NCAA_Season_95_basketball_tournaments
The NCAA Season 95 basketball tournaments are the 95th basketball season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA). Arellano University are the season hosts. Separate men's and juniors' tournaments are held for male college and senior high school students, respectively.
| Kaisa sa Pagkakaiba (transl. United in diversity) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Host school | Arellano University | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | November 12–19, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Mall of Asia Arena | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Fran Yu | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Bonnie Tan (1st title) | |||||||||||||||
| Semifinalists |  Lyceum Pirates San Sebastian Stags | |||||||||||||||
| TV network(s) | ABS-CBN Sports and Action Liga ABS-CBN iWant | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | November 12–19, 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Mall of Asia Arena | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Rhayyan Amsali | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Manu Iñigo (1st title) | |||||||||||||||
| Semifinalists | San Sebastian Staglets La Salle Green Hills Greenies | |||||||||||||||
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Bamboo Mañalac and performers from Arellano University performed in the opening ceremony held at the Mall of Asia Arena on July 7, 2019.[1]
The Letran Knights won the men's championship after beating three-time defending champions and erstwhile unbeaten San Beda Red Lions in the Finals. Finishing the elimination round undefeated, the Red Lions advanced to the Finals outright. Letran defeated San Sebastian in the first round of the stepladder semifinals to meet previous year's finalist Lyceum in the second round. The Knights defeated the Pirates to arrange a Finals meeting with the Red Lions. The Finals went the distance, with all three games being decided in the final play of the game. Letran won the title to bring the 18th championship back to Intramuros.
The San Beda Red Cubs won the juniors' title after beating the Lyceum Junior Pirates in the Finals. Both Red Cubs and Junior Pirates finished in the top two seeds after the elimination round. San Beda eliminated the LSGH Greenies, which qualified by defeating the Arellano Braves in a playoff, in the first game to advance to the Finals. Lyceum needed their twice-to-beat advantage to eliminate the San Sebastian Staglets. The Red Cubs handily defeated the Junior Pirates in Game 1, but Lyceum eked out a Game 2 win to force a third game, where San Beda won comprehensively.
The association is using this format for 2019:[2]
- In the seniors and juniors' tournament, ten (10) teams will play in a double round-robin classification. The top four (4) team advance to the playoffs.
- Once teams are tied, tie-breaker games shall be held for the top four seeds, if necessary.
- The scenarios after the elimination round ends are the following:
- If no team doesn't win all elimination round games, the regular playoffs (Final Four) shall be used.
- If a team wins all elimination round games, that team will gain an automatic bye to the finals and the stepladder playoffs 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.
- In the stepladder semifinals, the third and fourth seed will play to determine which among them will face the second seed, The winner of the game against the second seed will meet the first seed in the finals.
- The finals is a best-of-three championship series.
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All ten schools are participating.
| Team | College | Coach |
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| Arellano Chiefs | Arellano University (AU) | Cholo Martin |
| Letran Knights | Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) | Bonnie Tan |
| Benilde Blazers | De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB) | Ty Tang |
| EAC Generals | Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) | Oliver Bunyi |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | José Rizal University (JRU) | Louie Gonzalez |
| Lyceum Pirates | Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) | Topex Robinson |
| Mapúa Cardinals | Mapúa University (MU) | Randy Alcantara |
| San Beda Red Lions | San Beda University (SBU) | Boyet Fernandez |
| San Sebastian Stags | San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) | Edgar Macaraya |
| Perpetual Altas | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) | Frankie Lim |
| Team | High school | Coach |
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| 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) | Yong Garcia |
| San Beda Red Cubs | San Beda University Rizal (SBUR) | Manu Inigo |
| San Sebastian Staglets | San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) | Mel Banua |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) | Myk Saguiguit |
Coaching changes
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date | Replaced by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arellano Chiefs[3] | Junjie Ablan | End of spell as interim coach | October 23, 2018 | Cholo Martin | October 23, 2018 |
| Mapua Cardinals | Atoy Co | End of contract | October 31, 2018[4] | Randy Alcantara | December 6, 2018[5] |
| Malayan Red Robins[5] | Randy Alcantara | Signed by Mapua Cardinals | December 6, 2018 | Yong Garcia | December 6, 2018 |
| EAC Generals[6] | Ariel Sison | Demoted to lead assistant coach | December 7, 2018 | Oliver Bunyi | December 7, 2018 |
| Letran Knights | Jeff Napa | End of contract | January 11, 2019[7] | Bonnie Tan | January 22, 2019[8] |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | Vergel Meneses | End of contract | January 22, 2019[9] | Louie Gonzalez | April 1, 2019[10] |
Uniform changes
The Letran Knights and Squires replaced their red uniforms with white ones, after request by the NCAA. Letran traditionally played with their red uniforms as their "light-colored" uniform.[11]
Like most Metro Manila-centric leagues, most games are held in arenas rented by the league, with games being played in neutral venues. In an innovation dubbed as "NCAA on Tour", starting in 2017, the NCAA will continue holding Thursday games in the first round hosted at the campus of one of the teams that are playing on that day.[12]
Main venues
NCAA on Tour venues
Each NCAA team can have up to 15 players on their roster. At least two is allowed to be a foreigner, but only one is allowed to be on court. A team is allowed to have three additional players in the reserve list. The opening day rosters were released on July 2.[13]
This is the final season where non-Filipinos are allowed to play.[14]
Imports
Only four foreigners from three teams participated in the final season imports can play.[15]
| Team | Import | Country |
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| Benilde Blazers | Clement Leutcheu |  Senegal |
| Lyceum Pirates | Mike Harry Nzeusseu |  Cameroon |
 San Beda Red Lions | Donald Tankoua | Cameroon |
| San Beda Red Lions | Arnaud Noah | Cameroon |
Elimination round
At the end of the elimination round, three-time defending champion San Beda finished first with an undefeated season, winning all 18 games. In their final elimination round game, they defeated Lyceum, the last team to win all 18 elimination round games, in 2017. This allowed the Red Lions to advance to the Finals outright, while modifying the usual Final Four format to a stepladder one. The Red Lions, who last finished the elimination round undefeated in 2010, advanced to their 14th consecutive Finals appearance. The Pirates finished second, awaiting the winning of the first round of stepladder semifinals.[16]
The final participant of the Final Four was determined the following day. With Letran already guaranteed the third seed, only the fourth seed was up for grabs. The San Sebastian Stags defeated the Perpetual Altas to eliminate the Mapua Cardinals to qualify. With elimination confirmed, the Cardinals lost the next game against the Benilde Blazers. The last game of the eliminations had season host Arellano losing to JRU.[17]
Team standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | San Beda Red Lions |
18 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 1] |
| 2 | Lyceum Pirates |
13 | 5 | .722 | 5 | Proceed to stepladder round 2 |
| 3 |  Letran Knights |
12 | 6 | .667 | 6 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 4 | San Sebastian Stags |
11 | 7 | .611 | 7 | |
| 5 | Benilde Blazers |
9 | 9 | .500[lower-alpha 2] | 9 | |
| 6 |  Mapúa Cardinals |
9 | 9 | .500[lower-alpha 2] | 9 | |
| 7 |  Perpetual Altas |
5 | 13 | .278[lower-alpha 3] | 13 | |
| 8 |  JRU Heavy Bombers |
5 | 13 | .278[lower-alpha 3] | 13 | |
| 9 |  EAC Generals |
4 | 14 | .222[lower-alpha 4] | 14 | |
| 10 |  Arellano Chiefs (H) |
4 | 14 | .222[lower-alpha 4] | 14 |
Match-up results
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | CSB | EAC | JRU | LPU | MU | SBU | SSC-R | UPHSD |
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| Arellano Chiefs | — | 72–81 | 77–82 | 86–77 | 77–80 | 87–81 | 64–73 | 46–59 | 79–85 | 73–75 |
| Letran Knights | 97–84 | — | 88–64 | 91–89 | 55–43 | 80–84 | 89–84 | 66–70 | 101–102* | 82–80* |
| Benilde Blazers | 69–75 | 74–87 | — | 69–66 | 74–66 | 71–74 | 71–67 | 57–88 | 77–72 | 75–63 |
| EAC Generals | 77–50 | 79–87 | 56–62 | — | 58–64 | 84–82 | 66–76 | 72–89 | 65–86 | 87–88 |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 77–73 | 61–81 | 58–66 | 69–63 | — | 77–95 | 63–83 | 52–74 | 51–82 | 71–66 |
| Lyceum Pirates | 93–90 | 97–90 | 85–83 | 83–71 | 77–64 | — | 79–71 | 73–88 | 80–69 | 87–85 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 93–67 | 105–101** | 62–68 | 79–76 | 72–67 | 71–77 | — | 60–69 | 68–92 | 78–80 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 73–66 | 75–63 | 95–73 | 98–66 | 65–47 | 85–62 | 83–55 | — | 73–59 | 102–56 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 85–82 | 82–99 | 83–67 | 75–79 | 62–59 | 73–71 | 73–90 | 76–91 | — | 107–90 |
| Perpetual Altas | 86–91 | 69–88 | 85–83 | 76–80 | 77–66 | 74–89 | 81–85 | 62–75 | 94–99 | — |
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Bracket
| Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 2 (Single-elimination) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | |||||||||||||
| 1 | San Beda | 64 | 79 | 79 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Lyceum | 88 | 3 | Letran | 65 | 76 | 81 | ||||||||
| 3 | Letran | 85 | 3 | Letran | 92 | ||||||||||
| 4 | San Sebastian | 80 | |||||||||||||
Stepladder semifinals
(3) Letran vs. (4) San Sebastian
This is a one-game playoff. Letran is in its second consecutive playoffs appearance; San Sebastian is in its first appearance since 2017.
November 5 4:00 p.m. |
| Letran Knights |
85–80 | San Sebastian Stags |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 27–20, 19–19, 16–21 | ||
| Pts: Jerrick Balanza 15 Rebs: Fran Yu 7 Asts: Tommy Olivario 5 |
Pts: RK Ilagan 36 Rebs: Ken Villapando 9 Asts: Ilagan, Bulanadi 3 each | |
| Letran advances to the Stepladder Semifinals Round 2 | ||
Letran was leading 69–52 when San Sebastian cut down the lead to six. Bonbon Batiller scored on two three-pointers to increase Letran's lead to 14, 77–63. RK Ilagan led the Stags to a final run late in the game, reducing the deficit to one point, 81–80 with less than two minutes left. Letran's defense prevented another scoring opportunity for the Stags though, and the Knights held on the win.[18]
(2) Lyceum vs. (3) Letran
This is a one-game playoff. This is Lyceum's third consecutive playoffs appearance.
November 8 4:00 p.m. |
| Lyceum Pirates |
88–92 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 14–24, 26–23, 22–25 | ||
| Pts: Jaycee Marcelino 26 Rebs: Mike Nzeusseu 15 Asts: Reymar Caduyac 5 |
Pts: Fran Yu 20 Rebs: Larry Muyang 9 Asts: Yu, Batiller 6 each | |
| Letran advances to the Finals | ||
Lyceum was leading 70–69 when Letran went on a 15–2 run capped with a Jerrick Balanza three pointer midway in the fourth quarter to give them the lead 84–72. Lyceum cut the lead to three, 87–90, but the Knights converted their free-throws to put the game away for good. Balanza, Fran Yu and Larry Muyang scored on that crucial fourth quarter run to clinch the Knights' first Finals appearance since 2015.[19]
Finals
This is a best-of-three playoff. This is a rematch of the 2015 Finals which Letran won; this was also their last Finals appearance, and San Beda's last Finals defeat. For three-time defending champion San Beda, this is their 14th consecutive Finals appearance. This is the latest installment of the San Beda–Letran rivalry.[20]
November 12 4:00 p.m. |
| San Beda Red Lions |
64–65 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 14–11, 12–19, 20–18 | ||
| Pts: Evan Nelle 20 Rebs: Donald Tankoua 13 Asts: 3 players, 2 each |
Pts: Edson Batiller 12 Rebs: Larry Muyang 8 Asts: Fran Yu 6 | |
November 15 4:00 p.m. |
| San Beda Red Lions |
79–76 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 18 –7, 19–18, 16–31, 26–20 | ||
| Pts: James Kwekuteye 21 Rebs: Calvin Oftana 11 Asts: James Kwekuteye 6 |
Pts: Fran Yu 23 Rebs: Muyang, Caralipio 10 each Asts: Fran Yu 5 | |
November 19 4:00 p.m. |
| San Beda Red Lions |
79–81 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 14–18, 21–25, 20–12 | ||
| Pts: Donald Tankuoa 22 Rebs: Calvin Oftana 8 Asts: Evan Nelle 9 |
Pts: Jerrick Balanza 27 Rebs: Jerrick Balanza 7 Asts: Fran Yu 7 | |
| Letran wins series, 2–1 | ||
- Finals Most Valuable Player: Fran Yu (Letran Knights)
- Coach of the Year: Bonnie Tan (Letran Knights)
In Game 1, San Beda posted manageable leads early in the game, with the halftime score at 32–28. Letran edged out San Beda in a low-scoring third quarter, 39–38. By the middle of the fourth quarter, the Red Lions were leading 58–56 when Fran Yu and Jerrick Balanza each scored a three-pointer, with Larry Muyang converting his free-throws to give Letran the lead 63–60 late in the fourth quarter. Cameroonian Donald Tankoua made a field-goal later on, cutting the lead to one, but Muyang converted a basket to pad the lead to three once again. Evan Nelle made a shot on the next play, bringing back the lead to one in favor of Letran. The Red Lions forced a turnover when Letran ran out the shot-clock with 12 seconds left. Calvin Oftana missed a three-pointer for San Beda that could've given them the lead; Fran Yu rebounded the ball, was fouled, and missed both free-throws, but San Beda failed to grab the rebound as time expired.[21]
San Beda started Game 2 with a 15–0 run; Letran recovered at halftime, cutting San Beda's lead to 12 at 37–25. Letran first took the lead with a Muyang a free-throw of a foul to put the Knights up 44–41. Letran ended the third quarter on an 8–2 run, with Fran Yu converting two three-pointers, to put them up 56–53. In the middle of the fourth period, James Canlas tied the score at 66–all. His San Beda teammate Calvin Oftana ended a 6–0 run to give San Beda a 72–66 lead. Letran then went on an 8–0 run, giving them a 2-point lead late in the fourth period. Oftana converted on a three-point play to give the Red Lions back the lead. On the next play, Bonbon Batiller missed on a close shot with 5.1 seconds left. James Canlas scored on free-throws on the next play to tie the series 1–1.[22]
Letran started by trailing in the final game of the season, with San Beda taking a 19–12 lead, but ended the first quarter on a 14–5 run to take a 26–24 lead. The Red Lions then posted a 9–0 run themselves to tie the game 37–all, but Letran went on a 7–1 run to lead 44–38 at halftime. Letran then had a 7–0 run in the third to post their largest lead of 13. San Beda had their own 14–2 run to cut the deficit 70–71 at the start of the fourth quarter. Letran was leading 81–79 with 11.5 seconds after Evan Nelle scored on 2 consecutive three-pointers. On the next possession, Calvin Oftana forced a jump ball against Fran Yu; the Red Lions won the jump with 5.4 seconds left. Nelle attempted a championship-winning three-pointer, but was blocked, to give Letran their first championship since 2015. Fran Yu, who finished the game with eight points, five rebounds, seven assists and three steals, was named Finals MVP.[23]
Awards
The awards were given prior to Game 2 of the men's Finals.[24]
- Most Valuable Player: Calvin Oftana (San Beda Red Lions)
- Rookie of the Year: Justin Arana (Arellano Chiefs)
- Mythical Five:
- Calvin Oftana (San Beda Red Lions)
- Evan Nelle (San Beda Red Lions)
- James Canlas (San Beda Red Lions)
- Allyn Bulanadi (San Sebastian Stags)
- Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum Pirates)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Justin Arana (Arellano Chiefs)
- All-Defensive Team:
- Calvin Oftana (San Beda Red Lions)
- Justin Arana (Arellano Chiefs)
- Benedict Adamos (Perpetual Altas)
- John Michael Calma (San Sebastian Stags)
- John Paul Maguliano (EAC Generals)
- Most Improved Player: Fran Yu (Letran Knights)
- Best Foreign Player: Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)
- Best Defensive Foreign Player: Mike Harry Nzeusseu (Lyceum Pirates)
Player of the Week
The NCAA Press Corps awards a player of the week sponsored by Chooks-to-Go.
| Week ending | Player | Team |
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| July 13[25] |  Jethro Mendoza |
EAC Generals |
| July 20[26] | Bonbon Batiller |
Letran Knights |
| July 27[27] | Calvin Oftana |
San Beda Red Lions |
| August 3[28] | Edgar Charcos |
Perpetual Altas |
| August 10[29] | Laurenz Victoria |
Mapúa Cardinals |
| August 17[30] | Paolo Hernandez |
Mapúa Cardinals |
| August 24[31] | Justin Arana |
Arellano Chiefs |
| August 31[32] | Justin Gutang |
Benilde Blazers |
| September 7[33] | Jerrick Balanza |
Letran Knights |
| September 14[34] | Allyn Bulanadi |
San Sebastian Stags |
| September 21[35] | Kent Salado |
Arellano Chiefs |
| September 28[36] | Jaycee Marcelino |
Lyceum Pirates |
| October 5[37] | Evan Nelle |
San Beda Red Lions |
| October 12[38] | Calvin Oftana |
San Beda Red Lions |
| October 19[39] | Allyn Bulanadi |
San Sebastian Stags |
Elimination round
Team standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | San Beda Red Cubs |
17 | 1 | .944 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | Lyceum Junior Pirates |
11 | 7 | .611 | 6 | |
| 3 | San Sebastian Staglets |
10 | 8 | .556[lower-alpha 1] | 7 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies |
10 | 8 | .556[lower-alpha 1] | 7 | |
| 5 | Arellano Braves (H) |
10 | 8 | .556[lower-alpha 1] | 7 | |
| 6 | JRU Light Bombers |
9 | 9 | .500 | 8 | |
| 7 | Letran Squires |
8 | 10 | .444 | 9 | |
| 8 | Perpetual Junior Altas |
7 | 11 | .389 | 10 | |
| 9 | Malayan Red Robins |
6 | 12 | .333 | 11 | |
| 10 | EAC–ICA Brigadiers |
2 | 16 | .111 | 15 |
Match-up results
| Round 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Arellano | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Letran | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| EAC–ICA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| JRU | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LSGH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lyceum–Cavite | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Malayan | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Beda–Rizal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Sebastian | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perpetual | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | SBU-R | SSC-R | UPHSD |
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| Arellano Braves | — | 79–72 | 76–67 | 70–68 | 66–74 | 64–81 | 63–56 | 67–69 | 68–73 | 78–70 |
| Letran Squires | 59–65 | — | 73–56 | 69–85 | 69–66 | 64–74 | 90–92 | 79–83 | 72–64 | 70–52 |
| EAC-ICA Brigadiers | 60–73 | 74–92 | — | 75–69 | 68–72 | 76–85 | 68–83 | 70–94 | 81–86* | 70–71 |
| JRU Light Bonbers | 70–62 | 89–81 | 78–57 | — | 62–78 | 77–74 | 65–72* | 80–99 | 72–68 | 88–83 |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 67–70 | 79–83 | 81–51 | 76–72 | — | 68–74 | 95–90 | 99–98* | 82–78* | 59–81 |
| Lyceum Pirates | 76–61 | 71–83 | 83–71 | 70–69 | 87–95 | — | 101–66 | 97–99* | 74–82 | 93–81 |
| Malayan Red Robins | 54–60 | 78–82 | 73–64 | 74–77 | 64–60 | 94–99 | — | 77–88 | 62–64 | 62–76 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 58–54 | 108–80 | 83–58 | 88–68 | 94–87 | 111–82 | 91–82 | — | 89–73 | 95–76 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 63–60 | 86–81 | 95–87 | 94–91 | 90–86 | 72–82 | 74–69 | 79–88 | — | 62–67 |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 62–86 | 81–77 | 86–90 | 76–85 | 71–81 | 93–88 | 61–74 | 97–100 | 81–76 | — |
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Fourth-seed playoff
This is a one-game playoff.
October 22 12:00 p.m. |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies |
66–52 | Arellano Braves |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 21–7, 20–10, 9–22 | ||
| Pts: Jan Manansala 13 Rebs: Jan Manansala 8 Asts: Kobe Palencia 4 |
Pts: Miguel Sahali 13 Rebs: Chris Recto 12 Asts: Miguel Sahali 3 | |
| La Salle advances to the Final Four | ||
LSGH qualified to the Final Four with a 14-win point win against the Arellano Braves. They will face the San Beda Red Cubs, whose only defeat came from the Greenies.[40]
Bracket
| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | ||||||||||
| 1 | San Beda–Rizal | 82 | |||||||||
| 4 | LSGH | 79 | |||||||||
| 1 | San Beda–Rizal | 94 | 76 | 98 | |||||||
| 2 | Lyceum–Cavite | 80 | 78 | 77 | |||||||
| 2 | Lyceum–Cavite | 75 | 78 | ||||||||
| 3 | San Sebastian | 84 | 76 | ||||||||
Semifinals
San Beda and Lyceum have the twice-to-beat advantage.
(1) San Beda-Rizal vs. (4) LSGH
November 5 10:00 a.m. |
| San Beda Red Cubs |
82–79 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 15–16, 24–24, 23–24 | ||
| Pts: Yukien Andrada 23 Rebs: Amsali, Sanchez 17 each Asts: Cyrus Llarena 4 |
Pts: JC Macalalag 23 Rebs: Jan Manansala 13 Asts: Kobe Palencia 5 | |
| San Beda wins series in one game | ||
San Beda had three players with double-doubles in their semifinal win against LSGH. Yukien Andrada tied a game-high 23 points, with 13 coming in the fourth quarter to lead the Red Cubs.[41]
(2) Lyceum-Cavite vs. (3) San Sebastian
November 5 1:00 p.m. |
| Lyceum Junior Pirates |
75–84 | San Sebastian Staglets |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 20–24, 13–22, 29–20 | ||
| Pts: John Barba 24 Rebs: John Barba 11 Asts: John Barba 7 |
Pts: Aguilar, Janao 15 each Rebs: Josel Barroga 11 Asts: Janao, Bulasa 4 each | |
November 8 1:00 p.m. |
| Lyceum Junior Pirates |
78–76 | San Sebastian Staglets |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 19–24, 19–10, 22–22 | ||
| Pts: John Barba 36 Rebs: Leonard Gamlanga 10 Asts: Mclaude Guadania 8 |
Pts: Dylan Darbin 18 Rebs: Janao, Barroga 9 each Asts: Dylan Darbin 4 | |
| Lyceum wins series in two games | ||
The Staglets forced a rubber match against the Junior Pirates, with four players finishing in double figures.[41] In the deciding Game 2, John Borba led the Junior Pirates to their first ever NCAA Finals appearance, with 36 points in 15/19 field-goal percentage.[42]
Finals
This is a best-of-three playoff. This is the first NCAA basketball finals where both teams are based outside Metro Manila, with the Red Cubs based in Taytay. Rizal, and the Junior Pirates are based in General Trias, Cavite
November 12 1:00 p.m. |
| San Beda Red Cubs |
94–80 | Lyceum Junior Pirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 22–27, 20–17, 27–22 | ||
| Pts: Sanchez, Ynot, 16 each Rebs: Sanchez, Amsali, 14 each Asts: Alcantara, Alao, 4 each |
Pts: Barba 21 Rebs: Omandac 7 Asts: Montano, Garing, 3 each | |
November 15 1:00 p.m. |
| San Beda Red Cubs |
74–79 | Lyceum Junior Pirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 13–14, 14–22, 24–23 | ||
| Pts: Yukien Andrada 20 Rebs: Yukien Andrada 10 Asts: Charles Delfino 6 |
Pts: Mclaude Guadania 19 Rebs: Raphael Garro 12 Asts: Raphael Garro 7 | |
November 19 1:00 p.m. |
| San Beda Red Cubs |
98–77 | Lyceum Junior Pirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 23–15, 31–18, 17–26 | ||
| Pts: Justin Sanchez 19 Rebs: Rhayyan Amsali 11 Asts: Ynot, Amsali, 4 each |
Pts: Mclaude Guadania 24 Rebs: Montano, Garro, 7 each Asts: Gyle Montano 4 | |
| San Beda wins series, 2–1 | ||
- Finals Most Valuable Player: Rhayyan Amsali (San Beda Red Cubs)
The San Beda Red Cubs won their 23rd NCAA title after defeating the Lyceum Junior Pirates in Game 3 of the Finals. San Beda's Rhayyan Amsali was named Finals MVP, and Manu Inigo won his first title on his rookie season.[43]
Awards
- Most Valuable Player: John Ronald Barba (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
- Rookie of the Year: Jan Manansala (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
- Mythical Five:
- John Ronald Barba (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
- Mac Guadana (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
- Jonnel Policarpio (Malayan Red Robins)
- Yukien Andrada (San Beda Red Cubs)
- Justine Sanchez (San Beda Red Cubs)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Jonnel Policarpio (Malayan Red Robins)
- All-Defensive Team:
- John Ronald Barba (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
- Jonnel Policarpio (Malayan Red Robins)
- Yukien Andrada (San Beda Red Cubs)
- Jan Manansala (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
- Shawn Umali (Letran Squires)
- Most Improved Player: Yukien Andrada (San Beda Red Cubs)
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| Preceded by | NCAA men's basketball seasons Season 95 (2019) |
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| Preceded by | NCAA juniors' basketball seasons Season 95 (2019) |
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