2024 Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup

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2024 Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup
17th Filoil EcoOil ECJ Preseason Cup
Filoil EcoOil 17th ECJ Preseason Cup.jpg
Tournament details
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
City San Juan
Venue(s) Filoil EcoOil Centre
DatesMay 11 – June 12, 2024
Teams18
Defending championsUP colors.svg  UP Fighting Maroons
Final positions
ChampionsUP colors.svg  UP Fighting Maroons (2nd title)
Runner-upLa Salle colors.svg  De La Salle Green Archers
Third placeFEU colors.svg  FEU Tamaraws
Fourth placeLetran colors.svg  Letran Knights

The 2024 Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup , officially referred to as the 17th Filoil EcoOil ECJ Preseason Cup, was the seventeenth edition of the collegiate basketball tournament organized by Filoil EcoOil Sports. The tournament began on May 11, 2024 and is contested by all 18 teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). [1] [2] [3] The tournament concluded on June 12, 2024. All games are held at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.

Contents

On May 10, 2024, Filoil EcoOil Sports announced that the 17th Preseason Cup would be named after late sports patron Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.. The trophy in which the eventual champions will receive is also renamed as the ECJ Cup. [4]

The UP Fighting Maroons enter this tournament as the defending Preseason Cup champions. [5] UP would then go on in successfully defend their title in the championship game after defeating the De La Salle Green Archers in a 69–66 come-from-behind win.

Elimination round

In the elimination round, the teams are grouped by association. From there, the teams play in a single round-robin tournament. UAAP teams will play seven games while NCAA teams play nine. Teams are ranked by win-loss records with the top four teams from each association group advancing to the playoffs.

UAAP group

Team standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTGB
1UP colors.svg  UP Fighting Maroons 770554478+761.000
2La Salle colors.svg  De La Salle Green Archers 752533524+9.7142
3FEU colors.svg  FEU Tamaraws 74344145615.571 [a] 3
4UE colors.svg  UE Red Warriors 743487471+16.571 [a] 3
5UST colors.svg  UST Growling Tigers 7343913910.429 [b] 4
6NU colors.svg  NU Bulldogs 734493453+40.429 [b] 4
7Adamson colors.svg  Adamson Soaring Falcons 72541446046.2865
8Ateneo colors.svg  Ateneo Blue Eagles 70741950990.0007
Source: Standings
Notes:
  1. 1 2 FEU wins tiebreaker over UE by head-to-head victory (80–76).
  2. 1 2 UST wins tiebreaker over NU by head-to-head victory (76–75).

Results

TeamGame
1234567
Adamson colors.svg  Adamson Soaring Falcons
(AdU)
UE colors.svg UE
57–65
FEU colors.svg FEU
67–77
La Salle colors.svg DLSU
72–80
Ateneo colors.svg ADMU
61–59
NU colors.svg NU
57–53
UP colors.svg UP
46–68
UST colors.svg UST
54–58
Ateneo colors.svg  Ateneo Blue Eagles
(ADMU)
Adamson colors.svg AdU
59–61
UST colors.svg UST
52–63
NU colors.svg NU
64–66
FEU colors.svg FEU
46–65
UP colors.svg UP
75–82
La Salle colors.svg DLSU
61–98
UE colors.svg UE
62–74
La Salle colors.svg  De La Salle Green Archers
(DLSU)
UP colors.svg UP
77–89
UST colors.svg UST
68–61
Adamson colors.svg AdU
80–72
UE colors.svg UE
77–74
Ateneo colors.svg ADMU
98–61
FEU colors.svg FEU
81–76
NU colors.svg NU
52–81
FEU colors.svg  FEU Tamaraws
(FEU)
Adamson colors.svg AdU
77–67
UE colors.svg UE
80–76
UP colors.svg UP
84–95
Ateneo colors.svg ADMU
65–46
NU colors.svg NU
59–91
La Salle colors.svg DLSU
76–81
UST colors.svg UST
79–72
NU colors.svg  NU Bulldogs
(NU)
UE colors.svg UE
64–72
UST colors.svg UST
75–76
UP colors.svg UP
63–73
Ateneo colors.svg ADMU
66–64
Adamson colors.svg AdU
53–57
FEU colors.svg FEU
91–59
La Salle colors.svg DLSU
81–52
UE colors.svg  UE Red Warriors
(UE)
Adamson colors.svg AdU
65–57
FEU colors.svg FEU
76–80
NU colors.svg NU
72–64
UP colors.svg UP
60–71
La Salle colors.svg DLSU
74–77
UST colors.svg UST
66–60
Ateneo colors.svg ADMU
74–62
UP colors.svg  UP Fighting Maroons
(UP)
La Salle colors.svg DLSU
89–77
UST colors.svg UST
76–73
UE colors.svg UE
71–60
NU colors.svg NU
73–63
FEU colors.svg FEU
95–84
Ateneo colors.svg ADMU
82–75
Adamson colors.svg AdU
68–46
UST colors.svg  UST Growling Tigers
(UST)
La Salle colors.svg DLSU
61–68
UP colors.svg UP
73–76
NU colors.svg NU
76–75
Ateneo colors.svg ADMU
63–52
UE colors.svg UE
60–66
Adamson colors.svg AdU
58–54
FEU colors.svg FEU
72–79
Source: Schedule
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss

NCAA group

Team standings

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPCTGB
1Letran colors.svg  Letran Knights 972718703+15.778 [a]
2CSB colors.svg  Benilde Blazers 972700646+54.778 [a]
3San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Lions 963652589+63.6671
4Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa Cardinals 9546866860.556 [b] 2
5EAC colors.svg  EAC Generals 954688670+18.556 [b] 2
6UPHD colors.svg  Perpetual Altas 94562165534.4443
7Lyceum colors.svg  Lyceum Pirates 93671774730.333 [c] 4
8Arellano colors.svg  Arellano Chiefs 93668671125.333 [c] 4
9SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Stags 93673077444.333 [c] 4
10JRU colors.svg  JRU Heavy Bombers 92770372017.2225
Updated to match(es) played on June 6, 2024. Source: Standings
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Letran wins tiebreaker over Benilde by head-to-head victory (80–71).
  2. 1 2 Mapúa wins tiebreaker over EAC by head-to-head victory (75–71).
  3. 1 2 3 Lyceum (2–0), Arellano (1–1), and San Sebastian (0–2) are ranked by head-to-head record.

Results

TeamGame
123456789
Arellano colors.svg  Arellano Chiefs
(AU)
JRU colors.svg JRU
80–79
SSC-R colors.svg SSC–R
105–95
EAC colors.svg EAC
77–80
UPHD colors.svg UPHSD
68–65
Letran colors.svg CSJL
75–80
CSB colors.svg CSB
58–72
Lyceum colors.svg LPU
82–88
Mapua colors.svg MU
71–79
San Beda colors.svg SBU
70–73
Letran colors.svg  Letran Knights
(CSJL)
San Beda colors.svg SBU
69–76
UPHD colors.svg UPHSD
69–77
CSB colors.svg CSB
80–71
Lyceum colors.svg LPU
91–86
Arellano colors.svg AU
80–75
JRU colors.svg JRU
68–66
SSC-R colors.svg SSC–R
81–79
Mapua colors.svg MU
96–92
EAC colors.svg EAC
84–81
CSB colors.svg  Benilde Blazers
(CSB)
Letran colors.svg CSJL
71–80
Mapua colors.svg MU
72–59
SSC-R colors.svg SSC–R
86–64
JRU colors.svg JRU
86–80
Arellano colors.svg AU
72–58
San Beda colors.svg SBU
71–69
Lyceum colors.svg LPU
95–89
UPHD colors.svg UPHSD
77–72
EAC colors.svg EAC
70–75
EAC colors.svg  EAC Generals
(EAC)
San Beda colors.svg SBU
76–67
UPHD colors.svg UPHSD
60–49
Arellano colors.svg AU
80–77
JRU colors.svg JRU
66–73
Lyceum colors.svg LPU
93–81
Mapua colors.svg MU
71–75
SSC-R colors.svg SSC–R
86–94
Letran colors.svg CSJL
81–84
CSB colors.svg CSB
75–70
JRU colors.svg  JRU Heavy Bombers
(JRU)
UPHD colors.svg UPHSD
89–91
Arellano colors.svg AU
79–80
EAC colors.svg EAC
73–66
CSB colors.svg CSB
80–86
Letran colors.svg CSJL
66–68
Mapua colors.svg MU
89–93
San Beda colors.svg SBU
62–75
SSC-R colors.svg SSC–R
95–87
Lyceum colors.svg LPU
70–74
Lyceum colors.svg  Lyceum Pirates
(LPU)
Mapua colors.svg MU
67–75
San Beda colors.svg SBU
66–76
SSC-R colors.svg SSC–R
94–89
Letran colors.svg CSJL
86–91
EAC colors.svg EAC
81–93
UPHD colors.svg UPHSD
72–76
Arellano colors.svg AU
88–82
CSB colors.svg CSB
89–95
JRU colors.svg JRU
74–70
Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa Cardinals
(MU)
Lyceum colors.svg LPU
75–67
UPHD colors.svg UPHSD
67–76
CSB colors.svg CSB
59–72
San Beda colors.svg SBU
67–64
SSC-R colors.svg SSC–R
79–80
EAC colors.svg EAC
75–71
JRU colors.svg JRU
93–89
Letran colors.svg CSJL
92–96
Arellano colors.svg AU
79–71
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Lions
(SBU)
Letran colors.svg CSJL
76–69
Lyceum colors.svg LPU
76–66
EAC colors.svg EAC
67–76
Mapua colors.svg MU
64–67
UPHD colors.svg UPHSD
75–44
SSC-R colors.svg SSC–R
77–64
CSB colors.svg CSB
69–71
JRU colors.svg JRU
75–62
Arellano colors.svg AU
73–70
SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Stags
(SSC–R)
Lyceum colors.svg LPU
89–94
Arellano colors.svg AU
95–105
CSB colors.svg CSB
64–86
Mapua colors.svg MU
80–79
San Beda colors.svg SBU
64–77
Letran colors.svg CSJL
79–81
EAC colors.svg EAC
94–86
UPHD colors.svg UPHSD
78–71
JRU colors.svg JRU
87–95
UPHD colors.svg  Perpetual Altas
(UPHSD)
JRU colors.svg JRU
91–89
Letran colors.svg CSJL
77–69
Mapua colors.svg MU
76–67
EAC colors.svg EAC
49–60
Arellano colors.svg AU
65–68
San Beda colors.svg SBU
44–75
Lyceum colors.svg LPU
76–72
SSC-R colors.svg SSC–R
71–78
CSB colors.svg CSB
72–77
Source: Schedule
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss

Playoffs

The single-elimination playoffs will begin on June 8, 2024 with the crossover quarterfinals, where the first-seeded teams play the fourth-seeded team from the opposing association group, same goes for the second-seeded and third-seeded teams. [3]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship game
         
U1 UP colors.svg  UP 94
N4 Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa 75
U1 UP colors.svg  UP 89
U3 FEU colors.svg  FEU 77
N2 CSB colors.svg  Benilde 73
U3 FEU colors.svg  FEU 74
U1 UP colors.svg  UP 69
U2 La Salle colors.svg  La Salle 66
N1 Letran colors.svg  Letran 70
U4 UE colors.svg  UE 66
N1 Letran colors.svg  Letran 87 Battle for Third
U2 La Salle colors.svg  La Salle 91
U2 La Salle colors.svg  La Salle 94U3 FEU colors.svg  FEU 80
N3 San Beda colors.svg  San Beda 80 N1 Letran colors.svg  Letran 78
Legend

Quarterfinals

June 8
12:00 pm
Letran Knights  Letran colors.svg7066UE colors.svg  UE Red Warriors
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 16–21, 19–14, 15–8
Pts: Vince Cuajao 22
Rebs: Rafael Go 8
Asts: Jonathan Manalili 5
Pts: John Abate 14
Rebs: Precious Momowei 14
Asts: Jack Cruz-Dumont 6
June 8
2:00 pm
Benilde Blazers  CSB colors.svg7374FEU colors.svg  FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 20–15, 12–14, 23–24
Pts: Jhommel Ancheta 20
Rebs: Roger Ondoa 8
Asts: Mark Daniel Sangco 5
Pts: Francis Veejay Pre 20
Rebs: Mohamed Komateh 14
Asts:three players 3 each
June 8
4:00 pm
UP Fighting Maroons  UP colors.svg9475Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter:18–12, 26–15, 26–21, 24–27
Pts: Francis Lopez 16
Rebs: Francis Lopez 9
Asts: JD Cagulangan 5
Pts: Clint Escamis 21
Rebs: Aaron Fermin 6
Asts: Clint Escamis 5
June 8
6:00 pm
De La Salle Green Archers  La Salle colors.svg9480San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter:31–25, 25–14, 27–20, 11–21
Pts: Kevin Quiambao 15
Rebs: Quiambao, Cortez 7 each
Asts: Lian Ramiro 3
Pts: John Bryan Sajonia 15
Rebs: James Payosing 9
Asts: James Payosing 3

Semifinals

June 9
4:00 pm
UP Fighting Maroons  UP colors.svg8977FEU colors.svg  FEU Tamaraws
Scoring by quarter:27–26, 16–12, 27–22, 19–17
Pts: Francis Lopez 22
Rebs: Jalen Stevens 8
Asts: JD Cagulangan 9
Pts: Francis Veejay Pre 20
Rebs: Mohamed Konateh 16
Asts: Royce Alforque 4
June 9
6:00 pm
Letran Knights  Letran colors.svg8791La Salle colors.svg  De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter: 24–33, 19–23, 13–18, 31–17
Pts: Manalili, Baliling 13 each
Rebs: Rafael Go 5
Asts: Jonathan Manalili 8
Pts: Agunnane, Policarpio 19 each
Rebs: Agunnane, Quiambao 12 each
Asts:three players 5 each

Battle for Third

June 12
4:00 pm
FEU Tamaraws  FEU colors.svg8078Letran colors.svg  Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter:24–17, 25–21, 13–29, 18–11
Pts: Jorick Kyle Bautista 21
Rebs: Mohamed Konateh 21
Asts: Pre, Konateh 5 each
Pts: Vince Cuajao 27
Rebs: Cuajao, Go 5 each
Asts: Jonathan Manalili 7

Championship game

June 12
6:00 pm
UP Fighting Maroons  UP colors.svg6966La Salle colors.svg  De La Salle Green Archers
Scoring by quarter:17–14, 6–29, 25–10, 21–13
Pts: JD Cagulangan 13
Rebs: Francis Lopez 12
Asts: JD Cagulangan 4
Pts: Quiambao, Austria 14 each
Rebs: Agunanne, Quiambao 10 each
Asts: Lian Ramiro 6

This year's championship game was a rematch of last year's championship game, where the UP Fighting Maroons beat the De La Salle Green Archers, 87–76. It was also a rematch of the UAAP Season 86 men's basketball finals, where La Salle beat UP in a three-game series.

UP would come back from a 20-point deficit at the half to defend their title and become the second back-to-back Preseason Cup champions. Coincidentally, the only other team to do so was La Salle in the first two editions of the tournament (2006 and 2007).

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