# NCAA Season 86 basketball tournaments

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 86 refers to the basketball events of the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s 2010–11 season.
The San Beda Red Lions won all of their sixteen elimination round games to qualify for the finals outright needing to win twice against their opponent, which has to win thrice. The second-seed and defending champion San Sebastian Stags won the stepladder series against the JRU Heavy Bombers, which had earlier beaten the Mapua Cardinals. The Red Lions completed their 18–0 game sweep of the season when they won against the Stags in double digits to win in the second finals where the finalists were the champions of the two immediate seasons met since 2005. San Beda's American center Sudan Daniel won both season and finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) honors.
In the juniors' division, the San Beda Red Cubs lost only two games in the elimination round: one against the Letran Squires via technicality, and the other their last elimination round game against the San Sebastian Staglets which won via overtime. The Red Cubs and the Staglets defeated the Squires and the UPHSD Altalettes respectively in the semifinals to qualify for the finals. Like in the men's division, the Finals series was between two preceding champions; the Red Cubs also won double-digit games against the Staglets to successfully defend their championship. San Beda's Baser Amer won both season and finals MVP awards.

## Men's tournament
### Teams

| Team | College | Coach |
| Arellano Chiefs | Arellano University (AU) | Leo Isaac |
| 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) | Nomar Angeles Isla |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | José Rizal University (JRU) | Vergel Meneses |
| Mapúa Cardinals | Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT) | Chito Victolero |
| San Beda Red Lions | San Beda College (SBC) | Frankie Lim |
| San Sebastian Stags | San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) | Ato Agustin |
| Perpetual Altas | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) | Boris Aldeguer |

#### Changes from last season

Probationary members (from guest teams):
* Arellano Chiefs
* EAC Generals
Departed teams:
* AUF Great Danes

### Preseason

JRU Heavy Bomber head coach Ariel Vanguardia was let go by the school after their semifinals loss against the San Sebastian Stags; former Heavy Bomber Vergel Meneses was hired to replace him. Arellano Chiefs' former head coach Leo Isaac takes over from Junjie Ablan. Isaac previously coached the Mapúa Cardinals from 2007–09; however he held the position while still Arellano head coach, at the time playing for the NCRAA. Meanwhile, Aric del Rosario is retained as the basketball commissioner.
The San Sebastian Stags emerged as the team to beat prior the season, finishing fourth at the 2009 Philippine Collegiate Championship, and winning the CHED Games, the Philippine Basketball League and more recently, the Fil-Oil/Flying V Championship.

### Elimination round
#### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Lions | 16 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Thrice-to-beat in the Finals |
| 2 | San Sebastian Stags (H) | 13 | 3 | .813 | 3 | Proceed to stepladder round 2 |
| 3 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 12 | 4 | .750 | 4 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 4 | Mapúa Cardinals | 9 | 7 | .563 | 7 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 5 | Letran Knights | 7 | 9 | .438 | 9 | |
| 6 | Arellano Chiefs (X) | 6 | 10 | .375 | 10 | |
| 7 | Benilde Blazers | 5 | 11 | .313 | 11 | |
| 8 | Perpetual Altas | 2 | 14 | .125 | 14 | |
| 9 | EAC Generals (X) | 2 | 14 | .125 | 14 | |
* ↑ As San Beda won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Perpetual 1–1 EAC (Perpetual +5)

#### Match-up results

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

#### Scores

| Team | AU | CSJL | CSB | EAC | JRU | MIT | SBC | SSC-R | UPHSD |
| Arellano Chiefs | | 78–76 | 64–70 | 82–72 | 62–66 | 51–73 | 57–92 | 58–69 | 86–67 |
| Letran Knights | 72–58 | | 70–54 | 88–65 | 62–67* | 51–66 | 60–77 | 53–59 | 87–69 |
| Benilde Blazers | 71–69 | 69–72 | | 71–76 | 65–74 | 63–65* | 61–87 | 74–75 | 79–70 |
| EAC Generals | 60–71 | 47–68 | 64–83 | | 61–69* | 68–82 | 55–97 | 66–106 | 78–66 |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 67–64 | 76–60 | 73–55 | 76–50 | | 61–54 | 52–68 | 49–68 | 79–65 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 72–76 | 63–60 | 64–59 | 74–64 | 54–68 | | 64–69 | 49–68 | 79–65 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 70–54 | 74–56 | 89–70 | 92–68 | 78–46 | 90–78 | | 90–82 | 73–69 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 62–64 | 59–58 | 62–51 | 81–63 | 64–59 | 85–76 | 82–90 | | 73–69 |
| Perpetual Altas | 66–61 | 61–90 | 64–70 | 69–52 | 55–66 | 72–79 | 61–92 | 63–72 | |

### Bracket

| Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 2 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 2 (Single-elimination) | Stepladder round 2 (Single-elimination) | Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage) |
| | | | | | | 1 | San Beda | 93 | 85 |
| | | | 2 | San Sebastian | 61 | 2 | San Sebastian | 73 | 70 |
| 3 | JRU | 60 | 3 | JRU | 52 | | | | |
| 4 | Mapúa | 54 | | | | | | | |

### Stepladder semifinals
#### (3) JRU vs. (4) Mapua

* Studio 23
* October 6
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 60–54 | Mapúa Cardinals |
| JRU advances to the stepladder semifinals round 2 |||
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

#### (2) San Sebastian vs. (3) JRU

* Studio 23
* October 8
| San Sebastian Stags | 61–52 | JRU Heavy Bombers |
| San Sebastian advances to the Finals |||
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

### Finals

* San Beda has to win twice, while their opponent has to win thrice to win the championship.
* Studio 23
* October 13
| San Beda Red Lions | 93–73 | San Sebastian Stags |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 18–17, 28–20, 21–13 |||
| Pts: Borgie Hermida 18 Rebs: Borgie Hermida 13 Asts: Borgie Hermida 4 | | Pts: Calvin Abueva 22 Rebs: Calvin Abueva 12 Asts: Pamboy Raymundo 5 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 11,018
* Studio 23
* October 15
| San Beda Red Lions | San Sebastian Stags |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-17, 23-10, 15-22, 27-21 |||
| Pts: Sudan Daniel 24 Rebs: Sudan Daniel 19 Asts: Borgie Hermida 4 | Pts: Edward Semira 13 Rebs: Ronald Pascual 8 Asts: Gilbert Bulawan 4 |
| San Beda wins series in two games |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 13,018
* Finals Most Valuable Player: Sudan Daniel (San Beda Red Lions)

### Awards

* NCAA Season 86 men's basketball champions
* San Beda Red Lions 15th title
The awards were given prior to Game 2 of the Men's Finals at the Araneta Coliseum.
* Most Valuable Player: Sudan Daniel (San Beda Red Lions)
* Coach of the Year: Frankie Lim (San Beda Red Lions)
* Mythical Five:
** Sudan Daniel (San Beda Red Lions)
** Calvin Abueva (San Sebastian Stags)
** Borgie Hermida (San Beda Red Lions)
** Garvo Lanete (San Beda Red Lions)
** Andrian Celada (Arellano Chiefs)
* Rookie of the Year: Carlo Lastimosa (Benilde Blazers)
* Most Improved Player: Joe Etame (JRU Heavy Bombers)
* Defensive Player of the Year: Sudan Daniel (San Beda Red Lions)

#### Players of the Week

| Week | Name |
| Week 1 | Calvin Abueva |
| Week 2 | Joe Etame |
| Week 3 | Nchotu Njei |
| Week 4 | Garvo Lanete |
| Week 5 | Sudan Daniel |
| Week 6 | Allan Mangahas |
| Week 7 | Sudan Daniel |
| Week 8 | Borgie Hermida Nate Matute |
| Week 9 | Sudan Daniel |
| Week 10 | Garvo Lanete |
| Week 11 | Calvin Abueva |
| Week 12 | Sudan Daniel |
| Week 13 | Garvo Lanete |

## Juniors' tournament
### Elimination round
#### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Cubs | 14 | 2 | .875 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | San Sebastian Staglets (H) | 12 | 4 | .750 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | Perpetual Junior Altas | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | Letran Squires | 9 | 7 | .563 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 9 | 7 | .563 | 5 | |
| 6 | JRU Light Bombers | 9 | 7 | .563 | 5 | |
| 7 | Malayan Red Robins | 6 | 10 | .375 | 8 | |
| 8 | EAC–ICA Brigadiers (X) | 3 | 13 | .188 | 11 | |
| 9 | Arellano Braves (X) | 0 | 16 | .000 | 14 | |
* ↑ San Beda forfeited their win against Letran when one of their players wore the wrong uniform.
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: LSGH 2–2, Letran 2–2, JRU 2–2 (LSGH +8, Letran +7, JRU −15); fourth-seed playoffs: Letran 87–73 JRU, Letran 91–85 LSGH

#### Match-up results

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| Arellano | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Letran | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| EAC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| JRU | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LSGH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| MHSS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Beda | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| San Sebastian | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Perpetual | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Scores

| Team | AU | CSJL | EAC | JRU | LSGH | MHSS | SBC | SSC-R | UPHSD |
| Arellano Braves | | 67–79 | 60–68 | 63–73 | 57–79 | 66–86 | 41–77 | 58–76 | 71–86 |
| Letran Squires | 64–39 | | 72–59 | 64–75 | 78–64 | 89–83 | 20–0 | 83–89 | 84–91 |
| EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 67–60 | 58–72 | | 67–77 | 68–81 | 74–88 | 60–85 | 60–67 | 59–70 |
| JRU Light Bombers | 91–83 | 75–86 | 81–78 | | 72–90 | 82–78 | 71–89 | 70–69 | 74–90 |
| LSGH Greenies | 69–54 | 70–63 | 97–44 | 89–92* | | 68–72 | 67–71 | 71–65 | 54–62 |
| Malayan Red Robins | 74–52 | 86–74 | 76–71 | 79–83 | 71–72 | | 64–89 | 75–72 | 85–89 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 89–53 | 86–71 | 70–56 | 99–75 | 82–69 | 93–83 | | 84–80 | 91–77 |
| San Sebastian Staglets | 81–59 | 78–68 | 82–65 | 78–70 | 74–49 | 73–69 | 76–75* | | 74–69 |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 69–54 | 72–69 | 71–82 | 76–69 | 72–75 | 88–76 | 66–84 | 55–60 | |
* ↑ San Beda originally won 86–71. Letran placed the game under protest as San Beda player Baser Amer wore a different uniform from the one approved by the NCAA. The NCAA Management Committee upheld Letran's protest and awarded them with a forfeit win.

### Fourth seed playoffs

These are a series of one-game playoffs to determine the #4 seed. LSGH received a bye to the final round due to owning a superior tiebreaker.
| First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| | | LSGH | 85 |
| Letran | 87 | Letran | 91 |
| JRU | 73 | | |

#### Letran vs. JRU

* October 2
| Letran Squires | 87–73 | JRU Light Bombers |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

#### LSGH vs. Letran

* October 4
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 85–91 | Letran Squires |
| Letran advances to the Final Four |||
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

### 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) |
| 1 | San Beda | 92 | | | | |
| 4 | Letran | 80 | | | | |
| 4 | Letran | 80 | 1 | San Beda | 89 | 95 |
| | | | 2 | San Sebastian | 64 | 84 |
| 2 | San Sebastian | 87 | 2 | San Sebastian | 64 | 84 |
| 3 | Perpetual | 76 | | | | |

### Semifinals
#### (1) San Beda vs. (4) Letran

* October 6
| San Beda Red Cubs | 92–80 | Letran Squires |
| San Beda wins series in one game |||
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

#### (2) San Sebastian vs. (3) Perpetual

* October 6
| San Sebastian Staglets | 87–76 | Perpetual Junior Altas |
| San Sebastian wins series in one game |||
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

### Finals

* Studio 23
* October 13
| San Beda Red Cubs | 89–64 | San Sebastian Staglets |
| Scoring by quarter: 27-11, 24-21, 24-22, 14-10 |||
| Pts: Von Chavez 21 Rebs: Baser Amer 9 Asts: Baser Amer 18 | | Pts: Gino Jumao-as 31 Rebs: Mark Magno 9 Asts: Gino Jumao-as 4 |
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Studio 23
* October 15
| San Beda Red Cubs | San Sebastian Staglets |
| Scoring by quarter: 32-18, 21-29, 20-23, 22-14 |||
| Pts: Baser Amer 25 Rebs: Baser Amer 9 Asts: Baser Amer 8 | Pts: Gino Jumao-as 38 Rebs: Gino Juamo-as 14 Asts: Gino Jumao-as 7 |
| San Beda wins series 2–0 |||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Finals Most Valuable Player: Baser Amer (San Beda Red Cubs)

### Awards

* NCAA Season 86 juniors' basketball champions
* San Beda Red Cubs 17th title, second consecutive title
* Most Valuable Player: Baser Amer (San Beda Red Cubs)
* Rookie of the Year: Rey Nambatac (Letran Squires)
* Mythical Five:
** Baser Amer (San Beda Red Cubs)
** Gino Jumao-as (San Sebastian Staglets)
** Gelo Alolino (Perpetual Junior Altas)
** Cris dela Paz (JRU Light Bombers)
** Rey Nambatac (Letran Squires)
* Most Improved Player:Flash Sadiwa (Perpetual Junior Altas)
* Defensive Player of the Year:Vincent Menguito (EAC–ICA Brigadiers)

## Broadcast notes

Studio 23 carried all games live. SkyCable Channel 166 (Balls HD) aired the finals series on high definition live, with Balls SD airing the replays. The Filipino Channel broadcast the games outside the Philippines.
| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst | Courtside reporter |
| First round | | | |
| Semifinal | Anton Roxas | Butch Maniego | Triska Echiverri and Mischi Mediana |
| Juniors' Finals game 1 | Anton Roxas | Jude Roque | none |
| Men's Finals game 1 | Bill Velasco | Butch Maniego | Ej Gamboa and Trishka Echiverri |
| Juniors' Finals game 2 | Anton Roxas | Tonichi Ytturi | none |
| Men's Finals game 2 | Bill Velasco | Allan Gregorio | Ej Gamboa and Trishka Echiverri |