# 2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship

The 2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship is the ninth edition of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) in its current incarnation, the postseason tournament to determine the national collegiate champions in basketball. The tournament will be the ninth edition in its current incarnation, and the 14th edition overall.

## Format

Eight teams will compete in the national championship to be held in Metro Manila in February 2018. The finalists of the recently concluded NCAA and UAAP basketball championships, as well as the champion of the CESAFI basketball championship will automatically qualify in the tournament. Qualifying tournaments for the three remaining slots were held for Mindanao, Luzon and Metro Manila.

## Qualifying teams
### Automatic qualifiers

| Team | League | Elim. round finish | Playoff finish | Qualified as |
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | UAAP | 1st (13–1) | Def. La Salle in finals | UAAP champion |
| De La Salle Green Archers | UAAP | 2nd (12–2) | Def. by Ateneo in finals | UAAP runner-up |
| San Beda Red Lions | NCAA | 2nd (16–2) | Def. Lyceum in finals | NCAA champion |
| Lyceum Pirates | NCAA | 1st (18–0) | Def. by San Beda in finals | NCAA runner-up |
| University of the Visayas Green Lancers | CESAFI | 1st (16–2) | Def. University of Cebu in finals | CESAFI champion |

### Regional qualifiers

| Team | Qualified as | Regional tournament |
| Naga College Foundation Tigers | Luzon champion | North Luzon/South Luzon knockout game Def. Lyceum-Northwestern University (North Luzon champion) |
| Holy Trinity College Wildcats | Mindanao champion | Mindanao qualifiers Def. HCC Crusaders in finals |
| San Sebastian Stags | NCR qualifiers champion | NCR qualifiers Def. CDSL Griffins in finals |

## Regional qualifiers results
### South Luzon

* November 18
* Box score
| NCF Tigers | vs. | UPHSL Saints |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 25–20, 21–15, 28–21 |||
* UNC Sports Palace, Naga, Camarines Sur

### North Luzon

* November 29
| LNU Dukes | vs. | MQC Legionnaires |
* Salvador Duque Fieldhouse (LNU Gymnasium), Dagupan

### North Luzon/South Luzon knockout

* November 30
* Box score
| LNU Dukes | vs. | NCF Tigers |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 19–16, 29–30, 12–12 |||
* Salvador Duque Fieldhouse (LNU Gymnasium), Dagupan

### Mindanao

* November 25
* Box score
| HCC Crusaders | vs. (OT) | HTC Wildcats |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 14–18, 17–20, 16–20, Overtime: 12–13 |||
* Almendras Gym, Davao

### NCR

The NCR Regional Qualifiers were held at the Jose Rizal University (JRU) gymnasium from January 15 to 18.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification | SCC | JRU |
| 1 | CDSL Griffins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Qualified to the NCR Qualifiers finals | 87–80 | 83–58 |
| 2 | St. Clare Saints | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | | | |
| 3 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | | 85–88 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification | SSC-R | PATTS |
| 1 | San Sebastian Stags | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Qualified to the NCR Qualifiers finals | | |
| 2 | UP Fighting Maroons | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | | 84–93 | 84–79 |
| 3 | PATTS Seahorses | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | | 67–90 | |

#### Finals

* January 18
* boxscore
| CDSL Griffins | vs. | San Sebastian Stags |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-21, 19-20, 28-19, 21-30 |||
* JRU Gymnasium, Mandaluyong

## Elite Eight
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification | LPU | ADMU | UV | NCF |
| 1 | Lyceum Pirates | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Qualified to the crossover semifinals | | — | 88–80 | 94–82 |
| 2 | Ateneo Blue Eagles | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | Qualified to the crossover semifinals | 65–69 | | 91–81 | 84–69 |
| 3 | UV Green Lancers | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | | — | — | | 85–82 |
| 4 | NCF Tigers | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | | — | — | — | |

## Final Four
### Semifinals

* February 12
* boxscore
| Lyceum Pirates | 82–69 | San Sebastian Stags |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 16–10, 26–17, 21–22 |||
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
* February 12
* boxscore
| San Beda Red Lions | 57–52 | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 15–11, 10–17, 20–15 |||
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan

### Finals

* February 15 5:30pm
* boxscore
| Lyceum Pirates | 70–66 | San Beda Red Lions |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 26–14, 15–22, 16–9 |||
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan

## Awards

The awardees are:
* Most Valuable Player: Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum)
* Mythical Five:
** Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum)
** Javee Mocon (San Beda)
** Pierre Donald Tankoua (San Beda)
** CJ Perez (Lyceum)
** Mike Nzeusseu (Lyceum)