# NCAA Season 92 basketball tournaments

The 2016 basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines), otherwise known as NCAA Season 92, officially opened on June 25, 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay. The showdown between season hosts San Beda Red Lions and season 91 men's basketball champions Letran Knights will be the first game, while JRU Heavy Bombers will face Mapua Cardinals in the second game.
The games of the men's basketball will be played on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, while the junior games will be conducted every Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. Most of the basketball games will be held at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan, while Playoffs Final Four and Finals matches will be held at the MOA Arena.
Starting this season, NCAA players can choose their jersey number from #00 to #99. The new rule is in line with the current rules set by FIBA on basketball jerseys. Also, the league will implement harsher penalties against teams who will commit foul away from the ball in the last two minutes or the so-called Hack-a-Shaq fouls.
Veteran basketball analyst Andy Jao will serve as the commissioner of the men's basketball tournament. Jao will tap referees and game officials from the three basketball referees associations, which are all associated with the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas (SBP), to officiate this season's basketball games.

## Men's tournament
### Teams

| Team | College | Coach |
| Arellano Chiefs | Arellano University (AU) | Jerry Codiñera |
| Letran Knights | Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) | Jeff Napa |
| Benilde Blazers | De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB) | Gabby Velasco |
| EAC Generals | Emilio Aguinaldo College (EAC) | Andy de Guzman |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | José Rizal University (JRU) | Vergel Meneses |
| Lyceum Pirates | Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) | Topex Robinson |
| Mapúa Cardinals | Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT) | Atoy Co |
| San Beda Red Lions | San Beda College (SBC) | Jamike Jarin |
| San Sebastian Stags | San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) | Egay Macaraya |
| Perpetual Altas | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) | Jimwell Gican |

### Men's coaching changes

* Letran Knights: NU Bullpups head coach Jeff Napa was appointed as the new head coach of the Knights' men's basketball team, taking over from Aldin Ayo who was named as head coach of De La Salle Green Archers.
* Perpetual Altas: Jimwell Gican, who was coaching the team in Season 87, was reappointed as coach of the Altas' men's basketball team. Initially, the team was supposed to be handled by three coaches, Antonio Tamayo, Barry Tobias and Nic Omorogbe but they decided to appoint Gican instead as head coach.
* San Sebastian Stags: Former CEU Scorpions head coach Edgar Macaraya was appointed as the new head coach of the Stags' men's basketball team, replacing Rodney Santos.

### Elimination round
#### Team standings

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Lions (H) | 14 | 4 | .778 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | Arellano Chiefs | 14 | 4 | .778 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | Mapúa Cardinals | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | Perpetual Altas | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5 | |
| 6 | Letran Knights | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5 | |
| 7 | San Sebastian Stags | 8 | 10 | .444 | 6 | |
| 8 | EAC Generals | 6 | 12 | .333 | 8 | |
| 9 | Lyceum Pirates | 6 | 12 | .333 | 8 | |
| 10 | Benilde Blazers | 1 | 17 | .056 | 13 | |
* 1 2 First-seed playoff: San Beda 80–73 Arellano
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: JRU 1–1 Letran (JRU +2)
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: EAC 2–0 Lyceum

#### Match-up results

| | Round 1 | 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 | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Scores

| Team | AU | CSJL | CSB | EAC | JRU | LPU | MIT | SBC | SSC-R | UPHSD |
| Arellano Chiefs | | 79–89 | 70–59 | 88–82 | 89–69 | 81–76 | 96–75 | 86–101 | 99–81 | 83–78 |
| Letran Knights | 74–83 | | 56–52 | 76–72 | 67–62 | 72–75 | 75–79 | 85–89 | 90–77 | 55–61 |
| Benilde Blazers | 69–78 | 40–57 | | 56–76 | 56–86 | 58–75 | 68–78 | 63–90 | 49–54 | 55–70 |
| EAC Generals | 74–83 | 87–93* | 65–62 | | 59–60 | 64–57 | 67–70 | 76–91 | 73–67 | 53–70 |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 68–79 | 75–68* | 71–63 | 60–63 | | 66–69 | 71–74 | 79–73 | 68–62 | 50–58 |
| Lyceum Pirates | 75–78 | 68–66 | 61–65 | 66–73 | 58–68 | | 64–75 | 86–91 | 83–79 | 68–71 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 82–95 | 77–72 | 69–59 | 82–72 | 60–65 | 90–75 | | 74–85 | 88–75 | 51–71 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 91–81 | 83–71 | 82–64 | 90–82 | 88–97 | 89–73 | 97–101* | | 87–77 | 88–70 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 84–89 | 61–73 | 66–57 | 87–69 | 85–58 | 77–69 | 69–67 | 72–71 | | 61–76 |
| Perpetual Altas | 76–62 | 63–69 | 70–45 | 71–59 | 89–80** | 61–64 | 63–67 | 75–84 | 55–71 | |

### First-seed playoff

Winner will face Perpetual Help, while loser will face Mapua, in the semifinals. Either way, both teams had twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals.
* ABS-CBN S+A
* September 27 3:45 p.m.
| San Beda Red Lions | 80–73 | Arellano Chiefs |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 15–13, 22–24, 20–14 |||
| Pts: Amiel Soberano 26 Rebs: Robert Bolick 7 Asts: Roldan Sara 5 | | Pts: Jio Jalalon 14 Rebs: Dioncee Holts 12 Asts: Jio Jalalon 5 |
* Filoil Flying V Center, 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) | 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 | 83 | 78 | | | | |
| 4 | Perpetual | 87 | 63 | |
| 4 | Perpetual | 87 | 63 | 1 | San Beda | 88 | 83 |
| | | | | 2 | Arellano | 85 | 73 |
| 2 | Arellano | Arellano | 92 | 2 | Arellano | 85 | 73 |
| 3 | Mapúa | Mapúa | 80 | |

### Semifinals

San Beda and Arellano have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only need to win once, while their opponents twice, to advance to the Finals.

#### (1) San Beda vs. (4) Perpetual

* ABS-CBN S+A
* September 30 1:45 pm
| San Beda Red Lions | 83–87 | Perpetual Altas |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–21, 27–20, 26–19, 21–27 |||
| Pts: Robert Bolick 21 Rebs: Javee Mocon 7 Asts: Robert Bolick 6 | | Pts: Gab Dangangon 27 Rebs: Bright Akhuetie 11 Asts: Jeffrey Coronel 8 |
* Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 4 3:45 pm
| San Beda Red Lions | Perpetual Altas |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 22–10, 19–14, 22–19 |||
| Pts: Davon Potts 16 Rebs: Javee Mocon 15 Asts: Roldan Sara 4 | Pts: Gab Dagangon 16 Rebs: Dagangon, Akhuetie, 10 each Asts: Keith Pido 5 |
| San Beda wins series in two games |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

#### (2) Arellano vs. (3) Mapua

* ABS-CBN S+A
* September 30 3:45 pm
| Arellano Chiefs | Mapúa Cardinals |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 22–24, 20–15, 23–23 |||
| Pts: Jalalon, Flores, 22 each Rebs: Holts, Flores, 10 each Asts: Jio Jalalon 9 | Pts: Allwell Oraeme 20 Rebs: Allwell Oraeme 24 Asts: Andrew Estrella 6 |
| Arellano wins series in one game |||
* Mall of Asia Arena Pasay

### Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff.
* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 6 3:45 pm
| San Beda Red Lions | 88–85 | Arellano Chiefs |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–20, 26–29, 16–20, 18–15 |||
| Pts: Robert Bolick 24 Rebs: Roldan Sara 13 Asts: Roldan Sara 11 | | Pts: Jio Jalalon 21 Rebs: Dioncee Holts 14 Asts: Kent Salado 6 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 11 3:45 pm
| San Beda Red Lions | Arellano Chiefs |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 27–15, 18–20, 20–13 |||
| Pts: Arnaud Noah 18 Rebs: Arnaud Noah 11 Asts: Roldan Sara 6 | Pts: Jio Jalalon 19 Rebs: Lervin Flores 10 Asts: Jio Jalalon 10 |
| San Beda wins series, 2–0 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* Finals Most Valuable Player: Arnaud Noah (San Beda Red Lions)

### All-Star Game

The All-Star festivities of the NCAA Season 92 was held at the Filoil Flying V Centre on August 12, 2016, which served as a transition event for the first and second rounds of elimination of the basketball tournament. This also marked the introduction of two new side events, Skills Challenge and Shooting Stars, aside from the three-point shootout and slam dunk competitions.
In the All-Star Game, the 10 member schools were divided into East and West. The West squad is represented by players from San Beda College, University of Perpetual Help, Arellano University, Jose Rizal University and San Sebastian College-Recoletos, while the East team draws from Lyceum of the Philippines University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, College of Saint Benilde, Mapua Institute of Technology, and Colegio de San Juan de Letran.
* ABS-CBN S+A
* August 12
| West All-Stars | 111–77 | East All-Stars |
| Scoring by quarter: 35–17, 17–21, 29–17, 30–22 |||
| Pts: Bright Akhuetie 15 Rebs: Donald Tankoua 11 Asts: Jio Jalalon 6 | | Pts: Jorem Morada 13 Rebs: Christian Fajarito 7 Asts: Jorem Morada, Darell Menina 3 |
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
* All-Star Game MVP: Bright Akhuetie (UPHSD)

#### Side events winners

* Skills Challenge Champion: Shane Menina (Mapúa)
* Shooting Stars Champion: Darius Estrella, Cadell Buño, and Marvin Hayes (JRU)
* 3-Point Shootout Champion: AC Soberano (San Beda)
* Slam Dunk Champion: Yankie Haruna (Benilde)

### Awards

* NCAA Season 92 men's basketball champions
* San Beda Red Lions 20th title
* Most Valuable Player: Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
* Rookie of the Year: Mike Harry Nzeusseu (Lyceum Pirates)
* Defensive Player of the Year: Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
* Most Improved Player: Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)
* Mythical Five:
** Jio Jalalon (Arellano Chiefs)
** Laminou Hamadou (EAC Generals)
** Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
** Donald Tankoua (San Beda Red Lions)
** Bright Akhuetie (Perpetual Altas)

#### Players of the Week

| Week | Player | Team |
| Week 1 $^{July3–9}$ | Jio Jalalon | Arellano Chiefs |
| Week 2 $^{July10–16}$ | Donald Tankoua | San Beda Red Lions |
| Week 3 $^{July17–23}$ | Adrian Ablan | Lyceum Pirates |
| Week 4 $^{July24–30}$ | Bright Akhuetie | Perpetual Altas |
| Week 5 $^{August7to13}$ | Paolo Pontejos | JRU Heavy Bombers |
| Week 6 $^{August14to20}$ | Jio Jalalon | Arellano Chiefs |
| Week 7 $^{August21to27}$ | Teytey Teodoro | JRU Heavy Bombers |
| Week 8 $^{August28toSeptember3}$ | Gab Dagangon | Perpetual Altas |
| Week 9 $^{September4to10}$ | Jio Jalalon | Arellano Chiefs |
| Week 10 $^{September11to17}$ | Allwell Oraeme | Mapúa Cardinals |
| Week 11 $^{September18to24}$ | Javee Mocon | San Beda Red Lions |

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

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Cubs (H) | 17 | 1 | .944 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | Malayan Red Robins | 15 | 3 | .833 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | Arellano Braves | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | Lyceum Junior Pirates | 9 | 9 | .500 | 8 | |
| 6 | Letran Squires | 7 | 11 | .389 | 10 | |
| 7 | Perpetual Junior Altas | 5 | 13 | .278 | 12 | |
| 8 | JRU Light Bombers | 5 | 13 | .278 | 12 | |
| 9 | EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 4 | 14 | .222 | 13 | |
| 10 | San Sebastian Staglets | 2 | 16 | .111 | 15 | |
* 1 2 Third-seed playoff: LSGH 79–76 Arellano
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Perpetual 2–0 JRU

#### Match-up results

| | Round 1 | 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 | Round 2 |
| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| AU | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CSJL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| EAC–ICA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| JRU | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LSGH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LPU–C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| MHSS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SBC–R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SSC–R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| UPHSD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Scores

| Team | AU | CSJL | EAC-ICA | JRU | LSGH | LPU-C | MHSS | SBC-R | SSC-R | UPHSD |
| AU | | 87–75 | 98–89 | 95–74 | 69–98 | 91–77 | 83–74 | 93–90 | 86–66 | 105–88 |
| CSJL | 77–107 | | 74–67 | 74–63 | 56–69 | 63–56 | 74–95 | 74–107 | 80–73 | 68–88 |
| EAC–ICA | 64–90 | 64–69 | | 67–85 | 74–87 | 66–85 | 74–98 | 60–107 | 71–87 | 70–87 |
| JRU | 80–85 | 64–51 | 58–65 | | 63–70 | 74–92 | 64–86 | 69–79 | 68–60 | 52–66 |
| LSGH | 77–70 | 71–69 | 70–65 | 72–51 | | 77–82 | 78–94 | 72–97 | 70–65 | 92–81 |
| LPU–C | 77–66 | 105–91 | 76–78 | 75–72 | 72–85 | | 86–89 | 88–97 | 84–65 | 117–93 |
| MHSS | 84–71 | 86–77 | 112–75 | 81–79 | 75–59 | 77–74 | | 84–86 | 101–45 | 100–76 |
| SBC–R | 92–74 | 96–83 | 86–79 | 86–61 | 85–82 | 80–66 | 89–84 | | 74–66 | 95–63 |
| SSC–R | 65–78 | 71–75 | 74–81 | 60–63 | 51–61 | 74–86 | 66–91 | 55–111 | | 45–57 |
| UPHSD | 76–92 | 70–78 | 65–79 | 76–72 | 80–95 | 72–76 | 82–92 | 81–93 | 68–72 | |

### Third-seed playoff

* September 27 1:45 pm
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 79–76 | Arellano Braves |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 14–14, 25–21, 22–20 |||
| Pts: Unique Naboa 21 Rebs: Troy Mallinllin 11 Asts: Unique Naboa 8 | | Pts: Guilmer Dela Torre 20 Rebs: Lars Sunga 14 Asts: Guilmer Dela Torre, Jayson Danas 2 |
* Filoil Flying V Center, 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) | 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–Rizal | 84 | 102 | | | | | |
| 4 | Arellano | 87 | 93 | |
| 4 | Arellano | 87 | 93 | 1 | San Beda–Rizal | 64 | 81 | 67 |
| | | | | 2 | Malayan | 83 | 78 | 84 |
| 2 | Malayan | Malayan | 88 | 2 | Malayan | 83 | 78 | 84 |
| 3 | LSGH | LSGH | 81 | |

### Semifinals

San Beda and Malayan have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only need to win once, while their opponents twice, to advance to the Finals.

#### (1) San Beda vs. (4) Arellano

* September 30 10:00 am
| San Beda Red Cubs | 84–87 | Arellano Braves |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 24–19, 15–23, 20–29 |||
| Pts: 3 players 15 Rebs: Sam Abu Hilje 25 Asts: Joshua Tagala 3 | | Pts: Lars Sunga 16 Rebs: Carlo Abadeza 11 Asts: Carlo Abadeza 4 |
* Mall of Asia Arena
* October 4 1:00 pm
| San Beda Red Cubs | Arellano Braves |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 33–20, 22–30, 18–27 |||
| Pts: Robi Nayve 17 Rebs: Sam Abu Hilje 10 Asts: Joshua Tagala 5 | Pts: Carlo Abadeza 19 Rebs: Carlo Abadeza, Aaron Fermin 9 Asts: Jayson Danas 5 |
| San Beda wins series in two games |||
* Mall of Asia Arena

#### (2) Malayan vs. (3) LSGH

* September 30 11:45 am
| Malayan Red Robins | La Salle Green Hills Greenies |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 17–14, 25–26, 25–18 |||
| Pts: Will Gozum 16 Rebs: Bryan Samudio 17 Asts: Michael Enriquez 6 | Pts: Unique Naboa 17 Rebs: Troy Mallinllin 22 Asts: JD Cagulangan 6 |
| Malayan wins series in one game |||
* Mall of Asia Arena

### Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff.
* October 6 1:00 pm
| San Beda Red Cubs | 64–83 | Malayan Red Robins |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 22–19, 22–30, 9–22 |||
| Pts: Joshua Tagala 11 Rebs: 3 players 8 Asts: Evan Nelle 6 | | Pts: Jasper Salenga 17 Rebs: Bryan Samudio 12 Asts: Romuel Junsay 5 |
* Mall of Asia Arena
* October 11 1:00pm
| San Beda Red Cubs | 81–78 | Malayan Red Robins |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 17–23, 32–21, 16–16 |||
| Pts: Romuel Junsay 23 Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 14 Asts: 5 players 3 | | Pts: Carlo Obenza 19 Rebs: Prince Etrate, Sam Abu Hilje 8 Asts: Evan Nelle 7 |
* Mall of Asia Arena
* October 13 2:00pm
| San Beda Red Cubs | Malayan Red Robins |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 11–14, 16–14, 27–32 |||
| Pts: Carlo Obenza, Ed Velasquez 14 Rebs: Sam Abu Hilje 11 Asts: Robi Nayve, Joshua Tagala 3 | Pts: Brian Lacap 16 Rebs: Warren Bonifacio 15 Asts: Clint Escamis 4 |
| Malayan wins series, 2-1 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena
* Finals Most Valuable Player: Bryan Samudio (Malayan Red Robins)

### Awards

* NCAA Season 92 juniors' basketball champions
* Malayan Red Robins First title (Mapúa High School has phased out in 2000.)
* Most Valuable Player: John Troy Mallinllin (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
* Rookie of the Year: Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
* Defensive Player of the Year: Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
* Most Improved Player: Joshua Gavril Tagala (San Beda Red Cubs)
* Mythical Five:
** Guilmer Dela Torre (Arellano Braves)
** Aaron Fermin (Arellano Braves)
** John Troy Mallinllin (La Salle Green Hills Greenies)
** Samuel Abu Hijle (San Beda Red Cubs)
** Joshua Gavril Tagala (San Beda Red Cubs)

#### Players of the Week

| Week | Player | Team |
| Week 1 $^{July10–16}$ | Guilmer dela Torre | Arellano Braves |
| Week 2 $^{July17–23}$ | Guilmer dela Torre | Arellano Braves |
| Week 3 $^{July24–30}$ | Samuel Abu Hijle | San Beda Red Cubs |
| Week 4 $^{July31-August6}$ | Guilmer dela Torre | Arellano Braves |
| Week 5 $^{August14–20}$ | Troy Mallillin | La Salle Green Hills Greenies |
| Week 6 $^{August21–27}$ | Samuel Abu Hijle | San Beda Red Cubs |
| Week 7 $^{August28-September3}$ | Guilmer dela Torre | Arellano Braves |
| Week 8 $^{September4–10}$ | Troy Mallillin | La Salle Green Hills Greenies |
| Week 9 $^{September11–17}$ | Evan Nelle | San Beda Red Cubs |
| Week 10 $^{September18–24}$ | Evan Nelle | San Beda Red Cubs |