NCAA Season 88

NCAA Season 88 is the 2012–13 season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The host school, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, will lead the opening ceremonies at the Smart Araneta Coliseum on June 23, 2012.^[1] TV5, via its Sports5 production, will air the men's basketball tournament at AKTV on IBC, its first year of airing the league. With its new TV contract, the league was allowed to schedule Saturday games; on its old TV coverage partner ABS-CBN, no weekend games were scheduled.^[2]

NCAA Season 88
Celebrate @ 88!: Conquering new glories for your honor
Host school	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
General
Seniors	San Beda Red Lions
Juniors	San Sebastian Staglets
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women Basketball  San Beda N/A Volleyball  Perpetual  Perpetual Chess  San Sebastian Taekwondo  Benilde  Benilde Table Tennis  San Beda  Benilde Lawn Tennis  Perpetual Swimming  San Beda  San Beda Beach Volleyball  Perpetual  Perpetual Track and field  JRU N/A Football  San Beda N/A Badminton  EAC  Benilde Cheerdance  Perpetual (Ex - Coed)
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls Basketball  San Beda N/A Volleyball  EAC–ICA Chess  Letran Taekwondo  San Sebastian Table Tennis  Letran Lawn Tennis  Letran Swimming  LSGH Beach Volleyball  EAC–ICA Track and field  EAC–ICA Football  San Beda Badminton  LSGH
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition;
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Basketball

Main article: NCAA Season 88 basketball tournaments

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Beda Red Lions	15	3	.833	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	San Sebastian Stags	13	5	.722	2
3	Letran Knights (H)	12	6	.667	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Perpetual Altas	10	8	.556[lower-alpha 1]	5
5	JRU Heavy Bombers	10	8	.556[lower-alpha 1]	5
6	Mapúa Cardinals	8	10	.444[lower-alpha 2]	7
7	EAC Generals (X)	8	10	.444[lower-alpha 2]	7
8	Arellano Chiefs (X)	6	12	.333	9
9	Benilde Blazers	5	13	.278	10
10	Lyceum Pirates (X)	3	15	.167	12

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; (X) Under probation
Notes:

1. Fourth-seed playoff: Perpetual 73–68 JRU
2. Head-to-head record: Mapúa 2–0 EAC

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	San Beda		56
	4	Perpetual		52
							1	San Beda	62	55	67
							3	Letran	60	64	39
	2	San Sebastian	74	70
	3	Letran	92	73

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Beda Red Cubs	17	1	.944	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	San Sebastian Staglets	16	2	.889	1
3	La Salle Green Hills Greenies	13	5	.722[lower-alpha 1]	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Letran Squires (H)	13	5	.722[lower-alpha 1]	4
5	Malayan Red Robins	11	7	.611	6
6	Arellano Braves (X)	7	11	.389[lower-alpha 2]	10
7	JRU Light Bombers	7	11	.389[lower-alpha 2]	10
8	Perpetual Junior Altas	4	14	.222	13
9	EAC–ICA Brigadiers (X)	2	16	.111	15
10	Lyceum Junior Pirates (X)	0	18	.000	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) overall point differential
(H) Hosts; (X) Under probation
Notes:

1. Third-seed playoff: LSGH 75–70 Letran
2. Head-to-head record: Arellano 1–1 JRU (Arellano +18)

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	San Beda	61
	4	Letran	57
						1	San Beda	69	83
						2	San Sebastian	51	58
	2	San Sebastian	58
	3	LSGH	55

See also

• UAAP Season 75

References

1. Tupas, Cedelf P. (2012-06-23). "Knights, Stags clash as 88th NCAA season fires off". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
2. Beltran, Nelson (2012-04-22). "NCAA, AKTV sign deal; battle of networks begins". Philippine Star. Retrieved 2012-06-23.

External links

• Official website