# NCAA Season 84

NCAA Season 84 is the 2008–09 season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the Philippines.
Mapua Institute of Technology is the host of the 2008–2009 season, with the year's theme being "To The Fore at 84: Building Bridges Through Sports". NCAA Season 81's commissioner Joe Lipa returns as a commissioner.

## Unresolved issues from Season 83
### PCU suspension

After being suspended the previous season for identity switching, an additional five student-athletes were implicated by the NCAA's own investigation to the matter. Initially, it was thought that the Management Committee (MANCOM) would extend PCU's suspension for another year.
On May 28, the Policy Board and the PCU management announced an agreement in which the PCU Dolphins seniors' teams would return to the league for Season 84, with the juniors' teams still suspended; after the season, the school would take an indefinite leave of absence from the league. As a result, the Policy Board scrapped the MANCOM's earlier recommendation of extending the suspension for another year with three years of probation thereafter. Several players were also banned from the league, with the exception of Elvin Pascual who is currently at the San Beda Red Lions' team B; his status would be decided on the eligibility meeting on June 10. Pascual was cleared to play by the MANCOM after an appeal was granted on a previous decision that barred him from playing.

### Game-fixing allegations

Another issue being investigated by the MANCOM were the allegations of game-fixing on games, especially after Paolo Orbeta of CSB was implicated on point shaving. Incoming president Dr. Reynaldo Vea of Season 84 host Mapua and his predecessor Dr. Vince Fabella of Jose Rizal issued a stern warning on the matter.

### Return of the Mapua juniors team

The Mapua juniors team returns with student-athletes from the Malayan High School of Science; the original Mapua Institute of Technology Pre-Engineering High School closed down after the Yuchengco takeover of the institute. The school was "forced" to form the team for them to be able to host the season since they will not be allowed to take part in seniors' events, which would jeopardize their hosting duties. The basketball team would be handled by former Mapua Cardinals Randy Alcantara and Chito Victolero. The old Mapua juniors team held the most basketball championships, with 18.

### PBA Draft rules

After Yousif Aljamal's suspension the previous season that led into court intervention, the league clarified its rules on application to the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Draft; the applicant must formally inform the league on their intentions to apply. Also the league implemented another rule restricting a member school from fielding more than two imports at the same time to level the playing field following the entry of foreign players.

## Basketball
### Seniors' tournament
#### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Lions | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | Letran Knights | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | Mapúa Cardinals (H) | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | San Sebastian Stags | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | |
| 6 | Benilde Blazers | 4 | 10 | .286 | 7 | |
| 7 | PCU Dolphins | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 | |
| 8 | Perpetual Altas | 2 | 12 | .143 | 9 | |
* ↑ San Beda forfeited their first round win against Benilde when one of their players wore the wrong uniform.
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head record: San Sebastian 4–2, Mapúa 3–3, Letran 3–3 (Mapúa 1–1 Letran, Mapúa +10), JRU 2–4; classification playoffs: JRU 57–53, Letran 62–52 Mapúa, fourth-seed playoff: Mapúa 63–54 San Sebastian; second-seed playoff: JRU 69–53 Letran

#### 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 | 51 | 60 | | | | | |
| 4 | Mapúa | 53 | 53 | |
| 4 | Mapúa | 53 | 53 | 1 | San Beda | 72 | 60 | 85 |
| | | | | 2 | JRU | 68 | 62 | 69 |
| 2 | JRU | JRU | 63 | 2 | JRU | 68 | 62 | 69 |
| 3 | Letran | Letran | 61 | |

### Juniors' tournament
#### Elimination round

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Sebastian Staglets | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | Letran Squires | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3 | Proceed to stepladder round 2 |
| 3 | JRU Light Bombers | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 4 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 5 | San Beda Red Cubs | 5 | 7 | .417 | 7 | |
| 6 | Perpetual Altalettes | 2 | 10 | .167 | 10 | |
| 7 | Malayan Red Robins (H) | 0 | 12 | .000 | 12 | |
* ↑ As San Sebastian 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: JRU 1–1 LSGH; JRU +24, LSGH −24

#### 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 (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) |
| | | | | | | 1 | San Sebastian | 83 | 77 |
| | | | 2 | Letran | 94 | 2 | Letran | 81 | 70 |
| 3 | JRU | 95* | 3 | JRU | 93 | | | | |
| 4 | LSGH | 89 | | | | | | | |

## Volleyball

    Host team in boldface.

### Men's tournament

* Letran Knights
* San Beda Red Lions
* Benilde Blazers
* Perpetual Altas
* San Sebastian Stags
* PCU Dolphins
* JRU Heavy Bombers

### Women's tournament

* San Sebastian Lady Stags
* Benilde Lady Blazers
* Perpetual Lady Altas
* Letran Lady Knights
* San Beda Red Lionesses
* PCU Lady Dolphins
* JRU Lady Bombers

### Juniors' tournament

* San Sebastian Staglets
* Perpetual Junior Altas
* La Salle Green Hills Greenies
* Letran Squires
* San Beda Red Cubs

## Soccer

    Host team in boldface.

### Seniors' tournament

* San Beda Red Lions
* PCU Dolphins
* Benilde Blazers
* Mapúa Cardinals

### Juniors' tournament

* La Salle Green Hills Greenies
* San Beda Red Cubs
* Perpetual Junior Altas
* Malayan Red Robins
* Letran Squires

## Taekwondo

    Host team in boldface.

### Seniors' tournament

* Benilde Blazers
* San Beda Red Lions
* San Sebastian Stags
* Letran Knights
* PCU Dolphins
* Perpetual Altas

### Juniors' tournament

* La Salle Green Hills Greenies
* Letran Squires
* San Sebastian Staglets
* Perpetual Junior Altas
* San Beda Red Cubs

## Lawn tennis

    Host team in boldface.

### Seniors' tournament

* Letran Knights
* Benilde Blazers
* San Beda Red Lions
* San Sebastian Stags
* Perpetual Altas
* PCU Dolphins
* JRU Heavy Bombers
* Mapúa Cardinals

### Juniors' tournament

* La Salle Green Hills Greenies
* San Beda Red Cubs
* Letran Squires
* San Sebastian Staglets
* Perpetual Junior Altas
* JRU Light Bombers
* Malayan Red Robins

## Table tennis

    Host team in boldface.

### Men's tournament

* Benilde Blazers
* Letran Knights
* San Beda Red Lions
* Perpetual Altas
* San Sebastian Stags
* Mapúa Cardinals
* JRU Heavy Bombers
* PCU Dolphins

### Women's tournament

* Benilde Lady Blazers
* San Beda Red Lionesses
* Letran Lady Knights
* PCU Lady Dolphins
* San Sebastian Lady Stags
* JRU Lady Bombers

### Juniors' tournament

* San Beda Red Cubs
* Letran Squires
* San Sebastian Staglets
* La Salle Green Hills Greenies
* Perpetual Junior Altas
* Malayan Red Robins
* JRU Light Bombers

## Swimming

    Host team in boldface.

### Seniors' tournament

* San Beda Red Lions
* PCU Dolphins
* Benilde Blazers
* Mapúa Cardinals
* San Sebastian Stags

### Juniors' tournament

* La Salle Green Hills Greenies
* San Sebastian Staglets
* Perpetual Junior Altas
* San Beda Red Cubs

## Track and field

    Host team in boldface.

### Seniors' tournament

* Mapúa Cardinals
* San Sebastian Stags
* Letran Knights
* Benilde Blazers
* JRU Heavy Bombers
* Perpetual Altas
* PCU Dolphins
* San Beda Red Lions

### Juniors' tournament

* La Salle Green Hills Greenies
* San Sebastian Staglets
* Letran Squires
* Perpetual Junior Altas
* JRU Light Bombers
* Malayan Red Robins
* San Beda Red Cubs

## General Championship race

| Pts. | Position |
| 40 | Champion |
| 30 | 2nd |
| 25 | 3rd |
| 20 | 4th |
| 10 | 5th |
| 8 | 6th |
| 6 | 7th |
| 5 | 8th |

### Seniors' Division

| # | School | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Points |
| 1 | Benilde | 8 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 20 | 368 |
| 2 | San Beda | 40 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 318 |
| 3 | Letran | 25 | 40 | 20 | 25 | -- | -- | 30 | 25 | 40 | 40 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 315 |
| 4 | San Sebastian | 10 | 10 | 40 | 20 | 10 | -- | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 30 | 231 |
| 5 | PCU | 6 | 8 | 8 | -- | 25 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 166 |
| 6 | Perpetual | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | -- | -- | 20 | -- | 10 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 144 |
| 7 | Mapúa | 20 | -- | -- | 30 | 20 | 20 | 8 | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | 40 | 143 |
| 8 | JRU | 30 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -- | -- | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | -- | 10 | 92 |

### Juniors' Division

| # | School | | | | | | | | | | Points |
| 1 | LSGH | 20 | 25 | 25 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 290 |
| 2 | San Sebastian | 40 | 40 | 30 | 30 | -- | 25 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 240 |
| 3 | Letran | 30 | 20 | 40 | -- | 10 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 210 |
| 4 | Perpetual | 8 | 30 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 168 |
| 5 | San Beda | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 156 |
| 6 | Malayan Science | 6 | -- | 8 | -- | 20 | 8 | 6 | -- | 8 | 56 |
| 7 | JRU | 25 | -- | 6 | -- | -- | 6 | 8 | -- | 10 | 55 |