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NCAA Season 94 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 94
Host schoolUniversity of Perpetual Help System DALTA
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 73 712
Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 60 560
DurationNovember 6–12, 2018
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPJavee Mocon
Winning coachBoyet Fernandez (4th title)
SemifinalistsLetran school colors Letran Knights
UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action (Channel 23 & ABS-CBN S+A HD Channel 166)
Liga (Channel 86 & Liga HD Channel 186)
Juniors' Finals G1 G2G3Wins
CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies 74 76741
Mapua school colors Mapúa Red Robins 69 85772
DurationNovember 6–15, 2018
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPPaolo Hernandez
Winning coachRandy Alcantara (2nd title)
SemifinalistsSan Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs
JRU school colors JRU Light Bombers

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 men's 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 playoffs (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 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

Bai Cristobal was reappointed basketball commissioner for the second consecutive season.[1]

Teams

Men's teams
Team College Coach
Arellano Chiefs Arellano University (AU) Philippines Junjie Ablan
Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) Philippines Jeff Napa
Benilde Blazers De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Philippines Ty Tang
EAC Generals Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) Philippines Ariel Sison
JRU Heavy Bombers José Rizal University (JRU) Philippines Vergel Meneses
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Philippines Topex Robinson
Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa University (MU) Philippines Atoy Co
San Beda Red Lions San Beda University (SBU) Philippines Boyet Fernandez
San Sebastian Stags San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) Philippines Edgar Macaraya
Perpetual Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) Philippines Frankie Lim
Juniors' teams
Team High school Coach
Arellano Braves Arellano University (AU) Philippines Tylon Darjuan
Letran Squires Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) Philippines Raymund Valenzona
EAC-IAC Brigadiers Immaculate Concepcion Academy (IAC) Philippines Marvin Bienvenida
JRU Light Bombers José Rizal University (JRU) Philippines Azlie Guro
La Salle Green Hills Greenies La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) Philippines Vic Lazaro
Lyceum Junior Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite (LPU-C) Philippines LA Mumar
Mapúa Red Robins Malayan High School of Science (MHSS) Philippines Randy Alcantara
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda University Rizal (SBUR) Philippines JB Sison
San Sebastian Staglets San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) Philippines Mel Banua
Perpetual Junior Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) Philippines Myk Saguiguit

Name changes

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date Replaced by Date
Perpetual Altas Nigeria Nosa Omorogbe On indefinite leave September 2017[2] Philippines Frankie Lim January 17, 2018[3]
Arellano Chiefs Philippines Jerry Codiñera[4] Resignation September 20, 2018 Philippines Junjie Ablan September 20, 2018

Venues

NCAA Season 94 basketball tournaments is located in Metro Manila
Mall of Asia Arena
Mall of Asia Arena
Filoil Flying V Centre
Filoil Flying V Centre
JRU Gym
JRU Gym
Arellano Gym
Arellano Gym
EAC Gym
EAC Gym
UPHSD Gym
UPHSD Gym
CSJL Gym
CSJL 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 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.[5]

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

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 1.[6]

Imports

The following are the imports, or non-Filipinos included in the opening day rosters:[7]

Team Import Country
Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs Elie Ongolo Ongolo  Cameroon
CSB school colors Benilde Blazers Clement Leutcheu  Cameroon
EAC school colors EAC Generals Hamadou Laminou  Cameroon
Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates Mike Harry Nzeusseu  Cameroon
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions Donald Tankoua  Cameroon
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions Eugene Toba  Nigeria
UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas Prince Eze  Nigeria

Letran, JRU, Mapua and San Sebastian chose not to have imports for this season. Only two teams have won championships with no imports in its roster since 2006 (Letran 2015 and San Sebastian 2009). San Beda 2011 had an import in the lineup but did not play the entire season.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 17 1 .944 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 15 3 .833 2
3 Letran school colors Letran Knights 13 5 .722 4 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas (H) 11 7 .611 6
5 CSB school colors Benilde Blazers 10 8 .556 7
6 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags[a] 6 12 .333[b] 11
7 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 6 12 .333[b] 11
8 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs 5 13 .278 12
9 EAC school colors EAC Generals 4 14 .222 13
10 JRU school colors 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:
  1. ^ San Sebastian forfeited two wins due to an ineligible player, RK Ilagan, participating in those games. Ilagan was found to have found playing in a ligang labas game after the rosters were approved.[8]
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head point differential: San Sebastian +46, Mapua −46

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 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 94–81 — 84–71 81–66 65–77 90–79 69–75 20–0[a] 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 68–84 81–78 — 56–88 60–72 40–77 20–0[b] 72–78
Lyceum Pirates 113–79 79–80 77–64 95–75 82–74 — 94–81 73–66 85–80 91–77
Mapúa Cardinals 91–78 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 75–68 80–55 — 65–54 67–65
San Sebastian Stags 91–63 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 72–80 85–77* —
Source: Manila Bulletin
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:
  1. ^ San Sebastian originally won 85–78. The NCAA forfeited the game in favor of Benilde after San Sebastian player RK Ilagan was ruled ineligible to play for playing in a ligang labas game.
  2. ^ San Sebastian originally won 86–76. The NCAA forfeited the game in favor of JRU after San Sebastian player RK Ilagan was ruled ineligible to play for playing in a ligang labas game.

Match-up results

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Arellano school colors ArellanoEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colors
Letran school colors LetranUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsLyceum school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colors
CSB school colors BenildeSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsLyceum school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colors
EAC school colors EACLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsJRU school colors
JRU school colors JRUMapua school colorsLyceum school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsSan Beda school colorsLyceum school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colors
Lyceum school colors LyceumSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsArellano school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsEAC school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colors
Mapua school colors MapúaJRU school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsArellano school colors
San Beda school colors San BedaUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colorsLyceum school colorsUPHD school colors
SSC-R school colors San SebastianLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsSan Beda school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colors
UPHD school colors PerpetualSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colorsLyceum school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colors
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Bracket

Semifinals
(Top 2 twice-to-beat)		Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
1San Beda school colors San Beda83
4UPHD school colors Perpetual72
1San Beda school colors San Beda7371
2Lyceum school colors Lyceum6056
2Lyceum school colors Lyceum109
3Letran school colors Letran85

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 is in its 13th consecutive playoffs appearance (skipping the semifinals in 2010 after winning all elimination round games), Lyceum is in its first semifinals appearance (having advanced to the Finals outright last year). Letran is returning to the semifinals after a 2-year absence, while Perpetual returns after its last appearance in 2016.

(1) San Beda vs. (4) Perpetual

San Beda has the twice-to-beat advantage. San Beda has won all but one of its semifinals match-ups with Perpetual since the Final Four era, with Perpetual winning in 2004, but losing in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.

Prior to the game, Perpetual's wins, and its playoffs appearance, were in danger of being forfeited as several of its players played in a ligang labas game while serving residency. The league sternly reprimanded the team as it found out that the players represented a school-based team, which is allowed by the league rules.[9]

October 26
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 83–72 UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 14–13, 26–24, 30–24
Pts: Robert Bolick 23
Rebs: Donald Tankoua 18
Asts: Robert Bolick 6		 Pts: Razon, Peralta, 16 each
Rebs: Prince Eze 13
Asts: Edgar Charcos 9
San Beda wins series in one game

San Beda pulled away late in the third quarter with four three-pointers by AC Soberano transformed a 1-point Altas lead to an 11-point lead for the Red Lions early in the fourth quarter. The Red Lions qualified to their 13th consecutive NCAA Finals.[10]

(2) Lyceum vs. (3) Letran

Lyceum has the twice-to-beat advantage. This is the first match-up between Lyceum and Letran in the playoffs.

October 26
1:30 p.m.
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum school colors 109–85 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 29–16, 22–29, 30–19, 28–21
Pts: Mike Harry Nzeusseu 23
Rebs: Mike Harry Nzeusseu 17
Asts: CJ Perez 3		 Pts: Larry Muyang 21
Rebs: Larry Muyang 12
Asts: Bong Quinto 7
Lyceum wins series in one game

Lyceum pulled away in the middle of the third quarter after Letran's JP Calvo injured his right ankle after contesting a loose ball with Mike Nzeusseu. Lyceum had a 15–0 run after Calvo's injury and led by as much 37 points.[11]

Finals

This will be the second consecutive meeting between San Beda and Lyceum in the Finals. The Red Lions defeated the Pirates in 2017, winning all 2 games in the championship series.

November 6
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 73–60 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 24–13, 16–17, 14–21
Pts: Javee Mocon 14
Rebs: Donald Tankoua 16
Asts: Robert Bolick 9		 Pts: Mike Harry Nzeusseu 16
Rebs: Mike Harry Nzeusseu 14
Asts: Mj Ayaay 4
November 12
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 71–56 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 16–18, 10–11, 22–12
Pts: Javee Mocon 16
Rebs: Donald Tankoua 16
Asts: Robert Bolick 12		 Pts: CJ Perez 19
Rebs: Mike Harry Nzeusseu 13
Asts: Perez, Jc. Marcelino, 4 each
San Beda wins series 2–0
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 13,111

Prior to Game 1, Lyceum's CJ Perez, last year's Most Valuable Player, was suspended for a game after he applied to the 2018 PBA draft without notifying the Management Committee.[13] Perez is the first person to be suspended after San Beda's Yousif Aljamal in 2007, although the league rescinded the suspension after San Beda sued in court, and threatened to leave the NCAA.[14]

San Beda won Game 1 handily by 13 points. The Red Lions led by 31–11 in the first half and Lyceum only got to reduce the deficit by 10 points late in the fourth quarter.[15]

After the game, Lyceum coach Topex Robinson criticized the league on Perez's suspension. Benilde coaches Ty Tang and Charles Tiu also criticized the league on social media. The Management Committee decided to defer any punishment to the coaches until the Finals are over.[16]

San Beda defeated a full-strength Lyceum squad in Game 2. San Beda went on a 22–12 scoring run on top of a five-point lead before the fourth period to seal their 11th title in 13 seasons, and 22nd overall.[12]

San Beda qualifies to the 2018 PCCL National Collegiate Championship Final Four. Lyceum may participate in the NCR qualifiers as of one of the two NCAA teams.

All-Star Game

The 2018 NCAA All-Star Game is on August 31 at the Filoil Flying V Centre. The actual game was preceded by the side events patterned from the NBA All-Star Weekend.[17][18]

August 31
Team Heroes 89–94 Team Saints
  • All-Star Game MVP: Michael Calisaan (Team Saints)[19]
Rosters
Team Heroes Team Saints
Arellano school colors Ian Alban CSB school colors Josh Barnes
Arellano school colors Michael Canete CSB school colors JJ Domingo
Arellano school colors Leo dela Cruz CSB school colors Luigi Velasco
EAC school colors Juju Bautista Letran school colors JP Calvo
EAC school colors Jeric Diego Letran school colors Christian Fajarito
EAC school colors Jerome Garcia Letran school colors Bong Quinto
JRU school colors Aaron Bordon UPHD school colors Edgar Charcos
JRU school colors RJ David UPHD school colors AJ Coronel
JRU school colors Jed Mendoza UPHD school colors Prince Eze
Lyceum school colors JC Marcelino San Beda school colors Robert Bolick
Lyceum school colors JV Marcelino San Beda school colors JV Mocon
Lyceum school colors Toci Tangsingco San Beda school colors Radge Tongco
Mapua school colors Warren Bonifacio SSC-R school colors Allyn Bulanadi
Mapua school colors Cedric Pelayo SSC-R school colors Michael Calisaan
Mapua school colors Laurenz Victoria SSC-R school colors Alvin Capobres

Shooting Stars

Team Alumnus player Men's player Juniors' player
Arellano school colors Arellano Jio Jalalon Kraniel Villoria Marlon Espiritu
Letran school colors Letran Rey Nambatac Christian Fajarito* Stacey Tibayan
CSB school colors Benilde RJ Deles Carlo Young** Sebastian Locsin***
EAC school colors EAC Bong Melacoton Sean Neri**** CJ Boado
JRU school colors JRU Philip Paniamogan***** Agem Miranda John Amores
Lyceum school colors Lyceum Kevin Lacap Carl Lumbao****** John Barba
Mapua school colors Mapúa Yong Garcia Exi Biteng Clint Escamis
UPHD school colors Perpetual Gerald Dizon Jielo Razon Yukihiro Kawamura
San Beda school colors San Beda Rome dela Rosa******** Calvin Oftana Penny Estacio
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Jepoy Quiamco Michael Are Milo Janao

*Replaced Jerrick Balanza *****Replaced John Wilson

**Replaced Jimboy Pasturan ******Replaced Kim Cinco

***Replaced Francis Lopez *******Replaced Jake Pascual

****Replaced Maui Cruz ********Replaced Ian Valdez

Awards

 NCAA Season 94 men's basketball champions 
San Beda school colors
San Beda Red Lions
22nd title, third consecutive title

The end-of-season awards were handed out before Game 2 of the men's finals, at the Mall of Asia Arena.[20]

  • Most Valuable Player: Prince Eze (Perpetual Altas)
  • Rookie of the Year: Larry Muyang (Letran Knights)
  • Mythical Five:
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Prince Eze (Perpetual Altas)
  • All-Defensive Team:
    • Prince Eze (Perpetual Altas)
    • Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)
    • Hamadou Laminou (EAC Generals)
    • Michael Calisaan (San Sebastian Stags)
    • Mike Nzeusseu (Lyceum Pirates)
  • Most Improved Player: Archie Concepcion (Arellano Chiefs)

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[21] Philippines Jaycee Marcelino Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
July 20[22] Philippines JP Calvo Letran school colors Letran Knights
July 27[23] Philippines CJ Perez Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
August 3[24] Philippines JP Maguliano EAC school colors EAC Generals
August 10[25] Nigeria Prince Eze UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas
August 17[26] Philippines MJ Ayaay Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
August 24[27] Philippines Robert Bolick
Philippines Bong Quinto 		San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Letran school colors Letran Knights
September 1[28] Philippines Maui Sera Josef Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
September 8[29] Philippines Jerrick Balanza Letran school colors Letran Knights
September 15[30] Cameroon Donald Tankoua San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
September 22[31] Nigeria Prince Eze UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas
September 29[32] Philippines Koy Gavelo Letran school colors Letran Knights
October 6[33] Philippines Larry Muyang Letran school colors Letran Knights
October 13[34] Philippines Javee Mocon San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
October 20[35] Philippines James Canlas San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
October 23[36] Philippines Michael Calisaan SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags

Statistics

Game player highs

Statistic Player Team Total Opponent Date
Points Philippines Robert Bolick San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 50 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs August 24, 2018
Rebounds Nigeria Prince Eze UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 25 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs August 28, 2018
Assists Philippines Bong Quinto Letran school colors Letran Knights 12 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers		 September 6, 2018
September 28, 2018
Steals Philippines CJ Perez Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 6 EAC school colors EAC Generals July 13, 2018
Blocks Nigeria Prince Eze UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 9 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs July 28, 2018

Season player highs

Statistic Player Team Average
Points Philippines Robert Bolick San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 18.7
Rebounds Nigeria Prince Eze UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 16.5
Assists Philippines Bong Quinto Letran school colors Letran Knights 6.5
Steals Philippines CJ Perez Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 3.3
Blocks Nigeria Prince Eze UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 3.3

Game team highs

Statistic Team Total Opponent Date
Points Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 113 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs September 27, 2018
Rebounds Letran school colors Letran Knights 67 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals August 21, 2018
Assists Letran school colors Letran Knights
Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates		 27 JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers
Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs		 September 28, 2018
September 27, 2018
Steals Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 17 EAC school colors EAC Generals August 7, 2018
Blocks EAC school colors EAC Generals 14 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs July 13, 2018

Season team highs

Statistic Team Average
Points Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 86.6
Rebounds EAC school colors EAC Generals 32.8
Assists Letran school colors Letran Knights 20.2
Steals Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 10.2
Blocks UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 5.2

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies 16 2 .889 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 Mapua school colors Mapúa Red Robins 14 4 .778 2
3 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs 12 6 .667 4 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 JRU school colors JRU Light Bombers 11 7 .611 5
5 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Junior Pirates 9 9 .500[a] 7
6 UPHD school colors Perpetual Junior Altas (H) 9 9 .500[a] 7
7 Arellano school colors Arellano Braves 7 11 .389 9
8 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Staglets 5 13 .278 11
9 Letran school colors Letran Squires 4 14 .222 12
10 EAC school colors EAC–ICA Brigadiers 3 15 .167 13
Source: [37]
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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head point differential: Lyceum 0, Perpetual 0; overall record point differential: Lyceum −8, Perpetual −14

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 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 Green Hills Greenies 91–77 65–62 77–61 86–71 — 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 86–78 69–66 74–73 73–74 93–87 78–89 — 93–98* 85–74 89–65
San Beda Red Cubs 83–71 61–60* 80–71 62–56 78–81 83–76 58–91 — 51–52 69–72
San Sebastian Staglets 73–75 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 71–67 82–67 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

Semifinals
(Top 2 twice-to-beat)		Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
1CSB school colors LSGH7897
4JRU school colors JRU8171
1CSB school colors LSGH747674
2Mapua school colors Malayan698577
2Mapua school colors Malayan7175
3San Beda school colors San Beda–Rizal8467

Semifinals

LSGH and Malayan have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only need to win once, while their opponents twice, to advance to the finals. LSGH is on its second consecutive semifinals appearance, Malayan is in its fourth and San Beda is in its eighth consecutive semifinals appearance. JRU returns to the semifinals after a 1-year absence.

(1) LSGH vs. (4) JRU

This is the first playoffs match-up between LSGH and JRU since the 2008 first round of the stepladder semifinals in which JRU won in overtime.

October 26
10:00 a.m.
La Salle Green Hills Greenies CSB school colors 78–81 JRU school colors JRU Light Bombers
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 15–11, 23–18, 17–26
Pts: JD Cagulangan 39
Rebs: 3 players, 8 each
Asts: Joshua David 5		 Pts: Thomas Vasquez 17
Rebs: Marwin Dionisio 17
Asts: 4 players, 3 each
October 29
8:00 a.m.
La Salle Green Hills Greenies CSB school colors 97–71 JRU school colors JRU Light Bombers
Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 24–17, 24–15, 22–18
Pts: Inand Fornillos 22
Rebs: Inand Fornillos 11
Asts: Joel Cagulangan 12		 Pts: Marwin Dionisio 22
Rebs: John Amores 10
Asts: John Delos Santos 10
La Salle wins series in two games

(2) Malayan vs. (3) San Beda

This is the first playoffs match-up between Malayan and San Beda since the 2016 Finals in which Malayan won its first championship under the Malayan name, in three games.

October 26
8:00 a.m.
Mapúa Red Robins Mapua school colors 71–84 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 19–18, 16–27, 21–13
Pts: Dan Arches 19
Rebs: Jonnel Policarpio 12
Asts: Dan Arches 7		 Pts: Jade Talampas 26
Rebs: Sanchez, Lazaro, 13 each
Asts: Estacio, Oliva, 5 each
October 29
10:00 a.m.
Mapúa Red Robins Mapua school colors 75–67 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 23–17, 17–15, 21–20
Pts: Paolo Hernandez 27
Rebs: Jonnel Policarpio 13
Asts: Karl Mariano 6		 Pts: Art Oliva 16
Rebs: Joshua Lazaro 12
Asts: Penny Estacio 5
Malayan wins series in two games

Finals

This is the second consecutive meeting between LSGH and Malayan in the Finals. In 2017, LSGH won its first-ever NCAA championship after defeating the erstwhile defending champions Malayan.

November 6
2:00 p.m.
La Salle Green Hills Greenies CSB school colors 74–69 Mapua school colors Mapúa Red Robins
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 25–14, 11–10, 21–27
Pts: JD Cagulangan 16
Rebs: Mark Sangco 15
Asts: JD Cagulangan 4		 Pts: Paolo Hernandez 20
Rebs: Paolo Hernandez 9
Asts: Karl Mariano 4
November 12
1:00 p.m.
La Salle Green Hills Greenies CSB school colors 76–85 Mapua school colors Mapúa Red Robins
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 14–22, 17–17, 20–26
Pts: JD Cagulangan 17
Rebs: Fornillos, Lepalam, 12 each
Asts: Cagulangan, Sangco 4 each		 Pts: Dan Arches 22
Rebs: Jonnel Policarpio 14
Asts: Paolo Hernandez 4
November 15
2:00 p.m.
La Salle Green Hills Greenies CSB school colors 74–77 Mapua school colors Mapúa Red Robins
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–24, 22–29, 18–6
Pts: Inand Fornillos 18
Rebs: Mark Sangco 16
Asts: Joshua David 5		 Pts: Paolo Hernandez 33
Rebs: Paolo Hernandez 12
Asts: Karl Mariano 6
Malayan wins series 2–1
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Paolo Hernandez (Mapúa Red Robins)

Awards

 NCAA Season 94 juniors' basketball champions 
Mapua school colors
Mapúa Red Robins
Second title

The end-of-season awards were handed out after Game 2 of the juniors' finals at the Mall of Asia Arena.[20]

  • Most Valuable Player: Joel Cagulangan (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
  • Rookie of the Year: Jonnel Policarpio (Mapúa Red Robins)
  • Mythical Five:
    • Joel Cagulangan (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
    • Inand Fornilos (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
    • Joshua David (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
    • Clint Escamis (Mapúa Red Robins)
    • Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
  • All-Defensive Team:
    • Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
    • Inand Fornilos (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
    • Joshua Lazaro (San Beda Red Cubs)
    • Jonnel Policarpio (Mapúa Red Robins)
    • Paolo Hernandez (Mapúa Red Robins)
  • Most Improved Player: John Anthony Amores (JRU Light Bombers)

See also

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