# 2018 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup

The 2018 Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup (also known as the Hanes Presents 2018 Chooks-to-Go Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth preseason high school and collegiate basketball tournament organized by Filoil Flying V Sports. All 8 teams from the UAAP and 10 teams from the NCAA, together with the 23-man Gilas Pilipinas pool for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup to be hosted by the Philippines competed in the senior's tournament.
This is the first season to be broadcast on ESPN 5, after ending its 10-year relationship with ABS-CBN Sports which was concluded following the 2016 edition of the cup.

## Teams

Legend :
| NCAA team | UAAP team |

### Seniors' Division

Senior A :
* Ateneo Blue Eagles
* De La Salle Green Archers
* EAC Generals
* Gilas Pilipinas
* Mapúa Cardinals
* NU Bulldogs
* San Beda Red Lions
* UE Red Warriors
* UP Fighting Maroons
* Perpetual Altas
Senior B :
* Adamson Soaring Falcons
* Arellano Chiefs
* Letran Knights
* Benilde Blazers
* FEU Tamaraws
* JRU Heavy Bombers
* Lyceum Pirates
* San Sebastian Stags
* UST Growling Tigers

### Juniors' Division

Junior A :
* Ateneo Blue Eaglets
* Letran Squires
* FEU–D Baby Tamaraws
* La Salle Green Hills Greenies
* Malayan Red Robins
* NUNS Bullpups
* San Beda Red Cubs

## Tournament format

Due to different number of groups in men's and juniors' division, each had its own competition format.

### Men's division

The tournament format for men's division are as follows:
* During elimination round, teams will only play against teams in their group in a single round-robin schedule.
* At the end of the eliminations, the top four teams in each group will advance to the quarterfinal round.
* At the quarterfinals:
** Seeds #1 in group A meets #4 of group B (QF1)
** Seeds #2 in group B meets #3 of group A (QF2)
** Seeds #1 in group B meets #4 of group A (QF3)
** Seeds #2 in group A meets #3 of group B (QF4)
* Winner of QF1 meets winner of QF2 while QF3 winner meets QF4 winner in the semifinals.
* Winners of the semifinals will play for the Final round, while losers will battle for third place.
* The quotient system shall be applied in case of a tie in the standings between two or more teams.
* Only one foreign player shall play at a time in the court.

### Juniors' division

The tournament format for junior's division are as follows:
* During elimination round, teams will only play against teams in their group in a single round-robin schedule.
* The top six teams in overall standings will qualify for the playoffs. The top two teams automatically advances to the semifinals.
* At the quarterfinals, team #3 meets #6 while #4 meets #5.
* At the semifinals, winners of the quarterfinals between #3 and #6 will face team #2, while #1 will play against the winner between #4 and #5.
* Winners of the semifinals will play for the finals, while losers will battle for third place.
* The quotient system shall be applied in case of a tie in the standings between two or more teams.

## Men's division
### Elimination round
#### Group A
##### Results

| Team | DLSU | EAC | GILAS | MU | NU | SBU | UE | UP | UPHSD |
| Ateneo | 81–75* | 108–44 | 75–69 | 99–55 | 94–60 | 69–68 | 83–61 | 100–72 | 83–59 |
| La Salle | | 83–51 | 91–72 | 102–95 | 73–66 | 70–72 | 71–62 | 82–79 | 96–83 |
| EAC | | | 69–82 | 74–77 | 84–96 | 48–75 | 59–73 | 70–83 | 67–83 |
| GILAS | | | | 97–78 | 81–86 | 70–91 | 63–61 | 72–78 | 72–63 |
| Mapua | | | | | 87–82 | 60–95 | 84–92 | 79–78 | 20–0 |
| NU | | | | | | 61–71 | 74–78 | 57–73 | 69–61 |
| San Beda | | | | | | | 73–50 | 54–56 | 74–68 |
| UE | | | | | | | | 61–66 | 75–95 |
| UP | | | | | | | | | 77–63 |
| Perpetual | | | | | | | | | |
* ↑ Win by forfeit
* Number of asterisks (*) denotes the number of overtime periods.

#### Group B
##### Results

| Team | AU | CSJL | CSB | FEU | JRU | LPU | SSC | UST |
| Adamson | 67–61 | 83–80 | 80–60 | 64–75 | 74–67 | 85–75 | 84–89 | 87–64 |
| Arellano | | 63–71 | 69–74 | 65–74 | 76–74 | 93–76 | 68–61 | 73–82 |
| Letran | | | 88–89* | 77–80 | 94–71 | 78–74 | 81–73 | 95–90 |
| Benilde | | | | 80–73 | 104–83 | 92–68 | 87–79 | 99–87 |
| FEU | | | | | 87–85 | 68–89 | 78–66 | 86–82 |
| JRU | | | | | | 69–90 | 88–96 | 88–98 |
| Lyceum | | | | | | | 54–74 | 93–88 |
| San Sebastian | | | | | | | | 79–71 |
| UST | | | | | | | | |
* Number of asterisks (*) denotes the number of overtime periods.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| (A1) Ateneo | 74 | | |
| (B4) Letran | 72 | | |
| (B4) Letran | 72 | (A1) Ateneo | 50 |
| | | (B2) FEU | 38 |
| (B2) FEU | 76 | (B2) FEU | 38 |
| (A3) La Salle | 69 | | | | |
| (A3) La Salle | 69 | | | (A1) Ateneo | 76 |
| | | | | (A2) San Beda | 62 |
| (B1) Benilde | 76 | | | (A2) San Beda | 62 |
| (A4) UP | 74 | | | | |
| (A4) UP | 74 | (B1) Benilde | 71 | | |
| | | (A2) San Beda | 78 | Battle-for-Third | Battle-for-Third |
| (A2) San Beda | 64 | (A2) San Beda | 78 | Battle-for-Third | Battle-for-Third |
| (B3) Adamson | 62 | | | | |
| (B3) Adamson | 62 | | | (B2) FEU | 78 |
| | | | | (B1) Benilde | 58 |

### Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+8).
* N/A
* June 28 1:00 PM
| Benilde Blazers | 76–74 | UP Fighting Maroons |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 21–21, 19–17, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Clement Leutcheu 16 Rebs: Leutcheu, Gutang, 7 each Asts: Justin Gutang 8 | | Pts: Bright Akhuetie 22 Rebs: Bright Akhuetie 9 Asts: Jun Manzo 5 |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
* N/A
* June 28 2:45 PM
| San Beda Red Lions | 64–62 | Adamson Soaring Falcons |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 17–11, 13–13, 24–28 |||
| Pts: Robert Bolick 23 Rebs: Donald Tankoua 12 Asts: Robert Bolick 3 | | Pts: Sean Manganti 20 Rebs: Papi Sarr 12 Asts: Sean Manganti 6 |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
* ESPN 5
* June 28 4:30 PM
| FEU Tamaraws | 76–69 | De La Salle Green Archers |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 20–16, 17–19, 24–23 |||
| Pts: Hubert Cani 22 Rebs: Barkley Eboña 11 Asts: Jasper Parker 4 | | Pts: Andrei Caracut 15 Rebs: Caracut, Baltazar, 8 each Asts: Andrei Caracut 5 |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
* ESPN 5
* June 28 7:00 PM
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | 74–72 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 15–18, 26–17, 18–20 |||
| Pts: Ma. Nieto, Mi. Nieto, 9 each Rebs: Angelo Kouame 13 Asts: Matt Nieto 4 | | Pts: J.P. Calvo 16 Rebs: Christian Fajarito 7 Asts: Bong Quinto 4 |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

### Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+8).
* ESPN 5
* June 29 4:30 PM
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | 50–38 | FEU Tamaraws |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–16, 12–6, 9–8, 20–8 |||
| Pts: Thirdy Ravena 7 Rebs: Angelo Kouame 15 Asts: Tyler Tio 2 | | Pts: Prince Orizu 11 Rebs: Prince Orizu 13 Asts: Hubert Cani 2 |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
* AksyonTV
* June 29 7:00 PM
| Benilde Blazers | 71–78 | San Beda Red Lions |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 15–20, 19–14, 18–24 |||
| Pts: Justin Gutang 22 Rebs: Clement Leutcheu 10 Asts: James Pasturan 5 | | Pts: Tankoua, Eugene, 14 each Rebs: Javee Mocon 12 Asts: Robert Bolick 4 |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

### Battle for Third

All times are local (UTC+8).
* ESPN 5
* June 30 4:00 PM
| FEU Tamaraws | 78–58 | Benilde Blazers |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 20–7, 24–16, 22–18 |||
| Pts: Tuffin, Nunag, 9 each Rebs: Orizu, Eboña, 7 each Asts: LJ Gonzales 4 | | Pts: Belgica, Nayve, 12 each Rebs: Rob Nayve 7 Asts: 3 players, 2 each |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

### Final

All times are local (UTC+8).
* ESPN 5
* June 30 6:30 PM
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | 76–62 | San Beda Red Lions |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 26–11, 11–16, 20–20 |||
| Pts: Angelo Kouame 15 Rebs: Angelo Kouame 16 Asts: 6 players, 2 each | | Pts: Javee Mocon 14 Rebs: Javee Mocon 12 Asts: Mocon, Abuda, 2 each |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

## Juniors' division
### Elimination round
#### Results

| Team | CSJL | FEU-D | LSGH | MHSS | NSNU | SBU-R |
| ADMU | 75–70 | – | – | – | – | – |
| CSJL | | – | – | – | – | – |
| FEU–D | | | – | – | 54–67 | – |
| LSGH | | | | – | – | 80–79 |
| MHSS | | | | | – | 74–70 |
| NSNU | | | | | | – |
| SBU–R | | | | | | |
* Number of asterisks (*) denotes the number of overtime periods.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Malayan | 88** |
| FEU–Diliman | 86 | | |
| FEU–Diliman | 86 | Malayan | 78 |
| | | San Beda–Rizal | 72 |
| San Beda–Rizal | 82 | San Beda–Rizal | 72 |
| NSNU | 81 | | |
| NSNU | 81 | Battle-for-Third | Battle-for-Third |
| | | NSNU | 97 |
| | | FEU–Diliman | 90 |

### Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+8).
* June 29, 2018 1:00 PM
| Malayan Red Robins | 88–86 (2OT) | FEU–D Baby Tamaraws |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 16–12, 25–20, 19–20, Overtime: 18–16 |||
| Pts: Paolo Hernandez 23 Rebs: Briedyn Smith 17 Asts: Clint Escamis 6 | | Pts: RJ Abarrientos 19 Rebs: Ron Tolentino 17 Asts: Royce Alforque 8 |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
* June 29, 2018 2:45 PM
| San Beda Red Cubs | 82–81 | NUNS Bullpups |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 19–17, 18–28, 20–22 |||
| Pts: Josiah Alcantara 16 Rebs: Justine Sanchez 10 Asts: 3 players, 2 each | | Pts: Cyril Gonzales 18 Rebs: Kevin Quiambao 12 Asts: Ernest Felicida 6 |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

### Battle for Third

All times are local (UTC+8).
* June 30, 2018 12:00 PM
| FEU–D Baby Tamaraws | 90–97 | NUNS Bullpups |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 21–29, 17–33, 26–18 |||
| Pts: RJ Abarrientos 24 Rebs: 3 players, 7 each Asts: RJ Abarrientos 6 | | Pts: Harold Alarcon 23 Rebs: 3 players, 6 each Asts: Kevin Quiambao 5 |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

### Final

All times are local (UTC+8).
* June 30, 2018 2:00 PM
| Malayan Red Robins | 78–72 | San Beda Red Cubs |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 22–19, 18–15, 25–20 |||
| Pts: Clint Escamis 30 Rebs: 3 players, 10 each Asts: Karl Mariano 5 | | Pts: Jade Talampas 20 Rebs: Justine Sanchez 19 Asts: Anfernee Estacio 4 |
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

## Final standings

Juniors
| Rank | Team |
| | Malayan Red Robins |
| | San Beda Red Cubs |
| | NUNS Bullpups |
| 4 | FEU–D Baby Tamaraws |
Seniors
| Rank | Team |
| | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
| | San Beda Red Lions |
| | FEU Tamaraws |
| 4 | Benilde Blazers |
| 5 | De La Salle Green Archers |
| 6 | Adamson Soaring Falcons |
| 7 | UP Fighting Maroons |
| 8 | Letran Knights |

### Individual awards

Juniors
* Most Valuable Player: Clint Escamis ( Malayan High School of Science)
* Mythical Five:
** Clint Escamis ( Malayan High School of Science)
** Briedyn Smith ( Malayan High School of Science)
** Inand Fornilos ( La Salle Greenhills)
** Royce Alforque ( FEU)
** Rhayyan Amsali ( San Beda)
* Best Defensive Player: Inand Fornilos ( La Salle Greenhills)
Seniors
* Most Valuable Player: Angelo Kouame ( Ateneo)
* Mythical Five:
** Angelo Kouame ( Ateneo)
** Justine Baltazar ( La Salle)
** Thirdy Ravena ( Ateneo)
** Javee Mocon ( San Beda)
** Matt Nieto ( Ateneo)
* Best Defensive Player: Prince Eze ( Perpetual Help)