NCAA Season 94 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 94

Host school	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
Men's tournament
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena and Filoil Flying V Centre
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN Sports and Action (Channel 23 & ABS-CBN S+A HD Channel 166) Liga (Channel 86 & Liga HD Channel 186)

The NCAA Season 94 basketball tournaments are the 94th basketball season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA). The University of Perpetual Help System DALTA are the season hosts. Separate seniors' and juniors' tournaments are held for male college and high school students, respectively.

Format

• In the seniors and juniors' tournament, ten (10) teams will play in a double round-robin classification.
• Once teams are tied, tie-breaker games shall be held for the top four seeds, if necessary.
• The scenarios after the elimination round ends are the following below:
  1. If no team sweeps the elimination round, the regular play-offs (Final Four) shall be used.
  2. If a team successfully sweep the elimination round, that team will gain an automatic bye to the finals and the stepladder play-offs shall be used.
• In the semifinals, the first and second seed shall earn a twice-to-beat bonus against their respective opponents. These teams shall only need to win once to advance to the finals; while the third and fourth seed teams will need to win twice to advance to the finals.
  • In the stepladder semifinals, the third and fourth seed will play to determine which among them will face the second seed, The winner of the game against the second seed will meet the first seed in the finals.
• The finals is a best-of-three championship series.

Tie-breaker classification rules
Head-to-head matchup in the two (2) rounds Goal average between the tied teams Overall goal average

Teams

College	High school	Seniors' team	Seniors' coach	Juniors' team	Juniors' coach
Arellano University		Chiefs	Junjie Ablan	Braves	Tylon Darjuan
Colegio de San Juan de Letran		Knights	Jeff Napa	Squires	Raymund Valenzona
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde	La Salle Green Hills	Blazers	Ty Tang	Greenies	Marvin Bienvenida
Emilio Aguinaldo College	Immaculate Concepcion Academy	Generals	Ariel Sison	Brigadiers	Azlie Guro
Jose Rizal University		Heavy Bombers	Vergel Meneses	Light Bombers	Vic Lazaro
Lyceum of the Philippines University	Lyceum of the Philippines University-Cavite	Pirates	Topex Robinson	Junior Pirates	LA Mumar
Mapua University	Malayan High School of Science	Cardinals	Atoy Co	Red Robins	Randy Alcantara
San Beda University	San Beda College-Rizal	Red Lions	Boyet Fernandez	Red Cubs	JB Sison
San Sebastian College-Recoletos		Golden Stags	Egay Macaraya	Staglets	Mel Banua
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA		Altas	Frankie Lim	Altalettes	Michael Saguiguit

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date	Replaced by	Date
Perpetual Altas	Nosa Omorogbe	On indefinite leave	September 2017	Frankie Lim	January 17, 2018
Arellano Chiefs	Jerry Codiñera	Resignation	September 20, 2018	Junjie Ablan	September 20, 2018

Venues

Mall of Asia Arena

Filoil Flying V Centre

JRU Gym

Arellano Gym

EAC Gym

UPHSD Gym

CSJL Gym

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Venues in Metro Manila. Red pog, Primary venues; blue pogs: NCAA on Tour venues.

Like most Metro Manila-centric leagues, most games are held in arenas rented by the league, with games serving as neutral venues. In an innovation dubbed as "NCAA on Tour", starting in the previous season, the NCAA will continue holding Thursday games hosted at the campus of one of the teams that are playing on that day.

Main venues

Arena	City
Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay
Filoil Flying V Centre	San Juan

NCAA on Tour venues

Arena	Host team	City
Jose Rizal University Gym	JRU Heavy Bombers	Mandaluyong
Arellano University Gym	Arellano Chiefs	Manila
Emilio Aguinaldo College Gym	EAC Generals	Manila
Colegio de San Juan de Letran Gym	Letran Knights	Manila
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Gym	Perpetual Altas	Las Piñas

Squads

Main article: NCAA Season 94 basketball tournaments squads

Each NCAA team can have up to 15 players on their roster. At least two is allowed to be a foreigner, but only one is allowed to be on court. A team is allowed to have three additional players in the reserve list. The opening day rosters were released on July 1st.

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Beda Red Lions	17	1	.944	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Lyceum Pirates	15	3	.833	2
3	Letran Knights	13	5	.722	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Perpetual Altas (H)	11	7	.611	6
5	Benilde Blazers	10	8	.556	7
6	San Sebastian Stags	6	12	.333	11
7	Mapúa Cardinals	6	12	.333	11
8	Arellano Chiefs	5	13	.278	12
9	EAC Generals	4	14	.222	13
10	JRU Heavy Bombers	3	15	.167	14

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

Results

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second round games.

Teams	AU	CSJL	CSB	EAC	JRU	LPU	MU	SBU	SSCR	UPHSD
Arellano Chiefs	—	70–88	62–70	75–69*	79–70	65–82	83–91	79–98	82–81*	76–72
Letran Knights	99–82	—	64–60	76–56	74–58	82–87	84–63	76–80*	83–76	75–78
Benilde Blazers	89–73	Oct 23	—	84–71	81–66	65–77	90–79	69–75	20–0	84–77
EAC Generals	78–70	82–91	69–67	—	55–57	97–106	89–85	46–61	79–77*	74–76
JRU Heavy Bombers	70–86	79–89	Oct 16	81–78	—	56–88	60–72	40–77	20–0	72–78
Lyceum Pirates	113–79	79–80	77–64	95–75	82–74	—	94–81	73–66	85–80	91–77
Mapua Cardinals	Oct 16	69–84	86–83	80–67	81–79	76–92	—	70–88	70–94	68–74
San Beda Red Lions	90–52	74–68	77–55	76–57	73–45	Oct 18	80–55	—	65–54	67–65
San Sebastian Stags	Oct 23	61–76	66–65	78–67	82–75	70–88	86–64	82–75	—	76–78
Perpetual Altas	57–45	80–82	87–91	81–67	85–73	83–81	88–71	Oct 23	85–77*	—

Updated to match(es) played on October 11, 2018. Source: Manila Bulletin
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:

Schedule

Teams	Round 1									Round 2
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18 Playoff bracket Semifinals San Beda and Lyceum have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only need to win once, while their opponents twice, to advance to the finals. San Beda and Lyceum may figure in a playoff for the #1 seed if they are tied after the elimination round. #1 team vs. Perpetual TBD TBD vs.  Perpetual Altas TBA TBD TBD vs.  Perpetual Altas Game 2 if necessary TBA #2 team vs. Letran TBD TBD vs.  Letran Knights TBA TBD TBD vs.  Letran Knights Game 2 if necessary TBA Finals TBD #1 vs. #4 winner vs. #2 vs. #3 winner TBA TBD #1 vs. #4 winner vs. #2 vs. #3 winner TBA TBD #1 vs. #4 winner vs. #2 vs. #3 winner Game 3 if necessary TBA All-Star Game The 2018 NCAA All-Star Game is on August 31 at the Filoil Flying V Centre. The actual game will be preceded by the side events patterned from the NBA All-Star Weekend.. August 31 Team Heroes 89–94 Team Saints Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan All-Star Game MVP: Michael Calisaan (Team Saints) Rosters Team Heroes Team Saints Ian Alban Josh Barnes Michael Canete JJ Domingo Leo dela Cruz Luigi Velasco Juju Bautista JP Calvo Jeric Diego Christian Fajarito Jerome Garcia Bong Quinto Aaron Bordon Edgar Charcos RJ David AJ Coronel Jed Mendoza Prince Eze JC Marcelino Robert Bolick JV Marcelino JV Mocon Toci Tangsingco Radge Tongco Warren Bonifacio Allyn Bulanadi Cedric Pelayo Michael Calisaan Laurenz Victoria Alvin Capobres Skills Challenge Participant Team Clint Doliguez  San Beda Arjan dela Cruz  San Sebastian Bonbon Batiller  Letran Maui Sera Josef  Arellano Eric Jabel  Mapúa Jasper Cuevas  Perpetual Jimboy Pasturan  Benilde CJ Cadua  EAC Mark Mallari  JRU Carl Lumbao  Lyceum Three-point Shootout Participant Team AC Soberano  San Beda Allyn Bulanadi  San Sebastian Jerome Garcia  EAC Toci Tansingco  Lyceum Exe Biteng  Mapúa Rence Alcoriza  Arellano MJ Dela Virgen  JRU Koy Galvelo  Letran Carlo Young  Benilde Luke Sese  Perpetual Slam Dunk Contest Participant Team Eugene Toba  San Beda Justin Gutang  Benilde Juju Bautista  EAC Enoch Valdez  Lyceum Ken Villapando  San Sebastian Arvin Gamboa  Mapúa Renato Ular  Letran William de Leon  Arellano Lean Martel  Perpetual Shooting Stars Team Alumnus player Seniors' player Juniors' player  Arellano Jio Jalalon Kraniel Villoria Marlon Espiritu  Letran Rey Nambatac Jerrick Balanza Stacey Tibayan  Benilde RJ Deles Jimboy Pasturan Francis Lopez  EAC Bong Melacoton Maui Cruz CJ Boado  JRU John Wilson Agem Miranda John Amores  Lyceum Kevin Lacap Kim Cinco John Barba  Mapúa Yong Garcia Exi Biteng Clint Escamis  San Beda Rome dela Rosa* Calvin Oftana Penny Estacio  San Sebastian Jepoy Quiamco Ian Valdez Milo Janao *Replaced Jake Pascual Awards Players of the Week The NCAA Press Corps awards a player of the week sponsored by Chooks-to-Go. Week ending Player Team July 13 Jaycee Marcelino  Lyceum Pirates July 20 JP Calvo  Letran Knights July 27 CJ Perez  Lyceum Pirates August 3 JP Maguliano  EAC Generals August 10 Prince Eze  Perpetual Altas August 17 MJ Ayaay  Lyceum Pirates August 24 Robert Bolick Bong Quinto  San Beda Red Lions  Letran Knights September 1 Maui Sera Josef  Arellano Chiefs September 8 Jerrick Balanza  Letran Knights September 15 Donald Tankoua  San Beda Red Lions September 22 Prince Eze  Perpetual Altas September 29 Koy Gavelo  Letran Knights October 6 Larry Muyang  Letran Knights October 13 Javee Mocon  San Beda Red Lions Juniors' tournament Elimination round Team standings Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1  La Salle Green Hills Greenies 16 2 .889 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals 2  Malayan Red Robins 14 4 .778 2 3  San Beda Red Cubs 12 6 .667 4 Twice-to-win in the semifinals 4  JRU Light Bombers 11 7 .611 5 5  Lyceum Junior Pirates 9 9 .500 7 6  Perpetual Junior Altas (H) 9 9 .500 7 7  Arellano Braves 7 11 .389 9 8  San Sebastian Staglets 5 13 .278 11 9  Letran Squires 4 14 .222 12 10  EAC–ICA Brigadiers 3 15 .167 13 Source: Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head point differential; 4) overall point differential (H) Hosts Notes: Results Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second round games. Teams AU CSJL EAC JRU LSGH LPU MHSS SBUR SSCR UPHSD Arellano Braves — 78–72 79–77 64–79 66–74 98–78 96–107* 68–95 98–93 71–88 Letran Squires 80–74 — 65–63 59–71 66–82 66–69 63–83 74–75* 62–59 57–73 EAC Brigadiers 73–85 84–76* — 69–74 71–103 63–74 79–80 81–86 71–78 83–78 JRU Light Bombers 75–73 74–71 85–65 — 87–94** 87–88 80–70 63–65 78–92 84–72 La Salle Greenies 91–77 Oct 23 77–61 Oct 16 — 80–71 81–95 73–62 93–80 89–83 Lyceum Junior Pirates 105–85 81–71 72–66 82–68 75–80 — 76–93 59–63 68–69 78–82 Malayan Red Robins Oct 16 69–66 74–73 73–74 93–87 89–78 — 93–98* 85–74 89–65 San Beda Red Cubs 83–71 61–60* 80–71 62–56 78–81 Oct 18 58–91 — 51–52 69–72 San Sebastian Staglets Oct 23 78–87 69–71 56–51 65–76 93–99* 62–69 50–63 — 64–70* Perpetual Junior Altas 66–70 74–69 95–80 62–69 82–96 74–78 73–96 Oct 23 82–67 — Updated to match(es) played on October 12, 2018. Source: Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win. Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. See also UAAP Season 81 basketball tournaments References External links Official website