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 G1 Wins  Lyceum Pirates 70 1  San Beda Red Lions 66 0
Duration	February 8–15, 2018
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVP	Jaycee Marcelino(LPU)
Winning coach	Topex Robinson
TV network(s)	Basketball TV
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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

Team	League	Elim. round finish	Playoff finish	Qualified as
Ateneo Blue Eagles	UAAP	1st (13–1)	Def. La Salle in finals	UAAP champion
De La Salle Green Archers	UAAP	2nd (12–2)	Def. by Ateneo in finals	UAAP runner-up
San Beda Red Lions	NCAA	2nd (16–2)	Def. Lyceum in finals	NCAA champion
Lyceum Pirates	NCAA	1st (18–0)	Def. by San Beda in finals	NCAA runner-up
University of the Visayas Green Lancers	CESAFI	1st (16–2)	Def. University of Cebu in finals	CESAFI champion

Regional qualifiers

Team	Qualified as	Regional tournament
Naga College Foundation Tigers	Luzon champion	North Luzon/South Luzon knockout game Def. Lyceum-Northwestern University (North Luzon champion)
Holy Trinity College Wildcats	Mindanao champion	Mindanao qualifiers Def. HCC Crusaders in finals[3]
San Sebastian Stags	NCR qualifiers champion	NCR qualifiers Def. CDSL Griffins in finals

Regional qualifiers results

South Luzon

November 18

Box score

NCF Tigers	vs.	UPHSL Saints
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 25–20, 21–15, 28–21

UNC Sports Palace, Naga, Camarines Sur

North Luzon

November 29

LNU Dukes

vs.

MQC Legionnaires

Salvador Duque Fieldhouse (LNU Gymnasium), Dagupan

North Luzon/South Luzon knockout

November 30

Box score

LNU Dukes	vs.	NCF Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 19–16, 29–30, 12–12

Salvador Duque Fieldhouse (LNU Gymnasium), Dagupan

Mindanao

November 25

Box score

HCC Crusaders	vs. (OT)	HTC Wildcats
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: ^{[citation needed]}

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: ^{[citation needed]}

Finals

January 18

boxscore

CDSL Griffins	vs.	San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 17-21, 19-20, 28-19, 21-30

JRU Gymnasium, Mandaluyong

Elite Eight

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification LPU ADMU UV NCF 1  Lyceum Pirates 3 3 0 1.000 — Qualified to the crossover semifinals — 88–80 94–82 2  Ateneo Blue Eagles 3 2 1 .667 1 65–69 91–81 84–69 3  UV Green Lancers 3 1 2 .333 2 — — 85–82 4 NCF Tigers 3 0 3 .000 3 — — — Source: [citation needed] Group B Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification SBU SSC-R HTC DLSU 1  San Beda Red Lions 3 3 0 1.000 — Qualified to the crossover semifinals 70–67 85–46 79–35 2  San Sebastian Stags 3 2 1 .667 1 — 93–75 — 3 Holy Trinity Wildcats 3 1 2 .333 2 — — — 4  De La Salle Green Archers 3 0 3 .000 3 — 65–96 69–75 Source: [citation needed]

Final Four

Semifinals

February 12

boxscore

Lyceum Pirates	82–69	San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 16–10, 26–17, 21–22

Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan

February 12

boxscore

San Beda Red Lions	57–52	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 15–11, 10–17, 20–15

Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan

Finals

February 15 5:30pm

boxscore

Lyceum Pirates	70–66	San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 26–14, 15–22, 16–9

Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan

Awards

The awardees are:

• Most Valuable Player: Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum)
• Mythical Five:
  • Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum)
  • Javee Mocon (San Beda)
  • Pierre Donald Tankoua (San Beda)
  • CJ Perez (Lyceum)
  • Mike Nzeusseu (Lyceum)