2016 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup | |
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The 5th PBA Aspirant's Cup | |
Duration | January 21-April 14, 2016 |
Number of teams | 9 |
Finals | |
Champions | Phoenix-FEU Accelerators |
Runners-up | Cafefrance-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]
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
Conference format as it follows: [3]
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 standing at the end of the elimination round:
Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Cafefrance-CEU | 7 | 1 | .875 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarter-finals |
2 | Caida Tile Masters | 7 | 1 | .875 | — | |
3 | UP-QRS Jam Liner | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2 | |
4 | Phoenix Petroleum-FEU | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2 | |
5 | Tanduay Rhum Light Masters | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarter-finals |
6 | AMA University Titans | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5 | |
7 | BDO-NU | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5 | |
8 | Wangs Basketball | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6 | |
9 | Mindanao Aguilas | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6 | Eliminated |
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 |
March 10 14:00 |
Café France-CEU Bakers | 90–72 | Wang's Basketball |
Scoring by quarter:26–9, 25–22, 22–20, 17–21 | ||
Pts: de Leon 15 | Pts: Romero 12 |
Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo City |
March 10 16:00 |
Tanduay Rhum Masters | 68–66 | UP QRS/Jam Liner |
Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 10–13, 29–16, 16–11 | ||
Pts: Llagas 13 | Pts: Aguilar 17 |
Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo City |
March 17 |
UP QRS/Jam Liner | 89–99 | Tanduay Rhum Masters |
Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 24–13, 11–25, 23–33 | ||
Pts: Alolino 24 | Pts: Belencion 27 | |
Tanduay wins series in two games |
Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo |
March 15 16:00 |
Phoenix-FEU Accelerators | 92–72 | 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 |
This round is in a best-of-3 format. The winner advances to the finals.
March 27 |
CafeFrance Bakers - CEU | 65–58 | Tanduay 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 - CEU | 72–63 | Tanduay 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 |
March 22 14:00 |
Phoenix-FEU Accelerators | 90–83 | Caida 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 Masters | 90–94 | Phoenix-FEU Accelerators |
Scoring by quarter:28-26, 18-28, 26-15, 22-21 | ||
Pts: Grey 22 | Pts: Daquioag 22 | |
Phoenix sweeps series, 2–0 |
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila |
March 31 |
Cafefrance Bakers-CEU | 78–82 | 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 |
Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo |
April 5 |
Cafefrance Bakers-CEU | 86–77 | 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 | 85–84 | 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 |
Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo |
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 | 100–94 | 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 | 81–88 (OT) | Phoenix-FEU Accelerators |
Pts: Zamar 20 Rebs: Ebondo 20 | Pts: Belo 25 Rebs: Belo 13 | |
Phoenix wins series, 3–2 |
Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo |
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]
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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