NCAA Season 99
New Heroes of the Game
Host schoolJosé Rizal University
Men's Finals G1 G2G3Wins
Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 68 65661
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 63 71762
DurationDecember 6–17, 2023
Arena(s)SM Mall of Asia Arena (Games 1 and 2)
Araneta Coliseum (Game 3)
Finals MVPJames Payosing
Winning coachYuri Escueta
Semifinalists
TV network(s)GMA, GTV
< Season 98 (2022–23) 2023–24 Season 100 (2024) >

The NCAA Season 99 basketball tournaments are the basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) for its 2023–24 season. The tournament is being hosted by José Rizal University. There are two tournaments, the men's tournament for male college students, and the juniors' tournament for male senior high school students.

The San Beda Red Lions defeated the Mapúa Cardinals in the Finals. Both teams split the first two Finals games, then San Beda pulled away late in the fourth quarter of Game 3 to win their first title since 2018. The Cardinals had finished first in the elimination round; they then defeated the Benilde Blazers in the semifinals. Meanwhile, the Lyceum Pirates finished second, and lost to the Red Lions twice in the semifinals to be eliminated. The Blazers then won the first third place playoff in NCAA basketball history against the Pirates.

Tournament format

The NCAA is expected to follow the Final Four format used since 1997.

Tonichi Pujante was reappointed basketball commissioner.[1]

Just as in the past two seasons, men's gamedays are held five days a week, with doubleheaders on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and tripleheaders on Sundays.[2]

A third place playoff will be held for the first time.[3]

For the juniors' tournament, it is a single round robin, followed by the Final Four format.

Teams

All ten schools are participating.

Men's teams
Team College Coach Uniform manufacturer
Arellano Chiefs Arellano University (AU) Chico Manabat Kalos Sportswear
Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) Rensy Bajar Antbox
Benilde Blazers De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Charles Tiu Anta[4]
EAC Generals Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) Jerson Cabiltes Power Hoops Pinas
JRU Heavy Bombers José Rizal University (JRU) Louie Gonzalez Anta[4]
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) Gilbert Malabanan Rebel Sports
Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa University (MU) Randy Alcantara
San Beda Red Lions San Beda University (SBU) Yuri Escueta Anta[4]
San Sebastian Stags San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC–R) John Kallos
Perpetual Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) Myk Saguiguit World Balance
Juniors' teams
Team High school Coach
Arellano Braves Arellano University High School (AU) John Necesito
Letran Squires Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) Allen Ricardo
EAC–ICA Brigadiers Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA) Azlie Guro
JRU Light Bombers José Rizal University (JRU) Vic Lazaro
La Salle Green Hills Greenies La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) Renren Ritualo
Lyceum Junior Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite (LPU–C) Ian Sangco
Malayan Red Robins Malayan High School of Science (MHSS) Yong Garcia
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda University – Rizal (SBU–R) Miko Roldan
San Sebastian Staglets San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC–R) Juan Miguel Martin
Perpetual Junior Altas University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) Joph Cleopas

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date Replaced by Date
EAC Generals Oliver Bunyi[5] Resignation November 22, 2022 Jerson Cabiltes[6] January 27, 2023
San Sebastian Stags Egay Macaraya[7] End of contract December 30, 2022 John Kallos[7] December 30, 2022
Arellano Chiefs[8] Cholo Martin Fired March 30, 2023 Chico Manabat March 30, 2023
Arellano Braves[8] Junjie Ablan Fired John Necesito
Letran Knights Bonnie Tan[9] Signed by Northport Batang Pier April 23, 2023 Rensy Bajar[10] April 24, 2023

Venues

NCAA Season 99 basketball tournaments is located in Metro Manila
MOA Arena
MOA Arena
Filoil EcoOil Centre
Filoil EcoOil
Centre
Araneta Coliseum
Araneta Coliseum
Venues in Metro Manila.

SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay will host opening day, while Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan will host the remainder of the elimination round.[11] The semifinals was at the SM Mall of Asia Arena,[12] along with the first two games of the finals; Game 3 was at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.[13]

Arena Location Capacity
Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan 6,000
SM Mall of Asia Arena Pasay 20,000
Araneta Coliseum Quezon City 14,429

Squads

Each team can have up to 15 players on their roster, with an additional up to three players in the injured reserve list.[14]

Men's tournament

The men's tournament started on September 24, 2023,[11] and ended on December 17, 2023.[15]

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 15 3 .833 Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 13 5 .722 2
3 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 12 6 .667 3 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 CSB school colors Benilde Blazers 11 7 .611 4
5 UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 10 8 .556[a] 5
6 JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers (H) 10 8 .556[a] 5
7 EAC school colors EAC Generals 9 9 .500 6
8 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 6 12 .333 9
9 Letran school colors Letran Knights 2 16 .111[b] 13
10 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs 2 16 .111[b] 13
Source: GMA
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head differential: Perpetual +5, JRU −5
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head differential: Letran +2, Arellano −2

Match-up results

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112131415161718
Arellano school colors ArellanoSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLyceum school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colors
Letran school colors LetranJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsArellano school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsArellano school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colors
CSB school colors BenildeLyceum school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsEAC school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colors
EAC school colors EACUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsLyceum school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colors
JRU school colors JRULetran school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsSan Beda school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colors
Lyceum school colors LyceumCSB school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsJRU school colorsJRU school colorsEAC school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colors
Mapua school colors MapúaSSC-R school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsEAC school colorsLetran school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsLyceum school colorsSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colors
San Beda school colors San BedaArellano school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsLyceum school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsArellano school colorsSSC-R school colorsEAC school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsLyceum school colorsLetran school colors
SSC-R school colors San SebastianMapua school colorsArellano school colorsLyceum school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsEAC school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsEAC school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsCSB school colorsLyceum school colorsUPHD school colorsArellano school colors
UPHD school colors PerpetualEAC school colorsLyceum school colorsArellano school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsArellano school colorsSan Beda school colorsLyceum school colorsMapua school colorsEAC school colorsSSC-R school colors
Source: GMA
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and left of it are second-round games.

Teams AU CSJL CSB EAC JRU LPU MU SBU SSC–R UPHSD
Arellano Chiefs 87–80 66–72 76–79 72–88 77–89* 65–79 61–85 86–111 66–85
Letran Knights 67–58 55–68 65–75 79–85* 69–70 71–77 63–68 86–71 59–74
Benilde Blazers 74–56 72–54 76–78 93–85* 81–85 71–75 77–83 87–72 86–80
EAC Generals 77–64 82–69 77–69 71–77 83–76* 69–73 72–86 70–86 75–67
JRU Heavy Bombers 79–74 79–74 81–84 77–64 88–87** 70–61 70–74 59–72 71–65
Lyceum Pirates 98–86 85–79 84–81 81–78 99–96* 83–87 67–62 83–72 76–73
Mapúa Cardinals 84–75 69–66 61–65 83–77 77–74 82–86 75–57 80–70 62–61
San Beda Red Lions 72–74 77–68 65–61 81–71 74–69 74–56 69–71 76–53 62–60
San Sebastian Stags 98–89 94–75 68–78 77–80 72–79 80–83 63–70 75–67 50–64
Perpetual Altas 81–74 73–61 73–77 86–80 72–61 81–80 53–69 61–57 75–60
Source: GMA
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)
Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
1Mapua school colors Mapúa78
4CSB school colors Benilde67
1Mapua school colors Mapúa686566
3San Beda school colors San Beda637176
2Lyceum school colors Lyceum6872
3San Beda school colors San Beda8982
Third place playoff
(One-game playoff)
4CSB school colors Benilde93
2Lyceum school colors Lyceum83

Semifinals

The top 2 teams will have the twice-to-beat advantage, where the top 2 teams have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to progress.

(1) Mapúa vs. (4) Benilde

The Mapúa Cardinals clinched a semifinals appearance and the twice-to-beat advantage.[16] The Cardinals returned to the playoffs after missing out last year.[17] The Cardinals also clinched their first #1 seed in school history.[18] The Benilde Blazers also clinched a semifinals appearance despite losing their last elimination round game.[19]

November 28, 2023
1:30 p.m.
Mapúa Cardinals Mapua school colors 78–67 CSB school colors Benilde Blazers
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 20–19, 22–18, 22–12
Pts: Paolo Hernandez 22
Rebs: Clint Escamis 8
Asts: Mark Cuenco 5
Pts: Migz Oczon 17
Rebs: Miguel Corteza 8
Asts: Robi Nayve 3
Mapúa wins series in one game

(2) Lyceum vs. (3) San Beda

The Lyceum Pirates clinched a semifinals appearance.[20] The Pirates later clinched the twice-to-beat advantage.[21] With the Cardinals winning in their last elimination round game, the San Beda Red Lions also clinched a semifinals appearance.[18]

November 28, 2023
3:30 p.m.
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum school colors 68–89 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 22–30, 22–21, 8–16
Pts: Enoch Valdez 14
Rebs: Enoch Valdez 9
Asts: Guadana, Cunanan 3 each
Pts: Jacob Cortez 28
Rebs: Jomel Puno 9
Asts: Jacob Cortez 8
December 1, 2023
3:00 p.m.
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum school colors 72–82 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 21–15, 18–25, 16–16
Pts: Enoch Valdez 28
Rebs: John Bravo 11
Asts: Mclaude Guadaña 5
Pts: James Payosing 18
Rebs: Payosing, Puno 10 each
Asts: Oliver Tagle 6
San Beda wins series in two games

Third place playoff

The first third place playoff in NCAA basketball history will be held in 2023.[3]

December 10, 2023
9:00 a.m.
Lyceum Pirates Lyceum school colors 83–93 CSB school colors Benilde Blazers
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 19–19, 17–28, 25–22
Pts: Mclaude Guadaña 16
Rebs: Michael Versoza 13
Asts: Vince Cunanan 7
Pts: Robi Nayve 18
Rebs: Cajucom, Jarque 6
Asts: Ray Carlos 5

Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff.

The Mapúa Cardinals return to the Finals after losing to Letran in NCAA Season 97.[22] The San Beda Red Lions qualify to the Finals for the 16th time, and for the first time since NCAA Season 95. This shall also be the first time the two teams will meet in the Finals since NCAA Season 67 (1991), where the Cardinals won on a Benny Cheng game-winner in Game 3.[23]

December 6, 2023
2:00 p.m.
Mapúa Cardinals Mapua school colors 68–63 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 19–14, 23–17, 9–15
Pts: Clint Escamis 18
Rebs: Paolo Hernandez 12
Asts: Marc Cuenco 3
Pts: James Payosing 14
Rebs: James Payosing 12
Asts: Yukien Andrada 3
December 10, 2023
2:00 p.m.
Mapúa Cardinals Mapua school colors 65–71 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 11–22, 23–6, 12–23
Pts: Clint Escamis 15
Rebs: JC Recto 15
Asts: Escamis, Hernandez 4
Pts: Jacob Cortez 21
Rebs: Clifford Jopia 11
Asts: Cortez, Royo 3
SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 22,465
December 17, 2023
2:00 p.m.
Mapúa Cardinals Mapua school colors 66–76 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 20–12, 22–17, 9–23
Pts: JC Recto 18
Rebs: JC Recto 14
Asts: Clint Escamis 4
Pts: Yukien Andrada 20
Rebs: James Payosing 14
Asts: Jacob Cortez 8
San Beda wins series, 2–1
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Attendance: 23,077

Awards

 NCAA Season 99 men's basketball champions 
San Beda school colors
San Beda Red Lions
23rd title

The awards were handed out prior to Game 2 of the Finals at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. A new award for true college freshmen, the "Freshman of the Year" was instituted. The original Rookie of the Year award is still given to the best player playing in his first season in the NCAA, who may not always be a freshman.[24]

Players of the Week

The Collegiate Press Corps awards a "player of the week" on Mondays for performances on the preceding week.

Week Player Team
Week 1[25] Shawn Umali Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
Week 2[26] Paolo Hernandez Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals
Week 3[27] Clint Escamis Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals
Week 4[28] Jomel Puno San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Week 5[29] Ry dela Rosa JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers
Week 6[30] JM Bravo Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
Week 7[31] Cyrus Nitura UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas
Week 8[32] Yukien Andrada San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Week 9[33] Jacob Cortez San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions

Statistical leaders

Season player highs

Statistic Player Team Average
Points per game Clint Escamis Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 16.28
Rebounds per game Jomel Puno San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 8.83
Assists per game JL delos Santos JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers 6.28
Steals per game Clint Escamis Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 3.78
Blocks per game Shawn Umali Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 1.59
Field goal percentage Jopet Soriano Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 63.33%
Three-point field goal percentage Marc Cuenco Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 38.64%
Free throw percentage Miguel Oczon CSB school colors Benilde Blazers 87.23%
Turnovers per game JL delos Santos JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers 3.67

Game player highs

Statistic Player Team Total Opponent
Points Agem Miranda JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers 31[a] CSB school colors Benilde Blazers
Miguel Oczon CSB school colors Benilde Blazers 29 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
Rebounds Clifford Jopia San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 18 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
Assists JL delos Santos JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers 12 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals
Steals Clint Escamis Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 8 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Blocks James Una SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 5 CSB school colors Benilde Blazers
Turnovers Nicko Fajardo Letran school colors Letran Knights 8 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags

Game team highs

Statistic Team Total Opponent
Points SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 111 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
Rebounds Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs 63[a] Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates
UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 63 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
Assists Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 29[a] JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers
UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 29 Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
Steals Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 18[a] Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 17 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Blocks CSB school colors Benilde Blazers 9 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals EAC school colors EAC Generals
Field goal percentage Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 54.0%[a] JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers
JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers 53.0% Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs
Three-point field goal percentage Letran school colors Letran Knights 57.0% SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
Free throw percentage Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 93% EAC school colors EAC Generals
CSB school colors Benilde Blazers SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
Turnovers Letran school colors Letran Knights 39 UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas

Season team highs

Statistic Team Average
Points per game Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 81.56
Rebounds per game UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 49.06
Assists per game Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 20.11
Steals per game Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 10.56
Blocks per game CSB school colors Benilde Blazers 4.94
Field goal percentage Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 40.52%
Three-point field goal percentage San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 31.51%
Free throw percentage Letran school colors Letran Knights 70.44%
Turnovers per game Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 13.28
  1. ^ a b c d e Game went into overtime

Discipline

The following were suspended throughout the course of the season:

Juniors' tournament

The juniors' tournament started on February 10, 2024.[40]

Elimination round

Pos Team W D L PCT GB Qualification
1 UPHD school colors Perpetual Junior Altas 4 0 0 1.000 Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 Letran school colors Letran Squires 4 0 1 .800[a] 0.5
3 Mapua school colors Malayan Red Robins 4 0 1 .800[a] 0.5 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Staglets 3 0 1 .750 1
5 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs 2 0 2 .500 2
6 EAC school colors EAC–ICA Brigadiers 1 0 3 .250 3
7 CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies 1 0 3 .250[b] 3
8 Arellano school colors Arellano Braves 1 0 3 .250[b] 3
9 JRU school colors JRU Light Bombers (H) 1 0 3 .250[b] 3
10 Lyceum school colors Lyceum Junior Pirates 0 0 4 .000 4
Updated to match(es) played on February 21, 2024. Source: GMA
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: Letran 1–0 Malayan
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head: LSGH 1–0 Arellano, Arellano 1–0 JRU

Match-up results

Updated to match(es) played on February 21, 2024. Source: GMA
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

Teams AU CSJL EAC–ICA JRU LSGH LPU–C MHSS SBU–R SSC–R UPHSD
Arellano Braves 94–86 81–85 79–82 77–85
Letran Squires 102–64 86–69 72–88 78–66
EAC–ICA Brigadiers 78–75 52–83 85–93
JRU Light Bombers 57–72
La Salle Green Hills Greenies 73–89 91–110
Lyceum Junior Pirates 62–101 75–89
Malayan Red Robins
San Beda Red Cubs 79–83 56–78
San Sebastian Staglets
Perpetual Junior Altas
Updated to match(es) played on February 21, 2024. Source: GMA
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

See also

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