2018 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup

The 2018 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup (also known as the Hanes Presents 2018 Chooks-to-Go Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth preseason high school and collegiate basketball tournament organized by Filoil Flying V Sports. All 8 teams from the UAAP and 10 teams from the NCAA, together with the 23-man Gilas Pilipinas pool for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup to be hosted by the Philippines competed in the senior's tournament.^[1]

2018 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup

Men's Finals G1 Wins  Ateneo Blue Eagles 76 1  San Beda Red Lions 62 0
Duration	June 30, 2018
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Centre
Winning coach	Sandy Arespacochaga
Semifinalists	FEU Tamaraws (3rd Place)  Benilde Blazers
TV network(s)	ESPN 5
Juniors' Finals G1 Wins  Malayan Red Robins 78 1  San Beda Red Cubs 72 0
Duration	June 30, 2018
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Centre
Finals MVP	Clint Escamis
Semifinalists	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws  NUNS Bullpups (3rd Place)

This is the first season to be broadcast on ESPN 5, after ending its 10-year relationship with ABS-CBN Sports which was concluded following the 2016 edition of the cup.

Teams

Legend

NCAA team

UAAP team

Seniors' Division

Senior A
Ateneo Blue Eagles
De La Salle Green Archers
EAC Generals
Gilas Pilipinas
Mapúa Cardinals
NU Bulldogs
San Beda Red Lions
UE Red Warriors
UP Fighting Maroons
Perpetual Altas

Senior B
Adamson Soaring Falcons
Arellano Chiefs
Letran Knights
Benilde Blazers
FEU Tamaraws
JRU Heavy Bombers
Lyceum Pirates
San Sebastian Stags
UST Growling Tigers

Juniors' Division

Junior A
Ateneo Blue Eaglets
Letran Squires
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Malayan Red Robins
NUNS Bullpups
San Beda Red Cubs

Tournament format

Due to different number of groups in men's and juniors' division, each had its own competition format.

Men's division

The tournament format for men's division are as follows:

• During elimination round, teams will only play against teams in their group in a single round-robin schedule.
• At the end of the eliminations, the top four teams in each group will advance to the quarterfinal round.
• At the quarterfinals:
  • Seeds #1 in group A meets #4 of group B (QF1)
  • Seeds #2 in group B meets #3 of group A (QF2)
  • Seeds #1 in group B meets #4 of group A (QF3)
  • Seeds #2 in group A meets #3 of group B (QF4)
• Winner of QF1 meets winner of QF2 while QF3 winner meets QF4 winner in the semifinals.
• Winners of the semifinals will play for the Final round, while losers will battle for third place.
• The quotient system shall be applied in case of a tie in the standings between two or more teams.
• Only one foreign player shall play at a time in the court.

Juniors' division

The tournament format for junior's division are as follows:

• During elimination round, teams will only play against teams in their group in a single round-robin schedule.
• The top six teams in overall standings will qualify for the playoffs. The top two teams automatically advances to the semifinals.
• At the quarterfinals, team #3 meets #6 while #4 meets #5.
• At the semifinals, winners of the quarterfinals between #3 and #6 will face team #2, while #1 will play against the winner between #4 and #5.
• Winners of the semifinals will play for the finals, while losers will battle for third place.
• The quotient system shall be applied in case of a tie in the standings between two or more teams.

Men's division

Elimination round

Group A

Team standings # Team W L PCT GB Tie 1  Ateneo Blue Eagles 9 0 1.000 – 2  San Beda Red Lions 7 2 0.778 2 +2 3  De La Salle Green Archers 7 2 0.778 2 −2 4  UP Fighting Maroons 6 3 0.667 3 5 Gilas Pilipinas 4 5 0.444 5 +19 6  Mapúa Cardinals 4 5 0.444 5 −19 7  UE Red Warriors 3 6 0.333 6 +4 8  NU Bulldogs 3 6 0.333 6 −4 9  Perpetual Altas 2 7 0.222 7 10  EAC Generals 0 9 0.000 9   Qualified to the quarterfinals

Schedule Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  Ateneo  La Salle  EAC GILAS  Mapúa  NU  San Beda  UE  UP  Perpetual Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Results

Team	ADMU	DLSU	EAC	GILAS	MU	NU	SBU	UE	UP	UPHSD
Ateneo		81–75*	108–44	75–69	99–55	94–60	69–68	83–61	100–72	83–59
La Salle			83–51	91–72	102–95	73–66	70–72	71–62	82–79	96–83
EAC				69–82	74–77	84–96	48–75	59–73	70–83	67–83
GILAS					97–78	81–86	70–91	63–61	72–78	72–63
Mapua						87–82	60–95	84–92	79–78	20–0[a]
NU							61–71	74–78	57–73	69–61
San Beda								73–50	54–56	74–68
UE									61–66	75–95
UP										77–63
Perpetual

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:

1. Win by forfeit

• Number of asterisks (*) denotes the number of overtime periods.

Group B

Team standings # Team W L PCT GB Tie 1  Benilde Blazers 7 1 0.875 – 2  FEU Tamaraws 6 2 0.750 1 +11 3  Adamson Soaring Falcons 6 2 0.750 1 −11 4  Letran Knights 5 3 0.625 2 5  San Sebastian Stags 4 4 0.500 3 6  Arellano Chiefs 3 5 0.375 4 +17 7  Lyceum Pirates 3 5 0.375 4 −17 8  UST Growling Tigers 2 6 0.250 5 9  JRU Heavy Bombers 0 8 0.000 7   Qualified to the quarterfinals

Schedule Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  Adamson  Arellano  Letran  Benilde  FEU  JRU  Lyceum  San Sebastian  UST Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Team	AdU	AU	CSJL	CSB	FEU	JRU	LPU	SSC	UST
Adamson		67–61	83–80	80–60	64–75	74–67	85–75	84–89	87–64
Arellano			63–71	69–74	65–74	76–74	93–76	68–61	73–82
Letran				88–89*	77–80	94–71	78–74	81–73	95–90
Benilde					80–73	104–83	92–68	87–79	99–87
FEU						87–85	68–89	78–66	86–82
JRU							69–90	88–96	88–98
Lyceum								54–74	93–88
San Sebastian									79–71
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

• Number of asterisks (*) denotes the number of overtime periods.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	(A1)  Ateneo	74
	(B4)  Letran	72
					(A1)  Ateneo	50
					(B2)  FEU	38
	(B2)  FEU	76
	(A3)  La Salle	69
									(A1)  Ateneo	76
									(A2)  San Beda	62
	(B1)  Benilde	76
	(A4)  UP	74
					(B1)  Benilde	71
					(A2)  San Beda	78			Battle-for-Third
	(A2)  San Beda	64
	(B3)  Adamson	62
									(B2)  FEU	78
									(B1)  Benilde	58

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+8).

N/A

June 28 1:00 PM

Benilde Blazers	76–74	UP Fighting Maroons
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 21–21, 19–17, 18–20
Pts: Clement Leutcheu 16 Rebs: Leutcheu, Gutang, 7 each Asts: Justin Gutang 8		Pts: Bright Akhuetie 22 Rebs: Bright Akhuetie 9 Asts: Jun Manzo 5

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

N/A

June 28 2:45 PM

San Beda Red Lions	64–62	Adamson Soaring Falcons
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 17–11, 13–13, 24–28
Pts: Robert Bolick 23 Rebs: Donald Tankoua 12 Asts: Robert Bolick 3		Pts: Sean Manganti 20 Rebs: Papi Sarr 12 Asts: Sean Manganti 6

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

ESPN 5

June 28 4:30 PM

FEU Tamaraws	76–69	De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 20–16, 17–19, 24–23
Pts: Hubert Cani 22 Rebs: Barkley Eboña 11 Asts: Jasper Parker 4		Pts: Andrei Caracut 15 Rebs: Caracut, Baltazar, 8 each Asts: Andrei Caracut 5

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

ESPN 5

June 28 7:00 PM

Ateneo Blue Eagles	74–72	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 15–18, 26–17, 18–20
Pts: Ma. Nieto, Mi. Nieto, 9 each Rebs: Angelo Kouame 13 Asts: Matt Nieto 4		Pts: J.P. Calvo 16 Rebs: Christian Fajarito 7 Asts: Bong Quinto 4

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+8).

ESPN 5

June 29 4:30 PM

Ateneo Blue Eagles	50–38	FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 9–16, 12–6, 9–8, 20–8
Pts: Thirdy Ravena 7 Rebs: Angelo Kouame 15 Asts: Tyler Tio 2		Pts: Prince Orizu 11 Rebs: Prince Orizu 13 Asts: Hubert Cani 2

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

AksyonTV

June 29 7:00 PM

Benilde Blazers	71–78	San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 15–20, 19–14, 18–24
Pts: Justin Gutang 22 Rebs: Clement Leutcheu 10 Asts: James Pasturan 5		Pts: Tankoua, Eugene, 14 each Rebs: Javee Mocon 12 Asts: Robert Bolick 4

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Battle for Third

All times are local (UTC+8).

ESPN 5

June 30 4:00 PM

FEU Tamaraws	78–58	Benilde Blazers
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 20–7, 24–16, 22–18
Pts: Tuffin, Nunag, 9 each Rebs: Orizu, Eboña, 7 each Asts: LJ Gonzales 4		Pts: Belgica, Nayve, 12 each Rebs: Rob Nayve 7 Asts: 3 players, 2 each

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Final

All times are local (UTC+8).

ESPN 5

June 30 6:30 PM

Ateneo Blue Eagles	76–62	San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 26–11, 11–16, 20–20
Pts: Angelo Kouame 15 Rebs: Angelo Kouame 16 Asts: 6 players, 2 each		Pts: Javee Mocon 14 Rebs: Javee Mocon 12 Asts: Mocon, Abuda, 2 each

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Juniors' division

Elimination round

Team standings # Team W L PCT GB Tie 1  Ateneo Blue Eaglets 1 0 1.000 – 2  NUNS Bullpups 1 0 1.000 – 3  Malayan Red Robins 1 0 1.000 – 4  San Beda Red Cubs 1 1 0.500 1 5  La Salle Green Hills Greenies 0 1 0.000 1.5 6  Letran Squires 0 1 0.000 1.5 +2 7  FEU–D Baby Tamaraws 0 1 0.000 1.5 -3   Bye to the semi-finals   Qualified to the quarterfinals

Schedule Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6  ADMU  CSJL  FEU–D  LSGH  MHSS  NSNU  SBU–R Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Team	ADMU	CSJL	FEU-D	LSGH	MHSS	NSNU	SBU-R
ADMU		75–70	–	–	–	–	–
CSJL			–	–	–	–	–
FEU–D				–	–	54–67	–
LSGH					–	–	80–79
MHSS						–	74–70
NSNU							–
SBU–R

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

• Number of asterisks (*) denotes the number of overtime periods.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Malayan	88**
	FEU–Diliman	86
					Malayan	78
					San Beda–Rizal	72
	San Beda–Rizal	82
	NSNU	81
					Battle-for-Third
					NSNU	97
					FEU–Diliman	90

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+8).

June 29, 2018 1:00 PM

Malayan Red Robins	88–86 (2OT)	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 16–12, 25–20, 19–20, Overtime: 18–16
Pts: Paolo Hernandez 23 Rebs: Briedyn Smith 17 Asts: Clint Escamis 6		Pts: RJ Abarrientos 19 Rebs: Ron Tolentino 17 Asts: Royce Alforque 8

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

June 29, 2018 2:45 PM

San Beda Red Cubs	82–81	NUNS Bullpups
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 19–17, 18–28, 20–22
Pts: Josiah Alcantara 16 Rebs: Justine Sanchez 10 Asts: 3 players, 2 each		Pts: Cyril Gonzales 18 Rebs: Kevin Quiambao 12 Asts: Ernest Felicida 6

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Battle for Third

All times are local (UTC+8).

June 30, 2018 12:00 PM

FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	90–97	NUNS Bullpups
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 21–29, 17–33, 26–18
Pts: RJ Abarrientos 24 Rebs: 3 players, 7 each Asts: RJ Abarrientos 6		Pts: Harold Alarcon 23 Rebs: 3 players, 6 each Asts: Kevin Quiambao 5

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Final

All times are local (UTC+8).

June 30, 2018 2:00 PM

Malayan Red Robins	78–72	San Beda Red Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 22–19, 18–15, 25–20
Pts: Clint Escamis 30 Rebs: 3 players, 10 each Asts: Karl Mariano 5		Pts: Jade Talampas 20 Rebs: Justine Sanchez 19 Asts: Anfernee Estacio 4

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Final standings

Juniors

Rank	Team
	Malayan Red Robins
	San Beda Red Cubs
	NUNS Bullpups
4	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws

Seniors

Rank	Team
	Ateneo Blue Eagles
	San Beda Red Lions
	FEU Tamaraws
4	Benilde Blazers
5	De La Salle Green Archers
6	Adamson Soaring Falcons
7	UP Fighting Maroons
8	Letran Knights

Individual awards

Juniors

• Most Valuable Player: Clint Escamis ( Malayan High School of Science)
• Mythical Five:
  • Clint Escamis ( Malayan High School of Science)
  • Briedyn Smith ( Malayan High School of Science)
  • Inand Fornilos ( La Salle Greenhills)
  • Royce Alforque ( FEU)
  • Rhayyan Amsali ( San Beda)
• Best Defensive Player: Inand Fornilos ( La Salle Greenhills)

Seniors

• Most Valuable Player: Angelo Kouame ( Ateneo)
• Mythical Five:
  • Angelo Kouame ( Ateneo)
  • Justine Baltazar ( La Salle)
  • Thirdy Ravena ( Ateneo)
  • Javee Mocon ( San Beda)
  • Matt Nieto ( Ateneo)
• Best Defensive Player: Prince Eze ( Perpetual Help)