NCAA Season 89 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 89 are the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for basketball in its 2013–14 season. De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde hosted the season, starting with an opening ceremony held on June 22, 2013, at the Mall of Asia Arena followed by a double-header.[1] Games then are subsequently being held at Filoil Flying V Arena, with seniors' games on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays aired on AksyonTV.
| Host school | College of Saint Benilde | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | November 11–16, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Mall of Asia Arena | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Arthur Dela Cruz | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Boyet Fernandez (1st title) | |||||||||||||||
| Semifinalists |  San Sebastian Stags  Perpetual Altas | |||||||||||||||
| TV network(s) | AksyonTV, TV5 | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | November 11–14, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Mall of Asia Arena | |||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | Arvin Tolentino | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | JB Sison (1st title) | |||||||||||||||
| Semifinalists |  San Sebastian Staglets  Malayan Red Robins | |||||||||||||||
| TV network(s) | AksyonTV, TV5 | |||||||||||||||
Seniors' tournament
    
    Teams
    
Team standings
    
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification | 
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| 1 |  San Beda Red Lions | 15 | 3 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals | 
| 2 |  Letran Knights | 14 | 4 | .778 | 1 | |
| 3 |  San Sebastian Stags | 11 | 7 | .611[lower-alpha 1] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals | 
| 4 |  Perpetual Altas | 11 | 7 | .611[lower-alpha 1] | 4 | |
| 5 |  EAC Generals (X) | 10 | 8 | .556 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Arellano Chiefs (X) | 8 | 10 | .444[lower-alpha 2] | 7 | |
| 7 |  Lyceum Pirates (X) | 8 | 10 | .444[lower-alpha 2] | 7 | |
| 8 |  JRU Heavy Bombers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 9 | |
| 9 |  Benilde Blazers (H) | 5 | 13 | .278 | 10 | |
| 10 |  Mapúa Cardinals | 2 | 16 | .111 | 13 | 
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts; (X) Under probation
Notes:
- Third-seed playoff: San Sebastian 81–71 UPHSD
- Head-to-head record: Arellano 2–0 Lyceum
Match-up results
    
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss
Scores
    
Third–seed playoff
    
Winner faces Letran, while loser faces San Beda, in the semifinals. Either way, both teams have to win twice in the semifinals to progress.
Bracket
    
| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | |||||||||
| 1 |  San Beda | 70 | ||||||||
| 4 |  Perpetual | 51 | ||||||||
| 1 |  San Beda | 80 | 74 | 60 | ||||||
| 2 |  Letran | 68 | 79 | 56 | ||||||
| 2 |  Letran | 85 | ||||||||
| 3 |  San Sebastian | 58 | ||||||||
Semifinals
    
Letran and San Beda have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to advance to the Finals.
San Beda vs. Perpetual
    
| November 7 2:30 p.m. | 
| San Beda Red Lions  | 70–51 |  Perpetual Altas | 
| Scoring by quarter: 11-9, 10-24, 17-12, 32-14 | ||
| San Beda wins series in one game | ||
Letran vs. San Sebastian
    
Finals
    
The finals is a best-of-3 series.
| November 11 2:30 p.m. | 
| San Beda Red Lions  | 80–68 |  Letran Knights | 
| Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 14-12, 21-29, 33-15 | ||
| November 14 2:30 p.m. | 
| San Beda Red Lions  | 74–79 |  Letran Knights | 
| Scoring by quarter: 12-17, 25-15, 14-21, 23-25 | ||
| November 16 2:00 p.m. | 
| San Beda Red Lions  | 60–56 |  Letran Knights | 
| Scoring by quarter: 14-7, 10-23, 21-13, 15-13 | ||
| San Beda wins series 2–1 | ||
- Finals Most Valuable Player: Arthur dela Cruz (San Beda Red Lions)
Awards
    
- Most Valuable Player: Raymond Almazan (Letran Knights)
- Mythical Five:
- Raymond Almazan (Letran Knights)
- Ola Adeogun (San Beda Red Lions)
- Harold Arboleda (Perpetual Altas)
- Nosa Omorgbe (Perpetual Altas)
- Noube Happy (EAC Generals)
 
- Defensive Player of the Year: Raymond Almazan (Letran Knights)
- Rookie of the Year: Juneric Baloria (Perpetual Altas)
- Most Improved Player: Michael Mabulac (JRU Heavy Bombers)
Juniors' tournament
    
    
Team standings
    
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification | 
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| 1 |  San Beda Red Cubs | 18 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Thrice-to-beat in the Finals[lower-alpha 1] | 
| 2 |  San Sebastian Staglets | 15 | 3 | .833 | 3 | Proceed to stepladder round 2 | 
| 3 |  La Salle Green Hills Greenies (H) | 13 | 5 | .722 | 5 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 | 
| 4 |  Malayan Red Robins | 12 | 6 | .667 | 6 | |
| 5 |  JRU Light Bombers | 11 | 7 | .611 | 7 | |
| 6 |  Letran Squires | 8 | 10 | .444 | 10 | |
| 7 |  Perpetual Junior Altas | 7 | 11 | .389 | 11 | |
| 8 |  EAC–ICA Brigadiers (X) | 3 | 15 | .167[lower-alpha 2] | 15 | |
| 9 |  Arellano Braves (X) | 3 | 15 | .167[lower-alpha 2] | 15 | |
| 10 |  Lyceum Junior Pirates (X) | 0 | 18 | .000 | 18 | 
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4 seeds, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts; (X) Under probation
Notes:
- As San Beda won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
- Head-to-head record: EAC 1–1 Arellano; EAC +4
Match-up results
    
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss
Scores
    
Bracket
    
| Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 2 (Single-elimination) | Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage) | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  San Beda | 79 | 65 | |||||||||||
| 2 |  San Sebastian | 72 | 3 |  LSGH | 68 | 59 | ||||||||
| 3 |  LSGH (OT) | 59 | 3 |  LSGH | 76 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Malayan | 56 | ||||||||||||
Stepladder semifinals
    
Each game is sudden-death.
First round
    
| November 7 10:00 a.m. | 
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies  | 59–56 |  Malayan Red Robins | 
| La Salle advances to the stepladder semifinals round 2 | ||
Second round
    
| November 9 12:00 p.m. | 
| San Sebastian Staglets  | 72–76 |  La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 
| La Salle advances to the Finals | ||
Finals
    
| November 11 12:30 p.m. | 
| San Beda Red Cubs  | 79–68 |  La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 
| Scoring by quarter: 23-12, 19-20, 20-19, 17-17 | ||
| November 14 12:30 p.m. | 
| San Beda Red Cubs  | 65–59 |  La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 
| San Beda wins series in two games | ||
- Finals Most Valuable Player: Arvin Tolentino (San Beda Red Cubs)
Awards
    
- Most Valuable Player: Rashleigh Paolo Rivero (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
- Rookie of the Year: Jeric Adorio (JRU Light Bombers)
- Mythical Five:
- Rashleigh Paolo Rivero (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
- Jeric Adorio (JRU Light Bombers)
- Kobe Paras (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
- Michael Calisaan (San Sebastian Staglets)
- Rhanzelle Yong (San Sebastian Staglets)
 
- Most Improved Player: Kobe Paras (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Rashleigh Paolo Rivero (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
References
    
- Decena, Karl (2013-06-22). "NCAA shows solidarity in colorful Season 89 opening ceremonies". interaksyon.com. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
Overall Championship points
    
| Pts. | Position | 
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| 40 | Champion | 
| 35 | 2nd | 
| 30 | 3rd | 
| 35 | 4th | 
| 30 | 5th | 
| 20 | 6th | 
| 10 | 7th | 
| 8 | 8th | 
| 6 | 9th | 
| 4 | 10th | 
| — | Did not join | 
| WD | Withdrew | 
In case of ties, the team with the higher position in any tournament is ranked higher; if both are still tied, they are listed by alphabetical order.
| Seniors' division
 | Juniors' division | 
