NCAA Season 95 basketball tournaments

The NCAA Season 95 basketball tournaments are the 95th basketball season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA). Arellano University are the season hosts. Separate seniors' and juniors' tournaments are held for male college and senior high school students, respectively.

NCAA Season 95
Kaisa sa Pagkakaiba (transl. United in diversity)
Host schoolArellano school colors Arellano University
Men's Finals G1 G2G3Wins
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 64 79791
Letran school colors Letran Knights 65 76812
DurationNovember 12–19, 2019
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPFran Yu
Winning coachBonnie Tan
SemifinalistsLyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action
Liga
ABS-CBN
iWant
Juniors' Finals G1 G2G3Wins
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs 94 76982
Lyceum school colors Lyceum Junior Pirates 80 78771
DurationNovember 12–19, 2019
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPRhayyan Amsali
Winning coachManu Iñigo (1st title)
SemifinalistsSSC-R school colors San Sebastian Staglets
CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies

Bamboo Mañalac and performers from Arellano University performed in the opening ceremony held at the Mall of Asia Arena on July 7, 2019.[1]

The Letran Knights won the seniors' championship after beating three-time defending champions and erstwhile unbeaten San Beda Red Lions in the Finals. Finishing the elimination round undefeated, the Red Lions advanced to the Finals outright. Letran defeated San Sebastian in the first round of the stepladder semifinals to meet previous year's finalist Lyceum in the second round. The Knights defeated the Pirates to arrange a Finals meeting with the Red Lions. The Finals went the distance, with all three games being decided in the final play of the game. Letran won the title to bring the 18th championship back to Intramuros.

The San Beda Red Cubs won the juniors' title after beating the Lyceum Junior Pirates in the Finals. Both Red Cubs and Junior Pirates finished in the top two seeds after the elimination round. San Beda eliminated the LSGH Greenies, which qualified by defeating the Arellano Braves in a playoff, in the first game to advance to the Finals. Lyceum needed their twice-to-beat advantage to eliminate the San Sebastian Staglets. The Red Cubs handily defeated the Junior Pirates in Game 1, but Lyceum eked out a Game 2 win to force a third game, where San Beda won comprehensively.

Format

The association is using this format for 2019:[2]

  • In the seniors and juniors' tournament, ten (10) teams will play in a double round-robin classification. The top four (4) team advance to the playoffs.
  • 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:
    1. If no team doesn't win all elimination round games, the regular playoffs (Final Four) shall be used.
    2. If a team wins all elimination round games, that team will gain an automatic bye to the finals and the stepladder playoffs 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
  1. Head-to-head matchup in the two (2) rounds
  2. Goal average between the tied teams
  3. Overall goal average

Teams

All ten schools are participating.

College Seniors' team High school Juniors' team
Arellano University (AU)Chiefs Arellano University (AU)Braves
Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL)Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL)Squires
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Blazers La Salle Green Hills (LSGH)Greenies
Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) Generals Immaculate Concepcion Academy (IAC)Brigadiers
Jose Rizal University (JRU)Heavy Bombers Jose Rizal University (JRU)Light Bombers
Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University-Cavite (LPU-C)Junior Pirates
Mapua University (MU) Cardinals Malayan High School of Science (MHSS)Red Robins
San Beda University (SBU) Red Lions San Beda University Rizal (SBUR)Red Cubs
San Sebastian College-Recoletos (SSC-R)Stags San Sebastian College-Recoletos (SSC-R)Staglets
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD)Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD)Altalettes

Coaches
Seniors' team Seniors' coach Juniors' team Juniors' coach
Arellano Chiefs Cholo Martin Arellano Braves Tylon Darjuan
Letran Knights Bonnie Tan Letran Squires Raymund Valenzona
Benilde Blazers Ty Tang La Salle Green Hills Greenies Marvin Bienvenida
EAC Generals Oliver Bunyi EAC-IAC Brigadiers Azlie Guro
JRU Heavy Bombers Louie Gonzalez JRU Light Bombers Vic Lazaro
Lyceum Pirates Topex Robinson Lyceum Junior Pirates LA Mumar
Mapúa Cardinals Randy Alcantara Malayan Red Robins Yong Garcia
San Beda Red Lions Boyet Fernandez San Beda Red Cubs Manu Inigo
San Sebastian Stags Egay Macaraya San Sebastian Staglets Mel Banua
Perpetual Altas Frankie Lim Perpetual Junior Altas Myk Saguiguit

Coaching changes
TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDateReplaced byDate
Arellano Chiefs[3] Junjie Ablan End of spell as interim coach October 23, 2018 Cholo Martin October 23, 2018
Mapua Cardinals Atoy Co End of contract October 31, 2018[4] Randy Alcantara December 6, 2018[5]
Malayan Red Robins[5] Randy Alcantara Signed by Mapua Cardinals December 6, 2018 Yong Garcia December 6, 2018
EAC Generals[6] Ariel Sison Demoted to lead assistant coach December 7, 2018 Oliver Bunyi December 7, 2018
Letran Knights Jeff Napa End of contract January 11, 2019[7] Bonnie Tan January 22, 2019[8]
JRU Heavy Bombers Vergel Meneses End of contract January 22, 2019[9] Louie Gonzalez April 1, 2019[10]

Uniform changes

The Letran Knights and Squires replaced their red uniforms with white ones, after request by the NCAA. Letran traditionally played with their red uniforms as their "light-colored" uniform.[11]

Venues
NCAA Season 95 basketball tournaments is located in Metro Manila
Mall of Asia Arena
Mall of Asia Arena
Cuneta Astrodome
Cuneta Astrodome
FiloilFlyingVCentre
Filoil
Flying
V
Centre
JRU Gym
JRU Gym
SBUGym
SBU
Gym
EAC Gym
EAC Gym
UPHSD Gym
UPHSD Gym
MU Gym
MU Gym
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 being played in neutral venues. In an innovation dubbed as "NCAA on Tour", starting in 2017, the NCAA will continue holding Thursday games in the first round hosted at the campus of one of the teams that are playing on that day.[12]

Main venues
ArenaCity
Mall of Asia ArenaPasay
Filoil Flying V CentreSan Juan
Cuneta AstrodomePasay

NCAA on Tour venues
ArenaHost teamCity
San Beda University GymSan Beda Red LionsManila
Emilio Aguinaldo College GymEAC GeneralsManila
Mapua University GymMapua CardinalsManila
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA GymPerpetual AltasLas Piñas
Jose Rizal University GymJRU Heavy BombersMandaluyong

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 2.[13]

This is the final season where non-Filipinos are allowed to play.[14]

Imports

Only four foreigners from three teams participated in the final season imports can play.[15]

TeamImportCountry
CSB school colors Benilde BlazersClement Leutcheu Senegal
Lyceum school colors Lyceum PiratesMike Harry Nzeusseu Cameroon
San Beda school colors San Beda Red LionsDonald Tankoua Cameroon
San Beda school colors San Beda Red LionsArnaud Noah Cameroon

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

At the end of the elimination round, three-time defending champion San Beda finished first with an undefeated season, winning all 18 games. In their final elimination round game, they defeated Lyceum, the last team to win all 18 elimination round games, in 2017. This allowed the Red Lions to advance to the Finals outright, while modifying the usual Final Four format to a stepladder one. The Red Lions, who last finished the elimination round undefeated in 2010, advanced to their 14th consecutive Finals appearance. The Pirates finished second, awaiting the winning of the first round of stepladder semifinals.[16]

The final participant of the Final Four was determined the following day. With Letran already guaranteed the third seed, only the fourth seed was up for grabs. The San Sebastian Stags defeated the Perpetual Altas to eliminate the Mapua Cardinals to qualify. With elimination confirmed, the Cardinals lost the next game against the Benilde Blazers. The last game of the eliminations had season host Arellano losing to JRU.[17]

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 18 0 1.000 — Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 1]
2 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 13 5 .722 5 Proceed to stepladder round 2
3 Letran school colors Letran Knights 12 6 .667 6 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 11 7 .611 7
5 CSB school colors Benilde Blazers 9 9 .500[lower-alpha 2] 9
6 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 9 9 .500[lower-alpha 2] 9
7 UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 5 13 .278[lower-alpha 3] 13
8 JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers 5 13 .278[lower-alpha 3] 13
9 EAC school colors EAC Generals 4 14 .222[lower-alpha 4] 14
10 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs (H) 4 14 .222[lower-alpha 4] 14
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. As San Beda won all elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
  2. Head-to-head point differential: Benilde +10, Mapua −10
  3. Head-to-head point differential: Perpetual +6, JRU −6
  4. Head-to-head point differential: EAC +18, Arellano −18

Match-up results
 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Arellano school colors ArellanoSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsEAC school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colors
Letran school colors LetranLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colors
CSB school colors BenildeEAC school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsArellano school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colors
EAC school colors EACCSB school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colorsLetran school colors
JRU school colors JRUSSC-R school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colors
Lyceum school colors LyceumLetran school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsArellano school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colors
Mapua school colors MapúaUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colors
San Beda school colors San BedaArellano school colorsJRU school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colors
SSC-R school colors San SebastianJRU school colorsMapua school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colorsArellano school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colors
UPHD school colors PerpetualMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsArellano school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colors
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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 SSC-R UPHSD
Arellano — 72–81 77–82 86–77 77–80 87–81 64–73 46–59 79–85 73–75
Letran 97–84 — 88–64 91–89 55–43 80–84 89–84 66–70 101–102* 82–80*
Benilde 69–75 74–87 — 69–66 74–66 71–74 71–67 57–88 77–72 75–63
EAC 77–50 79–87 56–62 — 58–64 84–82 66–76 72–89 65–86 87–88
JRU 77–73 61–81 58–66 69–63 — 77–95 63–83 52–74 51–82 71–66
Lyceum 93–90 97–90 85–83 83–71 77–64 — 79–71 73–88 80–69 87–85
Mapúa 93–67 105–101** 62–68 79–76 72–67 71–77 — 60–69 68–92 78–80
San Beda 73–66 75–63 95–73 98–66 65–47 85–62 83–55 — 73–59 102–56
San Sebastian 85–82 82–99 83–67 75–79 62–59 73–71 73–90 76–91 — 107–90
Perpetual 86–91 69–88 85–83 76–80 77–66 74–89 81–85 62–75 94–99 —
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket
Stepladder round 1
(Single-elimination)		Stepladder round 2
(Single-elimination)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1San Beda school colors San Beda647979
2Lyceum school colors Lyceum883Letran school colors Letran657681
3Letran school colors Letran853Letran school colors Letran92
4SSC-R school colors San Sebastian80

First round

This is a one-game playoff. Letran is in its second consecutive playoffs appearance; San Sebastian is in its first appearance since 2017.

November 5
4:00 p.m.
Letran Knights Letran school colors 85–80 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 27–20, 19–19, 16–21
Pts: Jerrick Balanza 15
Rebs: Fran Yu 7
Asts: Tommy Olivario 5		 Pts: RK Ilagan 36
Rebs: Ken Villapando 9
Asts: Ilagan, Bulanadi 3 each
Letran advances to the Stepladder Semifinals Round 2

Letran was leading 69–52 when San Sebastian cut down the lead to six. Bonbon Batiller scored on two three-pointers to increase Letran's lead to 14, 77–63. RK Ilagan led the Stags to a final run late in the game, reducing the deficit to one point, 81–80 with less than two minutes left. Letran's defense prevented another scoring opportunity for the Stags though, and the Knights held on the win.[18]

Second round

This is a one-game playoff. This is Lyceum's third consecutive playoffs appearance.

November 8
4:00 p.m.
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum school colors 88–92 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 14–24, 26–23, 22–25
Pts: Jaycee Marcelino 26
Rebs: Mike Nzeusseu 15
Asts: Reymar Caduyac 5		 Pts: Fran Yu 20
Rebs: Larry Muyang 9
Asts: Yu, Batiller 6 each
Letran advances to the Finals

Lyceum was leading 70–69 when Letran went on a 15–2 run capped with a Jerrick Balanza three pointer midway in the fourth quarter to give them the lead 84–72. Lyceum cut the lead to three, 87–90, but the Knights converted their free-throws to put the game away for good. Balanza, Fran Yu and Larry Muyang scored on that crucial fourth quarter run to clinch the Knights' first Finals appearance since 2015.[19]

Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff. This is a rematch of the 2015 Finals which Letran won; this was also their last Finals appearance, and San Beda's last Finals defeat. For three-time defending champion San Beda, this is their 14th consecutive Finals appearance. This is the latest installment of the San Beda–Letran rivalry.[20]

November 12
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 64–65 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 14–11, 12–19, 20–18
Pts: Evan Nelle 20
Rebs: Donald Tankoua 13
Asts: 3 players, 2 each		 Pts: Edson Batiller 12
Rebs: Larry Muyang 8
Asts: Fran Yu 6
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 17,588
November 15
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 79–76 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 18 –7, 19–18, 16–31, 26–20
Pts: James Kwekuteye 21
Rebs: Calvin Oftana 11
Asts: James Kwekuteye 6		 Pts: Fran Yu 23
Rebs: Muyang, Caralipio 10 each
Asts: Fran Yu 5
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 18,407
November 19
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 79–81 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 24–26, 14–18, 21–25, 20–12
Pts: Donald Tankuoa 22
Rebs: Calvin Oftana 8
Asts: Evan Nelle 9		 Pts: Jerrick Balanza 27
Rebs: Jerrick Balanza 7
Asts: Fran Yu 7
Letran wins series, 2–1
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 19,876
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Fran Yu (Letran Knights)
  • Coach of the Year: Bonnie Tan (Letran Knights)

In Game 1, San Beda posted manageable leads early in the game, with the halftime score at 32–28. Letran edged out San Beda in a low-scoring third quarter, 39–38. By the middle of the fourth quarter, the Red Lions were leading 58–56 when Fran Yu and Jerrick Balanza each scored a three-pointer, with Larry Muyang converting his free-throws to give Letran the lead 63–60 late in the fourth quarter. Cameroonian Donald Tankoua made a field-goal later on, cutting the lead to one, but Muyang converted a basket to pad the lead to three once again. Evan Nelle made a shot on the next play, bringing back the lead to one in favor of Letran. The Red Lions forced a turnover when Letran ran out the shot-clock with 12 seconds left. Calvin Oftana missed a three-pointer for San Beda that could've given them the lead; Fran Yu rebounded the ball, was fouled, and missed both free-throws, but San Beda failed to grab the rebound as time expired.[21]

San Beda started Game 2 with a 15–0 run; Letran recovered at halftime, cutting San Beda's lead to 12 at 37–25. Letran first took the lead with a Muyang a free-throw of a foul to put the Knights up 44–41. Letran ended the third quarter on an 8–2 run, with Fran Yu converting two three-pointers, to put them up 56–53. In the middle of the fourth period, James Canlas tied the score at 66–all. His San Beda teammate Calvin Oftana ended a 6–0 run to give San Beda a 72–66 lead. Letran then went on an 8–0 run, giving them a 2-point lead late in the fourth period. Oftana converted on a three-point play to give the Red Lions back the lead. On the next play, Bonbon Batiller missed on a close shot with 5.1 seconds left. James Canlas scored on free-throws on the next play to tie the series 1–1.[22]

Letran started by trailing in the final game of the season, with San Beda taking a 19–12 lead, but ended the first quarter on a 14–5 run to take a 26–24 lead. The Red Lions then posted a 9–0 run themselves to tie the game 37–all, but Letran went on a 7–1 run to lead 44–38 at halftime. Letran then had a 7–0 run in the third to post their largest lead of 13. San Beda had their own 14–2 run to cut the deficit 70–71 at the start of the fourth quarter. Letran was leading 81–79 with 11.5 seconds after Evan Nelle scored on 2 consecutive three-pointers. On the next possession, Calvin Oftana forced a jump ball against Fran Yu; the Red Lions won the jump with 5.4 seconds left. Nelle attempted a championship-winning three-pointer, but was blocked, to give Letran their first championship since 2015. Fran Yu, who finished the game with eight points, five rebounds, seven assists and three steals, was named Finals MVP.[23]

Awards
 NCAA Season 95 men's basketball champions 
Letran school colors
Letran Knights
18th title

The awards were given prior to Game 2 of the seniors' Finals.[24]

  • Most Valuable Player: Calvin Oftana (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Rookie of the Year: Justin Arana (Arellano Chiefs)
  • Mythical Five:
    • Calvin Oftana (San Beda Red Lions)
    • Evan Nelle (San Beda Red Lions)
    • James Canlas (San Beda Red Lions)
    • Allyn Bulanadi (San Sebastian Stags)
    • Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum Pirates)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Justin Arana (Arellano Chiefs)
  • All-Defensive Team:
    • Calvin Oftana (San Beda Red Lions)
    • Justin Arana (Arellano Chiefs)
    • Benedict Adamos (Perpetual Altas)
    • John Michael Calma (San Sebastian Stags)
    • John Paul Maguliano (EAC Generals)
  • Most Improved Player: Fran Yu (Letran Knights)
  • Best Foreign Player: Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Best Defensive Foreign Player: Mike Harry Nzeusseu (Lyceum Pirates)

Player of the Week

The NCAA Press Corps awards a player of the week sponsored by Chooks-to-Go.

Week ending Player Team
July 13[25] Philippines Jethro Mendoza EAC school colors EAC Generals
July 20[26] Philippines Bonbon Batiller Letran school colors Letran Knights
July 27[27] Philippines Calvin Oftana San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
August 3[28] Philippines Edgar Charcos UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas
August 10[29] Philippines Laurenz Victoria Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals
August 17[30] Philippines Paolo Hernandez Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals
August 24[31] Philippines Justin Arana Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
August 31[32] Philippines Justin Gutang CSB school colors Benilde Blazers
September 7[33] Philippines Jerrick Balanza Letran school colors Letran Knights
September 14[34] Philippines Allyn Bulanadi SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
September 21[35] Philippines Kent Salado Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
September 28[36] Philippines Jaycee Marcelino Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
October 5[37] Philippines Evan Nelle San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
October 12[38] Philippines Calvin Oftana San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
October 19[39] Philippines Allyn Bulanadi SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags

Juniors' tournament

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs 17 1 .944 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Junior Pirates 11 7 .611 6
3 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Staglets 10 8 .556[lower-alpha 1] 7 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies 10 8 .556[lower-alpha 1] 7
5 Arellano school colors Arellano Braves (H) 10 8 .556[lower-alpha 1] 7
6 JRU school colors JRU Light Bombers 9 9 .500 8
7 Letran school colors Letran Squires 8 10 .444 9
8 UPHD school colors Perpetual Junior Altas 7 11 .389 10
9 Mapua school colors Malayan Red Robins 6 12 .333 11
10 EAC school colors EAC–ICA Brigadiers 2 16 .111 15
Updated to match(es) played on September 20, 2019. Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head point differential: San Sebastian +8, LSGH +5, Arellano −13; fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 66–52 Arellano

Match-up results
 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Arellano school colors ArellanoSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsEAC school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colors
Letran school colors LetranLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colors
EAC school colors EAC–ICACSB school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colors
JRU school colors JRUSSC-R school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colors
CSB school colors LSGHEAC school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsLyceum school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colors
Lyceum school colors LPU–CLetran school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsArellano school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colors
Mapua school colors MalayanUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsEAC school colors
San Beda school colors SBU–RArellano school colorsJRU school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colors
SSC-R school colors San SebastianJRU school colorsMapua school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colorsArellano school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colors
UPHD school colors PerpetualMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsArellano school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colors
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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-ICA JRU LSGH LPU-C MHSS SBU-R SSC-R UPHSD
Arellano — 79–72 76–67 70–68 66–74 64–81 63–56 67–69 68–73 78–70
Letran 59–65 — 73–56 69–85 69–66 64–74 90–92 79–83 72–64 70–52
EAC-ICA 60–73 74–92 — 75–69 68–72 76–85 68–83 70–94 81–86* 70–71
JRU 70–62 89–81 78–57 — 62–78 77–74 65–72* 80–99 72–68 88–83
LSGH 67–70 79–83 81–51 76–72 — 68–74 95–90 99–98* 82–78* 59–81
Lyceum 76–61 71–83 83–71 70–69 87–95 — 101–66 97–99* 74–82 93–81
Malayan 54–60 78–82 73–64 74–77 64–60 94–99 — 77–88 62–64 62–76
San Beda 58–54 108–80 83–58 88–68 94–87 111–82 91–82 — 89–73 95–76
San Sebastian 63–60 86–81 95–87 94–91 90–86 72–82 74–69 79–88 — 62–67
Perpetual 62–86 81–77 86–90 76–85 71–81 93–88 61–74 97–100 81–76 —
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Fourth-seed playoff

This is a one-game playoff.

October 22
12:00 p.m.
La Salle Green Hills Greenies CSB school colors 66–52 Arellano school colors Arellano Braves
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 21–7, 20–10, 9–22
Pts: Jan Manansala 13
Rebs: Jan Manansala 8
Asts: Kobe Palencia 4		 Pts: Miguel Sahali 13
Rebs: Chris Recto 12
Asts: Miguel Sahali 3
La Salle advances to the Final Four

LSGH qualified to the Final Four with a 14-win point win against the Arellano Braves. They will face the San Beda Red Cubs, whose only defeat came from the Greenies.[40]

Bracket

Semifinals

San Beda and Lyceum have the twice-to-beat advantage.

San Beda vs. LSGH
November 5
10:00 a.m.
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 82–79 CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 15–16, 24–24, 23–24
Pts: Yukien Andrada 23
Rebs: Amsali, Sanchez 17 each
Asts: Cyrus Llarena 4		 Pts: JC Macalalag 23
Rebs: Jan Manansala 13
Asts: Kobe Palencia 5
San Beda wins series in one game

San Beda had three players with double-doubles in their semifinal win against LSGH. Yukien Andrada tied a game-high 23 points, with 13 coming in the fourth quarter to lead the Red Cubs.[41]

Lyceum vs. San Sebastian
November 5
1:00 p.m.
Lyceum Junior Pirates Lyceum school colors 75–84 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Staglets
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 20–24, 13–22, 29–20
Pts: John Barba 24
Rebs: John Barba 11
Asts: John Barba 7		 Pts: Aguilar, Janao 15 each
Rebs: Josel Barroga 11
Asts: Janao, Bulasa 4 each
November 8
1:00 p.m.
Lyceum Junior Pirates Lyceum school colors 78–76 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Staglets
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 19–24, 19–10, 22–22
Pts: John Barba 36
Rebs: Leonard Gamlanga 10
Asts: Mclaude Guadania 8		 Pts: Dylan Darbin 18
Rebs: Janao, Barroga 9 each
Asts: Dylan Darbin 4
Lyceum wins series in two games

The Staglets forced a rubber match against the Junior Pirates, with four players finishing in double figures.[41] In the deciding Game 2, John Borba led the Junior Pirates to their first ever NCAA Finals appearance, with 36 points in 15/19 field-goal percentage.[42]

Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff. This is the first NCAA basketball finals where both teams are based outside Metro Manila, with the Red Cubs based in Taytay. Rizal, and the Junior Pirates are based in General Trias, Cavite

November 12
1:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 94–80 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Junior Pirates
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 22–27, 20–17, 27–22
Pts: Sanchez, Ynot, 16 each
Rebs: Sanchez, Amsali, 14 each
Asts: Alcantara, Alao, 4 each		 Pts: Barba 21
Rebs: Omandac 7
Asts: Montano, Garing, 3 each
November 15
1:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 74–79 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Junior Pirates
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 13–14, 14–22, 24–23
Pts: Yukien Andrada 20
Rebs: Yukien Andrada 10
Asts: Charles Delfino 6		 Pts: Mclaude Guadania 19
Rebs: Raphael Garro 12
Asts: Raphael Garro 7
November 19
1:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 98–77 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Junior Pirates
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 23–15, 31–18, 17–26
Pts: Justin Sanchez 19
Rebs: Rhayyan Amsali 11
Asts: Ynot, Amsali, 4 each		 Pts: Mclaude Guadania 24
Rebs: Montano, Garro, 7 each
Asts: Gyle Montano 4
San Beda wins series, 2–1
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Rhayyan Amsali (San Beda Red Cubs)

The San Beda Red Cubs won their 23rd NCAA title after defeating the Lyceum Junior Pirates in Game 3 of the Finals. San Beda's Rhayyan Amsali was named Finals MVP, and Manu Inigo won his first title on his rookie season.[43]

Awards
 NCAA Season 95 juniors' basketball champions 
San Beda school colors
San Beda Red Cubs
23rd title
  • Most Valuable Player: John Ronald Barba (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
  • Rookie of the Year: Jan Manansala (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
  • Mythical Five:
    • John Ronald Barba (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
    • Mac Guadana (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
    • Jonnel Policarpio (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Yukien Andrada (San Beda Red Cubs)
    • Justine Sanchez (San Beda Red Cubs)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Jonnel Policarpio (Malayan Red Robins)
  • All-Defensive Team:
    • John Ronald Barba (Lyceum Junior Pirates)
    • Jonnel Policarpio (Malayan Red Robins)
    • Yukien Andrada (San Beda Red Cubs)
    • Jan Manansala (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
    • Shawn Umali (Letran Squires)
  • Most Improved Player: Yukien Andrada (San Beda Red Cubs)

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