NCAA Season 68 basketball tournaments

The 1992 NCAA basketball tournament was the 68th season in the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The season opens on August 1 at the Araneta Coliseum and ended on October 10 with the Letran Knights regaining the title in the Seniors' division and won their 11th NCAA crown.

1992 NCAA season
Host schoolSan Sebastian College
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 91 850
Letran school colors Letran Knights 98 942
DurationOctober 6–10, 1992
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Finals MVPGilbert Castillo
Winning coachRudy Hines
Juniors' Finals G1 G2Wins
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs 82 852
Mapua school colors Mapúa Red Robins 80 710
DurationOctober 3–8, 1992
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Finals MVPRalph Emerson Rivera
Winning coachAto Badolato
< Season 67 1992 Season 69 >

Teams

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Team School Men's coach
Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran Rudy Hines
JRC Heavy Bombers Jose Rizal College Egay Gomez
Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa Institute of Technology Joel Banal
PHCR Altas Perpetual Help College of Rizal Abet Gutierrez
San Beda Red Lions San Beda College Angel Ascue
San Sebastian Stags San Sebastian College - Recoletos Arturo Valenzona

Men's tournament

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Elimination round

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Format:

  • Tournament divided into two halves: winners of the two halves dispute the championship in a best-of-3 finals series unless:
    • A team wins both rounds. In that case, the winning team automatically wins the championship.
    • A third team has a better cumulative record than both finalists. In that case, the third team has to win in a playoff against the team that won the second round to face the team that won in the first round in a best-of-3 finals series.

Cumulative standings

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Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1   San Sebastian Stags (H) 8 2 18 Finals
2   Letran Knights 7 3 17
3   Mapúa Cardinals 7 3 17
4   San Beda Red Lions 4 6 14
5   JRC Heavy Bombers 3 7 13
6   PHCR Altas 1 9 11
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) tournament points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) head-to-head point differential; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts

San Sebastian Stags were on their way to a first round sweep, scoring four straight victories and were leading by 20 points in the second half against Letran, 76-56, in their last assignment in the first round when the Knights rallied back and pulled off a 94-89 comeback victory over the Stags. [1]

San Sebastian clinch the first round pennant, defeating Mapua Cardinals, 81-74, in their winner-take-all showdown on August 29 at the Rizal Coliseum. [2]

Letran captured the second round flag, following a 108-93 victory over first round winner San Sebastian Stags in their playoff on September 30. The Knights forge a best-of-three showdown with the Stags for the Senior basketball title. [3]

Finals

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Game 1

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October 10
San Sebastian Stags   85–94   Letran Knights
Letran wins series 2–0
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Gilbert Castillo (Letran Knights)

In Game 1, Ronald Peña pumped in five of his 15 points in an 11-2 Letran run midway in the final half and another five at the height of San Sebastian rally late in the contest to put the Knights ahead, 87-77, with 2:25 remaining. [4]

Ronald Peña, chosen the season's Most Valuable Player, topscored for the Knights with 22 points, and Gilbert Castillo added 19. From a 77-all deadlock, the game broke wide open on a 15-5 run by the Knights, engineered by Peña. A power outage hit the area with 42 seconds left. Letran students and supporters pour into the court for an early celebration while waiting for the lights to be restored.[5]

Awards

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 NCAA Season 68 men's basketball champions 
 
Letran Knights
12th title

Juniors' tournament

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Elimination round

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The San Beda Red Cubs won the first round pennant by winning all of the games in the first round. The Mapúa Red Robins matched that in the second round, to set up a Finals meeting between the two teams.[6]

Finals

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October 8
San Beda Red Cubs   82–71   Mapúa Red Robins
San Beda wins series 2–0
  • Finals Most Valuable Player: Ralph Emerson Rivera (San Beda Red Lions)

Ralph Emerson Rivera, who had scored 17 points to lead San Beda, intercepted a pass from Henry Ong to Dennis Madrid to deny the Red Robins the comeback in Game 1.[7] Late in Game 2, San Beda's Rensy Bajar collided with Madrid, causing the injuring the latter's hip, making him sit out the last 5 minutes of the game. Rivera scored 20 points to lead all scorers.[8]

Awards

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 NCAA Season 68 juniors' basketball champions 
 
San Beda Red Cubs
Ninth title, second consecutive title

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Knights derail Stags". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "Stags clinch pennant". Manila Standard.
  3. ^ "Letran wins 2nd round, battles SSC for title". Manila Standard.
  4. ^ "Letran five just one game away". Manila Standard.
  5. ^ "Letran back as NC's No.1". Manila Standard.
  6. ^ "Red Cubs, Robins dispute NCAA title anew". news.google.com. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  7. ^ "Red Cubs take Game 1 with late, late rally". news.google.com. Manila Standard. 1992-10-04. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  8. ^ Cardona, Aldrin (1992-10-09). "10th 'NC' crown for SBC". news.google.com. Manila Standard. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
Preceded by NCAA basketball seasons
Season 68 (1992)
Succeeded by