NCAA Season 72 basketball tournaments

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1996 NCAA season
Men's FinalsG1G2Wins
SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Stags 85822
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Lions 69800
DurationOctober 7–9, 1996
Arena(s) Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coach Arturo Valenzona
TV network(s)Vintage Sports (IBC)
< Season 71 1996 Season 73 >

The 1996 NCAA basketball tournament was the 72nd season in the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The season opens on July 21 at the Araneta Coliseum and ended on October 9 with the San Sebastian Stags winning their fourth straight championship in the Seniors division.

Contents

League membership was raised from six to seven with the entry of Philippine Christian University.

Teams

TeamSchoolMen's coach
Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran Molet Pineda
JRC Heavy Bombers Jose Rizal College Boy de Vera
Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa Institute of Technology Joel Banal
PCU Dolphins Philippine Christian University Ricky Cui
PHCR Altas Perpetual Help College of Rizal Bong Go
San Beda Red Lions San Beda College Dong Vergeire
San Sebastian Stags San Sebastian College - Recoletos Arturo Valenzona

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Format:

Cumulative standings

No other team had a better cumulative record than the two pennant winners, so playoff for the Finals berth was not played.

PosTeamWLPtsQualification
1SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Stags 10222Advance to the Finals
2San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Lions (H)10222
3Letran colors.svg  Letran Knights 9321
4UPHD colors.svg  PHCR Altas 6618
5Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa Cardinals 5717
6JRU colors.svg  JRC Heavy Bombers 21014
7PCU colors.svg  PCU Dolphins (X)01212
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) tournament points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) head-to-head point differential; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts; (X) Under probation

San Sebastian clinched the first round pennant with a six-game sweep, defeating the San Beda Red Lions, 100-91 on August 23. [1]

On September 26, San Beda finally halt San Sebastian's 10-game winning streak following an 81-80 victory. Both teams carry a 4-0 won-loss card in the second round of action. [2]

San Beda seals a finals date with San Sebastian Stags by capturing the second round flag, winning over Perpetual Help College, 90-83 on October 1, for a six-game sweep in the second round. [3]

Finals

Game 1

October 7
San Sebastian Stags  SSC-R colors.svg85–69San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Lions
San Sebastian leads series 1–0

Stags' Brixter Encarnacion poured all of his 19 points in the second half when the Lions tried to erase a 34-45 halftime deficit to come closer at 55-60, with 12:02 left. [4]

Game 2

October 9
San Sebastian Stags  SSC-R colors.svg82–80San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Lions
San Sebastian wins series 2-0

Ulysses Tanique put the final nail on the Red Lions' coffin as he stole a pass off Kerwin McCoy for a 79-75 advantage with 24.3 seconds remaining. [5]

Awards

  NCAA Season 72 men's basketball champions  
SSC-R colors.svg
San Sebastian Stags
Eighth title, fourth consecutive title

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References

  1. ↑ "Stags bag first round flag". Manila Standard. 1996-08-24.
  2. ↑ "Lions stun Stags". Manila Standard. 1996-09-27.
  3. ↑ "San Beda zaps Perpetual". Manila Standard. 1996-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Stags one game away from rewriting history". Manila Standard. 1996-10-08.
  5. ↑ "SSC makes history". Manila Standard. 1996-10-10.
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