# 2023 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

The 2023 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup is the tenth Aspirants' Cup of the PBA D-League, the official minor league basketball organization owned by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Tournament format

Each team will play the other teams once in the elimination round. The top two teams advance to the semifinals outright. The next two teams have the twice-to-beat advantage against the next two teams in the quarterfinals. One team is eliminated. Both the semifinals and finals are best-of-three series.

## Teams

There are seven teams in the tournament, with six college-backed teams, and a team by the Philippine Sports Performance (PSP). An eighth team, from Saint Clare College of Caloocan, withdrew days prior to the opening due to budget issues.
| Team | Company | Head coach |
| AMA Online Education Kings | AMA University | Mark Herrera |
| CEU Scorpions | Centro Escolar University | Jeff Perlas |
| EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers | Ecology Energy Corporation | Topex Robinson | Gian Nazario (acting) |
| Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda | Marinerong Pilipino Group | Yuri Escueta |
| Wang's Basketball @ 27 Strikers - Letran | PRC Courier & Maintenance Services | Rensy Bajar |
| University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA | Myk Saguiguit |
| PSP Gymers | Philippine Sports Performance Fitness Centre | John Paolo Lao |

## Venues

The FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan and the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig are the host venues of the tournament.

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda | 5 | 1 | .833 | — | Advance to the semifinals |
| 2 | EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers | 5 | 1 | .833 | — | Advance to the semifinals |
| 3 | University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | CEU Scorpions | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | PSP Gymers | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | AMA Online Education Kings | 0 | 6 | .000 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Marinerong Pilipino 1–0 EcoOil
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Perpetual 1.165, Wangs 0.948, CEU 0.921

### Results

| Teams | AMA | CEU | ECO | MAR | WAN | UPH | PSP |
| AMA Online Education Kings | — | 68–107 | 43–126 | 70–119 | 57–71 | 57–101 | 70–108 |
| CEU Scorpions | | — | 62–84 | 72–81 | 92–85* | 72–93 | 109–107** |
| EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers | | | — | 82–79 | 102–79 | 80–73 | 108–67 |
| Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda | | | | — | 90–87 | 66–64 | 92–94 |
| Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran | | | | | — | 62–61 | 100–92 |
| University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta | | | | | | — | 93–82 |
| PSP Gymers | | | | | | | — |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Quarterfinals (Higher seeds twice-to-beat) | Semifinals (Best-of-three playoff) | Semifinals (Best-of-three playoff) | Semifinals (Best-of-three playoff) | Finals (Best-of-three playoff) | Finals (Best-of-three playoff) | Finals (Best-of-three playoff) |
| | | | | 1 | Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Wangs-Letran | Wangs-Letran | 94 (OT) | 4 | Wangs-Letran | 1 | | | |
| 5 | CEU | CEU | 87 | | | | 1 | Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda | 0 |
| | | | | | | | 2 | EcoOil-DLSU | 2 |
| | | | | 2 | EcoOil-DLSU | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Perpetual | Perpetual | 97 | 3 | Perpetual | 0 | | | |
| 6 | PSP | PSP | 90 | | | | | | |
*Overtime

## Quarterfinals

The third- and fourth-seeded teams have the twice-to-beat advantage against the sixth- and fifth-seeded teams, respectively.

### (3) Perpetual vs. (6) PSP

* June 6 2:00 p.m.
| University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta | 97–90 | PSP Gymers |
| Perpetual wins series in one game |||
* Paco Arena, Paco, Manila

### (4) Wangs-Letran vs. (5) CEU

* June 6 4:00 p.m.
| Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran | 94–87 (OT) | CEU Scorpions |
| Wangs-Letran wins series in one game |||
* Paco Arena, Paco, Manila

## Semifinals

The first-seeded team will play the winner between the fourth- and fifth-seeded team, while the second-seeded team will play the winner between the third- and sixth-seeded team. Both series are best-of-three playoffs.

### (1) Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda vs. (4) Wangs-Letran

* June 8 2:00 p.m.
| Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda | 87–93 (OT) | Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran |
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig
* June 13 4:00 p.m.
| Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda | 74–51 | Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran |
* Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan
* June 15 3:00 p.m.
| Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda | 79–65 | Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran |
| Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda wins series 2–1 |||
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig

### (2) EcoOil-DLSU vs. (3) Perpetual

* June 8 4:00 p.m.
| EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers | 107–78 | University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta |
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig
* June 13 2:00 p.m.
| EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers | 108–91 | University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta |
| EcoOil-DLSU wins series 2–0 |||
* Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan

## Finals

The finals is a best-of-three playoff.
* June 22 3:00 p.m.
| Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda | 82–108 | EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers |
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig
* June 26 3:00 p.m.
| Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda | 74–89 | EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers |
| EcoOil-DLSU wins series 2–0 |||
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig
* Finals MVP: Kevin Quiambao (EcoOil-DLSU)