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1996 NCAA season
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 85 822
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 69 800
DurationOctober 7–9, 1996
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coachArturo Valenzona
< Season 71 1996 Season 73 >

The 1996 NCAA Basketball Tournament was the 72nd season in the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The season opens on July 21 at the Araneta Coliseum and ended on October 9 with the San Sebastian Stags winning their fourth straight championship in the Seniors division.

League membership was raised from six to seven with the entry of Philippine Christian University.

Teams

Team School Seniors' coach
Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran Molet Pineda
JRC Heavy Bombers Jose Rizal College Boy de Vera
Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa Institute of Technology Joel Banal
Perpetual Help Altas Perpetual Help College of Rizal Bong Go
PCU Dolphins Philippine Christian University Ricky Cui
San Beda Red Lions San Beda College Dong Vergeire
San Sebastian Stags San Sebastian College-Recoletos Arturo Valenzona

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

Format:

  • Tournament divided into two halves: winners of the two halves dispute the championship in a best-of-3 finals series unless:
    • A team wins both rounds. In that case, the winning team automatically wins the championship.
    • A third team has a better cumulative record than both finalists. In that case, the third team has to win in a playoff against the team that won the second round to face the team that won in the first round in a best-of-3 finals series.

San Sebastian clinched the first round pennant with a six-game sweep, defeating the San Beda Red Lions, 100-91 on August 23. [1]

On September 26, San Beda finally halt San Sebastian's 10-game winning streak following an 81-80 victory. Both teams carry a 4-0 won-loss card in the second round of action. [2]

San Beda seals a finals date with San Sebastian Stags by capturing the second round flag, winning over Perpetual Help College, 90-83 on October 1, for a six-game sweep in the second round. [3]

Finals

Game 1

October 7
San Sebastian Stags SSC-R school colors 85–69 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
San Sebastian leads series 1–0

Stags' Brixter Encarnacion poured all of his 19 points in the second half when the Lions tried to erase a 34-45 halftime deficit to come closer at 55-60, with 12:02 left. [4]

Game 2

October 9
San Sebastian Stags SSC-R school colors 82–80 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
San Sebastian wins series 2-0

Ulysses Tanique put the final nail on the Red Lions' coffin as he stole a pass off Kerwin McCoy for a 79-75 advantage with 24.3 seconds remaining. [5]

References

  1. ^ "Stags bag first round flag". Manila Standard. 1996-08-24.
  2. ^ "Lions stun Stags". Manila Standard. 1996-09-27.
  3. ^ "San Beda zaps Perpetual". Manila Standard. 1996-10-02.
  4. ^ "Stags one game away from rewriting history". Manila Standard. 1996-10-08.
  5. ^ "SSC makes history". Manila Standard. 1996-10-10.
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