# NCAA Season 88 basketball tournaments

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 88 are the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for basketball in its 2012–13 season. Colegio de San Juan de Letran hosted the season, starting with an opening ceremony held on June 23, 2012 followed by a double-header. Games then are subsequently being held at Filoil Flying V Arena, with men's games on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays aired by AKTV.

## Men's tournament
### Teams

| Team | College | Coach |
| Arellano Chiefs | Arellano University (AU) | Koy Banal |
| 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) | Gerry Esplana |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | José Rizal University (JRU) | Vergel Meneses |
| Lyceum Pirates | Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) | Bonnie Tan |
| Mapúa Cardinals | Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT) | Chito Victolero |
| San Beda Red Lions | San Beda College (SBC) | Ronnie Magsanoc |
| San Sebastian Stags | San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) | Allan Trinidad |
| Perpetual Altas | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) | Aric del Rosario |

#### Changes from last season

Probationary member (from guest team):
* Lyceum Pirates

#### Coaching changes

Coaching changes (Men's Basketball) :
| Team | Old coach | Reason | New coach |
| San Beda | Frankie Lim | Resigned | Ronnie Magsanoc |
| Perpetual | Jimwell Gican | Resigned | Aric del Rosario |
| Arellano | Leo Isaac | Resigned | Koy Banal |
| San Sebastian | Topex Robinson | Resigned | Allan Trinidad |

### Elimination round
#### Team standings

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Lions | 15 | 3 | .833 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | San Sebastian Stags | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | Letran Knights (H) | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | Perpetual Altas | 10 | 8 | .556 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 10 | 8 | .556 | 5 | |
| 6 | Mapúa Cardinals | 8 | 10 | .444 | 7 | |
| 7 | EAC Generals (X) | 8 | 10 | .444 | 7 | |
| 8 | Arellano Chiefs (X) | 6 | 12 | .333 | 9 | |
| 9 | Benilde Blazers | 5 | 13 | .278 | 10 | |
| 10 | Lyceum Pirates (X) | 3 | 15 | .167 | 12 | |
* 1 2 Fourth-seed playoff: Perpetual 73–68 JRU
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Mapúa 2–0 EAC

#### 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 | | 77–67 | 73–80* | 72–75 | 65–77 | 83–52 | 49–68 | 71–81 | 70–91 | 63–54 |
| Letran Squires | 76–58 | | 60–77 | 65–62 | 83–101 | 70–60 | 66–60 | 43–65 | 80–74 | 66–69 |
| Benilde Blazers | 74–69 | 83–97 | | 61–76 | 72–77 | 70–61 | 55–64 | 53–59 | 93–95 | 64–84 |
| EAC Generals | 76–57 | 80–86 | 73–64 | | 79–90 | 81–83 | 63–67 | 65–81 | 93–94 | 71–72 |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 82–85 | 59–70 | 62–56 | 65–71 | | 85–71 | 65–64 | 37–62 | 78–101 | 64–59 |
| Lyceum Pirates | 49–58 | 60–76 | 73–87 | 73–94 | 69–62* | | 78–74 | 67–82 | 79–87 | 70–82 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 57–59 | 60–72 | 80–66 | 80–55 | 60–63 | 76–58 | | 52–64 | 61–54 | 88–94* |
| San Beda Red Lions | 82–75 | 68–62 | 74–56 | 92–69 | 67–45 | 77–47 | 65–41 | | 71–80 | 87–88* |
| San Sebastian Stags | 79–71 | 67–82 | 92–72 | 67–77 | 74–82 | 83–75 | 77–62 | 69–55 | | 80–65 |
| Perpetual Altas | 89–58 | 57–62 | 78–74 | 71–73 | 88–72 | 64–53 | 71–74 | 53–60 | 62–80 | |

### Fourth-seed playoff

* AKTV
* October 11 6:00 p.m.
| Perpetual Altas | 73–68 | JRU Heavy Bombers |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 19–16, 12–15, 20–18 |||
* 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) | 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 | San Beda | 56 | | | | | |
| 4 | Perpetual | Perpetual | 52 | |
| 4 | Perpetual | Perpetual | 52 | 1 | San Beda | 62 | 55 | 67 |
| | | | | 3 | Letran | 60 | 64 | 39 |
| 2 | San Sebastian | 74 | 70 | 3 | Letran | 60 | 64 | 39 |
| 3 | Letran | 92 | 73 | |

### Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

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

* AKTV
* October 13 4:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Lions | 56–52 | Perpetual Altas |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–10, 8–12, 18–17, 21–13 |||
| San Beda wins series in one game |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

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

* AKTV
* October 13 6:00 p.m.
| San Sebastian Stags | 74–92 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–27, 21–19, 20–23, 26–23 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* AKTV
* October 15 6:00 p.m.
| San Sebastian Stags | 70–73 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 22–15, 12–14, 14–19 |||
| Letran wins series in two games |||
* Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

### Finals

* AKTV
* October 18 6:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Lions | 62–60 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 6–13, 23–16, 15–19 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* AKTV
* October 20 6:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Lions | 55–64 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 14–19, 15–4, 12–23 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 15,534
* TV5
* October 26 1:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Lions | 67–39 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–7, 11–8, 22–14 |||
| San Beda wins series, 2–1 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Attendance: 18,187
* Finals Most Valuable Player: Baser Amer (San Beda Red Lions)

### Awards

* NCAA Season 88 men's basketball champions
* San Beda Red Lions 17th title, third consecutive title
The following were awarded as the best players this season:
* Most Valuable Player: Ian Sangalang (San Sebastian Stags)
* Rookie of the Year: Cedric Noube Happi (EAC Generals)
* Defensive Player of the Year: Raymond Almazan (Letran Knights)
* Most Improved Player: Scottie Thompson (Perpetual Altas)
* Mythical Five:
** Kevin Alas (Letran Knights)
** Jake Pascual (San Beda Red Lions)
** Ian Sangalang (San Sebastian Stags)
** Cedric Noube Happi (EAC Generals)
** Scottie Thompson (Perpetual Altas)

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

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Cubs | 17 | 1 | .944 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | San Sebastian Staglets | 16 | 2 | .889 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | Letran Squires (H) | 13 | 5 | .722 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | Malayan Red Robins | 11 | 7 | .611 | 6 | |
| 6 | Arellano Braves (X) | 7 | 11 | .389 | 10 | |
| 7 | JRU Light Bombers | 7 | 11 | .389 | 10 | |
| 8 | Perpetual Junior Altas | 4 | 14 | .222 | 13 | |
| 9 | EAC–ICA Brigadiers (X) | 2 | 16 | .111 | 15 | |
| 10 | Lyceum Junior Pirates (X) | 0 | 18 | .000 | 17 | |
* 1 2 Third-seed playoff: LSGH 75–70 Letran
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Arellano 1–1 JRU (Arellano +18)

#### 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LSGH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| EAC–ICA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| JRU | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LPU | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| MHSS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SBC–R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SSC–R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| UPHSD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Scores

| Team | AU | CSJL | LSGH | EAC-ICA | JRU | LPU | MHSS | SBC-R | SSC-R | UPHSD |
| Arellano Braves | | 53–100 | 59–85 | 104–49 | 82–59 | 130–28 | 68–73 | 70–104 | 65–78 | 72–65 |
| Letran Squires | 79–49 | | 77–71 | 82–63 | 93–59 | 124–27 | 85–76 | 69–86 | 85–87 | 90–85 |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 91–72 | 79–62 | | 114–70 | 72–65 | 122–41 | 69–49 | 60–65 | 66–74 | 100–63 |
| EAC-ICA Brigadiers | 62–104 | 53–61 | 38–96 | | 57–85 | 119–54 | 50–101 | 51–144 | 52–95 | 100–102* |
| JRU Light Bombers | 53–48 | 53–67 | 54–74 | 76–53 | | 113–31 | 59–65 | 54–84 | 40–66 | 89–87 |
| Lyceum Junior Pirates | 36–125 | 29–110 | 22–101 | 55–85 | 36–80 | | 32–132 | 14–171 | 15–136 | 57–135 |
| Malayan Red Robins | 79–69 | 61–79 | 67–78 | 104–66 | 67–47 | 124–37 | | 59–84 | 54–67 | 95–58 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 84–41 | 73–64 | 65–52 | 111–51 | 86–66 | 171–22 | 60–64 | | 77–68* | 108–57 |
| San Sebastian Staglets | 91–48 | 75–51 | 62–51 | 96–50 | 79–70 | 99–30 | 75–60 | 61–66 | | 98–94 |
| Perpetual Altalettes | 64–69 | 61–77 | 76–95 | 112–48 | 70–74 | 107–47 | 53–69 | 61–96 | 44–71 | |

### Third-seed playoff

* AKTV
* October 11 4:00 p.m.
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 75–70 | Letran Squires |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 19–15, 20–20, 21–16 |||
* 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 | 61 | | | | |
| 4 | Letran | 57 | | | | |
| 4 | Letran | 57 | 1 | San Beda | 69 | 83 |
| | | | 2 | San Sebastian | 51 | 58 |
| 2 | San Sebastian | 58 | 2 | San Sebastian | 51 | 58 |
| 3 | LSGH | 55 | | | | |

### Semifinals

In the semifinals, the higher seed has the twice-to-beat advantage, where they only have to win once, while their opponents twice, to progress.

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

* October 13 12:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Cubs | 61–58 | Letran Squires |
| San Beda wins series in one game |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

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

* October 13 2:00 p.m.
| San Sebastian Staglets | 58–55 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies |
| San Sebastian wins series in one game |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Finals

* AKTV
* October 18 4:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Cubs | 69–51 | San Sebastian Staglets |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 17–15, 16–8, 21–13 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* AKTV
* October 20 3:15 p.m.
| San Beda Red Cubs | 83–58 | San Sebastian Staglets |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 16–13, 24–16, 27–17 |||
| San Beda wins series, 2–0 |||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* Finals Most Valuable Player: Javee Mocon (San Beda Red Cubs)

### Awards

* NCAA Season 88 juniors' basketball champions
* San Beda Red Cubs 19th title, fourth consecutive title
* Most Valuable Player: Bong Quinto (Letran Squires)
* Rookie of the Year: Bong Quinto (Letran Squires)
* Mythical Five:
** Bong Quinto (Letran Squires)
** Rey Nambatac (Letran Squires)
** Javee Mocon (San Beda Red Cubs)
** Arvin Tolentino (San Beda Red Cubs)
** Enjerico Diego (Malayan Red Robins)
* Most Improved Player: Justin Serrano (Malayan Red Robins)
* Defensive Player of the Year: Enjerico Diego (Malayan Red Robins)