NCAA Season 91
Host schoolMapua Institute of Technology
Men's Finals G1 G2G3
(OT)		Wins
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 90 68821
Letran school colors Letran Knights 94 61852
DurationOctober 23–29, 2015
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPMark Cruz
Winning coachAldin Ayo
SemifinalistsMapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals
JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers
TV network(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action, Balls, Balls HD
Juniors' Finals G1 G2G3Wins
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs 76 68702+1
Arellano school colors Arellano Braves 68 72611
DurationOctober 23–29, 2015
Arena(s)Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVPEvan Nelle
Winning coachJB Sison (3rd title)
SemifinalistsMapua school colors Malayan Red Robins
CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies
< Season 90 2015 Season 92 >

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 91 were the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for the current season. The Mapua Institute of Technology hosted the season, started with an opening ceremony held on June 27, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena followed by a double-header.[1] Games are expected to be followed at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan, with two seniors and juniors games. The men's games are aired live by ABS-CBN Sports and Action and in High Definition on Balls HD 167.[1]

Men's tournament

Teams

Team School Coach
Arellano Chiefs Arellano University (AU) Jerry Codiñera
Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) Jeff Napa
Benilde Blazers De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Gabby Velasco
EAC Generals Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) Andy de Guzman
JRU Heavy Bombers José Rizal University (JRU) Vergel Meneses
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Topex Robinson
Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT) Atoy Co
San Beda Red Lions San Beda College (SBC) Jamike Jarin
San Sebastian Stags San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) Egay Macaraya
Perpetual Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) Jimwell Gican

Changes from last season

Full members (from probationary members):[2]

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 13 5 .722[a] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 Letran school colors Letran Knights 13 5 .722[a] —
3 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals (H) 12 6 .667[b] 1 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers 12 6 .667[b] 1
5 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs 12 6 .667[b] 1
6 UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 11 7 .611 2
7 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 6 12 .333 7
8 CSB school colors Benilde Blazers 5 13 .278 8
9 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 4 14 .222 9
10 EAC school colors EAC Generals 2 16 .111 11
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b First-seed playoff: San Beda 83–78 Letran
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head record: JRU 3–1, Mapúa 2–2, Arellano 1–3; fourth-seed playoff: Mapúa 93–75 Arellano, third-seed playoff: Mapúa 83–76 JRU

Match-up results

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Arellano school colors ArellanoJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colors
Letran school colors LetranCSB school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsJRU school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colors
CSB school colors BenildeLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsMapua school colors
EAC school colors EACSan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsMapua school colors
JRU school colors JRUArellano school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colors
Lyceum school colors LyceumUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsMapua school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colors
Mapua school colors MapúaSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsEAC school colors
San Beda school colors San BedaMapua school colorsEAC school colorsLetran school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colorsLetran school colors
SSC-R school colors San SebastianMapua school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsLyceum school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsJRU school colors
UPHD school colors PerpetualLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colors
Source:[citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

Team AU CSJL CSB EAC JRU LPU MIT SBC SSC-R UPHSD
Arellano Chiefs 68–77 85–73 92–80 61–78 80–78 100–96* 88–84 104–92 66–76
Letran Knights 87–81 82–53 69–83 78–62 83–78 80–77 93–80 82–76 79–71
Benilde Blazers 82–86 69–79 73–66 49–67 69–72 64–76 67–73 88–66 69–77
EAC Generals 90–98 76–86 57–81 47–67 55–69 72–101 80–108 77–71 55–68
JRU Heavy Bombers 114–112** 86–80 73–69 87–64 75–60 90–87 69–88 89–91* 83–86*
Lyceum Pirates 83–97 57–74 56–59 59–45 55–64 95–109 74–97 70–77 61–70
Mapúa Cardinals 81–76 82–77 77–72 88–63 68–67 70–66 89–102 88–86 79–82
San Beda Red Lions 72–91 77–73 89–63 96–84 83–75 87–80 75–65 92–81 83–81
San Sebastian Stags 76–86 89–87 62–69 91–77 69–91 67–71 78–87 98–92 70–84
Perpetual Altas 77–84* 64–93 70–47 89–59 60–62 70–42 65–70 88–86 87–91
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Seeding playoffs

The top 5 teams are separated by 1 game.

First–seed playoff

Letran and San Beda were tied for first and second; a playoff was held to determine which will be the #1 seed.

Winner faces the #4 seed, while the loser faces the #3 seed. Both still have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals.

October 13
4:00 p.m.
Letran Knights Letran school colors 78–83 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–24, 18–18, 30–24

Third to fourth–seed playoffs

First roundSecond round
JRU school colors JRU76
Mapua school colors Mapúa93Mapua school colors Mapúa81
Arellano school colors Arellano75

Mapúa vs. Arellano

Winner advances to the third seed playoff and is guaranteed of no less than a #4 seed, while the loser is eliminated.

October 13
2:00 p.m.
Mapúa Cardinals Mapua school colors 93–75 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 33–18, 20–18, 24–24
Mapúa advances to the Final Four

JRU vs Mapúa

Winner is the third seed, while the loser settles for the #4 seed.

October 16
4:00 p.m.
JRU Heavy Bombers JRU school colors 76–81 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 16–19, 22–18, 22–25

Bracket

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1San Beda school colors San Beda78
4JRU school colors JRU68
1San Beda school colors San Beda906882
2Letran school colors Letran946185*
2Letran school colors Letran91
3Mapua school colors Mapúa90

*Game went into overtime

Semifinals

San Beda and Letran have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to advance to the Finals.

(1) San Beda vs. (4) JRU

October 20
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 78–68 JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 13–13, 26–21, 22–15
San Beda wins series in one game

(2) Letran vs. (3) Mapua

October 20
2:00 p.m.
Letran Knights Letran school colors 91–90 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 24–25, 22–28, 24–20
Letran wins series in one game

Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff.

October 23
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 90–94 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–17, 21–22, 28–33
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 12,825
October 27
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 68–61 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 11–15, 19–19, 16–12
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 17,588
October 29
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 82–85 (OT) Letran school colors Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 27–20, 13–14, 23–21, Overtime: 7–10
Letran wins series 2–1
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 20,158

All-Star Game

The 10 member schools were divided into East and West. The East squad is represented by players from San Beda College, University of Perpetual Help, Arellano University, Jose Rizal University and San Sebastian College-Recoletos, while the West team draws from Lyceum of the Philippines University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, College of Saint Benilde, Mapua Institute of Technology, and Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

August 21
3:00 p.m.
NCAA West All-Stars 89–88 NCAA East All-Stars
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 22–24, 18–25, 30–25
Rosters West NCAA All-Stars   East NCAA All-Stars  

Mark Cruz Letran school colors
Kevin Racal Letran school colors
Rey Nambatac Letran school colors
Jonathan Grey CSB school colors
Pons Saavedra CSB school colors
Jeffrey Ongteco CSB school colors
Francis Munsayac EAC school colors
Sydney Onwubere EAC school colors
Christ MejosEAC school colors
Joseph Gabayni Lyceum school colors
Wilson Baltazar Lyceum school colors
Shaq Alanes Lyceum school colors
Allwell Oraeme Mapua school colors
JP Nietes Mapua school colors
Justin Serrano Mapua school colors

Arellano school colors Jio Jalalon
Arellano school colors Zach Nicholls
Arellano school colors Kent Sallado
JRU school colors Abdul Razak Abdul Wahab
JRU school colors Tey Teodoro
JRU school colors Jordan dela Paz
San Beda school colors Michole Sorela
San Beda school colors Arthur dela Cruz
San Beda school colors Ryusei Koga
SSC-R school colors Jamil Ortuoste
SSC-R school colors Michael Calisaan
SSC-R school colors Bradwyn Guinto
UPHD school colors Bright Akhuetie
UPHD school colors Earl Thompson (replaced by John Ylagan)
UPHD school colors Gab Dalangon

Coach: Aldin Ayo Letran school colors San Beda school colors Coach: Jamike Jarin

Side events winners

Awards

 NCAA Season 91 men's basketball champions 
Letran school colors
Letran Knights
17th title

The awards were given prior to Game 1 of the Men's basketball finals on October 23, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena.[3]

Broadcast notes

Finals

Simulcast over ABS-CBN Sports and Action, The Filipino Channel or ABS-CBN Sports and Action International, and Balls HD 195 with replays on Balls and Balls HD 195.

Game Play-by-play Analyst Courtside Reporters
Game 1 Anton Roxas Olsen Racela Myrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco
Game 2 Andrei Felix Allan Gregorio Roxanne Montealegre and Ceej Tantengco
Game 3 Anton Roxas Allan Gregorio Myrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco

Additional Game 3 crew:

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs 18 0 1.000 — Thrice-to-beat in the Finals[a]
2 Mapua school colors Malayan Red Robins (H) 16 2 .889 2 Proceed to stepladder round 2
3 Arellano school colors Arellano Braves 12 6 .667 6 Proceed to stepladder round 1
4 CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies[b] 11 7 .611[c] 7
5 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Junior Pirates 11 7 .611[c] 7
6 EAC school colors EAC–ICA Brigadiers 9 9 .500 9
7 Letran school colors Letran Squires 6 12 .333 12
8 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Staglets 4 14 .222 14
9 JRU school colors JRU Light Bombers 2 16 .111 16
10 UPHD school colors Perpetual Junior Altas 1 17 .056 17
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ As San Beda won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
  2. ^ LSGH's first round win against Letran was forfeited after three of its players were ruled to be ineligible for wearing uniform numbers outside the league-mandated 4 to 19.[4]
  3. ^ a b Fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 88–71 Lyceum

Match-up results

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Arellano school colors AUJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colors
Letran school colors CSJLCSB school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsJRU school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colors
EAC school colors EAC–ICASan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsMapua school colors
JRU school colors JRUArellano school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colors
CSB school colors LSGHLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsMapua school colors
Lyceum school colors LPU–CUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsMapua school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colors
Mapua school colors MHSSSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsEAC school colors
San Beda school colors SBC–RMapua school colorsEAC school colorsLetran school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colorsLetran school colors
SSC-R school colors SSC–RMapua school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsLyceum school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsJRU school colors
UPHD school colors UPHSDLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colors
Source:[citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores

Team AU CSJL EAC-ICA JRU LSGH LPU-C MHSS SBC-R SSC-R UPHSD
AU 89–71 104–98 103–34 69–90 97–88 76–69 81–86 82–64 85–69
CSJL 76–86 71–72 92–54 20–0[a] 73–76 63–97 59–99 71–75 81–80*
EAC-ICA 74–92 87–77 111–73 61–72 79–76 80–88 78–84 81–67 88–62
JRU 52–99 65–69 69–93 57–86 73–81* 39–87 53–103 56–75 89–66
LSGH 80–67 69–48 68–75 84–54 80–83 55–79 63–84 69–48 82–67
LPU-C 77–100 91–83 95–90 87–63 66–81 64–76 81–91 88–82 78–59
MHSS 86–73 73–43 90–74 83–62 64–57 85–63 63–80 80–51 87–51
SBC-R 80–76 76–67 100–83 95–71 82–70 90–79 89–84 85–60 85–61
SSC-R 99–72 73–78 84–83 66–70 57–87 49–78 64–86 57–88 87–58
UPHSD 66–100 52–74 72–73 51–77 58–83 74–88 46–95 53–109 60–55
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:
  1. ^ LSGH originally won 88–49; the NCAA Management Committee upheld Letran's protest of the game after three LSGH players were ineligible for wearing uniform numbers outside of the league-mandated 4 to 19.[4]

Fourth–seed playoff

October 13
12 noon
Lyceum Junior Pirates Lyceum school colors 71–88 CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies
La Salle advances to the Final Four

Bracket

Stepladder round 1
(Single-elimination)		Stepladder round 2
(Single-elimination)		Finals
(#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)
1San Beda school colors San Beda–Rizal766870
2Mapua school colors Malayan793Arellano school colors Arellano687261
3Arellano school colors Arellano753Arellano school colors Arellano85
4CSB school colors LSGH74

Stepladder semifinals

The semifinals consists of two rounds of single-elimination.

(3) Arellano vs. (4) LSGH

October 16
2:00 p.m.
Arellano Braves Arellano school colors 75–74 CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Arellano advances to the 2nd round

(2) Malayan vs. (3) Arellano

October 20
12 noon
Malayan Red Robins Mapua school colors 79–85 Arellano school colors Arellano Braves
Arellano advances to the Finals

Finals

Since San Beda swept the elimination round, the Finals is a de facto best of five series with San Beda automatically leading 1–0. Therefore, San Beda has to win twice, while Arellano needed thrice, to win the championship.

October 23
12 noon
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 76–68 Arellano school colors Arellano Braves
October 27
2:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 68–72 Arellano school colors Arellano Braves
October 29
2:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 70–61 Arellano school colors Arellano Braves
San Beda wins series in three games

Awards

 NCAA Season 91 juniors' basketball champions 
San Beda school colors
San Beda Red Cubs
22nd title, seventh consecutive title

Controversies

Wrong uniform

The NCAA Management Committee, chaired by Melchor Divina of Mapua, upheld the recommendation of commissioner Arturo Cristobal forfeiting La Salle-Greenhills’ 88–49 victory over Letran. LSGH's Jesmar Pedrosa, Alain Madrigal and Ladis Lepalam wore Nos. 20, 28 and 27, respectively, which violated a league rule limiting the use of jersey numbers to Nos. 4 to 19.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "WATCH: NCAA kicks off Season 91 with fiery opening". ABS-CBN News. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. ^ "NCAA Welcomes EAC, Lyceum as regular members". ABS-CBN News. 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
  3. ^ Flores-Colina, Celest (2015-10-23). "Oraeme named NCAA Season 91 Rookie MVP, Best Defensive player". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  4. ^ a b c "SBC seeks No. 2 vs EAC; LSGH win forfeited". The Philippine Star. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-07-02.

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