# NCAA Season 91 basketball tournaments

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 91 were the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for the current season. The Mapua Institute of Technology hosted the season, started with an opening ceremony held on June 27, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena followed by a double-header. Games are expected to be followed at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan, with two seniors and juniors games. The men's games are aired live by ABS-CBN Sports and Action and in High Definition on Balls HD 167.

## Men's tournament
### Teams

| Team | School | 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) | Rodney Santos |
| Perpetual Altas | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) | Jimwell Gican |

#### Changes from last season

Full members (from probationary members):
* EAC Generals
* Lyceum Pirates

### Elimination round
#### Team standings

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Lions | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | Letran Knights | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | Mapúa Cardinals (H) | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | Arellano Chiefs | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | |
| 6 | Perpetual Altas | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | |
| 7 | San Sebastian Stags | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | |
| 8 | Benilde Blazers | 5 | 13 | .278 | 8 | |
| 9 | Lyceum Pirates | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9 | |
| 10 | EAC Generals | 2 | 16 | .111 | 11 | |
* 1 2 First-seed playoff: San Beda 83–78 Letran
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: JRU 3–1, Mapúa 2–2, Arellano 1–3; fourth-seed playoff: Mapúa 93–75 Arellano, third-seed playoff: Mapúa 83–76 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 |
| 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 | | 68–77 | 85–73 | 92–80 | 61–78 | 80–78 | 100–96* | 88–84 | 104–92 | 66–76 |
| Letran Knights | 87–81 | | 82–53 | 69–83 | 78–62 | 83–78 | 80–77 | 93–80 | 82–76 | 79–71 |
| Benilde Blazers | 82–86 | 69–79 | | 73–66 | 49–67 | 69–72 | 64–76 | 67–73 | 88–66 | 69–77 |
| EAC Generals | 90–98 | 76–86 | 57–81 | | 47–67 | 55–69 | 72–101 | 80–108 | 77–71 | 55–68 |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 114–112** | 86–80 | 73–69 | 87–64 | | 75–60 | 90–87 | 69–88 | 89–91* | 83–86* |
| Lyceum Pirates | 83–97 | 57–74 | 56–59 | 59–45 | 55–64 | | 95–109 | 74–97 | 70–77 | 61–70 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 81–76 | 82–77 | 77–72 | 88–63 | 68–67 | 70–66 | | 89–102 | 88–86 | 79–82 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 72–91 | 77–73 | 89–63 | 96–84 | 83–75 | 87–80 | 75–65 | | 92–81 | 83–81 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 76–86 | 89–87 | 62–69 | 91–77 | 69–91 | 67–71 | 78–87 | 98–92 | | 70–84 |
| Perpetual Altas | 77–84* | 64–93 | 70–47 | 89–59 | 60–62 | 70–42 | 65–70 | 88–86 | 87–91 | |

### Seeding playoffs

The top 5 teams are separated by 1 game.
* JRU, Mapua and Arellano were tied for third to fifth; a series of playoffs were held. JRU had the bye as the team with the best head-to-head record among the three:
** Mapua and Arellano played for the #4 seed; the loser is eliminated; the winner advances to the third-seed playoff, and is guaranteed no less than a #4 seed
** JRU waited for the third-seed playoff; the winner gets the #3 seed, while the loser is the #4 seed

### First–seed playoff

Letran and San Beda were tied for first and second; a playoff was held to determine which will be the #1 seed.
Winner faces the #4 seed, while the loser faces the #3 seed. Both still have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals.
* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 13 4:00 p.m.
| Letran Knights | 78–83 | San Beda Red Lions |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–24, 18–18, 30–24 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### Third to fourth–seed playoffs

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| | | JRU | 76 |
| Mapúa | 93 | Mapúa | 81 |
| Arellano | 75 | | |

#### Mapúa vs. Arellano

Winner advances to the third seed playoff and is guaranteed of no less than a #4 seed, while the loser is eliminated.
* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 13 2:00 p.m.
| Mapúa Cardinals | 93–75 | Arellano Chiefs |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 33–18, 20–18, 24–24 |||
| Mapúa advances to the Final Four |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

#### JRU vs Mapúa

Winner is the third seed, while the loser settles for the #4 seed.
* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 16 4:00 p.m.
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 76–81 | Mapúa Cardinals |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 16–19, 22–18, 22–25 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### 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 | 78 | | | | | |
| 4 | JRU | 68 | | | | | |
| 4 | JRU | 68 | 1 | San Beda | 90 | 68 | 82 |
| | | | 2 | Letran | 94 | 61 | 85* |
| 2 | Letran | 91 | 2 | Letran | 94 | 61 | 85* |
| 3 | Mapúa | 90 | | | | | |
*Game went into overtime

### Semifinals

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

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

* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 20 4:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Lions | 78–68 | JRU Heavy Bombers |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 13–13, 26–21, 22–15 |||
| San Beda wins series in one game |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

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

* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 20 2:00 p.m.
| Letran Knights | 91–90 | Mapúa Cardinals |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 24–25, 22–28, 24–20 |||
| Letran wins series in one game |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff.
* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 23 4:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Lions | 90–94 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–17, 21–22, 28–33 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 12,825
* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 27 4:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Lions | 68–61 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 11–15, 19–19, 16–12 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 17,588
* ABS-CBN S+A
* October 29 4:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Lions | 82–85 (OT) | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 27–20, 13–14, 23–21, Overtime: 7–10 |||
| Letran wins series 2–1 |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 20,158
* Finals Most Valuable Player: Mark Cruz (Letran Knights)

### All-Star Game

The 10 member schools were divided into East and West. The East 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 West 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 21 3:00 p.m.
| NCAA West All-Stars | 89–88 | NCAA East All-Stars |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 22–24, 18–25, 30–25 |||
* Filoil Flying V Arena
* All-Star Game MVP: Jonathan Grey (Benilde Blazers)

#### Side events winners

* 3-Point Shootout Champion: Mark Cruz (Letran Knights)
* Slam Dunk Champion: Jebb Bulawan (Perpetual Altas)
* Miss NCAA: Lyra Velchez (Perpetual Altas)
** Miss NCAA 1st Runner-Up: Rycca Timog (Lyceum Pirates)
** Miss NCAA 2nd Runner-Up: Zahara Soriano (Arellano Chiefs)

### Awards

* NCAA Season 91 men's basketball champions
* Letran Knights 17th title
The awards were given prior to Game 1 of the Men's basketball finals on October 23, 2015, at the Mall of Asia Arena.
* Most Valuable Player: Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
* Rookie of the Year: Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
* Mythical Five:
** Scottie Thompson (Perpetual Altas)
** Jio Jalalon (Arellano Chiefs)
** Arthur dela Cruz (San Beda Red Lions)
** Bright Akhuetie (Perpetual Altas)
** Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
* Defensive Player of the Year: Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
* All-Defensive Team:
** Allwell Oraeme (Mapúa Cardinals)
** Bradwyn Guinto (San Sebastian Stags)
** Arthur dela Cruz (San Beda Red Lions)
** Scottie Thompson (Perpetual Altas)
** Bright Akhuetie (Perpetual Altas)
* Most Improved Player: Michael Calisaan (San Sebastian Stags)
* Coach of the Year: Aldin Ayo (Letran Knights)

### Broadcast notes
#### Finals

Simulcast over ABS-CBN Sports and Action, The Filipino Channel or ABS-CBN Sports and Action International, and Balls HD 195 with replays on Balls and Balls HD 195.
| Game | Play-by-play | Analyst | Courtside Reporters |
| Game 1 | Anton Roxas | Olsen Racela | Myrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco |
| Game 2 | Andrei Felix | Allan Gregorio | Roxanne Montealegre and Ceej Tantengco |
| Game 3 | Anton Roxas | Allan Gregorio | Myrtle Sarrosa and Ceej Tantengco |
Additional Game 3 crew:
* Award presenter: Andrei Felix

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

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Cubs | 18 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Thrice-to-beat in the Finals |
| 2 | Malayan Red Robins (H) | 16 | 2 | .889 | 2 | Proceed to stepladder round 2 |
| 3 | Arellano Braves | 12 | 6 | .667 | 6 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 4 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 11 | 7 | .611 | 7 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 5 | Lyceum Junior Pirates | 11 | 7 | .611 | 7 | |
| 6 | EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 9 | 9 | .500 | 9 | |
| 7 | Letran Squires | 6 | 12 | .333 | 12 | |
| 8 | San Sebastian Staglets | 4 | 14 | .222 | 14 | |
| 9 | JRU Light Bombers | 2 | 16 | .111 | 16 | |
| 10 | Perpetual Junior Altas | 1 | 17 | .056 | 17 | |
* ↑ As San Beda won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
* ↑ LSGH's first round win against Letran was forfeited after three of its players were ruled to be ineligible for wearing uniform numbers outside the league-mandated 4 to 19.
* 1 2 Fourth-seed playoff: LSGH 88–71 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 |
| 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 | | 89–71 | 104–98 | 103–34 | 69–90 | 97–88 | 76–69 | 81–86 | 82–64 | 85–69 |
| CSJL | 76–86 | | 71–72 | 92–54 | 20–0 | 73–76 | 63–97 | 59–99 | 71–75 | 81–80* |
| EAC-ICA | 74–92 | 87–77 | | 111–73 | 61–72 | 79–76 | 80–88 | 78–84 | 81–67 | 88–62 |
| JRU | 52–99 | 65–69 | 69–93 | | 57–86 | 73–81* | 39–87 | 53–103 | 56–75 | 89–66 |
| LSGH | 80–67 | 69–48 | 68–75 | 84–54 | | 80–83 | 55–79 | 63–84 | 69–48 | 82–67 |
| LPU-C | 77–100 | 91–83 | 95–90 | 87–63 | 66–81 | | 64–76 | 81–91 | 88–82 | 78–59 |
| MHSS | 86–73 | 73–43 | 90–74 | 83–62 | 64–57 | 85–63 | | 63–80 | 80–51 | 87–51 |
| SBC-R | 80–76 | 76–67 | 100–83 | 95–71 | 82–70 | 90–79 | 89–84 | | 85–60 | 85–61 |
| SSC-R | 99–72 | 73–78 | 84–83 | 66–70 | 57–87 | 49–78 | 64–86 | 57–88 | | 87–58 |
| UPHSD | 66–100 | 52–74 | 72–73 | 51–77 | 58–83 | 74–88 | 46–95 | 53–109 | 60–55 | |
* ↑ LSGH originally won 88–49; the NCAA Management Committee upheld Letran's protest of the game after three LSGH players were ineligible for wearing uniform numbers outside of the league-mandated 4 to 19.

### Fourth–seed playoff

* October 13 12 noon
| Lyceum Junior Pirates | 71–88 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies |
| La Salle advances to the Final Four |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### 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) | Finals (#1 has thrice-to-beat advantage) |
| | | | | | | 1 | San Beda–Rizal | 76 | 68 | 70 |
| | | | 2 | Malayan | 79 | 3 | Arellano | 68 | 72 | 61 |
| 3 | Arellano | 75 | 3 | Arellano | 85 | | | | | |
| 4 | LSGH | 74 | | | | | | | | |

### Stepladder semifinals

The semifinals consists of two rounds of single-elimination.

#### (3) Arellano vs. (4) LSGH

* October 16 2:00 p.m.
| Arellano Braves | 75–74 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies |
| Arellano advances to the 2nd round |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

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

* October 20 12 noon
| Malayan Red Robins | 79–85 | Arellano Braves |
| Arellano advances to the Finals |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### Finals

Since San Beda swept the elimination round, the Finals is a de facto best of five series with San Beda automatically leading 1–0. Therefore, San Beda has to win twice, while Arellano needed thrice, to win the championship.
* October 23 12 noon
| San Beda Red Cubs | 76–68 | Arellano Braves |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* October 27 2:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Cubs | 68–72 | Arellano Braves |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* October 29 2:00 p.m.
| San Beda Red Cubs | 70–61 | Arellano Braves |
| San Beda wins series in three games |||
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
* Finals Most Valuable Player: Evan Nelle (San Beda Red Cubs)

### Awards

* NCAA Season 91 juniors' basketball champions
* San Beda Red Cubs 22nd title, seventh consecutive title
* Most Valuable Player: Michael Enriquez (Malayan Red Robins)
* Mythical Five:
** Michael Enriquez (Malayan Red Robins)
** Sherwin Concepcion (San Beda Red Cubs)
** Samuel Abu Hijle (San Beda Red Cubs)
** Guilmer dela Torre (Arellano Braves)
** Carlo Abadeza (Arellano Braves)
* Defensive Player of the Year: John Anthony Umali (Perpetual Junior Altas)
* Rookie of the Year: Lars Sunga (Arellano Braves)
* Most Improved Player: Maui Cruz (EAC–ICA Brigadiers)
* Coach of the Year: JB Sison (San Beda Red Cubs)

### Controversies
#### Wrong uniform

The NCAA Management Committee, chaired by Melchor Divina of Mapua, upheld the recommendation of commissioner Arturo Cristobal forfeiting La Salle-Greenhills’ 88–49 victory over Letran. LSGH's Jesmar Pedrosa, Alain Madrigal and Ladis Lepalam wore Nos. 20, 28 and 27, respectively, which violated a league rule limiting the use of jersey numbers to Nos. 4 to 19.