2023 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

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2023 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
The 10th PBA Aspirant's Cup
DurationApril 27 – June 26, 2023
Number of teams7
TV partner(s) One Sports
PBA Rush
Finals
Champions EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers
Runners-up Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda
PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology
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The 2023 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup is the tenth Aspirants' Cup of the PBA D-League, the official minor league basketball organization owned by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

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Tournament format

Each team will play the other teams once in the elimination round. The top two teams advance to the semifinals outright. The next two teams have the twice-to-beat advantage against the next two teams in the quarterfinals. One team is eliminated. Both the semifinals and finals are best-of-three series. [1]

Teams

There are seven teams in the tournament, with six college-backed teams, and a team by the Philippine Sports Performance (PSP). An eighth team, from Saint Clare College of Caloocan, withdrew days prior to the opening due to budget issues. [2]

TeamCompanyHead coach
AMA Online Education Kings AMA University Mark Herrera
CEU Scorpions Centro Escolar University Jeff Perlas
EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers Ecology Energy Corporation Topex Robinson Gian Nazario (acting)
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda Marinerong Pilipino GroupYuri Escueta
Wang's Basketball @ 27 Strikers - Letran PRC Courier & Maintenance ServicesRensy Bajar
University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Myk Saguiguit
PSP GymersPhilippine Sports Performance Fitness CentreJohn Paolo Lao

Venues

The FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan and the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig are the host venues of the tournament.

Elimination round

Team standings

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 51.833 [lower-alpha 1] Advance to the semifinals
2 EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers 51.833 [lower-alpha 1]
3 University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta 33.500 [lower-alpha 2] 2 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran 33.500 [lower-alpha 2] 2
5 CEU Scorpions 33.500 [lower-alpha 2] 2Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6PSP Gymers24.3333
7 AMA Online Education Kings 06.0005
Source:
Rules for classification: 1)
winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Marinerong Pilipino 1–0 EcoOil
  2. 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Perpetual 1.165, Wangs 0.948, CEU 0.921

Results

Teams AMA CEU ECO MAR WAN UPH PSP
AMA Online Education Kings 68–10743–12670–11957–7157–10170–108
CEU Scorpions 62–8472–8192–85*72–93109–107**
EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers 82–79102–7980–73108–67
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 90–8766–6492–94
Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran 62–61100–92
University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta 93–82
PSP Gymers
Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
(Higher seeds twice-to-beat)
Semifinals
(Best-of-three playoff)
Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
1 Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda 2
4 Wangs-Letran 94 (OT) 4 Wangs-Letran 1
5 CEU 87 1 Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda 0
2 EcoOil-DLSU 2
2 EcoOil-DLSU 2
3 Perpetual 973 Perpetual 0
6 PSP 90

*Overtime

Quarterfinals

The third- and fourth-seeded teams have the twice-to-beat advantage against the sixth- and fifth-seeded teams, respectively.

(3) Perpetual vs. (6) PSP

June 6
2:00 p.m.
University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta 9790PSP Gymers
Perpetual wins series in one game

(4) Wangs-Letran vs. (5) CEU

June 6
4:00 p.m.
Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran 9487 (OT)CEU Scorpions
Wangs-Letran wins series in one game

Semifinals

The first-seeded team will play the winner between the fourth- and fifth-seeded team, while the second-seeded team will play the winner between the third- and sixth-seeded team. Both series are best-of-three playoffs.

(1) Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda vs. (4) Wangs-Letran

(2) EcoOil-DLSU vs. (3) Perpetual

Finals

The finals is a best-of-three playoff.

June 22
3:00 p.m.
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 82108 EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers
June 26
3:00 p.m.
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 7489 EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers
EcoOil-DLSU wins series 2–0

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