NCAA Season 91 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 91

Host school	Mapua Institute of Technology
Men's Finals G1 G2 G3 (OT) Wins   San Beda Red Lions 90 68 82 1   Letran Knights 94 61 85 2
Duration	October 23–29, 2015
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVP	Mark Cruz
Winning coach	Aldin Ayo (1st title)
Semifinalists	Mapúa Cardinals   JRU Heavy Bombers
TV network(s)	ABS-CBN Sports and Action, Balls, Balls HD
Juniors' Finals G1 G2 G3 Wins   San Beda Red Cubs 76 68 70 2+1   Arellano Braves 68 72 61 1
Duration	October 23–29, 2015
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena
Finals MVP	Evan Nelle
Winning coach	JB Sison (3rd title)
Semifinalists	Malayan Red Robins   La Salle Green Hills Greenies
< Season 90 2015 Season 92 >

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 91 were the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for the current season. The Mapua Institute of Technology hosted the season, started with an opening ceremony held on June 27, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena followed by a double-header. ^[1] Games are expected to be followed at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan, with two seniors and juniors games. The men's games are aired live by ABS-CBN Sports and Action and in High Definition on Balls HD 167. ^[1]

Men's tournament

Teams

Team	School	Coach
Arellano Chiefs	Arellano University (AU)	Jerry Codiñera
Letran Knights	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL)	Jeff Napa
Benilde Blazers	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB)	Gabby Velasco
EAC Generals	Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC)	Andy de Guzman
JRU Heavy Bombers	José Rizal University (JRU)	Vergel Meneses
Lyceum Pirates	Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU)	Topex Robinson
Mapúa Cardinals	Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT)	Atoy Co
San Beda Red Lions	San Beda College (SBC)	Jamike Jarin
San Sebastian Stags	San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R)	Egay Macaraya
Perpetual Altas	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD)	Jimwell Gican

Changes from last season

Full members (from probationary members): ^[2]

• EAC Generals
• Lyceum Pirates

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Beda Red Lions	13	5	.722 [lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Letran Knights	13	5	.722 [lower-alpha 1]	—
3	Mapúa Cardinals (H)	12	6	.667 [lower-alpha 2]	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	JRU Heavy Bombers	12	6	.667 [lower-alpha 2]	1
5	Arellano Chiefs	12	6	.667 [lower-alpha 2]	1
6	Perpetual Altas	11	7	.611	2
7	San Sebastian Stags	6	12	.333	7
8	Benilde Blazers	5	13	.278	8
9	Lyceum Pirates	4	14	.222	9
10	EAC Generals	2	16	.111	11

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. First-seed playoff: San Beda 83–78 Letran
2. Head-to-head record: JRU 3–1, Mapúa 2–2, Arellano 1–3; fourth-seed playoff: Mapúa 93–75 Arellano, third-seed playoff: Mapúa 83–76 JRU

Match-up results

	Round 1									Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Arellano
Letran
Benilde
EAC
JRU
Lyceum
Mapúa
San Beda
San Sebastian
Perpetual

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

Team	AU	CSJL	CSB	EAC	JRU	LPU	MIT	SBC	SSC-R	UPHSD
Arellano Chiefs		68–77	85–73	92–80	61–78	80–78	100–96*	88–84	104–92	66–76
Letran Knights	87–81		82–53	69–83	78–62	83–78	80–77	93–80	82–76	79–71
Benilde Blazers	82–86	69–79		73–66	49–67	69–72	64–76	67–73	88–66	69–77
EAC Generals	90–98	76–86	57–81		47–67	55–69	72–101	80–108	77–71	55–68
JRU Heavy Bombers	114–112**	86–80	73–69	87–64		75–60	90–87	69–88	89–91*	83–86*
Lyceum Pirates	83–97	57–74	56–59	59–45	55–64		95–109	74–97	70–77	61–70
Mapúa Cardinals	81–76	82–77	77–72	88–63	68–67	70–66		89–102	88–86	79–82
San Beda Red Lions	72–91	77–73	89–63	96–84	83–75	87–80	75–65		92–81	83–81
San Sebastian Stags	76–86	89–87	62–69	91–77	69–91	67–71	78–87	98–92		70–84
Perpetual Altas	77–84*	64–93	70–47	89–59	60–62	70–42	65–70	88–86	87–91

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Seeding playoffs

The top 5 teams are separated by 1 game.

• JRU, Mapua and Arellano were tied for third to fifth; a series of playoffs were held. JRU had the bye as the team with the best head-to-head record among the three:
  • Mapua and Arellano played for the #4 seed; the loser is eliminated; the winner advances to the third-seed playoff, and is guaranteed no less than a #4 seed
  • JRU waited for the third-seed playoff; the winner gets the #3 seed, while the loser is the #4 seed

First–seed playoff

Letran and San Beda were tied for first and second; a playoff was held to determine which will be the #1 seed.

Winner faces the #4 seed, while the loser faces the #3 seed. Both still have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals.

ABS-CBN S+A

October 13 4:00 p.m.

Letran Knights	78–83	San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–24, 18–18, 30–24

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Third to fourth–seed playoffs

	First round				Second round
					JRU	76
	Mapúa	93			Mapúa	81
	Arellano	75

Mapúa vs. Arellano

Winner advances to the third seed playoff and is guaranteed of no less than a #4 seed, while the loser is eliminated.

ABS-CBN S+A

October 13 2:00 p.m.

Mapúa Cardinals	93–75	Arellano Chiefs
Scoring by quarter:16–15, 33–18, 20–18, 24–24
Mapúa advances to the Final Four

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

JRU vs Mapúa

Winner is the third seed, while the loser settles for the #4 seed.

ABS-CBN S+A

October 16 4:00 p.m.

JRU Heavy Bombers	76–81	Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 16–19, 22–18, 22–25

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Bracket

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	San Beda	78
	4	JRU	68
						1	San Beda	90	68	82
						2	Letran	94	61	85*
	2	Letran	91
	3	Mapúa	90

*Game went into overtime

Semifinals

San Beda and Letran have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to advance to the Finals.

(1) San Beda vs. (4) JRU

ABS-CBN S+A

October 20 4:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	78–68	JRU Heavy Bombers
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 13–13, 26–21, 22–15
San Beda wins series in one game

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

(2) Letran vs. (3) Mapua

ABS-CBN S+A

October 20 2:00 p.m.

Letran Knights	91–90	Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter:21–17, 24–25, 22–28, 24–20
Letran wins series in one game

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff.

ABS-CBN S+A

October 23 4:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	90–94	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–17, 21–22, 28–33

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 12,825

ABS-CBN S+A

October 27 4:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	68–61	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter:22–15, 11–15, 19–19, 16–12

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 17,588

ABS-CBN S+A

October 29 4:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	82–85 (OT)	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 27–20, 13–14, 23–21,  Overtime: 7–10
Letran wins series 2–1

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 20,158

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Mark Cruz  (Letran Knights)

All-Star Game

The 10 member schools were divided into East and West. The East squad is represented by players from San Beda College, University of Perpetual Help, Arellano University, Jose Rizal University and San Sebastian College-Recoletos, while the West team draws from Lyceum of the Philippines University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, College of Saint Benilde, Mapua Institute of Technology, and Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

ABS-CBN S+A

August 21 3:00 p.m.

NCAA West All-Stars	89–88	NCAA East All-Stars
Scoring by quarter:19–14, 22–24, 18–25, 30–25

Filoil Flying V Arena

• All-Star Game MVP: Jonathan Grey (CSB)

Rosters	West NCAA All-Stars		East NCAA All-Stars
	Mark Cruz Kevin Racal Rey Nambatac Jonathan Grey Pons Saavedra Jeffrey Ongteco Francis Munsayac Sydney Onwubere Christ Mejos Joseph Gabayni Wilson Baltazar Shaq Alanes Allwell Oraeme JP Nietes Justin Serrano		Jio Jalalon Zach Nicholls Kent Sallado Abdul Razak Abdul Wahab Tey Teodoro Jordan dela Paz Michole Sorela Arthur dela Cruz Ryusei Koga Jamil Ortuoste Michael Calisaan Bradwyn Guinto Bright Akhuetie Earl Thompson (replaced by John Ylagan) Gab Dalangon
	Coach: Aldin Ayo		Coach: Jamike Jarin

Side events winners

• 3-Point Shootout Champion: Mark Cruz (Letran)
• Slam Dunk Champion: Jebb Bulawan (Lyceum)
• Miss NCAA: Lyra Velchez (Perpetual)
  • Miss NCAA 1st Runner-Up: Rycca Timog (Lyceum)
  • Miss NCAA 2nd Runner-Up: Zahara Soriano (Arellano)

Awards

NCAA Season 91 men's basketball champions
Letran Knights 17th title

The awards were given prior to Game 1 of the Men's basketball finals on October 23, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena. ^[3]

• Most Valuable Player:Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
• Rookie of the Year:Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
• Mythical Five:
  • Scottie Thompson  (Perpetual Altas)
  • Jio Jalalon  (Arellano Chiefs)
  • Arthur dela Cruz  (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Bright Akhuetie  (Perpetual Altas)
  • Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
• Defensive Player of the Year:Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
• All-Defensive Team:
  • Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
  • Bradwyn Guinto  (San Sebastian Stags)
  • Arthur dela Cruz  (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Scottie Thompson  (Perpetual Altas)
  • Bright Akhuetie  (Perpetual Altas)
• Most Improved Player: Michael Calisaan  (San Sebastian Stags)
• Coach of the Year: Aldin Ayo  (Letran Knights)

Broadcast notes

Finals

Simulcast over ABS-CBN Sports and Action, The Filipino Channel or ABS-CBN Sports and Action International, and Balls HD 195 with replays on Balls and Balls HD 195.

Game	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside Reporters
Game 1	Anton Roxas	Olsen Racela	Myrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco
Game 2	Andrei Felix	Allan Gregorio	Roxanne Montealegre and Ceej Tantengco
Game 3	Anton Roxas	Allan Gregorio	Myrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco

Additional Game 3 crew:

• Award presenter: Andrei Felix

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Beda Red Cubs	18	0	1.000	—	Thrice-to-beat in the Finals [lower-alpha 1]
2	Malayan Red Robins (H)	16	2	.889	2	Proceed to stepladder round 2
3	Arellano Braves	12	6	.667	6	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	La Salle Green Hills Greenies [lower-alpha 2]	11	7	.611 [lower-alpha 3]	7
5	Lyceum Junior Pirates	11	7	.611 [lower-alpha 3]	7
6	EAC–ICA Brigadiers	9	9	.500	9
7	Letran Squires	6	12	.333	12
8	San Sebastian Staglets	4	14	.222	14
9	JRU Light Bombers	2	16	.111	16
10	Perpetual Junior Altas	1	17	.056	17

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for top 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. As San Beda won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
2. LSGH's first round win against Letran was forfeited after three of its players were ruled to be ineligible for wearing uniform numbers outside the league-mandated 4 to 19. ^[4]
3. Fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 88–71 Lyceum

Match-up results

	Round 1									Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
AU
CSJL
EAC–ICA
JRU
LSGH
LPU–C
MHSS
SBC–R
SSC–R
UPHSD

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Scores

Team	AU	CSJL	EAC-ICA	JRU	LSGH	LPU-C	MHSS	SBC-R	SSC-R	UPHSD
AU		89–71	104–98	103–34	69–90	97–88	76–69	81–86	82–64	85–69
CSJL	76–86		71–72	92–54	20–0 [lower-alpha 1]	73–76	63–97	59–99	71–75	81–80*
EAC-ICA	74–92	87–77		111–73	61–72	79–76	80–88	78–84	81–67	88–62
JRU	52–99	65–69	69–93		57–86	73–81*	39–87	53–103	56–75	89–66
LSGH	80–67	69–48	68–75	84–54		80–83	55–79	63–84	69–48	82–67
LPU-C	77–100	91–83	95–90	87–63	66–81		64–76	81–91	88–82	78–59
MHSS	86–73	73–43	90–74	83–62	64–57	85–63		63–80	80–51	87–51
SBC-R	80–76	76–67	100–83	95–71	82–70	90–79	89–84		85–60	85–61
SSC-R	99–72	73–78	84–83	66–70	57–87	49–78	64–86	57–88		87–58
UPHSD	66–100	52–74	72–73	51–77	58–83	74–88	46–95	53–109	60–55

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Notes:

1. LSGH originally won 88–49; the NCAA Management Committee upheld Letran's protest of the game after three LSGH players were ineligible for wearing uniform numbers outside of the league-mandated 4 to 19. ^[4]

Fourth–seed playoff

October 13 12 noon

Lyceum Junior Pirates	71–88	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
La Salle advances to the Final Four

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Bracket

	Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)					Stepladder round 2 (Single-elimination)					Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage)
											1	San Beda–Rizal	76	68	70
						2	Malayan	79			3	Arellano	68	72	61
	3	Arellano	75			3	Arellano	85
	4	LSGH	74

Stepladder semifinals

The semifinals consists of two rounds of single-elimination.

(3) Arellano vs. (4) LSGH

October 16 2:00 p.m.

Arellano Braves	75–74	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
Arellano advances to the 2nd round

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

(2) Malayan vs. (3) Arellano

October 20 12 noon

Malayan Red Robins	79–85	Arellano Braves
Arellano advances to the Finals

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Finals

Since San Beda swept the elimination round, the Finals is a de facto best of five series with San Beda automatically leading 1–0. Therefore, San Beda has to win twice, while Arellano needed thrice, to win the championship.

October 23 12 noon

San Beda Red Cubs

76–68

Arellano Braves

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

October 27 2:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Cubs

68–72

Arellano Braves

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

October 29 2:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Cubs	70–61	Arellano Braves
San Beda wins series in three games

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Evan Nelle  (San Beda Red Cubs)

Awards

NCAA Season 91 juniors' basketball champions
San Beda Red Cubs 22nd title, seventh consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player:Michael Enriquez (Malayan Red Robins)
• Mythical Five:
  • Michael Enriquez (Malayan Red Robins)
  • Sherwin Concepcion (San Beda Red Cubs)
  • Samuel Abu Hijle (San Beda Red Cubs)
  • Guilmer dela Torre (Arellano Braves)
  • Carlo Abadeza (Arellano Braves)
• Defensive Player of the Year:John Anthony Umali (Perpetual Junior Altas)
• Rookie of the Year:Lars Sunga (Arellano Braves)
• Most Improved Player:Maui Cruz (EAC–ICA Brigadiers)
• Coach of the Year:JB Sison (San Beda Red Cubs)

Controversies

Wrong uniform

The NCAA Management Committee, chaired by Melchor Divina of Mapua, upheld the recommendation of commissioner Arturo Cristobal forfeiting La Salle-Greenhills’ 88–49 victory over Letran. LSGH's Jesmar Pedrosa, Alain Madrigal and Ladis Lepalam wore Nos. 20, 28 and 27, respectively, which violated a league rule limiting the use of jersey numbers to Nos. 4 to 19. ^[4]

See also

• UAAP Season 78 basketball tournaments

References

1. "WATCH: NCAA kicks off Season 91 with fiery opening". ABS-CBN News. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
2. "NCAA Welcomes EAC, Lyceum as regular members". ABS-CBN News. 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-07-15.
3. Flores-Colina, Celest (2015-10-23). "Oraeme named NCAA Season 91 Rookie MVP, Best Defensive player". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
4. "SBC seeks No. 2 vs EAC; LSGH win forfeited". The Philippine Star . 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2015-07-02.

External links

• Official website

Preceded by Season 90 (2014)	NCAA basketball seasons Season 91 (2015)	Succeeded by Season 92 (2016)