2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship

The 2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship is the inaugural tournament of the Philippine Collegiate Championship (PCC) for basketball. The champion teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) and 3 other Metro Manila leagues took part in the final tournament dubbed as the "Sweet Sixteen". Other teams had to qualify in the zonal tournaments to round out the 16 teams in the tournament.

The De La Salle Green Archers defeated arch-rivals Ateneo Blue Eagles in the championship; budding rivals Letran Knights and the San Beda Red Lions disputed third place, with Letran winning.

The winners would had qualified for the 2009 Summer Universiade in Serbia as the Philippine representative. However, FISU thumbed down an application by the SBP and the Philippine Olympic Committee. As a result, other international tournaments were lined up for the champion team. The 1967 UE Red Warriors led by Robert Jaworski and Danny Florencio was the last team to participate in the Universiade's basketball tournament.[1]

Solar Sports served as the main coverage partner, with the games broadcasting on C/S 9 and Basketball TV.

Contents

Rankings

Metro Manila

Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
6/22[2] 6/29[3] 7/6[4] 7/13[5] 7/20[6] 7/27[7] 8/3[8] 8/10[9]
1  UE  San Beda  UE  Ateneo  Ateneo  Ateneo  Ateneo  Ateneo
2  Ateneo  UE  Ateneo  San Beda  San Beda  Letran  San Beda  La Salle
3  San Beda  Ateneo  San Beda  Letran  Letran  La Salle  Letran  San Beda
4  La Salle  La Salle  Letran  UE  La Salle  FEU  FEU  Letran
5  FEU  FEU  La Salle  La Salle  FEU  San Beda  La Salle  JRU
6  JRU  Letran  FEU  Mapúa  UE  JRU  UE  FEU
7  Mapúa  Adamson  UST  UST  Mapúa  UE  JRU  UE
8  Letran  UST  Mapúa  FEU  Adamson  UST  UST  UST
9  UST  JRU  Adamson  Adamson  UST  Mapúa  Mapúa  SSC-R
10  Adamson  Mapúa  CSB  CSB  JRU  Adamson  SSC-R  Mapúa
11  SSC-R Arellano Arellano  SSC-R Arellano  SSC-R Arellano STI
12  NU STI  JRU  JRU STI Arellano STI Arellano
13 Arellano  NU STI Arellano  SSC-R  CSB  Adamson EAC
14 STI Lyceum Lyceum Lyceum Lyceum STI EAC St. Clare
15 Lyceum  UPHSD  UP STI EAC EAC  UP  Adamson
UAAP 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 6
NCAA 5 5 5 6 5 6 5 5
Other 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4
Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
8/17[10] 8/24[11] 8/31[12] 9/7[13] 9/14[14] 9/21[15] 10/19 (Final)[16]
1  Ateneo  Ateneo  Ateneo  Ateneo  Ateneo  Ateneo  Ateneo
2  La Salle  San Beda  San Beda  San Beda  La Salle  La Salle  San Beda
3  JRU  FEU  FEU  La Salle  San Beda  JRU  La Salle
4  Letran  JRU  La Salle  FEU  FEU  San Beda  JRU
5  FEU  La Salle  SSC-R  UE  Letran  FEU  FEU
6  San Beda  UE  JRU  Letran  JRU  Mapúa  Mapúa
7  UE  SSC-R  UE  SSC-R  Mapúa  UE  UE
8  Mapúa  Letran  Letran  Mapúa  SSC-R  Letran  Letran
9  SSC-R  UST  Mapúa  JRU  UE  SSC-R  SSC-R
10  UST AMACU  UST SSC-R Cavite SSC-R Cavite  UST Arellano
11 St. Clare  Mapúa St. Clare PSBA STI EAC SSC-R Cavite
12 AMACU New Era AMACU STI St. Clare UCN  UST
13 SSC-R Cavite St. Clare PSBA AMACU  UST STI Lyceum
14 Arellano PSBA SSC-R Cavite Manila LPC SSC-R Cavite St. Clare
15 EAC Arellano LPC LPC AMACU LPC EAC
UAAP 5 5 5 4 5 5 5
NCAA 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Other 5 5 5 6 5 5 5

Cebu

Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
6/29 8/10[17] 8/17[18] 8/24[19] 8/31[20] 9/7[21] 9/14 9/21 9/28
1 USJ-R USJ-R USJ-R USJ-R USJ-R UV
2 SWU SWU UV UV UV USJ-R
3 USC USC SWU SWU SWU USC
4 UV UV USC USC USC SWU
5 Cebu Cebu Cebu Cebu Cebu
6 ACT Don Bosco Don Bosco Don Bosco Don Bosco
7 Don Bosco ACT USPF USPF USPF
8 USPF USPF ACT ACT ACT
9 Cebu Tech Cebu Tech Cebu Tech Cebu Tech Cebu Tech
10 Salazar Salazar Salazar Salazar Salazar

Region 1 (Dagupan, Pangasinan, Baguio)

Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
9/7[22] 9/14 9/21 9/28
1 UNP
2 St. Louis University, Baguio
3 University of the Cordilleras

Region 2 (Pampanga, Tarlac, Bulacan)

Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
9/7[22] 9/14 9/21 9/28
1 Lyceum-Subic
2 Luzon
3 Lyceum Northwestern

Region 3 (Quezon, Bicol)

Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
9/7[22] 9/14 9/21 9/28
1 Nueva Caceres
2 Enverga
3 CCDI

Region 4 (Iloilo, Bacolod)

Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
9/7[22] 9/14 9/21 9/28
1 Western Tech
2 Lacson Maritime
3 West Negros

Region 5 (Dumaguete, Bohol)

Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
9/7[22] 9/14 9/21 9/28
1 BIT International
2 Holy Name
3 Silliman

Region 6 (Tacloban, Ormoc, Samar)

Up[22] Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
9/7[22] 9/14 9/21 9/28
1 Western Leyte
2 AMA
3 Leyte

Region 7 (Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, CARAGA)

Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
9/7[22] 9/14 9/21 9/28
1 Xavier
2 Capitol

Region 8 (Davao, SoCCSKSarGen, Maguindanao)

Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
9/7[22] 9/14 9/21 9/28
1 Agro-Industrial
2 Emar
3 Mindanao

Region 9 (Zamboanga, Misamis Occidental)

Up Down Unchanged New/re-entry
# Week ending
9/7[22] 9/14 9/21 9/28
1 Immaculate Conception Ateneo de Zamboanga
2 Kabasalan Tech Dipolog Medical
3 Ateneo de Zamboanga Saint Vincent's

Qualifying

Finish League
UAAP NCAA CESAFI CUSA NAASCU UCAA Provincial leagues
1st Round of 16 Regional championships
2nd Round of 16 Zonal championships Wildcard qualification Wildcard qualification Wildcard qualification
3rd Zonal championships
4th
5th Wildcard
qualification

Automatic qualifiers

Regional championships

Winners qualify for the zonal championships:

  1. Region 1: SLU Navigators
  2. Region 2: U of Luzon Tigers
  3. Region 3: UNC Greyhounds
  4. Region 4: WNU Mustangs
  5. Region 5: U of Luzon Tigers
  6. Region 6: AMA Computer Learning Center - ACLC College Ormoc
  7. Region 7: Capitol Stallions
  8. Region 8: U of Mindanao Wildcats
  9. Region 9: Ateneo de Zamboanga Blue Eagles

Wildcard qualifying

Qualified for zonal championships

Top two teams from each group qualify for the zonal championships:

Group A

Team W L PCT UST SCC LPC SFACS
 UST Growling Tigers 3 0 1.000 –– 80–71 69–66 64–51
St. Clare Saints 2 1 .667 –– –– 74–66 70–66
LPC Blue Lions 1 2 .333 –– –– –– 62–53
SFACS Doves 0 3 .000 –– –– –– ––

Group B

Team W L PCT LPU EAC STI DOMC
Lyceum Pirates 3 0 1.000 –– 86–80 88–86 79–75
EAC Generals 2 1 .667 –– –– 90–88 80–70
STI Olympians 1 2 .333 –– –– –– 76–65
DOMC Cobras 0 3 .000 –– –– –– ––

Zonal championships

Qualified for the final tournament

Winners from the regional championships and wildcard qualifying are drawn into four different teams: each zone has to have only one wildcard team.

Zone 1

Games were held at the Makati Coliseum from November 3–6:

Group A
Team W L PCT MIT UL Lyc
 Mapúa Cardinals 2 0 1.000 –– 77–59 104–58
U of Luzon Golden Tigers 1 1 .500 –– –– 79–62
Lyceum Batangas 0 2 .000 –– –– ––
Group B
Team W L PCT AU UST SLU
Arellano Chiefs 2 0 1.000 –– 69–59 82–36
 UST Growling Tigers 1 1 .500 –– –– 102–52
St. Louis Navigators 0 2 .000 –– –– ––

Zone 2

Games were held at the Makati Coliseum from November 3–6:

Group A
Team W L PCT LPU DBTC UNC
Lyceum Pirates 2 0 1.000 –– 87–79 81–60
Don Bosco Grey Wolves 1 1 .500 –– –– 73–64
UNC Greyhounds 0 2 .000 –– –– ––
Group B
Team W L PCT UE EAC SCC
 UE Red Warriors 2 0 1.000 –– 92–74 108–80
EAC Generals 1 1 .500 –– –– 65–62
St. Clare Saints 0 2 .000 –– –– ––

Zone 3

Games were held at the Ormoc City Superdome from November 9–11:

Group A
Team W L PCT CSJL UC AMA
 Letran Knights 2 0 1.000 –– –– 96–55
UC Webmasters 1 1 .500
AMA Ormoc Titans 0 2 .000
Group B
Team W L PCT USJ-R WNU BIT
USJ-R Jaguars 2 0 1.000 –– 88-77
WNU Mustangs 1 1 .500
BIT Cruisers 0 2 .000

Zone 4

Games were held at the Xavier University Gym from November 14–17:

Group A
Team W L PCT FEU XU ADZU
 FEU Tamaraws 2 0 1.000 –– 77–71 105–55
Xavier Crusaders 1 1 .500 –– –– 80–61
Ateneo de Zamboanga Blue Eagles 0 2 .000 –– –– ––
Group B
Team W L PCT PD USC UMin Cap
USC Warriors 1 1 .500 +27 –– 81–51 84–87
U of Mindanao Wildcats 1 1 .500 -6 –– –– 83–74
Capitol Stallions 1 1 .500 -21 –– –– ––

Qualifying teams

Seed School League Result Berth type
1  Ateneo Blue Eagles UAAP UAAP champion Automatic
2  San Beda Red Lions NCAA NCAA champion Automatic
3  La Salle Green Archers UAAP UAAP runner-up Automatic
4  JRU Heavy Bombers NCAA NCAA runner-up Automatic
5 SSC-R Cavite Baycats NAASCU NAASCU champion Automatic
6 UV Green Lancers CESAFI CESAFI champion Automatic
7 UCN Dragons UCAA UCAA champion Automatic
8 MLQU Stallions CUSA CUSA champion Automatic
9  Mapúa Cardinals NCAA NCAA fourth place Zonal
10 Arellano Chiefs NCRAA NCRAA runner-up Zonal
11  UE Red Warriors UAAP UAAP fourth place Zonal
12  Letran Knights NCAA NCAA third place Zonal
13  FEU Tamaraws UAAP UAAP third place Zonal
14 USC Warriors CESAFI CESAFI third place Zonal
15 USJ-R Jaguars CESAFI CESAFI runner-up Zonal
16 Lyceum Pirates NCRAA NCRAA runner-up Zonal

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals National Championship
                           
November 24 - San Juan Arena            
  Ateneo  77
November 30 - Ynares Arena
  Lyceum  56  
  Ateneo  67
November 26 - San Juan Arena
    Mapúa  53  
  MLQU  85
December 6 - San Juan Arena
  Mapúa  97  
  Ateneo  61
November 29 - San Juan Arena
    Letran  60  
  SSC-R Cavite  70
December 3 - San Juan Arena
  Letran  85  
  Letran  94
November 29 - San Juan Arena
    FEU  93  
  JRU  75
December 8 - Araneta Coliseum
  FEU  84  
  Ateneo  62
November 24 - San Juan Arena
    La Salle  71
  San Beda  98
December 3 - San Juan Arena
  USJ-R  83  
  San Beda  87
November 27 - San Juan Arena
    Arellano  72  
  UCN  61
December 6 - San Juan Arena
  Arellano  76  
  San Beda  61
November 27 - San Juan Arena
    La Salle  62   Third place
  UV  62
November 30 - Ynares Arena December 8 - Araneta Coliseum
  UE  68  
  UE  72   Letran  75
November 26 - San Juan Arena
    La Salle  75     San Beda  67
  La Salle  71
  USC  51  

Round of 16

November 24 Ateneo Blue Eagles  77–56 Lyceum Pirates    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan C/S 9
November 24 San Beda Red Lions  98–83 USJ-R Jaguars    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan BTV
November 26 Mapúa Cardinals  97–85 MLQU Stallions    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan BTV
November 26 La Salle Green Archers  71–51 USC Warriors    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan BTV
November 27 Arellano Chiefs 76–61 UCN Golden Dragons    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan C/S 9
November 27 UE Red Warriors  68–62 UV Green Lancers    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan C/S 9
November 29 Letran Knights  85–70 SSC-R Cavite Baycats    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan BTV
November 29 JRU Heavy Bombers  75–84  FEU Tamaraws    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan C/S 9

Quarterfinals

November 29 Ateneo Blue Eagles  67–53  Mapúa Cardinals    Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig C/S 9
November 29 La Salle Green Archers  75–72  UE Red Warriors    Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig C/S 9/BTV
December 3 Letran Knights  94–93  FEU Tamaraws    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan BTV
December 3 San Beda Red Lions  87–72 Arellano Chiefs    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan BTV

Semifinals

December 6 Ateneo Blue Eagles  61–60  Letran Knights    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan C/S 9
December 6 La Salle Green Archers  62–61  San Beda Red Lions    The Arena in San Juan, San Juan BTV

Third-place playoff

December 8 Letran Knights  75–67  San Beda Red Lions    Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S 9/BTV

Final

December 8 Ateneo Blue Eagles  62–71  La Salle Green Archers    Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City C/S 9

Awards

Record per league

League # of teams Record PCT QF SF CG
CESAFI 3 0–3 .000 – – –
NAASCU 2 0–2 .000 – – –
NCAA 4 6–5 .583 3 2 –
NCRAA 1 1–1 .500 1 – –
UAAP 4 9–3 .728 4 2 2

The CUSA and the UCAA went 0–1. Other provincial leagues aside from the CESAFI failed to qualify.

References

  1. ^ Fisu nixes Archers’ Serbia Universiade stint by Jasmine Payo, Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. ^ PCC Week 1 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  3. ^ PCC Week 2 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  4. ^ PCC Week 3 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  5. ^ PCC Week 4 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  6. ^ PCC Week 5 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  7. ^ PCC Week 6 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  8. ^ PCC Week 7 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  9. ^ PCC Week 8 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  10. ^ PCC Week 9 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  11. ^ PCC Week 10 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  12. ^ PCC Week 11 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  13. ^ PCC Week 12 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  14. ^ PCC Week 13 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  15. ^ PCC Week 14 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  16. ^ PCC Week 18 Power Rankings, BTV.com.ph
  17. ^ PCC Cebu Power Rankings - as of 8/11/08, Gameface.ph
  18. ^ PCC Cebu Power Rankings - as of 8/18/08, Gameface.ph
  19. ^ PCC Cebu Power Rankings - as of 8/25/08, Gameface.ph
  20. ^ PCC Cebu Power Rankings - as of 9/1/08, Gameface.ph
  21. ^ PCC Cebu Power Rankings - as of 9/10/08, Gameface.ph
  22. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Philippine Collegiate Championship

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Preceded by
2007 CCL		 Philippine Collegiate Championship
2008		 Succeeded by
2009
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