NCAA Season 93 basketball tournaments

The 2017 basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, otherwise known as the NCAA Season 93, which started on July 8, 2017, at Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay.^[1] Same as the last year's opener, the defending champions San Beda Red Lions will open their title defense bid as they will battle the season's hosts San Sebastian Stags at the first game, and at the second game the Arellano Chiefs will open their first season without Jio Jalalon as they take on the Mapúa Cardinals.^[2]

NCAA Season 93

Host school	San Sebastian College – Recoletos
Men's Finals G1 G2 Wins  Lyceum Pirates 87 82 0  San Beda Red Lions 94 92 2
Duration	November 10–16
Arena(s)	Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Donald Tankoua
Winning coach	Boyet Fernandez (3rd title)
Semifinalists	San Sebastian Stags  JRU Heavy Bombers
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN Sports and Action ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD
Juniors' Finals G1 G2 G3 Wins  Malayan Red Robins 68 91 74 1  La Salle Green Hills Greenies 74 81 75 2
Duration	November 10–24
Arena(s)	Smart Araneta Coliseum Filoil Flying V Center
Finals MVP	JD Cagulangan
Winning coach	Marvin Bienvenida (1st title)
Semifinalists	Letran Squires  San Beda Red Cubs
< Season 92 2017 Season 94 >

ABS-CBN Sports and Action will be covering the games for the third consecutive year.

Format

• In the seniors and juniors' tournament, ten (10) teams will play in a double round-robin classification.
• Once teams are tied, tie-breaker games shall be held for either the first, second or the fourth seed if necessary.
• The scenarios after the elimination round ends are the following below:

  1. If no team sweeps the elimination round, the regular play-offs (Final Four) shall be used.

  2. If a team successfully sweep the elimination round, that team will gain an automatic bye to the finals and the stepladder play-offs shall be used.

• In the semifinals, the first and second seed shall earn a twice-to-beat bonus against their respective opponents. These teams shall only need to win once to advance to the finals; while the third and fourth seed teams will need to win twice to advance to the finals.
• The finals is a best-of-three championship series.

Tie-breaker classification rules
Head-to-head matchup in the two (2) rounds Goal average between the tied teams Overall goal average

Teams

Men's teams

Team	College	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)	Ty Tang
EAC Generals	Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC)	Ariel Sison
JRU Heavy Bombers	José Rizal University (JRU)	Vergel Meneses
Lyceum Pirates	Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU)	Topex Robinson
Mapúa Cardinals	Mapúa University (MU)	Atoy Co
San Beda Red Lions	San Beda College (SBC)	Boyet Fernandez
San Sebastian Stags	San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R)	Edgar Macaraya
Perpetual Altas	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD)	Nick Omorogbe

Juniors' teams

Team	High school	Coach
Arellano Braves	Arellano University (AU)	Tylon Darjuan
Letran Squires	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL)	Raymund Valenzona
EAC-IAC Brigadiers	Immaculate Concepcion Academy (IAC)	Marvin Bienvenida
JRU Light Bombers	José Rizal University (JRU)	Azlie Guro
La Salle Green Hills Greenies	La Salle Green Hills (LSGH)	Vic Lazaro
Lyceum Junior Pirates	Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite (LPU-C)	LA Mumar
Mapúa Red Robins	Malayan High School of Science (MHSS)	Randy Alcantara
San Beda Red Cubs	San Beda College Rizal (SBCR)	JB Sison
San Sebastian Staglets	San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R)	Mel Banua
Perpetual Junior Altas	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD)	Michael Saguiguit

Name changes

• The Commission on Higher Education granted university status to Mapúa Institute of Technology on May 18, 2017, renaming itself as "Mapúa University."^[3]

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Lyceum Pirates	18	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals[a]
2	San Beda Red Lions	16	2	.889	2	Proceed to stepladder round 2
3	JRU Heavy Bombers	11	7	.611	7	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	San Sebastian Stags (H)	9	9	.500[b]	9
5	Letran Knights	9	9	.500[b]	9
6	Arellano Chiefs	9	9	.500[b]	9
7	EAC Generals	7	11	.389	11
8	Benilde Blazers	4	14	.222[c]	14
9	Perpetual Altas[d]	4	14	.222[c]	14
10	Mapúa Cardinals	3	15	.167	15

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head point differential; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. As Lyceum won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
2. Head-to-head point differential: San Sebastian +30, Letran –9, Arellano –21; fourth-seed playoffs: Letran 70–68 Arellano, San Sebastian 74–69 Letran
3. Head-to-head record: Benilde 2–0 Perpetual
4. Perpetual's first round win over Benilde was forfeited after its entire team wore the dark-colored uniforms over the light-colored ones that were assigned to them for this game.^[4]

Match-up results

	Round 1									Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Arellano
Letran
Benilde
EAC
JRU
Lyceum
Mapúa
San Beda
San Sebastian
Perpetual

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores

Team	AU	CSJL	CSB	EAC	JRU	LPU	MU	SBC	SSC-R	UPHSD
Arellano Chiefs		75–82	87–81	79–85	73–72*	65–99	91–82	80–95	56–65	59–68
Letran Knights	84–73		92–76	83–80	62–65	68–75	75–78	74–81	79–75*	63–61
Benilde Blazers	65–95	86–89		64–74	53–81	55–98	74–69	52–76	71–101	20–0[a]
EAC Generals	79–84	78–84	84–94*		48–77	93–97	77–72	69–81	73–75	61–58
JRU Heavy Bombers	109–115**	77–68	90–77	84–88		75–96	68–59	48–54	73–62	68–54
Lyceum Pirates	94–92	81–69	83–69	86–74	100–63		97–74	96–91	78–73	76–58
Mapúa Cardinals	64–81	79–88	79–69	72–85	58–62	90–96		55–66	66–75	60–63
San Beda Red Lions	83–72	73–68	72–58	88–51	65–60	105–107**	88–70		76–67	57–53
San Sebastian Stags	79–85	95–64	73–61	81–69	58–60	73–78	97–70	65–76		65–68
Perpetual Altas	52–62	88–82*	55–83	81–83	52–85	83–94	71–76	50–55	60–80

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. Perpetual originally won this game 69–65. However, the league awarded Benilde a forfeit win (defined as a 20–0 win) as Perpetual wore the dark-colored uniforms instead of the light-colored ones that were assigned to them for this game.^[4]

Fourth–seed playoffs

• As three teams were tied for #4, the two teams with the lowest head-to-head goal averages (Arellano and Letran) played in the first round of the fourth-seed playoff. The winner met San Sebastian for the right to enter the playoffs proper.

	First round (Single-elimination)				Second round (Single-elimination)
					San Sebastian	74
	Arellano	68			Letran	69
	Letran	70

Arellano vs. Letran

S+A

October 20 3:30 PM

Arellano Chiefs	68–70	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 20–14, 13–16, 19–16
Pts: Levi Dela Cruz 18 Rebs: Lervin Flores 11 Asts: Dela Cruz, Taywan, 3 each		Pts: Rey Nambatac 25 Rebs: Rey Nambatac 9 Asts: Bong Quinto 4

Filoil Flying V Center, San Juan

San Sebastian vs. Letran

S+A

October 24 3:30 PM

San Sebastian Stags	74–69	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 14–14, 21–24, 21-15
Pts: Michael Calisaan 36 Rebs: JM Calma 11 Asts: David, Ilagan 3 Each		Pts: Jeremiah Taladua 16 Rebs: Jeo Ambohot 12 Asts: Bong Quinto 7
San Sebastian advances to the Final Four

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Bracket

	Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)					Stepladder round 2 (Single-elimination)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
											1	Lyceum	87	82
						2	San Beda	76			2	San Beda	94	92
	3	JRU	73			4	San Sebastian	71
	4	San Sebastian	85

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Stepladder semifinals

This stage is a single-elimination tournament.

(3) JRU vs. (4) San Sebastian

This is the first playoff appearance for JRU since 2015, and the first for San Sebastian since 2013.

S+A

October 27 3:30 PM

JRU Heavy Bombers	73–85	San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 19–29, 11–30, 28–14
Pts: Jed Mendoza 20 Rebs: Abdul Wahab Abdul Razak 9 Asts: Mendoza, Teodoro, 5 each		Pts: RK Ilagan 21 Rebs: Michael Calisaan 8 Asts: RK Ilagan 5
San Sebastian advances to the stepladder semifinals round 2

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

(2) San Beda vs. (4) San Sebastian

This is the 12th consecutive playoff appearance of defending champions San Beda.

S+A

November 7 3:30 PM

San Beda Red Lions	76–71	San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 18–20, 13–20, 19–20
Pts: Javee Mocon 23 Rebs: Javee Mocon 22 Asts: Jomari Presbitero 5		Pts: Jayson David 16 Rebs: Michael Calisaan 9 Asts: Gayosa, Costelo, 3 each
San Beda advances to the Finals

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff. This is the first Finals appearance for Lyceum, and the 12th consecutive Finals appearance for San Beda. Lyceum's sweep of the elimination round broke San Beda's 11-year streak of being the #1 seed, and is the first sweep since San Beda did it in 2010.

S+A

November 10 3:30 PM

Lyceum Pirates	87–94	San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 29–23, 14–19, 23–30
Pts: CJ Perez 25 Rebs: Perez, Nzeusseu, 8 each Asts: JV Marcelino 4		Pts: Donald Tankoua 27 Rebs: Donald Tankoua 20 Asts: Franz Abuda 3

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 10,469

S+A

November 16 3:30 PM

Lyceum Pirates	82–92	San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 25–24, 19–24, 16–27
Pts: CJ Perez 22 Rebs: Mike Nzeusseu 15 Asts: CJ Perez 5		Pts: Robert Bolick 18 Rebs: Donald Tankoua 17 Asts: Robert Bolick 6
San Beda wins series 2–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 14,693

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)

All-Star Game

The Games of the NCAA All-Star were held last September 1 at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan. The event served as a transition event from the first round going into the second round. The Team Saints, composed of stars from Perpetual Help, San Beda, Letran, Benilde, and the season hosts, San Sebastian, defeated The Team Heroes, consisting of Arellano, Lyceum, Jose Rizal University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, and Mapua; 84–80. Prince Eze was named as the All-Star MVP who went double-double with 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks.^[5]

S+A

September 1 04:00

Boxscore

Team Saints	84–80	Team Heroes
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 22–23, 21–23, 18–16
Pts: Eze 17 Rebs: Eze 14 Asts: Nambatac 3		Pts: Perez 15

Filoil Flying V Center, San Juan

• All-Star Game MVP: Prince Eze (Team Saints)

Controversies

Wrong uniform

On July 11, 2017, The Altas were clad in maroon when they were scheduled to be donning their light uniforms. Hence, the league ruled that the University of Perpetual Help was ineligible to play in its matchup against the Blazers earlier in the day. Citing the rule which states, “any athlete whose playing uniform does not conform with the rules will be ineligible to participate in a given game/match”, the management committee overturned UPHSD's 69–65 win in favor of the Blazers.^[6]

Awards

NCAA Season 93 men's basketball champions
San Beda Red Lions 21st title, second consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player: CJ Perez (Lyceum Pirates) ^[7]
• Rookie of the Year: Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum Pirates) ^[7]
• Mythical Five:^[7]
  • CJ Perez (Lyceum Pirates)
  • Sidney Onwubere (EAC Generals)
  • Javee Mocon (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Prince Eze (Perpetual Altas)
  • Mike Harry Nzeusseu (Lyceum Pirates)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Prince Eze (Perpetual Altas) ^[7]
• All-Defensive Team:^[7]
  • Prince Eze (Perpetual Altas)
  • Sidney Onwubere (EAC Generals)
  • Mike Harry Nzeusseu (Lyceum Pirates)
  • Abdul Wahab Abdul Razak (JRU Heavy Bombers)
  • Christian Bunag (Mapúa Cardinals)
• Most Improved Player: Jed Mendoza (JRU Heavy Bombers) ^[7]

Statistics

Season average leaders

Statistic	Name	Team	Average
Points	CJ Perez	Lyceum Pirates	19.3
Rebounds	Prince Eze	Perpetual Altas	16.4
Assists	Robert Bolick	San Beda Red Lions	5.3
Steals	CJ Perez	Lyceum Pirates	1.9
Blocks	Prince Eze	Perpetual Altas	2.6

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Beda Red Cubs	13	5	.722[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Malayan Red Robins	13	5	.722[a]	—
3	Letran Squires	11	7	.611[b]	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	La Salle Green Hills Greenies	11	7	.611[b]	2
5	San Sebastian Staglets (H)	11	7	.611[b]	2
6	Perpetual Junior Altas	8	10	.444[c]	5
7	Arellano Braves	8	10	.444[c]	5
8	Lyceum Junior Pirates	7	11	.389	6
9	JRU Light Bombers	6	12	.333	7
10	EAC–ICA Brigadiers	2	16	.111	11

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head point differential; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Head-to-head point differential: San Beda +4, Mapúa –4
2. Head-to-head point differential: Letran +16, San Sebastian –5, LSGH –11; fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 108–82 San Sebastian
3. Head-to-head point differential: UPHSD +15, Arellano –15

Match-up results

	Round 1									Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
AU
CSJL
EAC–ICA
JRU
LSGH
LPU–C
MHSS
SBC–R
SSC–R
UPHSD

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AU	CSJL	EAC-ICA	JRU	LSGH	LPU-C	MHSS	SBC-R	SSC-R	UPHSD
AU	—	86–79	83–65	80–79	77–79	85–95	75–78	67–60	86–80	67–75
CSJL	65–57	—	85–81	92–79	63–64	93–87	75–91	45–91	85–74*	78–68
EAC-ICA	70–81	85–86	—	75–84	59–82	77–111	60–99	69–105	77–97	65–72
JRU	86–84	87–91	92–85	—	55–76	87–94	94–82	77–70	60–71	78–79
LSGH	63–71	83–89	77–81	80–73	—	88–87	71–78	82–78	71–73	20–0[a]
LPU-C	89–82	64–76	92–58	94–88	83–90	—	98–102*	73–78	81–88	89–86
MHSS	84–88	81–76*	82–68	92–88	71–62	81–77	—	81–87	70–63	94–74
SBC-R	94–65	63–60	91–56	70–69	72–76	83–80	71–73	—	86–75	90–79
SSC–R	88–81	67–66	80–62	76–84	71–67	101–91	81–80	78–85	—	59–70
UPHSD	88–81	70–83	92–71	51–86	69–82	72–74	69–64	66–87	81–92	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Notes:

1. LSGH originally won this game 64–60. However, the league awarded LSGH a forfeit win (defined as a 20–0 win) as Perpetual wore the dark-colored uniforms instead of the light-colored ones that were assigned to them for this game. As LSGH originally won the game, no material changes in the team standings were made.^[4]

Fourth-seed playoff

October 24 1:00 PM

San Sebastian Staglets	82–108	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 24–24, 16–34, 17–29
Pts: Romel Calahat 15		Pts: JD Cagulangan 27
La Salle advances to the Final Four

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Bracket

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	San Beda–Rizal	72	108
	4	LSGH	83	110***
							4	LSGH	74	81	75
							2	Malayan	68	91	74
	2	Malayan		82
	3	Letran		80

*Game went into overtime

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.

(1) San Beda vs. (4) LSGH

October 27 11:00 AM

San Beda Red Cubs	72–83	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 27–28, 17–20, 11–19, 17–16
Pts: Germy Mahinay 13 Rebs: 3 players, 5 each Asts: Evan Nelle 10		Pts: JD Cagulangan 27 Rebs: Joshua David 12 Asts: Joshua David 8

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

November 7 1:00 PM

San Beda Red Cubs	108–110 (3OT)	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 12–17, 23–20, 23–22, Overtime: 30–32
Pts: Evan Nelle 26 Rebs: Germy Mahinay 17 Asts: Evan Nelle 8		Pts: JD Cagulangan 29 Rebs: Inand Fornillos 18 Asts: JD Cagulangan 9
LSGH series in two games

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

(2) Malayan vs. (3) Letran

October 27 1:00 PM

Malayan Red Robins	82–80	Letran Squires
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 20–19, 13–19, 25–22
Pts: Will Gozum 24 Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 16 Asts: Clint Escamis 7		Pts: Keifer Cordero 16 Rebs: Keifer Cordero 8 Asts: Keith Peralta 6
Malayan wins series in one game

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Finals

November 10 1:00 PM

Malayan Red Robins	68–74	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 17–14, 15–26, 16–15
Pts: Will Gozum 16 Rebs: Will Gozum 19 Asts: Clint Escamis 5		Pts: Cagulangan, David, 17 each Rebs: Joshua David 14 Asts: Cagulangan, David, 5 each

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

November 16 1:00 PM

Malayan Red Robins	91–81	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 30–27, 12–21, 24–14
Pts: Clint Escamis 25 Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 14 Asts: Escamis, Jabel, 4 each		Pts: JD Cagulangan 16 Rebs: Mark Sangco 8 Asts: JD Cagulangan 9

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

November 24 3:00 PM

Malayan Red Robins	74–75	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 25–17, 12–21, 18–22
Pts: Clint Escamis 21 Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 20 Asts: Clint Escamis 4		Pts: Joshua David 27 Rebs: Cagulangan, Fornillos, 9 each Asts: JD Cagulangan 7
LSGH series 2–1

Filoil Flying V Center, San Juan

• Finals Most Valuable Player: JD Cagulangan (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)

Awards

NCAA Season 93 juniors' basketball champions
La Salle Green Hills Greenies First title

• Most Valuable Player: Will Gozum (Malayan Red Robins)^[8]
• Rookie of the Year: Inand Fornilos (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)^[8]
• Mythical Five:^[9]
  • Warren Bonifacio (Malayan Red Robins)
  • Will Gozum (Malayan Red Robins)
  • JD Cagulangan (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
  • Inand Fornilos (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
  • Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)^[9]
• All-Defensive Team:^[9]
  • Warren Bonifacio (Malayan Red Robins)
  • Will Gozum (Malayan Red Robins)
  • Inand Fornilos (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
  • Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
  • Romel Calahat (San Sebastian Staglets)
• Most Improved Player: co-winners, Clint Escamis and Neil Villapando (Malayan Red Robins)^[8]

Controversies

Wrong uniform

On July 11, 2017, The Junior Altas wore their dark uniforms instead of light. The Juniors' standings did not change, however, as CSB-LSGH triumphed in that matchup.^[6]

See also

• UAAP Season 80 basketball tournaments