Awards
| 2017 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup Champions |
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 Cignal–San Beda Hawkeyes First title |
| 2017 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup | |
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| The 6th PBA Aspirant's Cup | |
| Duration | January 19, 2017—April 6, 2017 |
| TV partner(s) | AksyonTV and Youtube (Livestreams) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Cignal-San Beda |
| Runners-up | Racal Ceramica |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Robert Bolick [1] |
| PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology | |
The 2017 PBA D-League Aspirants Cup is the first conference of the 2017 PBA Developmental League season. The tournament opened on January 19, 2017 at the Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig. [2]
There are 10 teams in this season's Aspirant's Cup, 4 are holdovers from last year's Foundation Cup, 2 returnees after a short hiatus, and 3 new squads. [3] 5 of the teams were represented by players from various colleges and universities.
The annual draft of the PBA D-League will be conducted on December 20, 2016. 128 aspirants—113 local players and 15 Filipino-foreigners—had already submitted their intention to participate in the draft. [3] AMA, Tanduay, Racal, Caféfrance and Wang's will picked the first five draft picks, while a lottery will decide the draft orders of 4 new teams, San Beda-Cignal, [4] JRU, MLQU and Batangas. As a guest team, Blustar Malaysia will be ineligible to join the drafting proceedings. [5] Jeron Teng of the De La Salle Green Archers was picked as the #1 draft pick by AMA Online Education. [6]
Draft Order
1st Round:
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Outright semi-finals |
| 2 | Racal Tile Master Ceramica | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1 | |
| 3 | Café France Bakers | 6 | 3 | .667 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarter-finals |
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 6 | 3 | .667 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | |
| 5 | AMA Online Education Titans | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarter-finals |
| 6 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 4 | 5 | .444 [lower-alpha 2] | 4 | |
| 7 | Batangas EAC Generals | 4 | 5 | .444 [lower-alpha 2] | 4 | Eliminated |
| 8 | Wang's Basketball Couriers | 3 | 6 | .333 [lower-alpha 3] | 5 | |
| 9 | Victoria's Sports - MLQU | 3 | 6 | .333 [lower-alpha 3] | 5 | |
| 10 | Blustar Detergent Dragons Malaysia | 0 | 9 | .000 | 8 |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-3 series) | The Finals (Best-of-3 series) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Cignal-San Beda | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 80 | 4 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | AMA Online Education | 76 | 1 | Cignal-San Beda | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Racal Ceramica | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Racal Ceramica | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Cafe France Bakers | 86 | 3 | Cafe France Bakers | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 75 | ||||||||||||
| Tanduay Rhum Masters | 80–76 | AMA Online Education Titans |
| Scoring by quarter:25–16, 21–23, 22–23, 12–14 | ||
| Pts: Cruz 23 Rebs: Gaco 8 Asts: Teng 6 | Pts: Tambeling 27 Rebs: Tambeling 10 Asts: Riley 2 | |
| Café France Bakers | 86–75 | JRU Heavy Bombers |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 17–16, 33–27, 21–20 | ||
| Pts: Desiderio 16 Rebs: Ebondo 11 Asts: Sedurifa 4 | Pts: Teodoro 18 Rebs: Bautista 5 Asts: Teodoro 2 | |
| Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes | 55–66 | Tanduay Rhum Masters |
| Scoring by quarter:14–11, 6–17, 15–28, 20–10 | ||
| Pts: Pamboy Raymundo 13 Rebs: Mocon 6 | Pts: Gaco 16 Rebs: Jaymo Eguilos 12 Asts: Gaco 2 | |
| Masters leads series, 1–0 | ||
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina |
March 30 |
| Racal Tile Master Ceramica | 85–93 | Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 22–29, 23–19, 26–19 | ||
| Pts: Nambatac 23 Rebs: Corpuz 8 Asts: Nambatac 6 | Pts: Perkins 28 Rebs: Perkins 8 Asts: Bolick 6 | |
| Cignal leads series, 1–0 | ||
April 3 |
| Racal Tile Master Ceramica | 100–90 | Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes |
| Scoring by quarter:26–22, 31–20, 24–29, 19–19 | ||
| Pts: Nambatac 24 Rebs: Corpuz 11 Asts: Nambatac 2 | Pts: Bolick 18 Rebs: Bolick 10 Asts: Bolick 5 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
April 7 |
| Racal Tile Master Ceramica | 78–81 | Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes |
| Scoring by quarter:23–15, 20–15, 17–24, 22–18 | ||
| Pts: Corpuz 24 Rebs: Corpuz, Gabayni 9 each Asts:N/A | Pts: Mocon 25 Rebs: Mocon 7 Asts: Bolick 6 | |
| Cignal HD wins series, 2–1 | ||
| 2017 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup Champions |
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| Cignal–San Beda Hawkeyes First title |
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