NCAA Basketball Championship (Philippines)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- This article is about the NCAA Philippines Basketball Championship. For the ongoing 2009-2010 tournament, see NCAA Season 85. For a list of champions, see List of NCAA Philippines basketball champions. For the American counterpart, see NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
 NCAA Basketball Championship (Philippines) |
|
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1924 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country(ies) |  Philippines |
| Most recent champion(s) | San Beda Red Lions (Seniors'), San Sebastian Staglets (Juniors') |
| Official website | www.NCAA.org.ph |
The National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament is held every first semester of the academic year (from June up to October). Each year, eight schools vie to win the two championships: the Juniors and Seniors. If a school wins both championships in one season, it said that they have won the "double championship."
The tournament commences with a double-round robin of eliminations, where the four teams with the best records advance to the semifinals, with the two top seeds clinching the twice to beat advantage. The winners in the semifinals meet in a best-of-3 Finals series, in order to determine the champion.
The championship is continually contested since the league's foundation in 1924, except during World War II and the mid-1960s when scandals rocked the league.
The athletic nicknames of the different teams variously came from the school's founders, or from a distinct quality that separated a school from the others.
Notably, the first champion of this event was crowned in 1925, 14 years before the U.S. NCAA tournament was instituted.
Contents |
[edit] Tournament format
Since 1996, the eight member schools field in their varsity teams in a double round eliminations, where the schools play each other twice. The four teams with the best records advance to the crossover semifinals, popularly known as the Final Four.
The two top teams have a twice to beat advantage. The lower ranked teams need to win twice against the higher ranked teams to advance to the best-of-three Finals, where the first team to reach two wins becomes the NCAA basketball champion.
[edit] Tie-breakers
- If two teams are tied, a playoff will be held.
- If three or more teams are tied, teams will be ranked by basis of head-to-head records, goal differential from games of the tied teams, then overall goal differential. Then the teams will be seeded on a mini-tournament in a series of elimination games.
[edit] Elimination Round sweep
If any event a team finishes the elimination round undefeated, that team will advance outright to the Finals. The third and fourth seed will have a sudden-death game to determine the opponent of the second seed. Then, the winner of the sudden-death match between the second seed and third/fourth seed advances to the Finals to face the first seed. Previously, the first seed holds a twice to beat advantage in the Finals (the Finals would not be a best of three affair), but since 2008, the finals was in a best-of-three series even if a team swept the elimination round.
[edit] Previous formats
Prior to 1998, when the NCAA had, for most part of its history, six teams, employed a double round robin tournament. The winner of the first round (the team with the highest standing) would notch the first Final berth, while the winner of the second round would notch the second Final berth.
If a team manages to have the best overall record, yet fails to win either round, that team will play the winner of the second round in a playoff game, to face the winner of the first round in the Championship game. The games of the Championship round are all single-elimination matches, until the 1980s when the Championship game was expanded to a best-of-three series.
If a team manages to win both rounds (not necessarily a sweep), the Championship round will be omitted, and that team will be declared outright champions.
In cases of tie, a playoff game will be played to determine which team won the round. If more than two teams are tied, each team will play the teams they are tied with once. If for example, a team won the first round, and is tied with another team for first place at the second round, a playoff game will be played to determine which team wins the round. If the team that won the first round wins in the playoff game, the Championship round will be omitted, since the team won both rounds. If the other team wins, a Championship round will held, since two different teams won the two rounds.
[edit] History
- 1924: The NCAA began its first season. In basketball, the Ateneo de Manila won the Midgets title, De La Salle College won the Juniors title, and the University of the Philippines won the seniors title.
- 1927: San Beda won their first Seniors title in the NCAA's fourth season.
- 1936: UP and UST withdrew permanently from the NCAA. FEU also withdrew.
- 1939: A pair of Ateneo-La Salle Final games were held at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The juniors La Salle team defeated the Ateneo juniors team, while later on the day the La Salle seniors team defeated the Ateneo seniors team. The La Salle seniors team captured their first NCAA Basketball title.
- 1941: Ateneo de Manila and Jose Rizal College won the last basketball championships before the start of World War II.
- 1947: The Championship Game went into the last shot, which led to La Salle winning the first basketball championship after the Pacific War, against Mapua.
- 1950: At the final game of the elimination round, the Letran Knights were assured of a title, for they've won the two rounds, but the San Beda Red Lions beat them on the final non-bearing game, depriving them of a season sweep.
- 1955: San Beda won the three-legged Crispulo Zamora Cup defeating Ateneo de Manila.
- 1962: At the Final game, a riot ensued when Mapua supporters alleged that a referee favored the Ateneo team. The Eagles won the game, and the championship.
- 1972: The JRC Heavy Bombers wins their last (as of 2005) NCAA title, with all of its starting five being drafted to the newly formed Philippine Basketball Association three years later.
- 1973: The SSC-R Golden Stags win their 1st ever NCAA Seniors Basketball crown.
- 1974: First round pennant winners La Salle defeated second round pennant winners Ateneo 90-80.
- 1975: La Salle chose the up-and-coming La Salle-Green Hills as their new Juniors' counterpart after the original La Salle High School phased out.
- 1977: In the 1977 Finals series, Ateneo de Manila and San Beda had their melee at the Araneta Coliseum. This led to a closed-door match, wherein Ateneo de Manila's Pons Valdez's last shot was disallowed as time expired [1], giving San Beda the victory.
- 1978: League-wide violence led to the withdrawal of Ateneo de Manila from the NCAA. At the time Ateneo de Manila left, it had the most number of titles in men's basketball, a record that would only be tied and surpassed in 2003.[2][3] San Beda withdrew in 1982 but came back in 1986.
- 1980: La Salle fans and Letran supporters engaged themselves in a brawl during the second round of eliminations in the 1980 season. The Rizal Memorial Coliseum was wrecked apart as the two sides ripped apart the chairs bolted to the ground and threw them as weapons. The Basketball Association of the Philippines aborted the 1980 season and suspended Letran in all events. In 1981, the league readmitted Letran, which led to La Salle withdrawing from the NCAA.[4] La Salle went to the UAAP, but was denied membership on their first try (with a vote of 5-2, with Ateneo de Manila and UST voting against). La Salle was finally admitted to the UAAP in 1986 but was required to drop LSGH as their Juniors' counterpart. La Salle chose La Salle-Zobel as their new high school team.
- 1982: Samboy Lim led the Knights to two pennants, scrapping the Championship round, with the only loss coming from the San Sebastian Stags led by their star player Paul Alvarez. This would be the start of a three-year championship streak of Letran.
- 1985: The SSC-R Golden Stags won their 2nd NCAA Seniors Basketball crown and their 1st in 12 seasons. They also ended Letran's championship streak at 3. Alvin Patrimonio of the MIT Cardinals won the season MVP plum.
- 1988: The SSC-R Golden Stags became the 1st team in NCAA history to sweep the Seniors Basketball regular season. They won the 1st and 2nd rounds and finished as the eventual champions. Eugene Quilban won the 1988 NCAA MVP. Paul Alvarez played his last NCAA season and ended up as a winner. The Letran Knights finished 2nd.
- 1989: Only on their fifth year in the league, Perpetual Help barged into the Finals, led by Rene "Bong" Hawkins. However, they were beaten by the defending champions, San Sebastian, in the three game series. Eugene Quilban of SSC-R won his 2nd straight NCAA MVP.
- 1991: Benny Cheng of Mapua scored on the last second of the deciding Game 3 to deny San Beda the championship, at ULTRA. Mapua snapped their "once in a sixteen years" championship curse as San Beda extended their title drought to 14.
- 1993: Season MVP Jesse Bardaje led the SSC-R Stags to the 1st of 5 straight NCAA Seniors Basketball crowns. Arturo "Turo" Valenzona was the Stags' head coach.
- 1996: The SSC-R Stags became the 1st team in NCAA history to win 4 straight Seniors Basketball crowns. They defeated the San Beda Red Lions in the Finals. Rommel Adducul won the NCAA MVP for the 2nd straight year. SSC-R also celebrated its 50th (Golden) anniversary.
- 1997: San Sebastian College-Recoletos, which was led by the Sensational Six in MVP Rommel Adducul, Aramis Calpito, Brixter Encarnacion, Ulysses Tanigue, Jasper Ocampo, and Rommel Daep, made the last 12-0 Seniors season sweep in the NCAA. Facing San Beda in the Finals with a twice to beat advantage, the Golden Stags won, 84-72, after trailing at halftime. They capped off a five-year run as NCAA champions, with an overall record of 13-0. The Golden Stags also averaged 89.9 points per game during the season while limiting their opponents to 69.16 points per game. Reserve sophomores Jerome Barbosa, Michael "Topex" Robinson, and rookies Mark Macapagal and Alvin Pua were also part of the legendary 1997 Golden Stags team, arguably the best and most dominating team in NCAA history. Arturo "Bay" Cristobal was their coach. The Stags' Sensational Six left the team after the 1997 season, leaving behind a young team which will be eventually led by Barbosa, Robinson, Macapagal, Pua, and rookies Homer Se and Christian Coronel, the 1998 Rookie of the Year.
- 1998: St. Benilde is admitted to the NCAA while La Salle-Green Hills returns to the league after a 17-year absence. The Letran Knights, led by rookie coach Luis Francisco "Louie" Alas, NCAA "oldie" Christian Calaguio (1998 NCAA MVP) and promising sophomore Kerby Raymundo (1997 Rookie of the Year), capitalized on the departure of the Sensational Six and won the NCAA Seniors Basketball crown the next season.
- 1999: The Letran Knights became the 1st 4th-seeded team to upset the top seed in the NCAA Final Four when they defeated the 1st seed SSC-R Golden Stags twice. That feat was soon duplicated by the Golden Stags the following season when they beat the JRC Heavy Bombers twice to enter the 2000 NCAA Finals. The Knights also won the 1999 NCAA Seniors Basketball crown against the Heavy Bombers in a fight-marred championship series. That was their 14th NCAA Seniors Basketball title and it tied them with the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eagles for the most NCAA Seniors Basketball crowns. They were led by 1999 NCAA MVP Kerby Raymundo, Allan Salangsang, John Paul Prior, William "Billy" Moody, Orlann Tama, and rookie coach Vincent "Binky" Favis.
- 2000: College of Saint of Benilde won their first NCAA seniors title, despite joining the league a two seasons earlier. This marks the fastest win for any new school in the league since the World War. In the Juniors Finals series, The Letran Squires qualified outright for the Finals with a 14-0 record. However, they were beaten twice be the Mapua Red Robins in the Finals. This was the last Juniors championship of the Mapua Institute of Technology prior to phasing out of the old Mapua High School.
- 2003: The Letran Knights became the winningest team in NCAA Seniors Basketball history after clinching their 15th crown. They defeated the defending champions SSC-R Golden Stags in the Finals. Ronjay Enrile was named as the 2003 NCAA Finals MVP.
- 2004: The seniors Finals series featured two teams who have never won the seniors championship before: Philippine Christian and Perpetual Help. Philippine Christian won the series in two games, with Gabby Espinas becoming the first-ever Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year within the same season.
- 2006: San Beda finally broke their 28-year championship drought as they edged out three-time finalist PCU Dolphins in the final game that went down the wire. Rookie MVP Samuel Ekwe and Finals MVP Yousif Aljamal led the Red Lions, which became the 3rd winningest team in NCAA Seniors Basketball history with 12 crowns.
- 2009: San Sebastian broke San Beda's three-year championship run with a 2–0 sweep in their Finals series. San Sebastian won their first 15 games, a league seniors' basketball record.and the Stags end their 7-year title drought since 2002 since the Stags last finals appearance was in 2003 only losing to Letran in 3 games
- See also: NCAA history and rivalries
[edit] NCAA basketball champions
Basketball, as the most popular sport in the Philippines, receives the most attention from the press and the sports-minded public. As a result, the NCAA Seniors Basketball championship is the most coveted title among the NCAA events.
Colegio de San Juan de Letran won the Seniors Basketball title a record 16 times. The Ateneo de Manila (now with the University Athletic Association of the Philippines) is second with 14 titles, closely followed by San Beda with 13.
There is a separate division for high school student-athletes, the Juniors division. The defunct Mapúa High School has the most championships, with eighteen. San Beda High School is second, with sixteen titles.
San Beda College leads the overall tally with 29 basketball titles, followed closely by Letran with 26. Among defunct members, Ateneo has the most number of championships, with 23.
The current champions are the San Beda College Red Lions (seniors), and the San Sebastian College - Recoletos Staglets (juniors).
[edit] Double championships
When a school wins both the Juniors (or Midgets pre-1925) and Seniors tournament at the same season, the school is said to have won the double championship.
As of 2005, only six schools were able to win the double championship:
- 1925-26: University of the Philippines, Manila
- 1926-27: University of the Philippines, Manila
- 1933-34: Ateneo de Manila
- 1937-38: Ateneo de Manila
- 1939-40: De La Salle College
- 1965-66: Mapúa Institute of Technology
- 1975-76: Ateneo de Manila University
- 1976-77: Ateneo de Manila University
- 1978-79: San Beda College
- 1979-80: Colegio de San Juan de Letran
- 1983-84: Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Ateneo de Manila University has the most number of double championships, with four.
[edit] Awards
[edit] Most Valuable Players
[edit] Season
| Season | Men | Juniors |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 |  Charles Borck |
|
| 1940 | Arturo Rius |
|
| 1948 |  Moro Lorenzo |
|
| 1949 | Moro Lorenzo |
|
| 1950 |  Lauro Mumar |
|
| 1951 | Carlos Loyzaga |
|
| 1952 | Carlos Loyzaga |
|
| 1953 | Francisco Rabat |
|
| 1959 | Alberto Reynoso |
|
| 1961 | Amado Tolentino |
None |
| 1966 | Jimmy Alabanza |
|
| 1967 |  Rhoel Deles |
|
| 1969 | Sixto Agbay |
|
| 1971 |  Atoy Co |
|
| 1972 | Philip Cezar |
|
| 1973 | Freddie Hubalde |
|
| 1974 |  Lim Eng Beng |
|
| 1975 | Alex Marquez |
|
| 1976 | Steve Watson |
|
| 1977 | Bernardo Carpio |
|
| 1978 | Chuck Barreiro |
|
| 1979 | Ramon San Juan |
|
| 1981 | Leo Isaac |
|
| 1982 | Samboy Lim |
|
| 1983 | Romy Ang |
|
| 1984 | Samboy Lim |
|
| 1985 | Alvin Patrimonio |
|
| 1986 | Alvin Patrimonio |
|
| 1987 | Arturo Ayson |
|
| 1988 |  Eugene Quilban |
|
| 1989 | Eugene Quilban |
|
| 1990 | Estelito Epondulan |
|
| 1991 | Antonio Valeriano |
Tyrone Bautista |
| 1992 | Gilbert Castillo |
Mark Telan |
| 1993 | Jesse Bardaje |
Dondon Valerio |
| 1994 | Reuben dela Rosa |
Gherome Ejercito |
| 1995 | Rommel Adducul |
Marvin Ortiguerra |
| 1996 | Rommel Adducul |
Ren-Ren Ritualo and Joseph John Mesina |
| 1997 | Rommel Adducul |
Edsel Feliciano |
| 1998 | Chris Calaguio |
Derrick Hubalde |
| 1999 | Kerby Raymundo |
Arjun Cordero |
| 2000 |  Jose Manalo |
Ronjay Enrile |
| 2001 | Ernani Epondulan |
Jay-R Reyes |
| 2002 |  Sunday Salvacion |
Oliver Cua |
| 2003 | Leo Najorda |
Jay-R Taganas |
| 2004 |  Gabby Espinas |
Rogemar Menor |
| 2005 | Jay Sagad |
Allan Mangahas |
| 2006 | Sam Ekwe |
Jake Pascual |
| 2007 | Kelvin dela Peña |
Ryan Buenafe |
| 2008 | Sam Ekwe |
Keith Agovida |
| 2009 | John Wilson |
Louie Vigil |
[edit] Finals
| Season | Men | Juniors |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Mark Magsumbol |
Jeffrey Martin |
| 2001 | Christian Coronel |
Jay-R Reyes |
| 2002 | Leo Najorda |
JV Casio |
| 2003 | Ronjay Enrile |
Rogemar Menor |
| 2004 | Robert Sanz |
Rogemar Menor |
| 2005 | Boyet Bautista |
Eric Salamat |
| 2006 | Yousif Aljamal |
Ryan Buenafe |
| 2007 | Rogemar Menor |
Ryan Buenafe |
| 2008 | Sam Ekwe |
Arvie Bringas |
| 2009 | Jimbo Aquino |
Baser Amer |
[edit] Rookie of the Year
| Season | Men | Juniors |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Rommel Adducul |
|
| 1995 | Willie Miller |
|
| 1996 | Jerome Barbosa |
|
| 1997 | Kerby Raymundo |
|
| 1998 | Christian Coronel |
|
| 1999 | Sunday Salvacion |
|
| 2000 | Al Magpayo |
|
| 2001 | Ismael Juinio |
Jay-R Reyes |
| 2002 | Jerome Paterno |
Elmer Espiritu |
| 2003 | Ronnie Bughao |
Jay-R Taganas |
| 2004 | Gabby Espinas |
Marko Batricevic |
| 2005 | Kelvin dela Peña |
Darell Green |
| 2006 | Sam Ekwe |
Jake Pascual |
| 2007 | David Marcelo |
Keith Agovida |
| 2008 | Allan Mangahas |
Jarelan Tampus |
| 2009 | Sudan Daniel |
Baser Amer |
[edit] Scoring records
Lim Eng Beng of the La Salle Green Archers currently holds the most points scored in an NCAA seniors' game where he scored 55 points in the 1974 season when he led the Green Archers to the championship. He scored an average of 32 points in that season.[5]
On September 5, 2008, Keith Agovida of the Jose Rizal Light Bombers scored 82 points against Malayan Science, beating the NCAA record of 70 held by Letran Squire Marlon Bola Bola set in 1970.[6]
[edit] Seniors' scoring leaders
| Season | Name | Avg. |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Leo Najorda |
17.6 |
| 2006 | Khiel Misa |
16.6 |
| 2007 | Yousif Aljamal |
17.1 |
| 2008 | RJ Jazul |
14.7 |
| 2009 |  Argel Mendoza |
20.9 |
[edit] Origin of team monikers
- CSB Blazers: As homage to the school which introduced several pioneering courses in the country.
- JRU Heavy Bombers: World War II Japanese vintage bombs on their campus.
- Mapua Cardinals: From Major League Baseball's franchise, the St. Louis Cardinals.
- Letran Knights: The founder, Don Juan Geronimo Guerrero, was a Knight of Malta.
- PCU Dolphins: Originally, the PCU administration chose a killer whale, but they instead chose a mammal close to their heart, the dolphin.
- San Beda Red Lions: Derived from the ancient British heraldic symbol, the Red Lion Rampant, which symbolizes courage. The Red Lion is a fitting symbol for a school named after the Venerable Bede of England, a Benedictine Saint and a great British intellectual.
- San Sebastian Stags: A stag symbolizes a Christian who, filled with moral ideas, runs fast to God swiftly yet quietly in pursuit of his goals.
- UPHSD Altas: The monicker ‘Altas’ comes from the Latin word “height,” symbolizing UPHSD's aspirations for further greatness. At the same time, it comes from the initials of the school founder, Dr. Antonio L. Tamayo.[7]
[edit] Student sections
- Letran: Dugong Arriba (English: Arriba blooded)
- CSB: The Burning Legion
- San Beda: The Red Army
- Perpetual Help: Fuego Perpetual/ Fuego Altas
[edit] Memberships
- San Beda College is the only remaining founding member of the league.
- San Beda, along with JRU, are the schools with the longest span of membership, with 79 years.
- The newest school to join the league is the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde which joined the league in 1998.
- LSGH competed under two senior squads in the NCAA. It first competed under DLSU then under DLS-CSB.
- There are 3 schools who are currently guest teams in Season 85: The EAC Generals, AU Chiefs, and the AUF Great Danes.
[edit] References
- ^ NCAA Through Time (currently unavailable) INQ7.net . March 28, 2006
- ^ History of the Ateneo de Manila University. 2005, 2006, 2007 Executive Planners. Published by the Ateneo de Manila University.
- ^ See also [1]
- ^ Blast from the Past Greenarcher.net. April 8, 2006
- ^ 100 point scorers Mindspring.com. April 17, 2006
- ^ abs-cbnnews.com, NCAA player scores 82, sets RP basketball scoring record
- ^ The League of Extraordinary Players The LANCE. June 2005 issue
[edit] See also
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||
