NCAA Season 88 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 88
Host school	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Men's Finals 1 2 3 Wins  San Beda Red Lions 62 55 67 2  Letran Knights 60 64 39 1
Duration	October 18–26, 2011
Arena/s	Mall of Asia Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Baser Amer
Winning coach	Ronnie Magsanoc (1st title)
Semifinalists	San Sebastian Stags  UPHSD Altas
TV network/s	AKTV, TV5
Juniors' Finals 1 2 Wins  San Beda Red Cubs 69 83 2  San Sebastian Staglets 51 58 0
Duration	October 18–20, 2011
Arena/s	Mall of Asia Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Javee Mocon
Winning coach	Brit Reroma (3rd title)
Semifinalists	La Salle Greenies  Letran Squires
TV network/s	AKTV
< Season 87 2012 Season 89 >

The basketball events of NCAA Season 88 are the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for basketball in its 2012–13 season. Colegio de San Juan de Letran hosted the season, starting with an opening ceremony held on June 23, 2012 followed by a double-header. Games then are subsequently being held at Filoil Flying V Arena, with seniors' games on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays aired by AKTV.

Coaching changes

Coaching changes (Men's Basketball)

Team	Old coach	Reason	New coach	Old position
Preseason
San Beda	Frankie Lim	Resigned	Ronnie Magsanoc	Concurrent Meralco Bolts assistant Coach
UPHSD	Jimwell Gican	Resigned	Aric del Rosario	NCAA Commissioner
Arellano	Leo Isaac	Resigned	Koy Banal	Concurrent B-Meg Llamados assistant coach
SSC-R	Topex Robinson	Resigned	Allan Trinidad	San Sebastian Stags assistant coach

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie	PO
San Beda Red Lions	15	3	.833	--
San Sebastian Stags	13	5	.722	2
Letran Knights	12	6	.647	3
UPHSD Altas	10	8	.556	5	+11
JRU Heavy Bombers	10	8	.556	5	−11
Mapúa Cardinals	8	10	.412	7	+29
EAC Generals	8	10	.444	7	−29
Arellano Chiefs	6	12	.353	9
Benilde Blazers	5	13	.294	10
Lyceum Pirates	3	15	.167	12

Season host is boldfaced.

      Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage
      Qualified to the semifinals
      Qualified to fourth-seed playoff

Schedule

Teams	Round 1									Round 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
AU
CSJL
CSB
EAC
JRU
LPU
MIT
SBC
SSC-R
UPHSD

      Win
      Win via OT
      Loss
      Loss via OT

Results

Team	AU	CSJL	CSB	EAC	JRU	LPU	MIT	SBC	SSC-R	UPHSD
Arellano		77–67	73–80*	72–75	65–77	83–52	49–68	71–81	70–91	63–54
Letran	76–58		60–77	65–62	83–101	70–60	66–60	43–65	80–74	66–69
Benilde	74–69	83–97		61–76	72–77	70–61	55–64	53–59	93–95	64–84
EAC	76–57	80–86	73–64		79–90	81–83	63–67	65–81	93–94	71–72
JRU	82–85	59–70	62–56	65–71		85–71	65–64	37–62	78–101	64–59
Lyceum	49–58	60–76	73–87	73–94	69–62*		78–74	67–82	79–87	70–82
Mapua	57–59	60–72	80–66	80–55	60–63	76–58		52–64	61–54	88–94*
San Beda	82–75	68–62	74–56	92-69	67–45	77–47	65-41		71–80	87–88*
SSC-R	79–71	67–82	92–72	67–77	74–82	83–75	77–62	69–55		80–65
UPHSD	89–58	57–62	78–74	71–73	88–72	64–53	71–74	53–60	62–80

      Win
      Win via OT
      Loss
      Loss via OT

• Number of asterisks (*) denotes the number of overtime periods.

Bracket

	4th-seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
					1	San Beda	56
	UPHSD	73			4	UPHSD	52
	JRU	68
											1	San Beda	62	55	67
											3	Letran	60	64	39
					2	San Sebastian	74	70
					3	Letran	92	73

Fourth-seed playoff

October 11 6:00 p.m.		UPHSD Altas	73–68	JRU Heavy Bombers		Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	AKTV
		Scoring by quarter: 22-19, 19-16, 12-15, 20-18

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

San Beda vs. UPHSD

October 13 4:00 p.m.		San Beda Red Lions	56–52	UPHSD Altas		Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	AKTV
		Scoring by quarter: 9-10, 8-12, 18-17, 21-13
		San Beda wins series in one game

San Sebastian vs. Letran

October 13 6:00 p.m.		San Sebastian Stags	74–92	Letran Knights		Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	AKTV
		Scoring by quarter: 7-27, 21-19, 20-23, 26-23

October 15 6:00 p.m.		San Sebastian Stags	70–73	Letran Knights		Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	AKTV
		Scoring by quarter: 22-25, 22-15, 12-14, 14-19
		Letran wins series in two games

Finals

October 18 6:00 p.m.		San Beda Red Lions	62–60	Letran Knights		Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	AKTV
		Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 6–13, 23–16, 15–19

October 20 6:00 p.m.		San Beda Red Lions	55–64	Letran Knights		Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 15,534	AKTV
		Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 14–19, 15–4, 12–23

October 26 1:00 p.m.		San Beda Red Lions	67–39	Letran Knights		Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 18,187	TV5
		Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–7, 11–8, 22–14
		San Beda wins series, 2–1

Awards

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Baser Amer (San Beda College)
• Season Most Valuable Player: Ian Sangalang (San Sebastian College-Recoletos)
• Rookie of the Year: Cedric Noube Happi (Emilio Aguinaldo College)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Raymond Almazan (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
• Most Improved Player: Earl Scottie Thompson (University of Perpetual Help System DALTA)
• Mythical Five:
  • Kevin Alas (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
  • Jake Pascual (San Beda College)
  • Ian Sangalang (San Sebastian College-Recoletos)
  • Cedric Noube Happi (Emilio Aguinaldo College)
  • Earl Scottie Thompson (University of Perpetual Help System DALTA)

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie	PO
San Beda Red Cubs	17	1	.944	--
San Sebastian Staglets	16	2	.889	1
La Salle Greenies	13	5	.722	4	+11
Letran Squires	13	5	.722	4	−11
Malayan Red Robins	11	7	.611	6
Arellano Braves	7	11	.389	10	+18
JRU Light Bombers	7	11	.389	10	−18
UPHSD Altalettes	4	14	.222	13
EAC–ICA Brigadiers	2	16	.111	15
Lyceum Junior Pirates	0	18	.000	17

Season host is boldfaced.

      Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage
      Qualified to the semifinals

Schedule

Teams	Round 1									Round 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
AU
CSJL
LSGH
EAC-ICA
JRU
LPU
MHSS
SBC
SSC-R
UPHSD

      Win
      Win via OT
      Loss
      Loss via OT

Results

Team	AU	CSJL	LSGH	EAC-ICA	JRU	LPU	MHSS	SBC	SSC-R	UPHSD
Arellano		53–100	59–85	104–49	82–59	130–28	68–73	70–104	65–78	72–65
Letran	79–49		77–71	82–63	93–59	124–27	85–76	69–86	85–87	90–85
LSGH	91–72	79–62		114–70	72–65	122–41	69–49	60–65	66–74	100–63
EAC-ICA	62–104	53–61	38–96		57–85	119–54	50–101	51–144	52–95	100–102*
JRU	53–48	53–67	54–74	76–53		113–31	59–65	54–84	40–66	89–87
Lyceum	36–125	29–110	22–101	55–85	36–80		32–132	14–171	15–136	57–135
Mapua	79–69	61–79	67–78	104–66	67–47	124–37		59–84	54–67	95–58
San Beda	84–41	73–64	65–52	111–51	86–66	171–22	60–64		77–68*	108–57
SSC-R	91–48	75–51	62–51	96–50	79–70	99–30	75–60	61–66		98–94
UPHSD	64–69	61–77	76–95	112–48	70–74	107–47	53–69	61–96	44–71

      Win
      Win via OT
      Loss
      Loss via OT

Bracket

	3rd-seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
					1	San Beda	61
					4	Letran	57
	LSGH	75									1	San Beda		69	83
	Letran	70									2	San Sebastian		51	58
					2	San Sebastian	58
					3	LSGH	55

Third-seed playoff

October 11 4:00 p.m.		La Salle Greenies	75–70	Letran Squires		Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	AKTV
		Scoring by quarter: 15-19, 19-15, 20-20, 21-16

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

San Beda vs. Letran

October 13 12:00 p.m.		San Beda Red Cubs	61–58	Letran Squires		Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
		San Beda wins series in one game

San Sebastian vs. LSGH

October 13 2:00 p.m.		San Sebastian Staglets	58–55	La Salle Greenies		Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
		San Sebastian wins series in one game

Finals

October 18 4:00 p.m.		San Beda Red Cubs	69–51	San Sebastian Staglets		Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	AKTV
		Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 17–15, 16–8, 21–13

October 20 3:15 p.m.		San Beda Red Cubs	83–58	San Sebastian Staglets		Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	AKTV
		Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 16–13, 24–16, 27–17
		San Beda wins series, 2–0

Awards

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Javee Nocon (San Beda College)
• Season Most Valuable Player: John Quinto (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
• Rookie of the Year: John Quinto (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
• Mythical Five:
  • John Quinto (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
  • Rey Nambatac (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
  • Javee Nocon (San Beda College)
  • Arvin Tolentino (San Beda College)
  • John Diego (Malayan High School of Science)

See also

• UAAP Season 75 basketball tournaments

External links

• Official website

Preceded by Season 87 (2011)

NCAA basketball seasons Season 88 (2012)

Succeeded by Season 89 (2013)