NCAA Season 77 basketball tournaments

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77th NCAA season
Host school Philippine Christian University
Men's FinalsG1G2G3Wins
JRU colors.svg  JRU Heavy Bombers 7495621
SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Stags 7781952
DurationSeptember 27 – October 2, 2001
Arena(s) Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Finals MVP Christian Coronel
Winning coach Turo Valenzona (5th title)
SemifinalistsMapua colors.svg  Mapúa Cardinals
CSB colors.svg  Benilde Blazers
TV network(s) PTV/NBN
Juniors' FinalsG1G2G3 (OT)Wins
Letran colors.svg  Letran Squires 7470632
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Cubs 6980611
DurationSeptember 27 – October 2, 2001
Arena(s) Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Finals MVPLeland Ronquillo
Winning coachJing Ruiz (1st title)
SemifinalistsSSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Staglets
Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa Red Robins
< Season 76 2001 Season 78 >

The basketball tournaments of National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) 77th season hosted by the Philippine Christian University began on July 7, 2001, at the Araneta Coliseum with Manila mayor Lito Atienza as the special guest and speaker, followed by the opening ceremonies and a quadruple-header. [1] Games then are subsequently held at Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The opening rites and the games were aired live by the Media Conglomerates Inc. over PTV/NBN through the facilities of Silverstar Communications, Inc. [1]

Contents

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standing

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1JRU colors.svg  JRU Heavy Bombers 113.786— Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Stags 95.643 [a] 2
3Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa Cardinals 95.643 [a] 2 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4CSB colors.svg  Benilde Blazers 86.5713
5PCU colors.svg  PCU Dolphins (H)77.5004
6Letran colors.svg  Letran Knights 68.4295
7UPHD colors.svg  Perpetual Altas 410.2867
8San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Lions 212.1439
Source: The Philippine Star
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 and #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Mapua 1–1 San Sebastian, (head-to-head point differential: 0); overall point differential: San Sebastian +87, Mapua +7

Match-up results

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Letran colors.svg  Letran CSB colors.svgPCU colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgUPHD colors.svgMapua colors.svgJRU colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgUPHD colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgJRU colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgCSB colors.svgPCU colors.svgMapua colors.svg
CSB colors.svg  Benilde Letran colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgPCU colors.svgMapua colors.svgUPHD colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgJRU colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgUPHD colors.svgMapua colors.svgPCU colors.svgLetran colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgJRU colors.svg
JRU colors.svg  JRU SSC-R colors.svgMapua colors.svgUPHD colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgPCU colors.svgLetran colors.svgCSB colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgPCU colors.svgLetran colors.svgMapua colors.svgUPHD colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgCSB colors.svg
Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa UPHD colors.svgJRU colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgCSB colors.svgLetran colors.svgPCU colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgPCU colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgCSB colors.svgJRU colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgUPHD colors.svgLetran colors.svg
PCU colors.svg  PCU San Beda colors.svgLetran colors.svgCSB colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgJRU colors.svgMapua colors.svgUPHD colors.svgMapua colors.svgUPHD colors.svgJRU colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgCSB colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgLetran colors.svg
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda PCU colors.svgCSB colors.svgLetran colors.svgJRU colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgUPHD colors.svgMapua colors.svgJRU colors.svgMapua colors.svgUPHD colors.svgLetran colors.svgPCU colors.svgCSB colors.svgSSC-R colors.svg
SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian JRU colors.svgUPHD colors.svgMapua colors.svgPCU colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgCSB colors.svgLetran colors.svgCSB colors.svgLetran colors.svgPCU colors.svgUPHD colors.svgMapua colors.svgJRU colors.svgSan Beda colors.svg
UPHD colors.svg  Perpetual Mapua colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgJRU colors.svgLetran colors.svgCSB colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgPCU colors.svgLetran colors.svgPCU colors.svgCSB colors.svgSan Beda colors.svgSSC-R colors.svgJRU colors.svgMapua colors.svg
Source: The Philippine Star
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams CSJL CSB JRU MIT PCU SBC SSC-R UPHR
Letran Knights —65–7181–85 71–76 70–65 85–77 63–75 81–72
Benilde Blazers 77–71*—90–9560–6664–6898–103*71–7771–75
JRU Heavy Bombers 81–8374–84—62–5682–70103–9855–5480–73
Mapúa Cardinals 62–55 61–7088–85—71–7380–7160–7052–61
PCU Dolphins 87–8181–7980–8761–74—85–9355–6162–64
San Beda Red Lions 67–88 74–91111–125*66–6875–82— 77–81 78–84
San Sebastian Stags 83–62 69–7275–8181–7165–72 84–69 —89–81**
Perpetual Altas 70–7163–7687–10272–8069–74 61–82 64–76—
Source: The Philippine Star
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1JRU colors.svg  JRU 8499
4CSB colors.svg  Benilde 9876
1JRU colors.svg  JRU 749562
2SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian 778195
2SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian 5848
3Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa 6544

Semifinals

San Sebastian and JRU have the twice-to-beat advantage. They only have to win once, while their opponents, twice, to progress.

(1) JRU vs. (4) Benilde

September 20
5:30 p.m.
JRU Heavy Bombers  JRU colors.svg84–98CSB colors.svg  Benilde Blazers
Scoring by quarter: 17-26, 21-19, 21-21, 25-32
Pts: Nani Epondulan 22Pts: Sunday Salvacion 39
September 22
5:00 p.m.
JRU Heavy Bombers  JRU colors.svg99–76CSB colors.svg  Benilde Blazers
Pts: Nani Epondulan 35
JRU wins series in two games

In Game 1, the defending champions Blazers relied on its star, Sunday Salvacion, who capped 39 points in the game including six treys. [2] The game was a nip-and-tuck affair until midway in the first half, when Salvacion broke a 14-all deadlock. The Bombers never recovered and faced a 15-point deficit entering the final two minutes. [3]

The Heavy Bombers relied on its veterans to mount a huge lead, 58–32 in the third quarter and never looked back. [4] Defending champion Blazers, however, conspired a comeback by making ten triples, but it wasn't enough to push themselves on the way to Finals. Graduating players Ernani Epondulan finished with 35 points and Ariel Capus made 17 of his own. [5]

(2) San Sebastian vs. (3) Mapúa

September 20
1:30 p.m.
San Sebastian Stags  SSC-R colors.svg58–65Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 13-21, 23-11, 9-11, 13-22
Pts: Mark Macapagal 14Pts: Steve Marucot 18
September 22
1:30 p.m.
San Sebastian Stags  SSC-R colors.svg48–44Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter:16-11, 10-10, 8-14, 14-9
Pts: Paul Reguerra 10Pts: Jeff Martin 12
San Sebastian wins series in two games

The Cardinals, led by rookie point guard Jeffrey Martin, Steve Marucot, and Roberto Lagar found their rhythm in the final period of Game 1 to force the Stags to a rubber match. Lagar hit back-to-back treys midway in the final period to give his team the lead, 57–49. However, the Stags recovered and reduced the deficit, 59–58, thanks to Michael Gonzales' pair of charities in the last 21 seconds. The Stags went to fouls to stop the clock when Lagar missed his last free throw but Marucot's putback sealed the victory for the Cardinals. [2]

The Stags, who are enjoying a twice-to-beat advantage, relied on endgame breaks in Game 2 to eliminate Mapúa and advance to the Finals. [4] [5]

Finals

The San Sebastian Stags are back again in the Finals after their disappointing defeat from CSB Blazers last season. They last held their five-straight championships from 1993 to 1997 and then the streak ended in 1998 at the hands of Letran Knights.

Meanwhile, the JRU Heavy Bombers has not seen a title since 1972. They came close to winning the title in 1999, only to falter to the Letran Knights. The disappointment continued last year when they were beaten twice by the San Sebastian Stags in the semifinals.

September 27
3:30 p.m.
JRU Heavy Bombers  JRU colors.svg74–77SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 13-18, 20-20, 26-15, 15-24
Pts: Nani Epondulan 16Pts: Clark Moore 15
September 29
3:30 p.m.
JRU Heavy Bombers  JRU colors.svg95–81SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 19-21, 28-14, 9-12, 39-34
Pts: Nani Epondulan 26Pts: Macapagal, Alfad 14 each
October 2
3:30 p.m.
JRU Heavy Bombers  JRU colors.svg62–95SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 18-23, 17-20, 9-19, 18-33
Pts: Ariel Capus 14Pts: Mark Macapagal 21
San Sebastian wins series, 2–1

The two teams clashed neck-to-neck all throughout Game 1 but the Stags are the better team in crunch time. The Heavy Bombers entered the final quarter with the lead when the Stags applied its pressure defense. Stags' Roy Falcasantos converted a layup in the last 48 seconds of the game to break a 74-all tieup then later converted a charity to give his team the win. [6] [7]

JRU relied on the offense of season MVP Nani Epondulan, Joel Finuliar, Rendel Dela Rea, and Ariel Capus to register a 68–54 lead in the final quarter of Game 2 to keep the Stags at bay and then finally made a comeback to the series. [8] [9]

Showing experience, the Stags never faltered from the start of Game 3, as they outclassed the Heavy Bombers by 33 points en route to their 10th NCAA championship. Nani Epondulan, the season MVP, tallied 13 points in the first half, but was made scoreless in the second half. [10] [11]

Awards

  NCAA Season 77 men's basketball champions  
SSC-R colors.svg
San Sebastian Stags
Tenth title

Juniors' tournament

Bracket

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1Letran colors.svg  Letran W
4Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa L
1Letran colors.svg  Letran 747063*
2San Beda colors.svg  San Beda 698061
2San Beda colors.svg  San Beda W
3SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian L

*Game went into overtime

Finals

September 27
1:00pm
Letran Squires  Letran colors.svg74–69San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Cubs
Letran leads series, 1–0
September 29
1:00pm
Letran Squires  Letran colors.svg70–80San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Cubs
Series tied, 1–1
October 2
1:00pm
Letran Squires  Letran colors.svg63–61 (OT)San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Cubs
Letran wins series, 2–1
  • Finals Most Valuable Player:Leland Ronquillo (Letran Squires)

Awards

  NCAA Season 77 juniors' basketball champions  
Letran colors.svg
Letran Squires
12th title

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