as the new head coach of the Knights' men's basketball team, taking over from Aldin Ayo who was named as head coach of DLSU Green Archers.[8]
  • Perpetual Help Altas: Jimwell Gican, who was coaching the team in Season 87, was reappointed as coach of the Altas' men's basketball team. Initially, the team was supposed to be handled by three coaches, Antonio Tamayo, Barry Tobias and Nic Omorogbe but they decided to appoint Gican instead as head coach.[9]
  • San Sebastian Stags: Former CEU Scorpions head coach Egay Macaraya was appointed as the new head coach of the Stags' men's basketball team, replacing Rodney Santos.[10]

Seniors' tournament

Team standings

Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1  San Beda Red Lions (H) 18 14 4 .778[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2  Arellano Chiefs 18 14 4 .778[lower-alpha 1] —
3  Mapúa Cardinals 18 12 6 .667 2 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4  Perpetual Altas 18 11 7 .611 3
5  JRU Heavy Bombers 18 9 9 .500[lower-alpha 2] 5
6  Letran Knights 18 9 9 .500[lower-alpha 2] 5
7  San Sebastian Stags 18 8 10 .444 6
8  EAC Generals 18 6 12 .333[lower-alpha 3] 8
9  Lyceum Pirates 18 6 12 .333[lower-alpha 3] 8
10  Benilde Blazers 18 1 17 .056 13
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 80–73 Arellano
  2. Head-to-head record: JRU 1–1 Letran; JRU +2
  3. Head-to-head record: EAC 2–0 Lyceum

Schedule
 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
 AU
 CSJL
 CSB
 EAC
 JRU
 LPU
 MIT
 SBC
 SSC–R
 UPHSD
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
Team AU CSJL CSB EAC JRU LPU MIT SBC SSC-R UPHSD
AU 79–89 70–59 88–82 89–69 81–76 96–75 86–101 99–81 83–78
CSJL 74–83 56–52 76–72 67–62 72–75 75–79 85–89 90–77 55–61
CSB 69–78 40–57 56–76 56–86 58–75 68–78 63–90 49–54 55–70
EAC 74–83 87–93* 65–62 59–60 64–57 67–70 76–91 73–67 53–70
JRU 68–79 75–68* 71–63 60–63 66–69 71–74 79–73 68–62 50–58
LPU 75–78 68–66 61–65 66–73 58–68 64–75 86–91 83–79 68–71
MIT 82–95 77–72 69–59 82–72 60–65 90–75 74–85 88–75 51–71
SBC 91–81 83–71 82–64 90–82 88–97 89–73 97–101* 87–77 88–70
SSC–R 84–89 61–73 66–57 87–69 85–58 77–69 69–67 72–71 61–76
UPHSD 76–62 63–69 70–45 71–59 89–80** 61–64 63–67 75–84 55–71
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket
  1st–seed playoff Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage		 Finals
Best-of-three series
                               
   San Beda 80   1  San Beda 83 78  
   Arellano 73     4  Perpetual 87 63  
    1  San Beda 88 83
    2  Arellano 85 73
  2  Arellano 92  
  3  Mapúa 80    

First-seed playoff

Winner will face Perpetual Help, while loser will face Mapua, in the semifinals. Either way, both teams had twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals.

September 27
3:45 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions  80–73  Arellano Chiefs
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 15–13, 22–24, 20–14
Pts: Amiel Soberano 26
Rebs: Robert Bolick 7
Asts: Roldan Sara 5		 Pts: Jio Jalalon 14
Rebs: Dioncee Holts 12
Asts: Jio Jalalon 5

Semifinals

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

San Beda vs. Perpetual
September 30
1:45 pm
San Beda Red Lions  83–87  Perpetual Altas
Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 27–20, 26–19, 21–27
Pts: Robert Bolick 21
Rebs: Javee Mocon 7
Asts: Robert Bolick 6		 Pts: Gab Dangangon 27
Rebs: Bright Akhuetie 11
Asts: JefJiovanonel 8
October 4
3:45 pm
Perpetual Altas  63–78  San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 10–22, 14–19, 19–22
Pts: Gab Dagangon 16
Rebs: Dagangon, Akhuetie, 10 each
Asts: Keith Pido 5		 Pts: Davon Potts 16
Rebs: Javee Mocon 15
Asts: Roldan Sara 4
San Beda wins series in two games
Arellano vs. Mapua
September 30
3:45 pm
Arellano Chiefs  92–80  Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 22–24, 20–15, 23–23
Pts: Jalalon, Flores, 22 each
Rebs: Holts, Flores, 10 each
Asts: Jio Jalalon 9		 Pts: Allwell Oraeme 20
Rebs: Allwell Oraeme 24
Asts: Andrew Estrella 6
Arellano wins series in one game

Finals

This finals is a best-of-3 series.

October 6
3:45 pm
San Beda Red Lions  88–85  Arellano Chiefs
Scoring by quarter: 28–20, 26–29, 16–20, 18–15
Pts: Robert Bolick 24
Rebs: Roldan Sara 13
Asts: Roldan Sara 11		 Pts: Jio Jalalon 21
Rebs: Dioncee Holts 14
Asts: Kent Salado 6
October 11
3:45 pm
Arellano Chiefs  73–83  San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 15–27, 20–18, 13–20
Pts: Jio Jalalon 19
Rebs: Lervin Flores 10
Asts: Jio Jalalon 10		 Pts: Arnaud Noah 18
Rebs: Arnaud Noah 11
Asts: Roldan Sara 6
San Beda wins series, 2–0
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Arnaud Noah (San Beda Red Lions)

All-Star Game

The All-Star festivities of the NCAA Season 92 was held at the Filoil Flying V Centre on August 12, 2016, which served as a transition event for the first and second rounds of elimination of the basketball tournament.[11] This also marked the introduction of two new side events, Skills Challenge and Shooting Stars, aside from the three-point shootout and slam dunk competitions.[12]

In the All-Star Game, the 10 member schools were divided into East and West. The West 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 East 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 12
West All-Stars 111–77 East All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 35–17, 17–21, 29–17, 30–22
Pts: Bright Akhuetie 15
Rebs: Donald Tankoua 11
Asts: Jio Jalalon 6		 Pts: Jorem Morada 13
Rebs: Christian Fajarito 7
Asts: Jorem Morada, Darell Menina 3

Side events winners
  • Skills Challenge Champion: Shane Menina (Mapúa)
  • Shooting Stars Champion: Darius Estrella, Cadell Buño, and Marvin Hayes (JRU)
  • 3-Point Shootout Champion: AC Soberano (San Beda)
  • Slam Dunk Champion: Yankie Haruna (Benilde)

Awards
 2016 Seniors' Basketball Champion 

San Beda
20th title
  • Most Valuable Player: Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
  • Rookie of the Year: Mike Harry Nzeusseu (Lyceum Pirates)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
  • Most Improved Player: Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Mythical Five:
    • Jiovani Jalalon (Arellano Chiefs)
    • Laminou Hamadou (EAC Generals)
    • Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
    • Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)
    • Bright Akhuetie (Perpetual Altas)

Players of the Week
WeekPlayerRef.
Week 1
July 3–9		 Jalalon, Jiovani N.[13]
Week 2
July 10–16		 Tankoua, Pierre Donald[14]
Week 3
July 17–23		 Alban, Adrian L.[15]
Week 4
July 24–30		 Akhuetie, Bright Osagie[16]
Week 5
August 7 to 13		 Pontejos, John Paolo B.[17]
Week 6
August 14 to 20		 Jalalon, Jiovani N.[18]
Week 7
August 21 to 27		 Teodoro, Bernabe M.[19]
Week 8
August 28 to September 3		 Dagangon, Gabriel S.[20]
Week 9
September 4 to 10		 Jalalon, Jiovani N.[21]
Week 10
September 11 to 17		 Oraeme, Allwell[22]
Week 11
September 18 to 24		 Mocon, Javee D.[23]

Juniors' tournament

Team standings

Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1  San Beda Red Cubs (H) 18 17 1 .944 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2  Malayan Red Robins 18 15 3 .833 2
3  La Salle Greenies 18 13 5 .722[lower-alpha 1] 4 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4  Arellano Braves 18 13 5 .722[lower-alpha 1] 4
5  Lyceum Junior Pirates 18 9 9 .500 8
6  Letran Squires 18 7 11 .389 10
7  Perpetual Junior Altas 18 5 13 .278[lower-alpha 2] 12
8  JRU Light Bombers 18 5 13 .278[lower-alpha 2] 12
9  EAC–ICA Brigadiers 18 4 14 .222 13
10  San Sebastian Staglets 18 2 16 .111 15
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Third-seed playoff: LSGH 79–76 Arellano
  2. Head-to-head record: Perpetual 2–0 JRU

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

Results
Team AU CSJL EAC-ICA JRU LSGH LPU-C MHSS SBC-R SSC-R UPHSD
AU 87–75 98–89 95–74 69–98 91–77 83–74 93–90 86–66 105–88
CSJL 77–107 74–67 74–63 56–69 63–56 74–95 74–107 80–73 68–88
EAC–ICA 64–90 64–69 67–85 74–87 66–85 74–98 60–107 71–87 70–87
JRU 80–85 64–51 58–65 63–70 74–92 64–86 69–79 68–60 52–66
LSGH 77–70 71–69 70–65 72–51 77–82 78–94 72–97 70–65 92–81
LPU–C 77–66 105–91 76–78 75–72 72–85 86–89 88–97 84–65 117–93
MHSS 84–71 86–77 112–75 81–79 75–59 77–74 84–86 101–45 100–76
SBC–R 92–74 96–83 86–79 86–61 85–82 80–66 89–84 74–66 95–63
SSC–R 65–78 71–75 74–81 60–63 51–61 74–86 66–91 55–111 45–57
UPHSD 76–92 70–78 65–79 76–72 80–95 72–76 82–92 81–93 68–72
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket
  3rd-seed playoff Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage		 Finals
Best-of-three series
                               
    1  San Beda–Rizal 84 102  
    4  Arellano 87 93  
   
 
 LSGH 79       1  San Beda–Rizal 64 81 67
 Arellano 76         2  Malayan 83 78 84
 
 
  2  Malayan 88  
  3  LSGH 81    

Third-seed playoff
September 27
1:45 pm
La Salle Greenies  79–76  Arellano Braves
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 14–14, 25–21, 22–20
Pts: Unique Naboa 21
Rebs: Troy Mallinllin 11
Asts: Unique Naboa 8		 Pts: Guilmer Dela Torre 20
Rebs: Lars Sunga 14
Asts: Guilmer Dela Torre, Jayson Danas 2

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. Arellano
September 30
10:00 am
San Beda Red Cubs  84–87  Arellano Braves
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 24–19, 15–23, 20–29
Pts: 3 players 15
Rebs: Sam Abu Hilje 25
Asts: Joshua Tagala 3		 Pts: Lars Sunga 16
Rebs: Carlo Abadeza 11
Asts: Carlo Abadeza 4
October 4
1:00 pm
Arellano Braves  93–102  San Beda Red Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 20–33, 30–22, 27–18
Pts: Carlo Abadeza 19
Rebs: Carlo Abadeza, Aaron Fermin 9
Asts: Jayson Danas 5		 Pts: Robi Nayve 17
Rebs: Sam Abu Hilje 10
Asts: Joshua Tagala 5
San Beda wins series in two games
Malayan vs. LSGH
September 30
11:45 am
Malayan Red Robins  88–81  La Salle Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 17–14, 25–26, 25–18
Pts: Will Gozum 16
Rebs: Bryan Samudio 17
Asts: Michael Enriquez 6		 Pts: Unique Naboa 17
Rebs: Troy Mallinllin 22
Asts: Joel Cagulangan 6
Malayan wins series in one game

Finals

This finals is a best-of-3 series.

October 6
1:00 pm
San Beda Red Cubs  64–83  Malayan Red Robins
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 22–19, 22–30, 9–22
Pts: Joshua Tagala 11
Rebs: 3 players 8
Asts: Evan Nelle 6		 Pts: Jasper Salenga 17
Rebs: Bryan Samudio 12
Asts: Romuel Junsay 5
October 11
1:00pm
Malayan Red Robins  78–81  San Beda Red Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 23–17, 21–32, 16–16
Pts: Romuel Junsay 23
Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 14
Asts: 5 players 3		 Pts: Carlo Obenza 19
Rebs: Prince Etrate, Sam Abu Hilje 8
Asts: Evan Nelle 7
October 13
2:00pm
San Beda Red Cubs  67–84  Malayan Red Robins
Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 11–14, 16–14, 27–32
Pts: Carlo Obenza, Ed Velasquez 14
Rebs: Sam Abu Hilje 11
Asts: Robi Nayve, Joshua Tagala 3		 Pts: Brian Lacap 16
Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 15
Asts: Clint Escamis 4
Malayan wins series, 2-1
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Bryan Samudio (Malayan Red Robins)

Awards
 2016 Juniors' Basketball Champion 

Malayan
First title
(Mapúa High School has phased out in 2000.)
  • Most Valuable Player: John Troy Mallinllin (La Salle Greenies)
  • Rookie of the Year: Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
  • Most Improved Player: Joshua Gavril Tagala (San Beda Red Cubs)
  • Mythical Five:
    • Guilmer Dela Torre (Arellano Braves)
    • Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
    • John Troy Mallinllin (La Salle Greenies)
    • Samuel Abu Hijle (San Beda Red Cubs)
    • Joshua Gavril Tagala (San Beda Red Cubs)

Players of the Week
WeekPlayerRef.
Week 1
July 10–16		 Dela Torre, Guilmer B.[24]
Week 2
July 17–23		 Dela Torre, Guilmer B.[25]
Week 3
July 24–30		 Abu Hijle, Samuel F.[26]
Week 4
July 31-August 6		 Dela Torre, Guilmer B.[27]
Week 5
August 14–20		 Mallinllin, John Troy B. N.[28]
Week 6
August 21–27		 Abu Hijle, Samuel F.[29]
Week 7
August 28-September 3		 Dela Torre, Guilmer B.[30]
Week 8
September 4–10		 Mallinllin, John Troy B. N.[31]
Week 9
September 11–17		 Nelle, Evan Heinrich Nickolai[32]
Week 10
September 18–24		 Nelle, Evan Heinrich Nickolai[33]

See also

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