NCAA Season 83 basketball tournaments
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The basketball tournaments of National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) 83rd season hosted by Jose Rizal University began on June 23 at the Araneta Coliseum with BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Manuel V. Pangilinan as the keynote speaker. All subsequent first round games will be held at The Arena in San Juan. The theme of the season is "Soaring High at 83" while the Studio 23 coverage uses the theme "Brotherhood of the ball" .
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[edit] Seniors' tournament
[edit] Preseason events
San Beda Red Lions replaced their head coach; Purefoods assistant coach Koy Banal was replaced by Talk 'N Text team manager Frankie Lim, while the Mapua Cardinals hired former Cardinal Leo Isaac to replace Horacio Lim (no relation to the Talk 'N Text team manager).[1] San Sebastian, meanwhile, hired Philippine Basketball League champion coach Jorge Gallent of the Harbour Centre Batang Pier.[2]
With the suspension of the PCU Dolphins, only seven teams would compete in the tournament.
The basketball tournament began on June 23 with a triple-header at the Araneta Coliseum with hosts JRU facing defending champions San Beda while Intramuros rivals Letran and Mapua face off in the last televised game. All of the remaining elimination round games are set to be held at The Arena in San Juan.
[edit] Elimination round
The opening day was held at the Araneta Coliseum with BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas president Manuel V. Pangilinan as the keynote speaker. All subsequent first round games will be held at The Arena in San Juan.
[edit] Team standings
Host team in boldface. |
[edit] Schedule
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[edit] Rivalry games
| June 23 | Letran Knights  |
84 – 80 |  Mapua Cardinals |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City | Studio 23 |
| August 8 | Letran Knights |
82 – 89 | Mapua Cardinals |
The Arena in San Juan, San Juan City | Studio 23 |
| July 6 | Letran Knights |
71 – 61 |  San Sebastian Stags |
The Arena in San Juan, San Juan City | Studio 23 |
| August 24 | Letran Knights |
67 – 63 | San Sebastian Stags |
The Arena in San Juan, San Juan City | Studio 23 |
| July 25 | Letran Knights |
70 – 69 |  San Beda Red Lions |
The Arena in San Juan, San Juan City | Studio 23 |
| August 31 | Letran Knights |
84 – 87 | San Beda Red Lions |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City | Studio 23 |
[edit] Postseason teams
[edit] San Beda Red Lions
San Beda seeking to sweep the first round (they were unable to do so last year), dominated the opposition; on the final game of the first round, the Red Lions faced the second place Letran Knights. Although SBC led for much of the game, the Knights made a scathing comeback capped off with 6 points in the last minutes of Letran's Rey Guevarra, who converted an undergoal stab to put Letran up for good, after San Beda's Pong Escobal converted a disputed two-point shot.
The Red Lions then rebounded after their loss and had another 5-game winning streak leading up to their second-round rematch against Letran. A notable game was against JRU where San Beda was embroiled in a legal tussle with the league (see Aljamal suspension, below). JRU committed 3 unsportsmanlike fouls as SBC head coach Frankie Lim and JRU mentor Ariel Vanguardia had a shouting match along the The Arena's corridors after the game was over. San Beda avenged their first round loss against Letran with a win in which they've led for the whole second half.
[edit] Letran Knights
After a blistering 4-0 start, the Knights were dealt with their first loss by JRU, but not after rallying 20 points down went up short. Their emphatic win against San Beda ensured a #1 finish for the Knights, but their Intramuros rivals Mapua denied them of another 4-0 streak as MVP candidate Kelvin dela Peña bailed out the Cardinals with an almost triple-double performance. Letran won their next game against rivals San Sebastian to set up their rematch against San Beda.
Trailing most of the game, Letran cut the deficit to two but a Borgie Hermida three-pointer kept the Knights from victory as they were beaten by San Beda 87-84 at the sold-out Araneta Coliseum. After the game, Letran players and San Beda supporters engaged in a brawl. With practically the coaches and players receiving slaps on their wrists, Letran beat JRU in a frantic finish to seize the #2 seed and the twice to beat advantage.
[edit] JRU Heavy Bombers
JRU suffered an opening game loss against San Beda but rebounded on the next game to beat San Sebastian. However, they were beaten two more times, one via overtime against UPHD to fall with a 1-3 card. JRU seized the advantage on their game against Letran and prevented the Knights from catching up as they held on to win the game.
JRU then made 5 consecutive wins in order to at least assure themselves of playoff for the last semis berth. San Beda then broke the winning streak in a fight-marred game in which 3 JRU players were assessed with unsportsmanlike fouls. On their next game against a desperate SSC-R (which needed to win to stay in contention), the Bombers rallied to 7-0 run in the last 2 minutes to force overtime and they eventually won the game. With the Bombers losing to the Knights in their rescheduled game, JRU now has to beat Letran consecutively to enter the Finals.
[edit] Mapúa Cardinals
Mapúa started on the wrong foot with a 0-3 start with losses against rivals Letran, against CSB in their only win in the season, and San Beda without last year's Sam Ekwe who was suspended. Mapúa then won against JRU and Perpetual and overtime to finish the first round against 2-4.
Mapúa lost a further two games against San Beda and JRU but defeated Letran. Anchored by two-time player of the week Kelvin dela Peña, Mapúa won the next 4 games in order to finish with a 6-6 card. Due to several typhoons suspending some of the games, the Cardinals finished a week early, but thanks to losses of San Sebastian, Mapúa clinched the #4 berth a semis rematch against San Beda which had eliminated them in the 2006 semifinals.
[edit] Bracket
| Semifinals #1 & #2 has twice-to-beat advantage |
Finals Best-of-three series |
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| 1 |  San Beda |
74 | |||||||||
| 4 |  Mapua |
64 | |||||||||
| 1 | San Beda |
76 | 76 | ||||||||
| 2 |  Letran |
68 | 64 | ||||||||
| 2 | Letran |
70 | |||||||||
| 3 |  JRU |
61 | |||||||||
[edit] Semifinals
[edit] San Beda-Mapua series
Elimination round games:
- July 4: Mapua 77-87 San Beda at the Arena
- July 27: Mapua 75-89 San Beda at the Arena
| September 12 4:00 p.m. |
San Beda Red Lions |
74 – 64 | Mapua Cardinals |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City | Studio 23 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-15, 16-18, 24-13, 13-18 | ||||||
| Pts: Yousif Aljamal 26 Rebs: Ekwe, Hermida 13 each Assts: Pong Escobal 9 |
Pts: Kelvin dela Peña 14 Rebs: Kelvin dela Peña 11 Assts: Sean Co 6 |
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| San Beda advances to the Finals. | ||||||
Mapua raced to an 11-6 lead at the beginning of the game, but after a Frankie Lim time out, San Beda cut the lead and eventually pulled away at the third quarter. Comebacking and MVP candidate Yousif Aljamal carried the team with several clutch three-pointers to keep the Cardinals at bay. Kelvin dela Peña's outside sniping cut the San Beda lead into 8 from a high of 14 but Aljamal converted another three-pointer. After not scoring on Mapua's offensive, the Cardinals forced a turnover but dela Peña was not able to convert a contested fastbreak lay-up to dash Mapua's hopes of a championship.
[edit] Letran-JRU series
Elimination round games:
- July 20: JRU 79-75 Letran at the Arena
- September 3: JRU 71-74 Letran at the Arena
| September 12 2:00 p.m. |
Letran Knights |
70 – 61 | JRU Heavy Bombers |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City | Studio 23 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-15, 17-15, 21-17, 21-14 | ||||||
| Pts: RJ Jazul 17 Rebs: Andrew Quinday 9 Assts: RJ Jazul 3 |
Pts: Wilson, Sena 12 each Rebs: Wilson and Hayes 11 each Assts: JR Bulangis 3 |
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| Letran advances to the Finals. | ||||||
With fans wearing "We believe" shirts, the Heavy Bombers figured in a battle of attrition against the Knights. Letran was able to shoot outside jumpers, with Bryan Faundo scoring bulk of the points in the first three quarters; JRU meanwhile relied on offensive rebounds of Marvin Hayes and James Sena to keep in pace with the Knights. Letran on the fourth quarter relied on RJ Jazul on scored 8 of his game-high 17 points to break the game wide open.
[edit] Finals
Elimination round games:
- July 25: Letran 70-69 San Beda at the Arena
- Rey Guevarra's shot at the buzzer stole the game away from the Red Lions.
- August 31: Letran 84-87 San Beda at the Araneta Coliseum
- Borgie Hermida's three-pointer at the final minute placed the game out of reach for the Knights.
| September 19 4:00 p.m. |
San Beda Red Lions |
76 – 68 | Letran Knights |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 11,000 |
Studio 23 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-23, 21-11, 13-13, 28-21 | ||||||
| Pts: Ogie Menor 23 Rebs: Sam Ekwe 18 Assts: Pong Escobal 5 |
Pts: RJ Jazul 17 Rebs: Andrew Quinday 8 Assts: Dino Daa 4 |
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| San Beda leads series, 1-0 | ||||||
San Beda and Letran started the game by trading baskets, then Letran broke away after their time out to lead by seven at the end of the first period. San Beda answered with their own 10-0 run to lead by a point before the teams settled down on the second quarter.
The two teams keep within each other's necks on a low-scoring third quarter. However, San Beda had a deciding run when RJ Jazul sat down after a hard foul at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Jazul came back cold and the Knights weren't able to come close as San Beda took game 1.
| September 26 4:00 p.m. |
San Beda Red Lions |
76 – 64 | Letran Knights |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City | Studio 23 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 26-12, 17-17, 14-20, 17-15 | ||||||
| Pts: Ogie Menor 25 Rebs: Sam Ekwe 13 Assts: Hermida, Escobal 6 each |
Pts: Bryan Faundo 17 Rebs: Bryan Faundo 10 Assts: RJ Jazul 3 |
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| San Beda wins series, 2-0 | ||||||
San Beda raced into an early lead in which Letran had a tough time on recovering; the nearest they could claw back was five points late at the third quarter. San Beda held off Letran due to their fast break plays, thanks to rebounds of Nigerian behemoth Sam Ekwe.
Ogie Menor was named Finals Most Valuable Player.
[edit] Suspensions
- Samuel Ekwe of the San Beda Red Lions after kicking Lee Sang Myeon of UPHD Altas. Served one-game suspension at their July 4 game against the Mapua Cardinals. This suspension disqualified Ekwe for MVP contention.
- Coach Jorge Gallent of the San Sebastian Stags after being ejected for two technical fouls on a game against the Letran Knights. Served one-game suspension at their July 13 game against the Mapua Cardinals; Staglets coach Raymond Valenzona coached in place of him.
- St. Benilde Blazers shooting guard Paolo Orbeta has been arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation for alleged game-fixing in NCAA games.[3] This has been the first arrest in game-fixing since the investigation last season. Orbera has been suspended by CSB and the NCAA indefinitely starting from their second round game against the JRU Heavy Bombers as further investigation continues.[4]
[edit] Aljamal suspension
After Yousif Aljamal of the San Beda Red Lions was drafted at the 2007 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Draft, he was suspended by the NCAA Management Committee (MANCOMM) for the rest of the season after not informing the MANCOMM that he was joining the draft (5 other players from the previous two seasons were able to play after they were drafted). San Beda appealed the decision, and Aljamal should had served his suspension from their August 22 game against the JRU Heavy Bombers.[5] However, San Beda was able to secure a 72-hour temporary restraining order (TRO) that allowed Aljamal to play in the San Beda-JRU game (hence disabling the league in enforcing the suspension), while the NCAA Policy Board reduced to suspension to three games.[6] With San Beda bringing the issue to the courts, a ranking member of suggested to The Daily Tribune that the Management Committee is mulling to suspend the basketball season.[7]
With this development, ABS-CBN, the sole coveror of the basketball tournament, threatened to sue the league if the season was scrapped, citing massive advertising losses for the lost coverage; meanwhile JRU officials denied that cancellation of the season was suggested.[8] San Beda meanwhile threatened to bolt out of the league (again) "if no solution is found to diffuse the ongoing case involving Aljamal."[9] The Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) then granted a 20-day extension to the restraint after a lengthly hearing. It was also revealed that JRU President Vicente K. Fabella and top San Beda officials are to meet on Sunday (August 26) to find a conclusion to the issue.[10]
The PBA for its part stated through a ranking official that Aljamal "has never played in a single tournament organized by the PBA and should not be considered a professional basketball player as of now."[11] The NCAA meanwhile asked the Manila RTC to lift the TRO.[12] ABS-CBN executives mediated the matter along with NCAA and San Beda officials, and are expected to announce the results of those negotiations on Tuesday with NCAA president Vicente Fabella and San Beda rector Mateo de Jesus. It was revealed was the PBA was the one tasked "to inform the various leagues of their players’ participation in the draft. But problems that beset the PBA have overtaken events and Aljamal was an unwilling victim. It was not his fault and he should not be sanctioned."[13]
On the press conference held at the ABS-CBN Compound at Quezon City, San Beda withdrew their case against the NCAA and made Aljamal "sit out" the remaining elimination games (San Beda is assured of a twice to beat advantage at the semifinals) against UPHD and Letran. SBC also apologized to the NCAA for "all the difficulties and bad publicity" brought about by the Red Lions’ decision to seek the intervention of the court instead of trying to settle the controversy among the member schools.[14] The NCAA for its part disregard the suspensions, hence placing Aljamal back in the race for individual awards.
[edit] Awards
- Finals Most Valuable Player: Ogie Menor (San Beda)
- Season Most Valuable Player: Kelvin dela Peña (Mapúa)
- Mythical Five:
- Kelvin dela Peña (Mapúa)
- Yousif Aljamal (San Beda)
- Marvin Hayes (JRU)
- Bryan Faundo (Letran)
- Dino Daa (Letran)
- Rookie of the Year: David Marcelo (San Beda)
- Most Improved Player: Marvin Hayes (JRU)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Jason Ballesteros (San Sebastian)
- Players of the week - The NCAA Press Corps awards an outstanding player every week:
- Ogie Menor (June 25-July 1)[15]
- RJ Jazul (July 2-8)[16]
- Yousif Aljamal (July 9-15)[17]
- Rey Guevarra (July 16-29)
- Kelvin dela Peña (July 30-August 5)[18]
- Kelvin dela Peña (August 6-12)
- Jim Viray (August 13-19)[19]
- Bryan Faundo (August 20-26)[20]
- Ogie Menor (August 27-Sept. 2)[21]
[edit] Statistical leaders
- Points: Yousif Aljamal (San Beda, 17.1)
- Rebounds: Samuel Ekwe (San Beda, 16.1)
- Assists: Kelvin dela Peña (Mapua, 5.6)
- Blocks: Samuel Ekwe (San Beda, 3.5)
- Steals: Kelvin dela Peña (Mapua, 2.1)
- Turnovers: Mike Kong (UPHD, 4.7)
[edit] Juniors' tournament
The juniors' basketball tournament begins on June 25 at The Arena in San Juan with six schools participating. (Note: PCU Baby Dolphins and Mapua's Malayan Science are expected to join in Season 84.)
[edit] Elimination round
| Qualified for playoffs |
| Team | W | L | GB | |
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| San Sebastian Staglets* |
8 | 2 | -- | |
| Letran Squires* |
7 | 3 | 1 | |
| San Beda Red Cubs |
6 | 4 | 2 | |
 JRU Light Bombers |
5 | 5 | 3 | |
 LSGH Greenies |
3 | 7 | 5 | |
 UPHD Altalettes |
1 | 9 | 7 | |
 PCU Baby Dolphins |
Suspended | |||
* Clinched twice to beat advantage.
Host team in boldface.
[edit] Bracket
| Semifinals #1 & #2 has twice-to-beat advantage |
Finals Best-of-three series |
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| 1 |  San Sebastian |
85 | |||||||||
| 4 | JRU |
74 | |||||||||
| 1 | San Sebastian |
90 | 88 | ||||||||
| 2 | Letran |
72 | 83 | ||||||||
| 2 | Letran |
86 | 96 | ||||||||
| 3 | San Beda |
96 | 92 | ||||||||
[edit] Semifinals
[edit] San Sebastian-JRU series
Elimination round games:
- July 16: JRU 96-109 San Sebastian at the Arena
- July 30: JRU 71-79 San Sebastian at the Arena
| September 12 11:30 a.m. |
San Sebastian Staglets |
85 – 74 | JRU Light Bombers |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City | |
| San Sebastian advances to the Finals | |||||
[edit] Letran-San Beda series
Elimination round games:
- July 9: Letran 106-92 San Beda at the Arena
- August 31: Letran 98-96 San Beda at the Araneta Coliseum
| September 12 9:30 a.m. |
Letran Squires |
86 – 96 | San Beda Red Cubs |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City | |
| San Beda forces deciding game | |||||
| September 14 12:00 p.m. |
Letran Squires |
96 – 92 | San Beda Red Cubs |
The Arena in San Juan, San Juan City | |
| Letran advances to the Finals | |||||
[edit] Finals
Elimination round games:
- July 2: Letran 75-74 San Sebastian at the Arena
- August 24: Letran 70-64 San Sebastian at the Arena
| September 19 2:00 p.m. |
San Sebastian Staglets |
90 – 72 | Letran Squires |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City | Studio 23 | |
| San Sebastian leads series, 1-0 | ||||||
| September 26 2:00 p.m. |
San Sebastian Staglets |
88 – 83 | Letran Squires |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City | Studio 23 | |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-15, 24-19, 18-22, 24-27 | ||||||
| San Sebastian wins series, 2-0 | ||||||
[edit] Awards
- Finals Most Valuable Player: Ryan Buenafe (San Sebastian)
- Season Most Valuable Player: Ryan Buenafe (San Sebastian)
- Mythical Five:
- Arvie Bringas (San Sebastian)
- Nico Salva (San Beda)
- John Noble (Letran)
- Keith Agovida (JRU)
- Ryan Buenafe (San Sebastian)
- Rookie of the Year: Keith Agovida (JRU)
- Most Improved Player: Christian dela Paz (LSGH)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Keith Agovida (JRU)
[edit] Broadcast notes
ABS-CBN's UHF channel Studio 23 is the sole coverer of the games, covering all men's games (except for the UPHD-San Sebastian game on opening day), the Letran-San Beda juniors second round game, and the Finals series of the juniors. 101.9 For Life!, ABS-CBN's FM radio station, delivers updates on game dates.
NCAA College Hoops airs every Monday afternoons as a supplement for the main NCAA coverage. It is hosted by Andrei Felix and San Beda courtside reporter Pia Boren.
Playoffs broadcasters:
| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst | Courtside reporters |
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| Letran-JRU semifinal | Andrei Felix | Butch Maniego | Aica Llave & Melanie Martinez |
| San Beda-Mapua semifinal | Bill Velasco | Allan Gregorio | Pia Boren & Cassie Umali |
| Juniors' Finals Game 1 | Eric Tipan | Jude Roque | Carla Rivera & Bea Atienza |
| Seniors' Finals Game 1 | Bill Velasco | Butch Maniego | Aica Llave & Pia Boren |
| Juniors' Finals Game 2 | Eric Tipan | Butch Maniego | Carla Rivera & Bea Atienza |
| Seniors' Finals Game 2 | Bill Velasco | Allan Gregorio | Aica Llave & Pia Boren |
[edit] Champion rosters
[edit] San Beda Red Lions
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[edit] San Sebastian Staglets
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ SBC names Lim interim coach; MIT picks Isaac by Joey Villar, the Philippine Star.
- ^ SSC: Hiring Gallent first step back to old glory by Jasmine W. Payo, Philippine Daily Inquirer. 03/24/2007
- ^ St. Benilde player arrested for alleged game-fixing in NCAA, Philippine Daily Inquirer. 08/02/2007
- ^ Lions to tackle Stags; Blazers ‘freeze’ Orbeta, Philippine Daily Inquirer. 08/03/2007
- ^ Philippine Star - Articles
- ^ Court allows San Beda cager to play NCAA games by Allison Lopez, Philippine Daily Inquirer. 08/22/2007
- ^ Aborting NCAA cage season a Mancom option by Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer. 08/24/2007
- ^ If cage season canceled: ABS-CBN to sue NCAA by Julius Manicad, The Daily Tribune. 08/25/2007
- ^ San Beda exec says, ‘Bolting NCAA an option’ by Julius Manicad, The Daily Tribune. 08/26/2007
- ^ Lions get 20-day extension on TRO by Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer. 08/26/2007
- ^ Decision on Aljamal case out tomorrow, Manila Standard Today. 08/27/2007
- ^ Philippine Star - Articles
- ^ Coverer initiates talks: NCAA, San Beda end squabble Julius Manicad, The Daily Tribune. 08/28/2007
- ^ San Beda withdraws case against NCAA by Frank Calapre, The Manila Times. 08/29/2007
- ^ GMANews.TV - San Beda’s Menor is NCAA player of the week - Sports - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News - BETA
- ^ Philippine Star - Articles
- ^ INQUIRER.net - Archive Search
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