NCAA Season 80 basketball tournaments

The NCAA Season 80 basketball tournaments are the postseason tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for basketball at the 2004–05 season. The tournaments are divided into two divisions: the Juniors tournament for male high school students and the Seniors tournament for male college students.

NCAA Season 80 basketball tournaments
Host schoolUniversity of Perpetual Help System DALTA
Men's Finals 1 2Wins
 PCU Dolphins 70 722
 Perpetual Altas 68 600
DurationSeptember 17 to 22
Arena(s)Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPRobert Sanz
Winning coachLoreto Tolentino
Semifinalists San Beda Red Lions
 Letran Knights
TV network(s)Studio 23 and TFC

The NCAA ushered its 80th season on June 26, 2004 before a packed crowd at the Araneta Coliseum. Ricky Palou is the year's NCAA commissioner, the opening rites were graced by the NCAA board members and other representatives of member schools. [1]

Philippine Christian University bag their first-ever NCAA crown since joining the league eight years ago. The Dolphins swept the University of Perpetual Help Altas.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings
Legend
Qualified for semifinals with twice to beat advantage
Qualified for semifinals
#TeamWLPCTGB
1 Perpetual Altas104.714--
2 PCU Dolphins104.714--
3 Letran Knights95.6431
4 San Beda Red Lions77.5003
5 Mapúa Cardinals77.5003
6 San Sebastian Stags77.5003
7 JRU Heavy Bombers410.2866
8 Benilde Blazers212.1438

Host team in boldface.

Fourth-seed playoff
September 8
San Beda Red Lions  59–52  Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 17 –15, 16–8, 13–15, 13–14
Pts: Aljamal, Paterno, 16 each Pts: Joferson Gonzales 14
San Beda advances to the Final Four
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

San Beda, Mapua and San Sebastian wound up in a three-way tie at the end of the elimination round. However, only the Red Lions and the Cardinals will figure in a knockout match due to their superior tie-break quotients. [2]

San Beda made it to the final four cast for the first time in seven years as they relied on their tested leader Arjun Cordero, who shot nine of his 14 points in the final four minutes to lift the Red Lions past the Mapua Cardinals. [3]

Bracket
  Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage		 Finals
Best-of-three series
                       
1 UPHD 48 58  
4 San Beda 57 56  
  1 UPHD 68 60
  2 PCU 70 72
2 PCU 64 85
3 Letran 65 80  

Semifinals

Perpetual Help–San Beda series
September 10
Perpetual Altas  48–57  San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 11–14, 2–13, 17–16
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Jeff Bombeo and rookie Yousif Aljamal combined for 25 points to lift the Red Lions past the Altas, who were playing without key player Vladimir Joe.

September 15
Perpetual Altas  58–56  San Beda Red Lions
Perpuatual Help wins series in two games

PCU–Letran series
September 10
PCU Dolphins  64–65  Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 18–14, 12–14, 18–22
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Jonathan Aldave nailed a three-pointer with 3.2 seconds left to stun the PCU Dolphins. After Robert Sanz drained his charities in the last 12 seconds for a 64-62 PCU lead, the Knights' Boyet Bautista dribbled the length of the court, drove down the middle to draw the defense to him and made a kick-off pass to the waiting Aldave, who delivered the night's most dramatic basket. [4]

September 15
PCU Dolphins  85–80 (OT)  Letran Knights
PCU wins series in two games

Finals

A historic NCAA basketball series unfolds when University of Perpetual Help Altas and Philippine Christian University Dolphins vie for their first championship crown. The Dolphins are in their first finals appearance since joining the league in 1996 while the Altas will troop to the championship match for the first time in 15 years. [5]

Game 1
September 17
PCU Dolphins  70–68  Perpetual Altas
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 12–13, 25–17, 11–17

Sophomore Jayson Castro drain a three-pointer with five seconds left as the Dolphins moved to within a win of capturing their first-ever NCAA crown. Head coach Loreto Tolentino was slapped with a one-game suspension for excessive complaining in their previous semifinal win against Letran. Tolentino's son Elvis call the shots for PCU on the bench. [6]

Game 2
September 22
PCU Dolphins  72–60  Perpetual Altas
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–16, 26–20, 9–15
PCU wins series, 2-0
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

PCU posted a double-digit lead right from the first quarter and delivered the best first half they could play. New PCU coach Loreto Tolentino steered the Dolphins in one of the most amazing turnarounds the league has ever seen. [7]

Individual awards

Regular season awards

References
  1. "NCAA caging under way at Big Dome". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. "Lions, Cards dispute last final four berth". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. "Lions complete cast". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  4. "Lions forge sudden death, too, vs Altas". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  5. "Historic NCAA crown duel on". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  6. "PCU nips Perpetual, nears 8-year dream". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  7. "Dolphins bag first NC crown". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Preceded by
Season 79 (2003)		 NCAA basketball seasons
Season 80 (2004)		 Succeeded by
Season 81 (2005)
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