NCAA Season 88 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 88

Host school	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Men's Finals 1 2 3 Wins  San Beda Red Lions 62 55 67 2  Letran Knights 60 64 39 1
Duration	October 18–26, 2011
Arena/s	Mall of Asia Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Baser Amer
Winning coach	Ronnie Magsanoc (1st title)
Semifinalists	San Sebastian Stags  UPHSD Altas
TV network/s	AKTV, TV5
Juniors' Finals 1 2 Wins  San Beda Red Cubs 69 83 2  San Sebastian Staglets 51 58 0
Duration	October 18–20, 2011
Arena/s	Mall of Asia Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Javee Mocon
Winning coach	Brit Reroma (3rd title)
Semifinalists	La Salle Greenies  Letran Squires
TV network/s	AKTV
< Season 87 2012 Season 89 >

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 88 are the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for basketball in its 2012–13 season. Colegio de San Juan de Letran hosted the season, starting with an opening ceremony held on June 23, 2012 followed by a double-header. Games then are subsequently being held at Filoil Flying V Arena, with seniors' games on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays aired by AKTV.

Coaching changes

Coaching changes (Men's Basketball)

Team	Old coach	Reason	New coach	Old position
Preseason
San Beda	Frankie Lim	Resigned	Ronnie Magsanoc	Concurrent Meralco Bolts assistant Coach
UPHSD	Jimwell Gican	Resigned	Aric del Rosario	NCAA Commissioner
Arellano	Leo Isaac	Resigned	Koy Banal	Concurrent B-Meg Llamados assistant coach
SSC-R	Topex Robinson	Resigned	Allan Trinidad	San Sebastian Stags assistant coach

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings Team W L PCT GB Tie PO  San Beda Red Lions 15 3 .833 --  San Sebastian Stags 13 5 .722 2  Letran Knights 12 6 .647 3  UPHSD Altas 10 8 .556 5 +11  JRU Heavy Bombers 10 8 .556 5 −11  Mapúa Cardinals 8 10 .412 7 +29  EAC Generals 8 10 .444 7 −29  Arellano Chiefs 6 12 .353 9  Benilde Blazers 5 13 .294 10  Lyceum Pirates 3 15 .167 12 Season host is boldfaced; guest team is italicized.       Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage       Qualified to the semifinals       Qualified to fourth-seed playoff

Schedule Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  AU  CSJL  CSB  EAC  JRU  LPU  MIT  SBC  SSC-R  UPHSD       Win       Loss

Results

Team	AU	CSJL	CSB	EAC	JRU	LPU	MIT	SBC	SSC-R	UPHSD
Arellano		77–67	73–80*	72–75	65–77	83–52	49–68	71–81	70–91	63–54
Letran	76–58		60–77	65–62	83–101	70–60	66–60	43–65	80–74	66–69
Benilde	74–69	83–97		61–76	72–77	70–61	55–64	53–59	93–95	64–84
EAC	76–57	80–86	73–64		79–90	81–83	63–67	65–81	93–94	71–72
JRU	82–85	59–70	62–56	65–71		85–71	65–64	37–62	78–101	64–59
Lyceum	49–58	60–76	73–87	73–94	69–62*		78–74	67–82	79–87	70–82
Mapua	57–59	60–72	80–66	80–55	60–63	76–58		52–64	61–54	88–94*
San Beda	82–75	68–62	74–56	92-69	67–45	77–47	65-41		71–80	87–88*
SSC-R	79–71	67–82	92–72	67–77	74–82	83–75	77–62	69–55		80–65
UPHSD	89–58	57–62	78–74	71–73	88–72	64–53	71–74	53–60	62–80

      Win
      Win via OT
      Loss
      Loss via OT

• Number of asterisks (*) denotes the number of overtime periods.

Bracket

	4th-seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
					1	San Beda	56
	UPHSD	73			4	UPHSD	52
	JRU	68
											1	San Beda	62	55	67
											3	Letran	60	64	39
					2	San Sebastian	74	70
					3	Letran	92	73

Fourth-seed playoff

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

San Beda vs. UPHSD

San Sebastian vs. Letran

Finals

Awards

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Baser Amer (San Beda College)
• Season Most Valuable Player: Ian Sangalang (San Sebastian College-Recoletos)
• Rookie of the Year: Cedric Noube Happi (Emilio Aguinaldo College)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Raymond Almazan (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
• Most Improved Player: Earl Scottie Thompson (University of Perpetual Help System DALTA)
• Mythical Five:
  • Kevin Alas (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
  • Jake Pascual (San Beda College)
  • Ian Sangalang (San Sebastian College-Recoletos)
  • Cedric Noube Happi (Emilio Aguinaldo College)
  • Earl Scottie Thompson (University of Perpetual Help System DALTA)

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings Team W L PCT GB Tie PO  San Beda Red Cubs 17 1 .944 --  San Sebastian Staglets 16 2 .889 1  La Salle Greenies 13 5 .722 4 +11  Letran Squires 13 5 .722 4 −11  Malayan Red Robins 11 7 .611 6  Arellano Braves 7 11 .389 10 +18  JRU Light Bombers 7 11 .389 10 −18  UPHSD Altalettes 4 14 .222 13  EAC–ICA Brigadiers 2 16 .111 15  Lyceum Junior Pirates 0 18 .000 17 Season host is boldfaced; guest team is italicized.       Qualified to the semifinals with the twice to beat advantage       Qualified to the semifinals

Schedule Teams Round 1 Round 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  AU  CSJL  LSGH  EAC-ICA  JRU  LPU  MHSS  SBC  SSC-R  UPHSD       Win       Loss

Results

Team	AU	CSJL	LSGH	EAC-ICA	JRU	LPU	MHSS	SBC	SSC-R	UPHSD
Arellano		53–100	59–85	104–49	82–59	130–28	68–73	70–104	65–78	72–65
Letran	79–49		77–71	82–63	93–59	124–27	85–76	69–86	85–87	90–85
LSGH	91–72	79–62		114–70	72–65	122–41	69–49	60–65	66–74	100–63
EAC-ICA	62–104	53–61	38–96		57–85	119–54	50–101	51–144	52–95	100–102*
JRU	53–48	53–67	54–74	76–53		113–31	59–65	54–84	40–66	89–87
Lyceum	36–125	29–110	22–101	55–85	36–80		32–132	14–171	15–136	57–135
Mapua	79–69	61–79	67–78	104–66	67–47	124–37		59–84	54–67	95–58
San Beda	84–41	73–64	65–52	111–51	86–66	171–22	60–64		77–68*	108–57
SSC-R	91–48	75–51	62–51	96–50	79–70	99–30	75–60	61–66		98–94
UPHSD	64–69	61–77	76–95	112–48	70–74	107–47	53–69	61–96	44–71

      Win
      Loss

Bracket

	3rd-seed playoff				Semifinals #1 & #2 have twice-to-beat advantage						Finals Best-of-three series
					1	San Beda	61
					4	Letran	57
	LSGH	75									1	San Beda		69	83
	Letran	70									2	San Sebastian		51	58
					2	San Sebastian	58
					3	LSGH	55

Third-seed playoff

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

San Beda vs. Letran

San Sebastian vs. LSGH

Finals

Awards

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Javee Nocon (San Beda College)
• Season Most Valuable Player: John Quinto (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
• Rookie of the Year: John Quinto (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
• Mythical Five:
  • John Quinto (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
  • Rey Nambatac (Colegio de San Juan de Letran)
  • Javee Nocon (San Beda College)
  • Arvin Tolentino (San Beda College)
  • John Diego (Malayan High School of Science)

See also

• UAAP Season 75 basketball tournaments

External links

• Official website

Preceded by Season 87 (2011)	NCAA basketball seasons Season 88 (2012)	Succeeded by Season 89 (2013)

National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournaments Champions Men's Final Four Results Teams Arellano Chiefs Letran Knights CSB Blazers EAC Generals JRU Heavy Bombers Lyceum Pirates Mapua Cardinals San Beda Red Lions San Sebastian Stags UPHSD Altas Seasons Pre-war era 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 Pennant era 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Best-of-3 Finals era 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Final Four era 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Rivalries Battle of Intramuros Letran vs. San Beda

National Collegiate Athletic Association (2014–15) Members Men Arellano Chiefs Letran Knights Benilde Blazers EAC Generals JRU Heavy Bombers Lyceum Pirates Mapúa Cardinals San Beda Red Lions San Sebastian Stags UPHSD Altas Women Arellano Lady Chiefs Letran Lady Knights Benilde Lady Blazers EAC Lady Generals JRU Lady Bombers Lyceum Lady Pirates Mapua Lady Cardinals San Beda Red Lionesses San Sebastian Lady Stags UPHSD Lady Altas Juniors Arellano Braves Letran Squires LSGH Greenies ICA-EAC Brigadiers JRU Light Bombers Lyceum Junior Pirates Malayan Red Robins San Beda Red Cubs San Sebastian Staglets UPHSD Altalettes Sports Badminton Basketball Beach volleyball Cheerleading Chess Football Lawn Tennis Soft Tennis Softball Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Track and field Volleyball General Related NCAA South