2017 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
| 2017 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup | |
|---|---|
| The 6th PBA Aspirant's Cup | |
| Duration | January 19, 2017—April 6. 2017 |
| TV partner(s) | AksyonTV and Youtube (Livestreams) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Cignal-San Beda |
| Runners-up | Racal Ceramica |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Robert Bolick[1] |
| PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology | |
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The 2017 PBA D-League Aspirants Cup is the first conference of the 2017 PBA Developmental League season. The tournament opened on January 19, 2017 at the Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City.[2]
There are 10 teams in this season's Aspirant's Cup, 4 are holdovers from last year's Foundation Cup, 2 returnees after a short hiatus, and 3 new squads.[3] 5 of the teams were represented by players from various colleges and universities.
Draft
The annual draft of the PBA D-League will be conducted on December 20, 2016. 128 aspirants—113 local players and 15 Filipino-foreigners—had already submitted their intention to participate in the draft.[3] AMA, Tanduay, Racal, Caféfrance and Wang's will picked the first five draft picks, while a lottery will decide the draft orders of 4 new teams, San Beda-Cignal,[4] JRU, MLQU and Batangas. As a guest team, Blustar Malaysia will be ineligible to join the drafting proceedings.[5] Jeron Teng of the De La Salle Green Archers was picked as the #1 draft pick by AMA Online Education.[6]
Draft Order
1st Round:
- 1. AMA Online Education: Jeron Teng (DLSU)
- 2. Tanduay: Jom Sollano (Letran)
- 3. Racal: Junjun Gabriel (CDSL)
- 4. Cafefrance: Patrick Aquino (CEU)
- 5. Wang's: G-Boy Babilonia (Ateneo)
- 6. Victoria Sports-MLQU: Jayson Grimaldo (MLQU)
- 7. Cignal-San Beda: Davon Potts (San Beda)
- 8. Batangas: Wilmar Anderson (UB)
- 9. JRU: PASS
- 10. Blustar Malaysia: PASS
Tournament Format
- Ten teams will play in a single round-robin elimination phase.
- Only the top six (6) teams will only make it to the playoffs after the elimination round.
- #1 & #2 seeds will head straight to the semifinals, where #3-#6 seeds will undergo in the quarterfinals.
- The Semifinals and the Championship will both be contested in a best-of-3 series.
Team Standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | z, q – Cignal-San Beda Hawkeyes | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Outright semi-finals |
| 2 | q – Racal Ceramica | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1 | |
| 3 | q – Cafe France Bakers | 6 | 3 | .667[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarter-finals |
| 4 | q – Tanduay Rhum Masters | 6 | 3 | .667[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
| 5 | q – AMA Online Education | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarter-finals |
| 6 | q – JRU Heavy Bombers | 4 | 5 | .444[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | |
| 7 | e – Batangas Team | 4 | 5 | .444[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | Eliminated |
| 8 | e – Wang's Basketball | 3 | 6 | .333[lower-alpha 3] | 5 | |
| 9 | e – Victoria's Sports-MLQU | 3 | 6 | .333[lower-alpha 3] | 5 | |
| 10 | e – Blustar Detergent Dragons | 0 | 9 | .000 | 8 |
Rules for classification: a.) Head-to-head matchup b.) Goal average c.) Winning Percentage d.) If necessary, use quotient system
e – Eliminated; q – Qualified to the phase indicated; z – Clinched top-seed.
Notes:
Playoffs
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-3 series) |
The Finals (Best-of-3 series) | |||||||||||
| #4 seed has 2x-to-beat | 1 | Cignal-San Beda | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 80 | 4 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | AMA Online Education | 76 | 1 | Cignal-San Beda | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Racal Ceramica | 1 | |||||||||||
| #3 seed has 2x-to-beat | 2 | Racal Ceramica | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Cafe France Bakers | 86 | 3 | Cafe France Bakers | 1 | ||||||||
| 6 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 75 | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ http://sports.inquirer.net/243441/cignals-bolick-is-2017-aspirants-cup-mvp
- ↑ "Teng's PBA D-League debut set on January 19". ABS-CBN Sports. January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
- 1 2 Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (December 8, 2016). "Newly-crowned champion Teng headlines PBA D-League draft class". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- ↑ Leongson, Randolph B. (December 19, 2016). "Returning Fernandez to also handle San Beda-Cignal in PBA D-League". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
- ↑ Leongson, Randolph B. (December 12, 2016). "AMA PICKS 1ST, TANDUAY 2ND IN 2016 PBA D-LEAGUE DRAFT". PBA D-League. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- ↑ Terrado, Reuben (December 20, 2016). "King Archer Jeron Teng is AMA's top pick, Jason Brickman falls to fourth round in D-League draft". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved December 21, 2016.