The NCAA Season 100 basketball tournaments are the basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) for its 2024–25 season. The tournament is being hosted by Lyceum of the Philippines University. Opening day of the men's tournament was held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on September 7, 2024, while the rest of the elimination round games was held at the Filoil EcoOil Centre, then the final elimination gameday and semifinals held at the Cuneta Astrodome, then the finals at the Araneta Coliseum.
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Host school | Lyceum of the Philippines University | |||||||||||||||
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Arena(s) | Araneta Coliseum | |||||||||||||||
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Tournament format
editThe NCAA is expected to follow the Final Four format used since 1997.
The NCAA mulled in moving the seniors' tournament to the second semester, and the juniors' tournament to the first semester. Reasons for the move include struggles in adjusting its calendar as a 10-team league, and for a more "unified" college basketball season; the move would have also allowed the juniors' tournament to revert to a double round robin elimination round format.[1]
The plans did not push through, as the league opted to have the seniors' tournament in the first semester of the academic year. Unlike in the past two seasons, while men's gamedays are held five days a week, all gamedays was scheduled to be doubleheaders, except for the final playing day of the first round of eliminations, which shall be a single game involving last year's finals participants.[2]
The NCAA appointed Ogie Bernarte as basketball commissioner for this season. However, both Bernarte and his mother fell ill as the first round of the eliminations was ending. He was replaced by Joel Ngo starting at the second round. While both Bernarte and his mother recovered, the NCAA decided to retain Ngo to avoid another transition, and instead made Bernarte a consultant.[3]
The third place playoff, introduced last season, was originally included in the tournament. However, due to logistical issues, the NCAA decided to cancel it instead.[4]
Teams
editAll ten schools are participating.
Team | College | Coach | Uniform manufacturer[5] |
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Arellano Chiefs | Arellano University (AU) | Chico Manabat | |
Letran Knights | Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) | Allen Ricardo | Anta |
Benilde Blazers | De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB) | Charles Tiu | Anta |
EAC Generals | Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) | Jerson Cabiltes | Power Hoops |
JRU Heavy Bombers | José Rizal University (JRU) | Louie Gonzalez | Power Hoops |
Lyceum Pirates | Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) | Gilbert Malabanan | |
Mapúa Cardinals | Mapúa University (MU) | Randy Alcantara | |
San Beda Red Lions | San Beda University (SBU) | Yuri Escueta | Anta |
San Sebastian Stags | San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC–R) | Arvin Bonleon | Kalos Sportswear |
Perpetual Altas | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) | Olsen Racela | World Balance |
Coaching changes
editTeam | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date | Replaced by | Date |
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Perpetual Altas[6] | Myk Saguiguit | Demoted to assistant coach | January 11, 2024 | Olsen Racela | January 11, 2024 |
San Sebastian Stags[7] | John Kallos | Fired | February 9, 2024 | Arvin Bonleon | February 9, 2024 |
Letran Knights | Rensy Bajar | Fired | February 16, 2024[8] | Allen Ricardo | May 30, 2024[9] |
Letran Squires | Allen Ricardo | Signed by Letran Knights | May 30, 2024 | Willie Miller |
Venues
editFor the men's tournament, the 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.[2] The last two game days of the first round which were originally to be held at the Filoil EcoOil Centre were then made into a tripleheader held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena.[10] The second gameday postponed by Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami), and the semifinals was held at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay. The finals will then be held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.[11]
Arena | Location | Capacity |
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Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | 14,429 |
Cuneta Astrodome | Pasay | 12,000 |
Filoil EcoOil Centre | San Juan | 6,000 |
SM Mall of Asia Arena | Pasay | 15,000 |
Squads
editEach team can have up to 15 players on their roster, with an additional up to three players in the injured reserve list.[12]
Arellano | Letran | Benilde | EAC | JRU | Lyceum | Mapúa | San Beda | San Sebastian | Perpetual |
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Renzo Abiera | Jovel Baliling | Jesse Arciaga | Brianne Angeles | Shawn Argente | Genesis Aviles | Sherfrazkhan Abdulla | Yukien Andrada | Nikko Aguilar | John Abis |
Anthony Borromeo | Vince Cuajao | Jhomel Ancieta | Jethro Bacuo | Mart Barrera | John Barba | Noel Agemenyi | JC Bonzalida | Rafael Are | JP Boral |
Yuan Camay | CJ Delfino | Joseph Cajucom | Jude Bagay | Lance Benitez | JM Bravo | Jelo Bancale | Richi Calimag | Khit Barroga | Ralph Cauguiran |
JL Capulong | Charles Dimaano | Gene Carillo | Joshua Devara | Marj de Leon | Khen Caduyac | Yam Concepcion | RC Calimag | Franz Chuidian | Ruvic Danag |
Andrei de Leon | Jimboy Estrada | Gab Cometa | Axel Doromal | Cyrus Ferrer | JD Culanay | Cyrus Cuenco | Joe Celzo | Clarence Cruz | Angelo Gelsano |
Joseph dela Cruz | Edzel Galoy | Anton Eusebio | King Gurtiza | Joshua Guiab | Greg Cunanan | Clint Escamis | Ismael Culdora | Raymart Escobido | Mark Gojo Cruz |
Joseph Espiritu | Rafael Go | Irele Galas | Mac Chester Jacob | Justin Lozano | Desmond Ronald Colian Jr. | Aaron Fermin | Penny Estacio | Tristan Felebrico | Axlrose Javier |
Xander Estacio | Paolo Javillonar | Zenric Jarque | Gelo Loristo | Jonathan Medina | Jonathan Daileg | Joaquin Garcia | Zedjay Etulle | Ralph Gabat | Axl Manuel |
Joseph Hernal | James Jumao-as | Allen Liwag | Aldeo Lucero | Sidney Mosqueda | Omar Gordon | Chris Hubilla | Nygel Gonzales | Reggz Gabat | Bryan Manuel |
CJ Libang | Kobe Monje | John Morales | JC Luciano | Ivan Panapanaan | Mclaude Guadaña | Marc Igliane | Zane Jalbuena | Jelo Lintol | Bryle Mascariñas |
Dre Miller | Nathaniel Montecillo | Matthew Oli | Jherald Manacho | Patrick Ramos | Gyle Montaño | John Jabonete | Bismarck Lina | James Maliwat | Inigo Montemayor |
T-Mc Ongotan | Joseph Nunag | Roger Onoda | Kyle Ochavo | Marvin Raymundo | Neil Moralejo | Lawrence Mangubat | James Payosing | Migs Pascual | RIchard Movida |
Basti Valencia | James Pradella | Justine Sanchez | Wilmar Oftana | Ralph Samontanes | Lyon Pallingayan | Arjay Pantaleon | Jomel Puno | Kyle Ramilo | Jearico Nunez |
Maverick Vinoya | Kevin Santos | Mark Sangco | Harvey Pagsanjan | Vince Sarmiento | JD Panelo | JC Recto | Aaron Royo | Christian Ricio | Shawn Orgo |
Andrei Acop* | Mark Sarza | Edson Serrano | Rico Postanes | Renz Bernardo* | Dave Paulo | Edward Ryan III | Adrian Sollano | Vince Suico | Christian Pagaran |
Karl Flores* | Klein Tagotongan | Ian Torres | Nico Quinal | Bench de Jesus* | Simon Peñafiel | Resty Fornis* | Bryan Sajonia | Leo Velasco | Emmanuel Pizarro |
Bryan Rosalin* | Christian Vergara | Paul Turco | Erlan Umpao | Darrel Garcia* | Michael Versoza | Joshua Pabilona* | Menard Songcuya | Nathaniel Sevilla | |
Jace Miller-Aquiningoc | Winston Ynot | Renz Villegas | Brix Reyno* | Joshua Tagala | Justin Thompson | ||||
Emmanuel Tagle | |||||||||
Iñigo Torres |
*Reserves
Men's tournament
editThe men's tournament started on September 7, 2024, with the traditional host vs. defending champion opening game featuring the Lyceum Pirates and the San Beda Red Lions in the SM Mall of Asia Arena.[13]
Elimination round
editThe NCAA postponed October 23[14] and 25 games[15] due to inclement weather caused by Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami).
Team standings
editPos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Mapúa Cardinals | 15 | 3 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
2 | Benilde Blazers | 14 | 4 | .778 | 1 | |
3 | San Beda Red Lions | 10 | 8 | .556[a] | 5 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
4 | Lyceum Pirates (H) | 10 | 8 | .556[a] | 5 | |
5 | EAC Generals | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | |
6 | Letran Knights | 8 | 10 | .444 | 7 | |
7 | Arellano Chiefs | 7 | 11 | .389[b] | 8 | |
8 | Perpetual Altas | 7 | 11 | .389[b] | 8 | |
9 | San Sebastian Stags | 6 | 12 | .333 | 9 | |
10 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 4 | 14 | .222 | 11 |
Match-up results
editResults
editResults 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.
Bracket
editSemifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three playoff) | |||||||||
1 | Mapúa | 89 | ||||||||
4 | Lyceum | 79 | ||||||||
1 | Mapúa | * | ||||||||
2 | Benilde | * | ||||||||
2 | Benilde | 79 | ||||||||
3 | San Beda | 63 | ||||||||
* = If necessary
Semifinals
editThe top two seeded teams after the elimination round have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals, where they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents only once.
This season's semifinalists are identical with the previous season's, albeit with different seedings.[16]
(1) Mapúa vs. (4) Lyceum
editMapúa clinched a semifinals berth with their win over Lyceum.[17] The Cardinals then clinched the twice-to-beat advantage with their win against Perpetual.[18] Mapúa finally clinched the #1 seed after they defeated Arellano in their last elimination round game.[19] They will face #4 seed Lyceum, who qualified for the Final Four and clinched the #4 seed after they beat Benilde.[20]
November 23, 2024
11:00 a.m. |
Mapúa Cardinals | 89–79 | Lyceum Pirates |
Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 26–25, 8–19, 26–14 | ||
Pts: Clint Escamis 33 Rebs: Chris Hubilla 8 Asts: Marc Cuenco 6 |
Pts: JM Bravo 20 Rebs: JM Bravo 10 Asts: Vincent Cunanan 4 | |
Mapúa wins series in one game |
(2) Benilde vs. (3) San Beda
editBenilde clinched a semifinals berth with Mapúa's win over Lyceum.[17] The Blazers then clinched the twice-to-beat advantage with their win against Letran,[21] CSB clinched the #2 seed after Mapúa won against Arellano in their final elimination round game.[19] They will face #3 seed San Beda, who qualified for the Final Four and clinched the #3 seed after Lyceum won over EAC.[22]
November 23, 2024
2:30 p.m. |
Benilde Blazers | 79–63 | San Beda Red Lions |
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 28–13, 17–15, 9–21 | ||
Pts: Allen Liwag 20 Rebs: Allen Liwag 8 Asts: Jhomel Ancheta 5 |
Pts: AJ Royo 14 Rebs: Andrada, Bonzalida 5 Asts: Nygel Gonzales 3 | |
Benilde wins series in one game |
Finals
editThe finals is a best-of-three playoff between semifinal winners. This is the first finals since NCAA Season 80 (2004) where neither Letran or San Beda qualified,[23] and the first since NCAA Season 85 (2009) where another team aside from those two shall win a title.[24]
Mapúa clinched its second consecutive finals appearance.[25] Meanwhile, Benilde qualified for its second finals in three years.[26] This will be the first finals match-up between Mapúa and Benilde.[24]
* = If necessary
Awards
editPlayer of the Week
editThe Collegiate Press Corps names a player of the week throughout the season.
Week | Player | Team |
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September 7–15[27] | Allen Liwag | Benilde Blazers |
September 17–22[28] | Pao Javillonar | Letran Knights |
September 24–29[29] | Kevin Santos | Letran Knights |
October 1–5[30] | Jomel Puno | San Beda Red Lions |
October 8–13[31] | King Gurtiza | EAC Generals |
October 15–20[32] | Chris Hubilla | Mapúa Cardinals |
October 22–30[33] | Lawrence Mangubat | Mapúa Cardinals |
November 5–10[34] | Clint Escamis | Mapúa Cardinals |
November 12–16[35] | Ato Barba | Lyceum Pirates |
Statistical leaders
editSeason player highs
editSan Sebastian's Paeng Are emerged as the scoring champion, and Benilde's Allen Liwag won the rebounding title, this season.[36]
Statistic | Player | Team | Average |
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Points per game | Paeng Are | San Sebastian Stags | 17.88 |
Rebounds per game | Allen Liwag | Benilde Blazers | 11.28 |
Assists per game | Jimboy Estrada | Letran Knights | 5.82 |
Steals per game | Paeng Are | San Sebastian Stags | 2.53 |
Blocks per game | Kevin Santos | Letran Knights | 2.13 |
Field goal percentage | Joshua Guiab | JRU Heavy Bombers | 59.88% |
Three-point field goal percentage | Mark Cuenco | Mapúa Cardinals | 43.62% |
Free throw percentage | Jimboy Estrada | Letran Knights | 86.11% |
Turnovers per game | Jimboy Estrada | Letran Knights | 4.82 |
Game player highs
editStatistic | Player | Team | Total | Opponent |
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Points | Vince Cuajao | Letran Knights | 34[a] | San Sebastian Stags |
Pao Javillonar | Letran Knights | 31 | Benilde Blazers | |
Rebounds | Allen Liwag | Benilde Blazers | 18 | Mapúa Cardinals |
Assists | Paeng Are | San Sebastian Stags | 13 | Lyceum Pirates |
Steals | Paeng Are | San Sebastian Stags | 7[a] | Benilde Blazers |
Renz Villegas | Lyceum Pirates | 7 | Perpetual Altas | |
Blocks | Kevin Santos | Letran Knights | 6 | EAC Generals |
Turnovers | Chris Hubilla | Mapúa Cardinals | 8 | Letran Knights |
Season team highs
editStatistic | Team | Average |
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Points per game | San Sebastian Stags | 82.78 |
Rebounds per game | Benilde Blazers | 49.72 |
Assists per game | Benilde Blazers | 18.56 |
Steals per game | Arellano Chiefs | 10.0 |
Blocks per game | Letran Knights | 4.0 |
Field goal percentage | Benilde Blazers | 43.8% |
Three-point field goal percentage | San Beda Red Lions | 32.09% |
Free throw percentage | Letran Knights | 73.94% |
Turnovers per game | San Sebastian Stags | 12.56 |
Game team highs
editStatistic | Team | Total | Opponent |
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Points | Benilde Blazers | 103 | Lyceum Pirates |
Rebounds | Letran Knights | 65 | Perpetual Altas |
Assists | Benilde Blazers | 30 | Lyceum Pirates |
Steals | San Sebastian Stags | 20[a] | Benilde Blazers |
Arellano Chiefs | 16 | San Sebastian Stags | |
Blocks | EAC Generals | 11[a] | Arellano Chiefs |
Benilde Blazers | 8 | Arellano Chiefs | |
Field goal percentage | Benilde Blazers | 62.0% | Lyceum Pirates |
Three-point field goal percentage | EAC Generals | 48.0% | San Sebastian Stags |
Free throw percentage | San Beda Red Lions | 100% | Perpetual Altas |
Turnovers | Benilde Blazers | 31[a] | San Sebastian Stags |
Perpetual Altas | 26 | Mapúa Cardinals |
Discipline
editThe following were disciplined throughout the course of the season:
- Pao Javillonar of the Letran Knights for playing in a ligang labas game at the Kadayawan Invitational Basketball Tournament with the Converge FIberXers; originally suspended for three games, Javillonar served a two-game suspension against the San Sebastian Stags and the JRU Heavy Bombers.[37]
- Jimboy Estrada of the Letran Knights after being ejected in their game against the Perpetual Altas; Estrada served a one-game suspension against the Mapúa Cardinals.[38]
- Coach Louie Gonzalez of the JRU Heavy Bombers after angrily confronting officials in their second round loss against Mapúa Cardinals; Gonzalez served a one-game suspension against the San Sebastian Stags.[38]
Broadcasting
editGMA Sports is the official broadcaster of NCAA Season 100. The semifinals was aired at GTV and Heart of Asia (HOA), and was livestreamed at NCAA Philippines and GMA Sports PH social media pages.[39]
Game | Play-by-play | Analyst | Courtside reporter | Network |
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Semifinals #1 vs. #4 | Anton Roxas | Martin Antonio | Bianca Alejandre | HOA |
Semifinals #2 vs. #3 | Martin Javier | Prince Rivero | Aleea Fedillaga | GTV, HOA |
Finals game 1 | [to be determined] | GMA, HOA | ||
Finals game 2 | GTV, HOA | |||
Finals game 3* | GTV, HOA |
*If necessary
Juniors' tournament
editThe juniors' tournament is expected to be held in the second semester of academic year in early 2025.
See also
editReferences
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