2016 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup

2015 PBA D-League Aspirants Cup
Duration	January 21, 2016
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The 2016 PBA D-League Aspirants Cup is the first conference of the 2015-16 PBA Developmental League season. It will be opened on January 21, 2016 at the Filoil Flying V Arena and will be competed by 9 teams.^[1]

Draft

The draft was conducted on December 1, 2015 at the PBA Cafe in Pasig City. 215 hopefuls were applied in the draft for the chance to play in the league.^[2]

Draft Order:

First Round

1.) Jason Perkins (Racal/Keramix - DLSU)
2.) Julian Sargent (AMA University - DLSU)
3.) Von Pessumal (Tanduay Light - Ateneo)
4.) Taylor Statham (Cafe France)
5.) Avery Scharer (Wang's Basketball - Shoreline CC)
6.) Mike Williams (Mindanao Aguilas - Cal State U)
7.) Agustini Amar (Jam Liner - UP)
8.) Richard Escoto (Phoenix Petroleum - FEU)
9.) BDO-NU - Passed

Second Round

1.) Jordan Rios (Racal/Keramix - St. Clare)
2.) Ryan Pascual (AMA University - Cal State-Long Beach)
3.) Alfonso Gotladera (Tanduay Light - Ateneo)
4.) JK Casio (Cafe France - CEU)
5.) Anton Castro (Wang's Basketball - Adamson)
6.) Taylor Wetherell (Mindanao Aguilas)
7.) Alfrancis Tamsi (Phoenix Petroleum - FEU)
8.) Jam Liner - Passed
9.) BDO-NU - Passed

Format

Conference format as it follows:^[3]

Teams will play in a single round-robin elimination round.
Top 8 teams will be qualified for the quarterfinals while the 9th place will be eliminated.
Top 4 teams will get a twice-to-beat quarterfinals incentive against lower-ranked teams to determine the semifinals placings. Semifinals is a best of three affair.
The two teams who won the semifinals matches will be battled in the best-of-five Finals series.

Eliminations

The elimination round will run from January 21 to March 7, 2016. Games will be held in Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan and Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig.

Team standings

Template:2016 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup standings

Schedule

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
AMA Online Education	CAI	CFE	PNX	BDO	TAN	WNG	MIN	JAM
BDO — NU Bulldogs	JAM	CFE	AMA	MIN	PNX	WNG	TAN	CAI
Café France Bakers — CEU	MIN	BDO	JAM	CFE	WMG	TAN	AMA	PNX
Caida Tile Masters	TAN	AMA	WNG	CFE	PNX	WNG	JAM	BDO
ZC Mindanao Aguilas	CFE	WNG	TAN	JAM	BDO	AMA	CAI	PNX
Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators — FEU Tamaraws	WNG	AMA	JAM	CAI	BDO	TAN	CFE	MIN
QRS/JAM Liner — UP Fighting Maroons	BDO	TAN	CFE	PNX	MIN	CAI	JAM	WNG
Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	CAI	JAM	MIN	WNG	AMA	CFE	BDO	PNX
Wang's Basketball	PNX	MIN	CAI	TAN	CFE	AMA	JAM	BDO

      Win
      OT Win
      Loss
      OT Loss

Results

Team	AMA	BDO	Caféfrance	Caida	JAM	Mindanao	Phoenix Petroleum	Tanduay	Wang's
AMA		87–93	Feb.29	103−84	Mar.3	Feb.23	102–114	Feb.16	Feb.18
BDO			86–110	Mar.7	85–90	Feb.18	Feb.22	Feb.25	Mar.1
Caféfrance				Feb.11	94–73	89–65	Mar.3	Feb.22	Feb.16
Caida					Feb.23	Mar.1	Feb.15	90–79	110–106
JAM						Feb.15	98–84	102–86	Feb.25
Mindanao							Mar.7	56–95	97–88
Phoenix Petroleum								Feb.29	107–70
Tanduay									90–75
Wang's

      Win
      OT Win
      Loss
      OT Loss

References

↑ Leongson, Randolph B. (4 January 2016). "Bakers open title bid vs Aguilas; D-League opens on Jan. 21". Inquirer.net. PBA. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
↑ "Jason Perkins picked first overall by Racal-Keramix in PBA D-League rookie draft". Spin.ph. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
↑ Jurado, Theodore (4 January 2016). "Caida meets Tanduay, Jam-UP battles BDO-NU in PBA D-League openers". People's Journal. Retrieved 5 January 2016.

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