# 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

The 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup is the 11th edition the Aspirants' Cup of the PBA D-League, the Philippine Basketball Association's (PBA) official minor league.

## Format

* All participating teams play in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing five games throughout the duration of the tournament.
* Teams are ranked by win-loss records with the top two teams advancing directly to the semifinals, with the remaining four teams taking part in the quarterfinals.
* All playoff series are best-of-three.

## Teams

Six teams will compete in this tournament, including five college-backed teams and a team owned by Keanzel Basketball.
| Team | Company / College | Head coach |
| CCI–Yengskivel Crusaders | Cornerstone College (SJDM, Bulacan) Yengskivel Sportswear | Arwin Villamor Adina |
| CEU Scorpions | Centro Escolar University | Jeff Perlas |
| EcoOil–La Salle Green Archers | EcoOil Ltd. De La Salle University | Topex Robinson |
| Keanzel Believers | Keanzel Basketball | Mark Herrera |
| Marinerong Pilipino Skippers–San Beda | Marinerong Pilipino Group San Beda University | Yuri Escueta |
| GoTorakku–St. Clare Saints | Torakku Motor Assembly St. Clare College of Caloocan | Jinino Manansala |

## Venues

| Filoil EcoOil Centre | Ynares Center |
| Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 7,400 |

## Elimination round

The elimination round began on March 14, 2024, at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PR | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | EcoOil–La Salle Green Archers | 5 | 5 | 0 | 506 | 340 | 1.488 | 1.000 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | CEU Scorpions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 430 | 381 | 1.129 | .800 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Marinerong Pilipino–San Beda | 5 | 3 | 2 | 461 | 348 | 1.325 | .600 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | GoTorakku–St. Clare Saints | 5 | 2 | 3 | 433 | 429 | 1.009 | .400 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | CCI–Yengskivel Crusaders | 5 | 1 | 4 | 394 | 523 | 0.753 | .200 | 4 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | Keanzel Believers | 5 | 0 | 5 | 388 | 591 | 0.657 | .000 | 5 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |

### Results table

Legend :
| | Won in regulation | Lost in regulation |
| | Won in overtime | Lost in overtime |
| (*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods ||||
2024 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup results table :
| Team | Game | Game | Game | Game | Game |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| CCI–Yengskivel (CCI) | ECO 68–110 | KEA 88–73 | MAR 76–126 | GOT 84–118 | CEU 78–96 |
| CEU | ECO 63–80 | KEA 126–91 | GOT 73–69 | MAR 72–63 | CCI 96–78 |
| EcoOil–La Salle (ECO) | CCI 110–68 | GOT 90–63 | CEU 80–63 | KEA 144–75 | MAR 82–71 |
| GoTorakku–St. Clare (GOT) | MAR 59–92 | ECO 63–90 | CEU 69–73 | CCI 118–84 | KEA 124–90 |
| Keanzel (KEA) | MAR 59–109 | CCI 73-88 | CEU 91–126 | ECO 75–144 | GOT 90–124 |
| Marinerong Pilipino–San Beda (MAR) | GOT 92–59 | KEA 109–59 | CCI 126–76 | CEU 63–72 | ECO 71–82 |
| Source: Standings | Updated as of: March 14, 2024 ||||| |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Semifinals (Best-of-three playoff) | Semifinals (Best-of-three playoff) | Semifinals (Best-of-three playoff) | Finals (Best-of-three playoff) | Finals (Best-of-three playoff) | Finals (Best-of-three playoff) |
| | | | | 1 | EcoOil–La Salle Green Archers | 2 | | | |
| 4 | GoTorakku–St. Clare | GoTorakku–St. Clare | 114 | 4 | GoTorakku–St. Clare | 0 | | | |
| 5 | CCI–Yengskivel | CCI–Yengskivel | 106 | | | | 1 | EcoOil–La Salle Green Archers | 2 |
| | | | | | | | 2 | CEU Scorpions | 0 |
| | | | | 2 | CEU Scorpions | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Marinerong Pilipino–San Beda | Marinerong Pilipino–San Beda | 127 | 3 | Marinerong Pilipino–San Beda | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Keanzel | Keanzel | 67 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

The third and fourth-seeded teams have the twice-to-beat advantage against the sixth and fifth-seeded teams, respectively.

#### (3) Marinerong Pilipino vs. (6) Keanzel

* RPTV, PBA Rush
* April 22 4:30 p.m.
* Recap
| Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda | 127–67 | Keanzel Believers |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 18−26, 40–19, 44–15 |||
| Marinerong Pilipino wins series in one game |||
* Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan

#### (4) Go Torakku vs. (5) CCI

* RPTV, PBA Rush
* April 22 7:30 p.m.
* Recap
| Go Torakku-St. Clare | 114–106 | CCI-Yengskivel |
| Scoring by quarter: 27−16, 27−23, 33−44, 27−23 |||
| Go Torakku wins series in one game |||
* Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan

### Semifinals
#### (1) Ecooil - DLSU vs. (4) Go Torakku - St. Clare

* RPTV, PBA Rush
* April 25 4:30 p.m.
* Recap
| EcoOil - DLSU | 85–65 | Go Torakku - St. Clare |
| Scoring by quarter: 11−13, 25−21, 34−13, 15−18 |||
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig
* RPTV, PBA Rush
* April 30 7:30 pm
* Recap
| EcoOil - DLSU | 105–70 | Go Torakku - St. Clare |
| Scoring by quarter: 20−18, 27−11, 25−20, 33−21 |||
| EcoOil-DLSU wins series, 2–0 |||
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig

#### (2) CEU Scorpions vs. (3) Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda

* RPTV, PBA Rush
* April 25 7:30 p.m.
* Recap
| CEU Scorpions | 75–71 | Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda |
| Scoring by quarter: 17−20, 22−13, 15−13, 21−25 |||
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig
* RPTV, PBA Rush
* April 30 4:30 p.m.
* Recap
| Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda | 84–76 | CEU Scorpions |
| Scoring by quarter: 27−19, 31−19, 8−15, 18−23 |||
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig
* RPTV, PBA Rush
* May 2 7:30 p.m.
* Recap
| CEU Scorpions | 78–56 | Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda |
| Scoring by quarter: 19−11, 24−11, 13−20, 22−14 |||
| CEU wins series, 2−1 |||
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig

### Finals

* RPTV, PBA Rush
* May 6 7:30 p.m.
* Recap
| EcoOil - DLSU | 98–72 | CEU Scorpions |
| Scoring by quarter: 23−9, 31−19, 25−17, 19−27 |||
* Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan
* RPTV, PBA Rush
* May 9 7:30 p.m.
* Recap
| CEU Scorpions | 66–96 | EcoOil - DLSU |
| Scoring by quarter: 7−18, 23−29, 17−19, 19−30 |||
| EcoOil-DLSU wins series, 2–0 |||
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig