# NCAA Season 85

NCAA Season 85 was the 2009–10 season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the Philippines. The host for this year was San Beda College (SBC).
The season began on June 27 at the Araneta Coliseum with United States Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney delivered the keynote speech, followed by a tripleheader of seniors' basketball games. The juniors' basketball tournament tipped off at the San Juan Gym with the remaining first round of eliminations games in basketball held at the Filoil Flying V Arena. Other sporting events were held at Philippine Sports Commission venues such as the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

## New member

With the Philippine Christian University (PCU) taking an indefinite leave of absence after the revelation of identity switching on their juniors' basketball team, the league began accepting candidates to take over PCU's spot. Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC), Centro Escolar University (CEU), Angeles University Foundation (AUF), Arellano University and Lyceum of the Philippines University were the top candidates to join the league; other schools that were considered are Technological University of the Philippines and Don Bosco Technical College (a member of the NCAA South). Seeking to name a replacement before the year ends, the new school must have a high school varsity program, participate in all NCAA sports, undergo a three-year probationary period, and pay a PHP5 million membership fee.
Aside from assuring itself an 8-team roster for 2009, the league also envisions on having a 10-team league by 2010. PCU may still apply for membership but they will have to go through the same process as the other new applicants. League chairman for 2008-09 Ding Lozano of the Mapua Institute of Technology mentioned that Lyceum and EAC were the top contenders to be accepted in 2008.
On January 2, 2009, it was revealed that the choices were pared down to Lyceum, EAC and Arellano. However, after a month of delay, the policy board failed to garner a minimum number of votes to admit a new member; thus for this season, there will only be seven schools participating, while the schools that were considered will still be in contention for next season.
Prior to the Holy Week break, NCAA president Fr. Mat de Jesus, OSB announced that three schools were invited to compete as "guest teams" for the 2009–10 season, although he didn't mention the identities of the invited schools. Those that will accept invitations will still apply for full membership for the 2010–11 season. On April 21, newspapers announced that the three schools invited were Angeles University Foundation, Arellano University and Emilio Aguinaldo College. Lyceum's chances were said to be hurt with an absence of a high school varsity program. All three teams signified their intentions to participate as guest teams, paying the league 1.5 million pesos, plus a 500,000 peso-bond.
The Management Committee also decided that guest teams are eligible to win championships in the events they will participate at, and that their performance will be a part of their acceptance as full members.

## Demonstration sports

Olympic sports amateur boxing, archery and fencing will be contested as demonstration sports in the 2009–10 season. Boxing will be implemented with the help of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines, with its secretary-general Patrick Gregorio saying that it is a welcome development.

## Basketball
### Seniors' tournament
#### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Lions (H) | 16 | 2 | .889 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | San Sebastian Stags | 16 | 2 | .889 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 15 | 3 | .833 | 1 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | Letran Knights | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | Arellano Chiefs (G) | 8 | 10 | .444 | 8 | |
| 6 | EAC Generals (G) | 6 | 12 | .333 | 10 | |
| 7 | Mapúa Cardinals | 6 | 12 | .333 | 10 | |
| 8 | Benilde Blazers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 10 | |
| 9 | Perpetual Altas | 3 | 15 | .167 | 13 | |
| 10 | AUF Great Danes (G) | 2 | 16 | .111 | 14 | |
* 1 2 First-seed playoff: San Beda 71–65 San Sebastian
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: EAC 3–1, Mapúa 2–2, Benilde 1–3

#### Bracket

| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) |
| 1 | San Beda | San Beda | 82 | | | | |
| 4 | Letran | Letran | 76 | |
| 4 | Letran | Letran | 76 | 1 | San Beda | 68 | 61 |
| | | | | 2 | San Sebastian | 72** | 76 |
| 2 | San Sebastian | 61 | 79 | 2 | San Sebastian | 72** | 76 |
| 3 | JRU | 68 | 64 | |
**Double overtime

#### Awardees

* Most Valuable Player: John Wilson (JRU)
* Rookie of the Year: Sudan Daniel (San Beda)

### Juniors' tournament
#### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Cubs (H) | 17 | 1 | .944 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | Letran Squires | 17 | 1 | .944 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | San Sebastian Staglets | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | JRU Light Bombers | 11 | 7 | .611 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | Perpetual Junior Altas | 11 | 7 | .611 | 6 | |
| 6 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 8 | 10 | .444 | 9 | |
| 7 | Malayan Red Robins | 5 | 13 | .278 | 12 | |
| 8 | Arellano Braves (G) | 5 | 13 | .278 | 12 | |
| 9 | EAC–ICA Brigadiers (G) | 3 | 15 | .167 | 14 | |
| 10 | AUF Baby Danes (G) | 0 | 18 | .000 | 17 | |
* 1 2 First-seed playoff: San Beda 91–77 Letran
* 1 2 Fourth-seed playoff: JRU 83–77 Perpetual
* 1 2 Head-to-head point record: Malayan 1–1 Arellano (Malayan +3)

#### Bracket

| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) |
| 1 | San Beda | 90 | | | | | |
| 4 | JRU | 76 | | | | | |
| 4 | JRU | 76 | 1 | San Beda | 98 | 80 | 86 |
| | | | 2 | Letran | 75 | 83 | 75 |
| 2 | Letran | 89 | 2 | Letran | 75 | 83 | 75 |
| 3 | San Sebastian | 84 | | | | | |

#### Awardees

* Most Valuable Player: Louie Vigil (JRU)
* Rookie of the Year: Baser Amer (San Beda)

## Volleyball

* Qualified to the Finals
* Qualified to the semifinals
The volleyball tournaments commence on August 16, 2009 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Subsequent games will then be held at the Emilio Aguinaldo College gym.
The old split-season format (winners of the first and second half of the season faced off in the best-of-3 finals) would not be used. Instead, the tournament will be a single round robin, with the top four advancing to another round robin semifinals, with best two teams going to the best-of-3 finals.

### Men's tournament
#### Elimination round

| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Sets Ratio |
| Perpetual Altas | 7 | 1 | .875 | -- | 3.286 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 7 | 1 | .875 | -- | 2.091 |
| AUF Great Danes | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2 | 1.727 |
| Letran Knights | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3 | 1.000 |
| Benilde Blazers | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3 | 0.950 |
| Arellano Chiefs | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3 | 0.722 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 4 | 4 | .429 | 3 | 0.722 |
| EAC Generals | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5 | 0.647 |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 0 | 8 | .000 | 7 | 0.143 |
Season host is boldfaced. Guest teams are italicized.

#### Semifinals

| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Sets | Sets | Sets | Points | Points | Points |
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Won | Lost | Ratio | Won | Lost | Ratio |
| San Beda Red Lions | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | -- | 9 | 2 | 4.000 | 269 | 234 | 1.150 |
| Letran Knights | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1.333 | 322 | 296 | 1.088 |
| AUF Great Danes | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 260 | 288 | 0.903 |
| Perpetual Altas | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0.444 | 268 | 301 | 0.890 |

#### Finals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 11 Oct | San Beda Red Lions | 2–3 | Letran Knights | 23–25 | 25–17 | 25–11 | 23–25 | 17–19 | 113–97 |
| 15 Oct | San Beda Red Lions | 3–1 | Letran Knights | 22–25 | 25–16 | 26–24 | 25–22 | | 98–87 |
| 18 Oct | San Beda Red Lions | 2–3 | Letran Knights | 27–29 | 25–22 | 21–25 | 28–26 | 11–15 | 112–117 |
| Letran wins series 2–1 ||||||||||

### Women's tournament
#### Elimination round

| Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| Perpetual Lady Altas | 8 | 1 | .889 | -- |
| Letran Lady Knights | 8 | 1 | .889 | -- |
| San Sebastian Lady Stags | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1 |
| Benilde Lady Blazers | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1 |
| Arellano Lady Chiefs | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 |
| AUF Lady Danes | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 |
| San Beda Red Lionesses | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 |
| EAC Lady Generals | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 |
| Mapúa Lady Cardinals | 1 | 8 | .111 | 7 |
| JRU Lady Bombers | 0 | 9 | .000 | 8 |
Season host is boldfaced. Guest teams are italicized.

#### Semifinals

| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Sets | Sets | Sets | Points | Points | Points |
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Won | Lost | Ratio | Won | Lost | Ratio |
| San Sebastian Lady Stags | 2 | 1 | .667 | -- | 7 | 3 | 2.333 | 227 | 197 | 1.152 |
| Benilde Lady Blazers | 2 | 1 | .667 | -- | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 258 | 231 | 1.117 |
| Perpetual Lady Altas | 2 | 1 | .667 | -- | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 227 | 208 | 1.091 |
| Letran Lady Knights | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 149 | 225 | 0.662 |

#### Finals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| 11 Oct | San Sebastian Lady Stags | 3–2 | Benilde Lady Blazers | 20–25 | 25–21 | 22–25 | 25–19 | 16–14 | 85–86 |
| 15 Oct | San Sebastian Lady Stags | 1–3 | Benilde Lady Blazers | 24–26 | 25–22 | 17–25 | 24–26 | | 90–99 |
| 18 Oct | San Sebastian Lady Stags | 3–0 | Benilde Lady Blazers | 25–23 | 26–24 | 25–15 | | | 76–62 |
| San Sebastian wins series 2–1 ||||||||||

### Juniors' tournament
#### Elimination round

| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Sets Ratio |
| San Sebastian Staglets | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | -- | 10.500 |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1 | 4.500 |
| AUF Baby Danes | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2 | 2.429 |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4 | 0.857 |
| EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4 | 0.833 |
| Letran Squires | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4 | 0.533 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6 | 0.250 |
| Arellano Braves | 0 | 7 | .000 | 7 | 0.048 |
Season host is boldfaced. Guest teams are italicized.

#### Semifinals

| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Sets | Sets | Sets | Points | Points | Points |
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Won | Lost | Ratio | Won | Lost | Ratio |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | -- | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 280 | 199 | 1.407 |
| San Sebastian Staglets | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 239 | 239 | 1.000 |
| AUF Baby Danes | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0.833 | 242 | 247 | 0.980 |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 172 | 248 | 0.694 |

#### Finals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 11 Oct | Perpetual Junior Altas | 3–1 | San Sebastian Staglets | 25–19 | 21–25 | 25–21 | 25–20 | 96–85 |
| 15 Oct | Perpetual Junior Altas | 3–1 | San Sebastian Staglets | 23–25 | 25–12 | 25–23 | 25–17 | 98–77 |
| UPHSD wins series 2–0 ||||||||||

## Chess

* Qualified to the semifinals with the twice-to-beat advantage
* Qualified to the semifinals
The chess tournaments are held at SM City Manila starting on July 25, 2008.

### Seniors' tournament
#### Elimination round

| Team | W | D | L | Pts. | MP |
| Benilde Blazers | 9 | 2 | 1 | 52½ | 20 |
| Letran Knights | 8 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 17 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 7 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 17 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 6 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 15 |
| EAC Generals | 5 | 3 | 5 | 33½ | 13 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 4 | 3 | 6 | 29½ | 11 |
| Perpetual Altas | 6 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 13 |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 3 | 0 | 9 | 15½ | 6 |
| Arellano Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Season host is boldfaced. Guest teams are italicized.

#### Bracket

    Games with asterisks (*) to be played if necessary.
| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Final (One-game playoff) | Final (One-game playoff) | Final (One-game playoff) | Final (One-game playoff) |
| 1 | Benilde | Benilde | 2½ | | | | |
| 4 | Mapúa | Mapúa | 1½ | |
| 4 | Mapúa | Mapúa | 1½ | 1 | Benilde | 2 | 2nd |
| | | | | 2 | Letran | 2 | 1st |
| 2 | Letran | 1 | 3 | 2 | Letran | 2 | 1st |
| 3 | San Sebastian | 3 | 1 | |

#### Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Chester Brian Guerrero (Letran)
* Coach of the Year: Roland Perez (Letran)

### Juniors' tournament
#### Elimination round

| Team | W | D | L | Pts. | MP |
| San Sebastian Staglets | 10 | 3 | 0 | 44½ | 23 |
| Letran Squires | 10 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 22 |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 8 | 3 | 1 | 36½ | 19 |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28½ | 16 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 14 |
| EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 3 | 2 | 8 | 19½ | 8 |
| Malayan Red Robins | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13½ | 4 |
| JRU Light Bombers | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| Arellano Braves | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
Season host is boldfaced. Guest teams are italicized.

#### Bracket

    Games with asterisks (*) to be played if necessary.
| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Final (One-game playoff) | Final (One-game playoff) | Final (One-game playoff) | Final (One-game playoff) |
| 1 | San Sebastian | 3 | | | | |
| 4 | Perpetual | 1 | | | | |
| 4 | Perpetual | 1 | 1 | San Sebastian | 3 | 1st |
| | | | 2 | Letran | 1 | 2nd |
| 2 | Letran | 3½ | 2 | Letran | 1 | 2nd |
| 3 | LSGH | ½ | | | | |

#### Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Aldous Roy Coronel (San Sebastian)
* Coach of the Year: Homer Cunanan (San Sebastian)

## Swimming

The swimming championships were held at Trace Aquatics Center Los Baños, Laguna starting from August 18. A women's tournament, a demonstration event, was also held. The results are:

### Men's tournament

| Team | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Total |
| San Beda Red Lions | 459 | 524 | 436 | 1,419 |
| Benilde Blazers | 221 | 223 | 160.25 | 604.25 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 101.5 | 138.5 | 82.5 | 322.5 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 88 | 51.82 | 66 | 205.82 |
| AUF Great Danes | 26 | 31.5 | 20.5 | 78 |
| EAC Generals | 24 | 19.5 | 19.25 | 62.75 |
| Arellano Chiefs | 12 | 24 | 13.5 | 49.5 |
* Most Valuable Swimmer: Theody Gavino (San Beda)
* Coach of the Year: Gavino Roxas (San Beda)

### Juniors' tournament

| Team | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Total |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 468 | 418.5 | 389 | 1,275.5 |
| San Sebastian Staglets | 204.5 | 160.5 | 160 | 525 |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 158.5 | 215.5 | 91 | 465 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 75.75 | 74.5 | 48 | 198.25 |
| AUF Baby Danes | 58.75 | 51.5 | 75 | 185.25 |
| Malayan Red Robins | 50 | 95.5 | 20 | 165.5 |
| EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 29.5 | 17 | 0 | 46.5 |
| Arellano Braves | 18 | 11.5 | 9 | 38.5 |
| JRU Light Bombers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* Most Valuable Swimmer: Luis Angelo Enriquez (LSGH)
* Coach of the Year: Gregory Colmenares (LSGH)

### Women's tournament

Women's swimming is a demonstration sport and is not counted on the General Championship.
| Team | Total |
| Benilde Lady Blazers | 339 |
| JRU Lady Bombers | 164 |
| EAC Lady Generals | 156.5 |

## Football

The football tournaments are divided into three stages: A round robin elimination where the top four teams advance to the a round robin semifinals, and the finals where the top seed has the twice to beat advantage.

### Seniors' tournament
#### Elimination round

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| San Beda Red Lions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 3 | +46 | 16 |
| Benilde Blazers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3 | +34 | 16 |
| Arellano Chiefs | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 12 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 7 |
| EAC Generals | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 7 |
| AUF Great Danes | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 66 | −63 | 3 |
| Perpetual Altas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 57 | −56 | 1 |

#### Semifinals

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| Benilde Blazers | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| Arellano Chiefs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |

#### Finals
### Juniors' tournament
#### Elimination round

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 1 | +92 | 21 |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 69 | 7 | +62 | 16 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 10 | +27 | 16 |
| Malayan Red Robins | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 8 |
| EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 7 |
| Arellano Braves | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 32 | −20 | 7 |
| Letran Squires | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 71 | −71 | 2 |
| AUF Baby Danes | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 74 | −74 | 1 |

#### Semifinals

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts. |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| Malayan Red Robins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |

#### Finals
## Cheerleading

The NCAA Cheerdance Competition was held on October 21, 2009 at the Filoil Flying V Arena. The affair was covered live by Studio 23 and was hosted by Drei Felix and the various NCAA courtside reporters.
| Squad | Score |
| UPHSD PerpSquad | 335.5 |
| JRU Pep Squad | 311 |
| EAC Pep Squad | 244 |
| San Sebastian Pep Squad | 243 |
| Mapua Cheerping Cardinals | 236.5 |
| AUF Pep Squad | 214 |
| CSB Pep Squad | 194.5 |
| Arellano Pep Squad | 169 |
| Letran Cheering Squad | 168.5 |
| San Beda Cheerleading Association | 148 |

## General Championship race

Season host is boldfaced.