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 seniors' and juniors' tournaments are held for male college and senior high school students, respectively.

NCAA Season 95
Kaisa sa Pagkakaiba
Host school Arellano University
Men's Finals 1 23Wins
 San Beda Red Lions 64 79791
 Letran Knights 65 76812
DurationNovember 12–19, 2019
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPFran Yu
Winning coachBonnie Tan
Semifinalists Lyceum Pirates
 San Sebastian Stags
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action
Liga
ABS-CBN
iWant
Juniors' Finals 1 23Wins
 San Beda Red Cubs 94 76982
 Lyceum Junior Pirates 80 78771
DurationNovember 12–19, 2019
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPRhayyan Amsali
Winning coachManu Iñigo (1st title)
Semifinalists San Sebastian Staglets
 La Salle Greenies

Bamboo Mañalac and performers from Arellano University performed in the opening ceremony held at the Mall of Asia Arena on July 7, 2019.[1]

Format

  • 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:
    1. If no team doesn't win all elimination round games, the regular playoffs (Final Four) shall be used.
    2. 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.
Tie-breaker classification rules
  1. Head-to-head matchup in the two (2) rounds
  2. Goal average between the tied teams
  3. Overall goal average

Teams

All ten schools are participating.

College High schoolSeniors' team Seniors' coachJuniors' team Juniors' coach
Arellano UniversityChiefs Cholo MartinBraves Tylon Darjuan
Colegio de San Juan de LetranKnights Bonnie TanSquires Raymund Valenzona
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde La Salle Green HillsBlazers Ty TangGreenies Marvin Bienvenida
Emilio Aguinaldo College Immaculate Concepcion AcademyGenerals Oliver BunyiBrigadiers Azlie Guro
Jose Rizal UniversityHeavy Bombers Louie GonzalezLight Bombers Vic Lazaro
Lyceum of the Philippines University Lyceum of the Philippines University-CavitePirates Topex RobinsonJunior Pirates LA Mumar
Mapua University Malayan High School of ScienceCardinals Randy AlcantaraRed Robins Yong Garcia
San Beda University San Beda University RizalRed Lions Boyet FernandezRed Cubs Manu Inigo
San Sebastian College-RecoletosGolden Stags Egay MacarayaStaglets Mel Banua
University of Perpetual Help System DALTAAltas Frankie LimAltalettes Michael Saguiguit

Coaching changes

TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDateReplaced byDate
Arellano Chiefs[2] 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[3] Randy Alcantara December 6, 2018[4]
Malayan Red Robins[4] Randy Alcantara Signed by Mapua Cardinals December 6, 2018 Yong Garcia December 6, 2018
EAC Generals[5] 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[6] Bonnie Tan January 22, 2019[7]
JRU Heavy Bombers Vergel Meneses End of contract January 22, 2019[8] Louie Gonzalez April 1, 2019[9]

Venues

Mall of Asia Arena
Cuneta Astrodome
Filoil
Flying
V
Centre
JRU Gym
SBU
Gym
EAC Gym
UPHSD Gym
MU Gym
Venues in Metro Manila. Red pog, Primary venues; blue pogs: NCAA on Tour venues.

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.[10]

Main venues

ArenaCity
Mall of Asia ArenaPasay
Filoil Flying V CentreSan Juan
Cuneta AstrodomePasay

NCAA on Tour venues

ArenaHost teamCity
San Beda University GymSan Beda Red LionsManila
Emilio Aguinaldo College GymEAC GeneralsManila
Mapua University GymMapua CardinalsManila
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA GymPerpetual AltasLas Piñas
Jose Rizal University GymJRU Heavy BombersMandaluyong

Squads

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.[11]

This is the final season where non-Filipinos are allowed to play.

TeamImportCountry
 Benilde BlazersClement Leutcheu Senegal
 Lyceum PiratesMike Harry Nzeusseu Cameroon
 San Beda Red LionsDonald Tankoua Cameroon
 San Beda Red LionsArnaud Noah Cameroon

All teams except for Lyceum and San Beda chose not to have imports for this season. Only two teams have won championships with no imports in its roster since 2006 (Letran 2015 and San Sebastian 2009). San Beda 2011 had an import in the lineup but did not play during the playoffs.

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1  San Beda Red Lions 18 0 1.000 Advance to the Finals
2  Lyceum Pirates 13 5 .722 5 Stepladder round 2
3  Letran Knights 12 6 .667 6 Stepladder round 1
4  San Sebastian Stags 11 7 .611 7
5  Benilde Blazers 9 9 .500[lower-alpha 1] 9
6  Mapúa Cardinals 9 9 .500[lower-alpha 1] 9
7  Perpetual Altas 5 13 .278[lower-alpha 2] 13
8  JRU Heavy Bombers 5 13 .278[lower-alpha 2] 13
9  EAC Generals 4 14 .222[lower-alpha 3] 14
10  Arellano Chiefs (H) 4 14 .222[lower-alpha 3] 14
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Benilde 2–0 Mapua
  2. Head-to-head record: Perpetual 1–1 JRU; head-to-head point differential: Perpetual +6, JRU 6
  3. Head-to-head record: EAC 1–1 Arellano; head-to-head point differential: EAC +18, Arellano 18

Schedule

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
 Arellano
 Letran
 Benilde
 EAC
 JRU
 Lyceum
 Mapúa
 San Beda
 San Sebastian
 Perpetual
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

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
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
Mapua 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
Updated to match(es) played on September 20, 2019. Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Colours: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with background in a lighter colour were decided after overtime.

Bracket

  Stepladder round 1
One-game playoff
Stepladder round 2
One-game playoff
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

Stepladder round 1

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  8580  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 Round 2

Stepladder round 2

This is a one-game playoff. This is Lyceum's third consecutive playoffs appearance.

November 8
4:00 p.m.
Lyceum Pirates  8892  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

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.

November 12
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions  6465  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
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 17,588
November 15
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions  7976  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
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 18,407
November 19
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions  7981  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
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 19,876
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Fran Yu (Letran Knights)
  • Coach of the Year: Bonnie Tan (Letran Knights)

Awards

 NCAA Season 95 men's basketball champions 

Letran Knights
18th title
  • 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)
  • Most Improved Player: Fran Yu (Letran Knights)
  • Best Foreign Player: Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)

Player of the Week

The NCAA Press Corps awards a player of the week sponsored by Chooks-to-Go.

Week ending Player Team
July 13[12] Jethro Mendoza  EAC Generals
July 20[13] Bonbon Batiller  Letran Knights
July 27[14] Calvin Oftana  San Beda Red Lions
August 3[15] Edgar Charcos  Perpetual Altas
August 10[16] Laurenz Victoria  Mapúa Cardinals
August 17[17] Paolo Hernandez  Mapúa Cardinals
August 24[18] Justin Arana  Arellano Chiefs
August 31[19] Justin Gutang  Benilde Blazers
September 7[20] Jerrick Balanza  Letran Knights
September 14[21] Allyn Bulanadi  San Sebastian Stags
September 21[22] Kent Salado  Arellano Chiefs
September 28[23] Jaycee Marcelino  Lyceum Pirates
October 5[24] Evan Nelle  San Beda Red Lions
October 12[25] Calvin Oftana  San Beda Red Lions
October 19[26] Allyn Bulanadi  San Sebastian Stags

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
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 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
Updated to match(es) played on September 20, 2019. Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: SSC-R 3-1, LSGH 2-2, AU 1-3; Fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 66–52 AU

Schedule

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
 Arellano
 Letran
 EAC–ICA
 JRU
 LSGH
 LPU–C
 MHSS
 SBU–R
 San Sebastian
 Perpetual
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

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
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 Bombers 70–62 89–81 78–57 62–78 77–74 65–72* 80–99 72–68 88–83
La Salle Greenies 67–70 79–83 81–51 76–72 68–74 95–90 99–98* 82–78* 59–81
Lyceum Junior 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 Staglets 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
First match(es) will be played on August 2, 2019. Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Colours: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Bracket

  4th-seed playoff Semifinals
#1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage
Finals
Best-of-three series
                               
      1  San BedaRizal 82    
 LSGH 66     4  LSGH 79    
   Arellano 52  
 
    1  San BedaRizal 94 76 98
    2  LyceumCavite 80 78 77
 
 
  2  LyceumCavite 75 78
  3  San Sebastian 84 76  

Fourth-seed playoff

This is a one-game playoff.

October 22
12:00 p.m.
La Salle Greenies  6652  Arellano Braves
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 21–7, 13–17, 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

Semifinals

San Beda and Lyceum have the twice-to-beat advantage.

San Beda vs. LSGH

November 5
10:00 a.m.
San Beda Red Cubs  8279  La Salle 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

Lyceum vs. San Sebastian

November 5
1:00 p.m.
Lyceum Junior Pirates  7584  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  7876  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

Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff.

November 12
1:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs  9480  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  7479  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  9877  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)

Awards

 NCAA Season 95 juniors' basketball champions 

San Beda Red Cubs
23rd title
  • Most Valuable Player: John Barba (Lyceum Junior Pirates)[27]
  • Rookie of the Year: Jan Manansala (La Salle Greenies)
  • Most Improved Player: Yukien Andrada (San Beda Red Cubs)
  • Mythical Five:[27]
    • John 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)

See also

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