NCAA Season 88 basketball tournaments

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 88 are the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for basketball in its 2012–13 season. Colegio de San Juan de Letran hosted the season, starting with an opening ceremony held on June 23, 2012 followed by a double-header. Games then are subsequently being held at Filoil Flying V Arena, with men's games on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays aired by AKTV.

NCAA Season 88

Host school	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Men's Finals G1 G2 G3 Wins  San Beda Red Lions 62 55 67 2  Letran Knights 60 64 39 1
Duration	October 18–26, 2012
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Baser Amer
Winning coach	Ronnie Magsanoc (1st title)
Semifinalists	San Sebastian Stags  Perpetual Altas
TV network(s)	AKTV, TV5
Juniors' Finals G1 G2 Wins  San Beda Red Cubs 69 83 2  San Sebastian Staglets 51 58 0
Duration	October 18–20, 2012
Arena(s)	Mall of Asia Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVP	Javee Mocon
Winning coach	Brit Reroma (3rd title)
Semifinalists	La Salle Green Hills Greenies  Letran Squires
TV network(s)	AKTV
< Season 87 2012 Season 89 >

Men's tournament

Teams

Team	College	Coach
Arellano Chiefs	Arellano University (AU)	Koy Banal
Letran Knights	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL)	Louie Alas
Benilde Blazers	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB)	Richard del Rosario
EAC Generals	Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC)	Gerry Esplana
JRU Heavy Bombers	José Rizal University (JRU)	Vergel Meneses
Lyceum Pirates	Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU)	Bonnie Tan
Mapúa Cardinals	Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT)	Chito Victolero
San Beda Red Lions	San Beda College (SBC)	Ronnie Magsanoc
San Sebastian Stags	San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R)	Allan Trinidad
Perpetual Altas	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD)	Aric del Rosario

Changes from last season

Probationary member (from guest team):

• Lyceum Pirates

Coaching changes

Coaching changes (Men's Basketball)

Team	Old coach	Reason	New coach
San Beda	Frankie Lim	Resigned	Ronnie Magsanoc
Perpetual	Jimwell Gican	Resigned	Aric del Rosario
Arellano	Leo Isaac	Resigned	Koy Banal
San Sebastian	Topex Robinson	Resigned	Allan Trinidad

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	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[a]	5
5	JRU Heavy Bombers	10	8	.556[a]	5
6	Mapúa Cardinals	8	10	.444[b]	7
7	EAC Generals (X)	8	10	.444[b]	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

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		77–67	73–80*	72–75	65–77	83–52	49–68	71–81	70–91	63–54
Letran Squires	76–58		60–77	65–62	83–101	70–60	66–60	43–65	80–74	66–69
Benilde Blazers	74–69	83–97		61–76	72–77	70–61	55–64	53–59	93–95	64–84
EAC Generals	76–57	80–86	73–64		79–90	81–83	63–67	65–81	93–94	71–72
JRU Heavy Bombers	82–85	59–70	62–56	65–71		85–71	65–64	37–62	78–101	64–59
Lyceum Pirates	49–58	60–76	73–87	73–94	69–62*		78–74	67–82	79–87	70–82
Mapúa Cardinals	57–59	60–72	80–66	80–55	60–63	76–58		52–64	61–54	88–94*
San Beda Red Lions	82–75	68–62	74–56	92–69	67–45	77–47	65–41		71–80	87–88*
San Sebastian Stags	79–71	67–82	92–72	67–77	74–82	83–75	77–62	69–55		80–65
Perpetual Altas	89–58	57–62	78–74	71–73	88–72	64–53	71–74	53–60	62–80

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

Fourth-seed playoff

AKTV

October 11 6:00 p.m.

Perpetual Altas	73–68	JRU Heavy Bombers
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 19–16, 12–15, 20–18

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Bracket

	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

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

(1) San Beda vs. (4) Perpetual

AKTV

October 13 4:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	56–52	Perpetual Altas
Scoring by quarter: 9–10, 8–12, 18–17, 21–13
San Beda wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

(2) San Sebastian vs. (3) Letran

AKTV

October 13 6:00 p.m.

San Sebastian Stags	74–92	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 7–27, 21–19, 20–23, 26–23

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

AKTV

October 15 6:00 p.m.

San Sebastian Stags	70–73	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 22–15, 12–14, 14–19
Letran wins series in two games

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Finals

AKTV

October 18 6:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	62–60	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 6–13, 23–16, 15–19

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

AKTV

October 20 6:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	55–64	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 14–19, 15–4, 12–23

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 15,534

TV5

October 26 1:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Lions	67–39	Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–7, 11–8, 22–14
San Beda wins series, 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 18,187

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Baser Amer (San Beda Red Lions)^[1]

Awards

NCAA Season 88 men's basketball champions
San Beda Red Lions 17th title, third consecutive title

The following were awarded as the best players this season:^[2]

• Most Valuable Player: Ian Sangalang (San Sebastian Stags)
• Rookie of the Year: Cedric Noube Happi (EAC Generals)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Raymond Almazan (Letran Knights)
• Most Improved Player: Scottie Thompson (Perpetual Altas)
• Mythical Five:
  • Kevin Alas (Letran Knights)
  • Jake Pascual (San Beda Red Lions)
  • Ian Sangalang (San Sebastian Stags)
  • Cedric Noube Happi (EAC Generals)
  • Scottie Thompson (Perpetual Altas)

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	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[a]	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Letran Squires (H)	13	5	.722[a]	4
5	Malayan Red Robins	11	7	.611	6
6	Arellano Braves (X)	7	11	.389[b]	10
7	JRU Light Bombers	7	11	.389[b]	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)

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
LSGH
EAC–ICA
JRU
LPU
MHSS
SBC–R
SSC–R
UPHSD

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

Scores

Team	AU	CSJL	LSGH	EAC-ICA	JRU	LPU	MHSS	SBC-R	SSC-R	UPHSD
Arellano Braves		53–100	59–85	104–49	82–59	130–28	68–73	70–104	65–78	72–65
Letran Squires	79–49		77–71	82–63	93–59	124–27	85–76	69–86	85–87	90–85
La Salle Green Hills Greenies	91–72	79–62		114–70	72–65	122–41	69–49	60–65	66–74	100–63
EAC-ICA Brigadiers	62–104	53–61	38–96		57–85	119–54	50–101	51–144	52–95	100–102*
JRU Light Bombers	53–48	53–67	54–74	76–53		113–31	59–65	54–84	40–66	89–87
Lyceum Junior Pirates	36–125	29–110	22–101	55–85	36–80		32–132	14–171	15–136	57–135
Malayan Red Robins	79–69	61–79	67–78	104–66	67–47	124–37		59–84	54–67	95–58
San Beda Red Cubs	84–41	73–64	65–52	111–51	86–66	171–22	60–64		77–68*	108–57
San Sebastian Staglets	91–48	75–51	62–51	96–50	79–70	99–30	75–60	61–66		98–94
Perpetual Altalettes	64–69	61–77	76–95	112–48	70–74	107–47	53–69	61–96	44–71

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

Third-seed playoff

AKTV

October 11 4:00 p.m.

La Salle Green Hills Greenies	75–70	Letran Squires
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 19–15, 20–20, 21–16

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Bracket

	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

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

(1) San Beda vs. (4) Letran

October 13 12:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Cubs	61–58	Letran Squires
San Beda wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

(2) San Sebastian vs. (3) LSGH

October 13 2:00 p.m.

San Sebastian Staglets	58–55	La Salle Green Hills Greenies
San Sebastian wins series in one game

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

AKTV

October 18 4:00 p.m.

San Beda Red Cubs	69–51	San Sebastian Staglets
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 17–15, 16–8, 21–13

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

AKTV

October 20 3:15 p.m.

San Beda Red Cubs	83–58	San Sebastian Staglets
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 16–13, 24–16, 27–17
San Beda wins series, 2–0

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

• Finals Most Valuable Player: Javee Mocon (San Beda Red Cubs)

Awards

NCAA Season 88 juniors' basketball champions
San Beda Red Cubs 19th title, fourth consecutive title

• Most Valuable Player: Bong Quinto (Letran Squires)
• Rookie of the Year: Bong Quinto (Letran Squires)
• Mythical Five:
  • Bong Quinto (Letran Squires)
  • Rey Nambatac (Letran Squires)
  • Javee Mocon (San Beda Red Cubs)
  • Arvin Tolentino (San Beda Red Cubs)
  • Enjerico Diego (Malayan Red Robins)
• Most Improved Player: Justin Serrano (Malayan Red Robins)
• Defensive Player of the Year: Enjerico Diego (Malayan Red Robins)

See also

• UAAP Season 75 basketball tournaments