NCAA Season 91 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 91

Host school	Mapua Institute of Technology
Men's Finals G1 G2 3* Wins  San Beda Red Lions 90 68 82 1  Letran Knights 94 61 85 2
Duration	October 23–29, 2015
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVP	Mark Cruz
Winning coach	Aldin Ayo
Semifinalists	Mapúa Cardinals  JRU Heavy Bombers
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN Sports and Action, Balls, Balls HD
Juniors' Finals G1 G2 G3 Wins  San Beda Red Cubs 76 68 70 2+1  Arellano Braves 68 72 61 1
Duration	October 23–29, 2015
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVP	Evan Nelle
Winning coach	JB Sison (3rd title)
Semifinalists	Malayan Red Robins  La Salle Green Hills Greenies

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 91 were the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for the current season. The Mapua Institute of Technology is currently hosting the season, starting with an opening ceremony held on June 27, 2015 at the Mall of Asia Arena followed by a double-header. Games are expected to be followed at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan City, with two seniors and juniors games. The seniors' games are aired live by ABS-CBN Sports and Action and in High Definition on Balls HD 167.

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Beda Red Lions	18	13	5	.722	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Letran Knights	18	13	5	.722	—
3	Mapúa Cardinals (H)	18	12	6	.667	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	JRU Heavy Bombers	18	12	6	.667	1
5	Arellano Chiefs	18	12	6	.667	1	Qualified to fourth-seed playoff
6	Perpetual Altas	18	11	7	.611	2
7	San Sebastian Stags	18	6	12	.333	7
8	Benilde Blazers	18	5	13	.278	8
9	Lyceum Pirates	18	4	14	.222	9
10	EAC Generals	18	2	16	.111	11

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

Schedule

	Round 1									Round 2
Team ╲ Game	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

Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Team	AU	CSJL	CSB	EAC	JRU	LPU	MIT	SBC	SSC-R	UPHSD
AU		68–77	85–73	92–80	61–78	80–78	100–96*	88–84	104–92	66–76
CSJL	87–81		82–53	69–83	78–62	83–78	80–77	93–80	82–76	79–71
CSB	82–86	69–79		73–66	49–67	69–72	64–76	67–73	88–66	69–77
EAC	90–98	76–86	57–81		47–67	55–69	72–101	80–108	77–71	55–68
JRU	114–112**	86–80	73–69	87–64		75–60	90–87	69–88	89–91*	83–86*
LPU	83–97	57–74	56–59	59–45	55–64		95–109	74–97	70–77	61–70
MIT	81–76	82–77	77–72	88–63	68–67	70–66		89–102	88–86	79–82
SBC	72–91	77–73	89–63	96–84	83–75	87–80	75–65		92–81	83–81
SSC-R	76–86	89–87	62–69	91–77	69–91	67–71	78–87	98–92		70–84
UPHSD	77–84	64–93	70–47	89–59	60–62	70–42	65–70	88–86	87–91

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Bracket

Seeding playoffs

	4th–seed playoff					3rd–seed playoff
						1	JRU	76
	2	Mapúa	93				Mapúa	81
	3	Arellano	75

First–seed playoff

Winner faces the #4 seed, while the loser faces the #3 seed. Both still have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals.

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

October 13 4:00 p.m.

Letran Knights	78–83	San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–24, 18–18, 30–24

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Fourth–seed playoff

Winner advances to the third seed playoff and is guaranteed of no less than a #4 seed, while the loser is eliminated.

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

October 13 2:00 p.m.

Mapúa Cardinals	93–75	Arellano Chiefs
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 33–18, 20–18, 24–24
Mapúa advances to the Final Four

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Third–seed playoff

Winner is the third seed, while the loser settles for the #4 seed.

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

October 16 4:00 p.m.

JRU Heavy Bombers	76–81	Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 16–19, 22–18, 22–25

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Semifinals

San Beda and Letran have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to advance to the Finals.

San Beda vs. JRU

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

October 20 4:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	78–68	JRU Heavy Bombers
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 13–13, 26–21, 22–15
San Beda wins series in one game

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Letran vs. Mapua

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

October 20 2:00 p.m.

Letran Knights	91–90	Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 24–25, 22–28, 24–20
Letran wins series in one game

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Finals

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

October 23 4:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	90–94	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–17, 21–22, 28–33

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 12,825

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

October 27 4:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	68–61	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 11–15, 19–19, 16–12

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 17,588

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

October 29 4:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	82–85 (OT)	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 27–20, 13–14, 23–21, Overtime: 7–10
Letran wins series 2–1

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 20,158

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Mark Cruz (Letran Knights)

All-Star Game

The 10 member schools were divided into East and West. The East squad is represented by players from San Beda College, University of Perpetual Help, Arellano University, Jose Rizal University and San Sebastian College-Recoletos, while the West team draws from Lyceum of the Philippines University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, College of Saint Benilde, Mapua Institute of Technology, and Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

ABS-CBN Sports+Action

August 21 3:00 p.m.

NCAA West All-Stars	89–88	NCAA East All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 22–24, 18–25, 30–25

Filoil Flying V Arena

• All-Star Game MVP: Jonathan Grey (CSB)

Rosters	West NCAA All-Stars		East NCAA All-Stars
	Mark Cruz Kevin Racal Rey Nambatac Jonathan Grey Pons Saavedra Jeffrey Ongteco Francis Munsayac Sydney Onwubere Christ Mejos Joseph Gabayni Wilson Baltazar Shaq Alanes Allwell Oraeme JP Nietes Justin Serrano		Jio Jalalon Zach Nicholls Kent Sallado Abdul Razak Abdul Wahab Tey Teodoro Jordan dela Paz Michole Sorela Arthur dela Cruz Ryusei Koga Jamil Ortuoste Michael Calisaan Bradwyn Guinto Bright Akhuetie Earl Thompson (replaced by John Ylagan) Gab Dalangon
	Coach: Aldin Ayo		Coach: Jamike Jarin

Side events winners

• 3-Point Shootout Champion: Mark Cruz (Letran)
• Slam Dunk Champion: Jebb Bulawan (Lyceum)
• Miss NCAA: Lyra Velchez (Perpetual)
  • Miss NCAA 1st Runner-Up: Rycca Timog (Lyceum)
  • Miss NCAA 2nd Runner-Up: Zahara Soriano (Arellano)

Awards

The awards were given prior to Game 1 of the Seniors' basketball finals on October 23, 2015 at the Mall of Asia Arena.

• Most Valuable Player: Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
• Rookie of the Year: Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
• Mythical Five:
  • Earl Scottie Thompson (Perpetual Altas)
  • Jio Jalalon (Arellano Chiefs)
  • Arthur dela Cruz (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Bright Akhuetie (Perpetual Altas)
  • Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
• Best Defensive Team:
  • Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
  • Bradwyn Guinto (San Sebastian Stags)
  • Arthur dela Cruz (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Earl Scottie Thompson (Perpetual Altas)
  • Bright Akhuetie (Perpetual Altas)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
• Most Improved Player: Michael Calisaan (San Sebastian Stags)
• Coach of the Year: Aldin Ayo (Letran Knights)

Broadcast notes

Finals

Simulcast over ABS-CBN Sports and Action, The Filipino Channel or ABS-CBN Sports and Action International, and Balls HD 195 with replays on Balls and Balls HD 195.

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside Reporters
Game 1	Anton Roxas	Olsen Racela	Myrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco
Game 2	Andrei Felix	Allan Gregorio	Roxanne Montealegre and Ceej Tantengco
Game 3	Anton Roxas	Allan Gregorio	Myrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco

Additional Game 3 crew:

• Award presenter: Andrei Felix

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Beda Red Cubs	18	18	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	Malayan Red Robins (H)	18	16	2	.889	2	Qualified to stepladder round 2
3	Arellano Braves	18	12	6	.667	6	Qualified to stepladder round 1
4	La Salle Green Hills Greenies	18	11	7	.611	7
5	Lyceum Junior Pirates	18	11	7	.611	7
6	EAC–ICA Brigadiers	18	9	9	.500	9
7	Letran Squires	18	6	12	.333	12
8	San Sebastian Staglets	18	4	14	.222	14
9	JRU Light Bombers	18	2	16	.111	16
10	Perpetual Junior Altas	18	1	17	.056	17

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

Schedule

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

Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Results

Team	AU	CSJL	EAC-ICA	JRU	LSGH	LPU-C	MHSS	SBC-R	SSC-R	UPHSD
AU		89–71	104–98	103–34	69–90	97–88	76–69	81–86	82–64	85–69
CSJL	76–86		71–72	92–54	49–88	73–76	63–97	59–99	71–75	81–80*
EAC-ICA	74–92	87–77		111–73	61–72	79–76	80–88	78–84	81–67	88–62
JRU	52–99	65–69	69–93		57–86	73–81*	39–87	53–103	56–75	89–66
LSGH	80–67	69–48	68–75	84–54		80–83	55–79	63–84	69–48	82–67
LPU-C	77–100	91–83	95–90	87–63	66–81		64–76	81–91	88–82	78–59
MHSS	86–73	73–43	90–74	83–62	64–57	85–63		63–80	80–51	87–51
SBC-R	80–76	76–67	100–83	95–71	82–70	90–79	89–84		85–60	85–61
SSC-R	99–72	73–78	84–83	66–70	57–87	49–78	64–86	57–88		87–58
UPHSD	66–100	52–74	72–73	51–77	58–83	74–88	46–95	53–109	60–55

Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:

Playoffs

Fourth–seed playoff

October 13 12 noon

Lyceum Junior Pirates	71–88	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
La Salle advances to the Final Four

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Semifinals

The semifinals consists of two rounds, both of which are one-game playoffs.

Arellano vs. LSGH

October 16 2:00 p.m.

Arellano Braves	75–74	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Arellano advances to the 2nd round

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Mapúa vs. Arellano

October 20 12 noon

Malayan Red Robins	79–85	Arellano Braves
Arellano advances to the Finals

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Finals

Since San Beda swept the elimination round, the Finals is a de facto best of five series with San Beda automatically leading 1-0. Therefore, San Beda has to win twice, while Arellano needed thrice, to win the championship.

October 23 12 noon

San Beda Red Cubs

76–68

Arellano Braves

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

October 27 2:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Cubs

68–72

Arellano Braves

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

October 29 2:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Cubs	70–61	Arellano Braves
San Beda wins series in three games

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

• Finals Most Valuable Player:Evan Nelle (San Beda Red Cubs)

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:Michael Enriquez (Malayan Red Robins)
• Mythical Five:
  • Michael Enriquez (Malayan Red Robins)
  • Sherwin Concepcion (San Beda Red Cubs)
  • Samuel Abu Hijle (San Beda Red Cubs)
  • Guilmer dela Torre (Arellano Braves)
  • Carlo Abadeza (Arellano Braves)
• Defensive Player of the Year:John Umali (Perpetual Junior Altas)
• Rookie of the Year:Lars Sunga (Arellano Braves)
• Most Improved Player:Maui Cruz (EAC–ICA Brigadiers)
• Coach of the Year:JB Sioson (San Beda Red Cubs)

Controversies

Wrong uniform

The NCAA Management Committee, chaired by Melchor Divina of Mapua, upheld the recommendation of commissioner Arturo Cristobal forfeiting La Salle-Greenhills’ 88-49 victory over Letran. LSGH’s Jesmar Pedrosa, Alain Madrigal and Ladis Lepalam wore Nos. 20, 28 and 27, respectively, which violated a league rule limiting the use of jersey numbers to Nos. 4 to 19.

See also

• UAAP Season 78 basketball tournaments

External links

• Official website