NCAA Season 68 basketball tournaments

The 1992 NCAA Basketball Tournament was the 68th season in the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The season opens on August 1 at the Araneta Coliseum and ended on October 10 with the Letran Knights regaining the title in the Seniors division and won their 11th NCAA crown.

1992 NCAA season
Host schoolSan Sebastian College
Men's Finals 1 2Wins
 Letran Knights 98 942
 San Sebastian Stags 91 850
DurationOctober 6–10, 1992
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coachRudy Hines

Teams
TeamSchoolSeniors' coach
Letran KnightsColegio de San Juan de LetranRudy Hines
JRC Heavy BombersJose Rizal CollegeEgay Gomez
Mapúa CardinalsMapúa Institute of TechnologyJoel Banal
Perpetual Help AltasPerpetual Help College of RizalAbet Gutierrez
San Beda Red LionsSan Beda CollegeAngel Ascue
San Sebastian StagsSan Sebastian College-RecoletosArturo Valenzona

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

Format:

  • Tournament divided into two halves: winners of the two halves dispute the championship in a best-of-3 finals series unless:
    • A team wins both rounds. In that case, the winning team automatically wins the championship.
    • A third team has a better cumulative record than both finalists. In that case, the third team has to win in a playoff against the team that won the second round to face the team that won in the first round in a best-of-3 finals series.

San Sebastian Stags were on their way to a first round sweep, scoring four straight victories and were leading by 20 points in the second half against Letran, 76-56, in their last assignment in the first round when the Knights rallied back and pulled off a 94-89 comeback victory over the Stags. [1]

San Sebastian clinch the first round pennant, defeating Mapua Cardinals, 81-74, in their winner-take-all showdown on August 29 at the Rizal Coliseum. [2]

Letran captured the second round flag, following a 108-93 victory over first round winner San Sebastian Stags in their playoff on September 30. The Knights forge a best-of-three showdown with the Stags for the Senior basketball title. [3]

Finals

Game 1
October 6
Letran Knights  98–91  San Sebastian Stags
Letran leads series 1–0

Ronald Peña pumped in five of his 15 points in an 11-2 Letran run midway in the final half and another five at the height of San Sebastian rally late in the contest to put the Knights ahead, 87-77, with 2:25 remaining. [4]

Game 2
October 10
Letran Knights  94–85  San Sebastian Stags
Letran wins series 2-0

Ronald Peña, chosen the season's Most Valuable Player, topscored for the Knights with 22 points, and Gilbert Castillo added 19. From a 77-all deadlock, the game broke wide open on a 15-5 run by the Knights, engineered by Peña. A power outrage hit the area with 42 seconds left. Letran students and supporters pour into the court for an early celebration while waiting for the lights to be restored. [5]

References
  1. "Knights derail Stags". Manila Standard.
  2. "Stags clinch pennant". Manila Standard.
  3. "Letran wins 2nd round, battles SSC for title". Manila Standard.
  4. "Letran five just one game away". Manila Standard.
  5. "Letran back as NC's No.1". Manila Standard.
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