2016 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

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2016 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
The 5th PBA Aspirant's Cup
DurationJanuary 21-April 14, 2016
Number of teams9
Finals
ChampionsPhoenix-FEU Accelerators
Runners-upCafefrance-CEU Bakers
Awards
Best Player Mac Belo
Finals MVP Mac Belo
PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology
< 2015

The 2016 PBA D-League Aspirants Cup was the first conference of the 2015-16 PBA Developmental League season. It was opened on January 21, 2016 at the Filoil Flying V Center and competed by 9 teams and it was finished on April 14, 2016 where the Phoenix-FEU Accelerators defeated the Cafefrance Bakers-CEU in the best-of-5 finals showdown, 3 games to 2 and clinching their first ever title in their franchise. [1]

Contents

Draft

The draft was conducted on December 1, 2015 at the PBA Cafe in Pasig. 215 hopefuls were applied in the draft for the chance to play in the league. [2]

Draft Order:

First Round

Second Round

Format

Conference format as it follows: [3]

Eliminations

The elimination round will run from January 21 to March 7, 2016. Games will be held in Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan and Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig.

Team standings

Team standing at the end of the elimination round:

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1Cafefrance-CEU71.875Twice-to-beat in the quarter-finals
2Caida Tile Masters71.875
3UP-QRS Jam Liner53.6252
4Phoenix Petroleum-FEU53.6252
5Tanduay Rhum Light Masters53.6252Twice-to-win in the quarter-finals
6AMA University Titans26.2505
7BDO-NU26.2505
8Wangs Basketball17.1256
9Mindanao Aguilas17.1256Eliminated
Source: PBA D-League Archives
Rules for classification: a.) Head-to-head record, b.) Winning percentage c.)If necessary, use the quotient system.

Schedule

Team ╲ Game12345678
AMA Online EducationCAIPNXBDOTANWNGMINCFEJAM
BDO — NU Bulldogs JAMCFEAMAMINPNXWNGTANCAI
Café France Bakers — CEU MINBDOJAMCAIWNGTANAMAPNX
Caida Tile MastersTANAMAWNGCFEPNXJAMMINBDO
Z.C. Mindanao Aguilas CFEWNGTANJAMBDOAMACAIPNX
Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators — FEU Tamaraws WNGAMAJAMCAIBDOTANCFEMIN
QRS/JAM Liner — UP Fighting Maroons BDOTANCFEPNXMINCAIWNGAMA
Tanduay Light Rhum Masters CAIJAMMINWNGAMACFEBDOPNX
Wang's BasketballPNXMINCAITANCFEAMAJAMBDO
Source: [ citation needed ]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results

TeamAMABDOCAFCAIJAMMINPHOTANWAN
AMA87–9378–97103–84100–8491–85102–11492–8397–90
BDO86–11068–8985–9067–7374–9081–83106–97
Caféfrance90–8794–7389–6583–7474–79106–73
Caida118–8695–87108–9190–79110–106
JAM100–7598–84102–8680–69
Mindanao80–9056–9597–88
Phoenix Petroleum85–80107–70
Tanduay90–75
Wang's
Source: [ citation needed ]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
(Higher seeds have twice-to-beat)
Semifinals
(best-of-3 series)
Finals
(best-of-5 series)
          
1 Cafefrance-CEU 90
8 Wang's Basketball 72
1 Cafefrance-CEU 2
5 Tanduay Rhum Masters 0
3 UP-QRS/Jam Liner 66 89
5 Tanduay Rhum Masters 68 99
1 Cafefrance-CEU 2
4 Phoenix-FEU 3
2 Caida Tile Masters 122
6 AMA University Titans 97
2 Caida Tile Masters 0
4 Phoenix-FEU 2
4 Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 92
7 BDO-NU Bulldogs 72

Quarterfinals

March 10
14:00
Café France-CEU Bakers 9072Wang's Basketball
Scoring by quarter:26–9, 25–22, 22–20, 17–21
Pts: de Leon 15Pts: Romero 12
Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo City

March 10
16:00
Tanduay Rhum Masters 6866UP QRS/Jam Liner
Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 10–13, 29–16, 16–11
Pts: Llagas 13Pts: Aguilar 17
Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo City
March 17
UP QRS/Jam Liner8999 Tanduay Rhum Masters
Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 24–13, 11–25, 23–33
Pts: Alolino 24Pts: Belencion 27
Tanduay wins series in two games

March 15
16:00
Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 9272 BDO-NU Team
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 30–13, 21–21, 20–16
Pts: Tolomia 19
Rebs: Belo 12
Asts: Tolomia 6
Pts: Aroga 21
Rebs: Aroga 15
Asts: Aroga 6
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila

March 15
14:00
Caida Tile Masters12297AMA University Titans
Scoring by quarter:32–20, 19–27, 42–23, 29–27
Pts: Perkins 17
Rebs: Jalalon 4
Pts: McCarthy 20
Rebs: King 9

Semifinals

This round is in a best-of-3 format. The winner advances to the finals.

CafeFrance vs. Tanduay series

March 27
CafeFrance Bakers - CEU6558Tanduay Light Rhum Masters
Scoring by quarter:18-16, 14-12, 17-16, 16-14
Pts: Ebondo 14
Rebs: Ebondo 10
Pts: Llagas 13
Rebs: Cruz 5
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila
March 29
17:00
CafeFrance Bakers - CEU7263Tanduay Light Rhum Masters
Scoring by quarter:19-16, 24-12, 8-16, 21-19
Pts: De Leon, Ebondo 13 each
Rebs: Abundo 7
Pts: Lingganay 17
Rebs: Lingganay 9
Cafefrance sweeps series, 2–0
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila

Phoenix vs. Caida series

March 22
14:00
Phoenix-FEU Accelerators9083Caida Tile Masters
Pts: Daquioag 32
Rebs: Ru. Escoto 10
Pts: Grey 14
Rebs: Grey 4
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila
March 29
17:00
Caida Tile Masters9094Phoenix-FEU Accelerators
Scoring by quarter:28-26, 18-28, 26-15, 22-21
Pts: Grey 22Pts: Daquioag 22
Phoenix sweeps series, 2–0
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila

Finals

March 31
Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 7882 Phoenix-FEU Accelerators
Scoring by quarter:17-12, 24-17, 24-21, 17-28
Pts: Ebondo 16
Rebs: Ebondo 18
Pts: Pogoy 18
Rebs: Pogoy 9
April 5
Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 8677 Phoenix-FEU Accelerators
Scoring by quarter: 20-23, 29-11, 20-17, 17-26
Pts: Cruz 18
Rebs: Ebondo 20
Pts: Belo 22
Rebs: Belo 9
April 7
Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 8584 Cafefrance Bakers-CEU
Scoring by quarter:18-17, 17-20, 26-31, 24-16
Pts: Belo 22
Rebs: Pogoy 12
Asts: Pogoy 3
Pts: Ebondo 18
Rebs: Ebondo 18

With only 2.3 seconds left in the final frame and the Bakers leading by 2, 84-82, Roger Pogoy made a game-winning 3 pointer where it was assisted by Achie Inigo to close the gap to an inch for winning the 2016 PBA Aspirant's Cup title. [4]

April 12
Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 10094 Phoenix-FEU Accelerators
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 26–23, 28–20, 25–30
Pts: Zamar 25
Rebs: Ebondo 13
Pts: Tolomia 29
Rebs: Belo 15

The Bakers led as much as 14, with a score of 82-68 in the final 6:47 of the game before the Mac Belo-led Phoenix-FEU drained down the lead to just a single point, 89-88 in the last 2:58 of the game. But Paul Zamar had answered the destruction to regain the six-point lead by the Bakers, 94-88 with 1:07 remaining. [5]

April 14
15:00
Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 8188 (OT) Phoenix-FEU Accelerators
Pts: Zamar 20
Rebs: Ebondo 20
Pts: Belo 25
Rebs: Belo 13
Phoenix wins series, 3–2

Tolomia of the Phoenix-FEU started exchanging threes with Paul Zamar as the Accelerators clinch an 81-78 lead with 2:39 left, but Roger Pogoy joined the party by hitting his shot from the downtown to extend his team's lead to 6, 84-78 in the last 10 seconds before the 2-minute mark. [6]

Awards

2016 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup Champions: Phoenix-FEU Accelerators (1st title)

Runners-up: Cafefrance Bakers-CEU

Finals MVP: Mac Belo (19.6 points/game)

Tournament Most Valuable Player:Mac Belo

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