NCAA Season 81

NCAA Season 81
"One @ 81: Values Formation Through Sports"
Host school	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
General champions
Seniors	CSB Blazers
Juniors	San Sebastian Staglets
Seniors' champions
Sport	Men	Women
Basketball	Letran	N/A
Juniors' champions
Sport	Boys	Girls
Basketball	SSC-R	N/A
Key: (DS) = demonstration sport; (EX) exhibition
< Season 80 NCAA seasons Season 82 >

Octo-One, the mascot of the 81st season of the NCAA.

NCAA Season 81 was the 2005-2006 season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines). Colegio de San Juan de Letran was the season's host.

To usher in the new season, Letran and the other NCAA member schools performed the opening ceremonies at the Araneta Coliseum, followed by four basketball games on June 25, 2005. Other disciplines started their own tournaments within the following months, with beach volleyball as the last tournament on mid-March.

De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde won its first General Championship honors for the Seniors division, while the San Sebastian Recoletos High School won its second Juniors General Championship, via tiebreakers, when La Salle Green Hills emerged with an equal amount of points.

Basketball

Main article: NCAA Season 81 basketball tournaments

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings progression in the senior's basketball tournament.

Legend

	Qualified for semifinals with twice to beat advantage
	Qualified for semifinals

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Letran Knights	13	1	.929	--
2	PCU Dolphins	10	4	.714	3
3	Mapúa Cardinals	9	5	.643	4
4	San Sebastian Stags	7	7	.500	6
5	UPHSD Altas	6	8	.429	7
6	CSB Blazers	5	9	.357	8
7	San Beda Red Lions	4	10	.286	9
8	JRU Heavy Bombers	2	12	.143	11

Host team in boldface.

Bracket

	Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
	1	Letran	93
	4	San Sebastian	60
							1	Letran	74	78	62
							2	PCU	79	60	54
	2	PCU	76
	3	Mapua	53

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Ernie Jay Sagad (CSB)
• Rookie of the Year: Kelvin dela Peña (Mapua)

Juniors basketball tournament

Elimination round

All of the games of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran Squires were forfeited when a certain player was caught playing in another league during the NCAA Basketball tournament. NCAA rules state that a player can't play in another league when the tournament is ongoing.

Legend

	Qualified for semifinals with twice to beat advantage
	Qualified for semifinals

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	San Sebastian Staglets	11	1	.917	--
2	San Beda Red Cubs	10	2	.833	1
3	PCU Baby Dolphins	7	5	.583	4
4	JRU Light Bombers	7	5	.583	4
5	LSGH Greenies	5	7	.417	6
6	UPHSD Altalletes	2	10	.167	9
7	Letran Squires	0	12	.000	11
8	Mapua Red Robins	On leave

Bracket

	Third-seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
					1	San Sebastian	95
					4	JRU	82
	PCU	96									1	San Sebastian		83	81
	JRU	90									2	San Beda		76	69
					2	San Beda	80
					3	PCU	73

Individual awards

• Most Valuable Player: Allan Mangahas (PCU-Union)
• Rookie of the Year: Darell Green (Letran)

Other sports and General Championship

Championship results

Arranged by order of conclusion:

Juniors division

Event	Champion	1st Runner Up	2nd Runner Up
First Semester Events
Swimming	LSGH	UPHSD	San Sebastian
Basketball	San Sebastian	San Beda	PCU
Volleyball	San Sebastian	LSGH	PCU
Chess	San Sebastian	PCU	Letran
Taekwondo	Letran	LSGH	PCU
Second Semester Events
Table Tennis	Letran	San Sebastian	LSGH
Football	LSGH	San Beda	Letran
Tennis	San Sebastian	San Beda	UPHSD
Track & Field	LSGH	Letran	PCU

Seniors division

Event	Champion	1st Runner Up	2nd Runner Up
First Semester Events
Swimming	San Beda	PCU	St. Benilde
Cheerleading¹	UPHSD	San Sebastian	Letran
Basketball	Letran	PCU	Mapua
Men's Volleyball	PCU	San Sebastian	Letran
Women's Volleyball	San Sebastian	PCU	Letran
Chess	St. Benilde	Mapua	Letran
Second Semester Events
Taekwondo	San Beda	St. Benilde	Letran
Men's Table Tennis	St. Benilde	Letran	San Sebastian
Women's Table Tennis	St. Benilde	PCU	Letran
Football	San Beda	St. Benilde	Mapua
Tennis	San Sebastian	San Beda	PCU
Men's Beach Volley	St. Benilde	Letran	PCU
Women's Beach Volley	St. Benilde	San Sebastian	Letran & PCU (tied)
Track & Field	PCU	Mapua	San Sebastian

¹ Not a part in the tabulation of the General Championship

General Championship

Main article: NCAA General Championship

Seniors division

Rank	School	Points
1st	St. Benilde	233
2nd	PCU	207.5
3rd	San Sebastian	192.5
4th	Letran	168
5th	San Beda	136
6th	Mapua	78
7th	UPHSD	40
8th	JRU	11

Juniors division

Rank	School	Points
1st	San Sebastian¹	170
2nd	LSGH¹	170
3rd	Letran	127
4th	PCU	93
5th	San Beda	88
6th	UPHSD	70
7th	JRU	22
8th	Mapua²	0

¹ Since San Sebastian had more championships (4) than LSGH (3), San Sebastian won the General Championship, despite being tied for first place.
² Mapua did not send representatives in the Juniors division

See also

• UAAP Season 68

Preceded by NCAA Season 80

NCAA Philippines seasons 2005-2006

Succeeded by NCAA Season 82