# NCAA Season 87

NCAA Season 87 is the 2011–12 season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of the Philippines. The host school, University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD), led the opening ceremonies at the Araneta Coliseum on July 2, 2011. The men's basketball and the women's volleyball tournaments will be aired by ABS-CBN and Studio 23 for the tenth consecutive season, while the men's basketball events will be simulcast on DZRJ-AM.

## Preseason

The Lyceum of the Philippines University became the tenth NCAA team after the league accepted Lyceum as a guest team for the 87 season. Management Committee (MANCOM) chair Mike del Mundo announced that Lyceum completed all of the necessary requirements, including the existence of a high school department. The nonexistence of a high school department two years ago prevented Lyceum from being a guest team; its high school campus in Cavite was accepted and the Lyceum Pirates will field in teams in the mandatory sports. Lyceum paid the league 1.5 million pesos to play in the basketball event, and additional P500,000 bond, as they will have to pay additional fees to play in other events. The Pirates, as a guest team, are eligible to win the championship. Del Mundo also announced the elevation of cheerleading as a regular sport.
Due to the number of competing schools, two days were set aside for the eligibility meeting to ensure no eligibility issues this season.
Boxing's eight-division world champion and Sarangani representative Manny Pacquiao was the keynote speaker during the opening ceremonies on July 2.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Lions | 16 | 2 | .889 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | San Sebastian Stags | 16 | 2 | .889 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 3 | Letran Knights | 14 | 4 | .778 | 2 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | JRU Heavy Bombers | 9 | 9 | .500 | 7 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 5 | Mapúa Cardinals | 7 | 11 | .389 | 9 | |
| 6 | Lyceum Pirates (G) | 7 | 11 | .389 | 9 | |
| 7 | Arellano Chiefs (X) | 6 | 12 | .333 | 10 | |
| 8 | Benilde Blazers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 10 | |
| 9 | Perpetual Altas (H) | 5 | 13 | .278 | 11 | |
| 10 | EAC Generals (X) | 4 | 14 | .222 | 12 | |
* 1 2 First-seed playoff: San Beda 88–85 San Sebastian
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Mapúa 1–1 Lyceum (Mapúa +18)
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Arellano 1–1 Benilde (Arellano +2)

#### 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) |
| 1 | San Beda | San Beda | 83 | | | | |
| 4 | JRU | JRU | 74 | |
| 4 | JRU | JRU | 74 | 1 | San Beda | 75 | 57 |
| | | | | 2 | San Sebastian | 63 | 55 |
| 2 | San Sebastian | 62 | 63 | 2 | San Sebastian | 63 | 55 |
| 3 | Letran | 70 | 56 | |

#### Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Calvin Abueva, San Sebastian College-Recoletos
* Rookie of the Year: Josan Nîmes, Mapua Institute of Technology

### Juniors' tournament
#### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Beda Red Cubs | 18 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Thrice-to-beat in the Finals |
| 2 | Letran Squires | 14 | 4 | .778 | 4 | Proceed to stepladder round 2 |
| 3 | La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 13 | 5 | .722 | 5 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 4 | EAC–ICA Brigadiers (X) | 12 | 6 | .667 | 6 | Proceed to stepladder round 1 |
| 5 | Malayan Red Robins | 10 | 8 | .556 | 8 | |
| 6 | San Sebastian Staglets | 8 | 10 | .444 | 10 | |
| 7 | Arellano Braves (X) | 8 | 10 | .444 | 10 | |
| 8 | JRU Light Bombers | 5 | 13 | .278 | 13 | |
| 9 | Perpetual Junior Altas (H) | 2 | 16 | .111 | 16 | |
| 10 | Lyceum Junior Pirates (G) | 0 | 18 | .000 | 18 | |
* ↑ As San Beda 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: San Sebastian 2–0 Arellano

#### Bracket

| First Round Knockout game | First Round Knockout game | First Round Knockout game | Semifinal Knockout game | Semifinal Knockout game | Semifinal Knockout game | Finals Best-of-5 series with the #1 seed having a 1–0 lead | Finals Best-of-5 series with the #1 seed having a 1–0 lead | Finals Best-of-5 series with the #1 seed having a 1–0 lead | Finals Best-of-5 series with the #1 seed having a 1–0 lead | Finals Best-of-5 series with the #1 seed having a 1–0 lead |
| | | | | | | 1 | San Beda | 82 | 74 | 69 |
| | | | 2 | Letran | 91 | 3 | LSGH | 85 | 73 | 61 |
| 3 | LSGH | 88 | 3 | LSGH | 101 | | | | | |
| 4 | EAC–ICA | 74 | | | | | | | | |

#### Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Rey Nambatac, Colegio de San Juan de Letran
* Rookie of the Year: Lugie Cuyos, Emilio Aguinaldo College-Immaculate Concepcion Academy

## Volleyball

The volleyball tournaments held its opening ceremonies last November 23 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. Selected games are held at San Beda Gym, Lyceum Gym and Letran Gym.

### Women's tournament

The game between San Sebastian and UPHSD, held in San Beda Gym, was conceded after a brawl between the basketball team of San Beda and the volleyball team of San Sebastian.

#### Elimination round

| Team | W | L | PCT |
| Perpetual Lady Altas | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |
| EAC Lady Generals | 6 | 3 | .667 |
| Letran Lady Knights | 6 | 3 | .667 |
| San Sebastian Lady Stags | 6 | 3 | .667 |
| Lyceum Lady Pirates | 5 | 4 | .556 |
| San Beda Red Lionesses | 5 | 4 | .556 |
| Arellano Lady Chiefs | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| Benilde Lady Blazers | 3 | 6 | .333 |
| JRU Lady Bombers | 1 | 8 | .111 |
| Mapúa Lady Cardinals | 0 | 9 | .000 |
| Teams |
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| AU | | | | | | | | | |
| CSJL | | | | | | | | | |
| Benilde | | | | | | | | | |
| EAC | | | | | | | | | |
| JRU | | | | | | | | | |
| Lyceum | | | | | | | | | |
| Mapúa | | | | | | | | | |
| San Beda | | | | | | | | | |
| San Sebastian | | | | | | | | | |
| Perpetual | | | | | | | | | |

#### Semifinals

| Team | W | L | PCT |
| Perpetual Lady Altas | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Letran Lady Knights | 2 | 1 | .500 |
| San Sebastian Lady Stags | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| EAC Lady Generals | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Teams |
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| EAC | | | |
| Letran | | | |
| San Sebastian | | | |
| Perpetual | | | |

#### Finals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| Feb 3 | Perpetual Lady Altas | 3–2 | Letran Lady Knights | 25-16 | 23-25 | 25-27 | 25-20 | 15-10 | 113–98 |
| Feb 6 | Perpetual Lady Altas | 3–0 | Letran Lady Knights | 25-15 | 26-24 | 25-10 | - | – | 76–49 |
| UPHSD wins series 2–0 ||||||||||

### Men's tournament

The game of SSC-R with UPHSD was rescheduled to January 4 after a brawl during the women's match of the same teams in San Beda Gym.

#### Elimination round

| Team | W | L | PCT |
| Perpetual Altas | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Arellano Chiefs | 8 | 1 | .889 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 7 | 2 | .778 |
| Benilde Blazers | 5 | 4 | .556 |
| Letran Knights | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| EAC Generals | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| Lyceum Pirates | 3 | 6 | .333 |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 1 | 8 | .111 |
| Teams |
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| AU | | | | | | | | | |
| CSJL | | | | | | | | | |
| Benilde | | | | | | | | | |
| EAC | | | | | | | | | |
| JRU | | | | | | | | | |
| Lyceum | | | | | | | | | |
| Mapúa | | | | | | | | | |
| San Beda | | | | | | | | | |
| San Sebastian | | | | | | | | | |
| Perpetual | | | | | | | | | |

#### Semifinals

| Team | W | L | PCT |
| Perpetual Altas | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| Arellano Chiefs | 1 | 2 | .333 |
| Benilde Blazers | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Teams |
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Arellano | | | |
| Benilde | | | |
| San Beda | | | |
| Perpetual | | | |

#### Finals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| Feb 3 | Perpetual Altas | 3–0 | San Beda Red Lions | 28-26 | 25-22 | 25-22 | - | - | 78–70 |
| Feb 6 | Perpetual Altas | 3–0 | San Beda Red Lions | 25-14 | 25-15 | 25-23 | - | – | 75–52 |
| UPHSD wins series 2–0 ||||||||||

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

| Team | W | L | PCT |
| EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 6 | 1 | .857 |
| San Sebastian Staglets | 5 | 2 | .714 |
| Arellano Braves | 4 | 3 | .571 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 3 | 4 | .429 |
| Letran Squires | 2 | 5 | .286 |
| Lyceum Junior Pirates | 1 | 6 | .143 |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 0 | 7 | .000 |
| Teams |
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| AU | | | | | | | |
| CSJL | | | | | | | |
| Benilde | | | | | | | |
| EAC | | | | | | | |
| Lyceum | | | | | | | |
| San Beda | | | | | | | |
| San Sebastian | | | | | | | |
| Perpetual | | | | | | | |

#### Semifinals

| Team | W | L | PCT |
| EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| San Sebastian Staglets | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| Arellano Braves | 0 | 3 | .000 |
| Teams |
| Teams | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Arellano | | | |
| EAC | | | |
| San Sebastian | | | |
| Perpetual | | | |

#### Finals

| Date | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total |
| Feb 3 | EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 3–1 | San Sebastian Staglets | 22-25 | 25-19 | 25-23 | 25-23 | - | 97–90 |
| Feb 6 | EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 2–3 | San Sebastian Staglets | 25-22 | 20-25 | 22-25 | 25-18 | 16-18 | 108–108 |
| Feb 10 | EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 0–0 | San Sebastian Staglets | - | - | - | - | - | 0–0 |
| Series tied 1–1 ||||||||||

## Beach Volleyball

The Men's and Women's beach volleyball tournaments started last August 13, 2011 at the La Salle Greenhills sandcourt.

### Men's tournament
#### Elimination round

| Team | W | L | PCT |
| Perpetual Altas | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Arellano Chiefs | 8 | 1 | .889 |
| Letran Knights | 7 | 2 | .778 |
| Benilde Blazers | 6 | 3 | .667 |
| Lyceum Pirates | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 3 | 6 | .333 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 3 | 6 | .333 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| EAC Generals | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 1 | 8 | .111 |
Season host is boldfaced; guest team is italicized. Qualified to the semifinals

#### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Perpetual | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Benilde | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Benilde | 0 | 1 | Perpetual | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Arellano | 2 |
| 2 | Arellano | 2 | 2 | Arellano | 2 |
| 3 | Letran | 0 | | | |

#### Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Carlo Lozada, Arellano University

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

| Team | W | L | PCT |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 6 | 1 | .857 |
| EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 6 | 1 | .857 |
| San Sebastian Staglets | 5 | 2 | .714 |
| Arellano Braves | 4 | 3 | .571 |
| Letran Squires | 4 | 3 | .571 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 2 | 5 | .285 |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 1 | 6 | .142 |
| JRU Light Bombers | 0 | 7 | .000 |
Season host is boldfaced. Qualified to the semifinals

#### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Perpetual | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Arellano | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Arellano | 0 | 1 | Perpetual | 1 |
| | | | 2 | EAC | 2 |
| 2 | EAC | 2 | 2 | EAC | 2 |
| 3 | San Sebastian | 0 | | | |

#### Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Adrian Jopet Movido, Emilio Aguinaldo College

### Women's tournament
#### Elimination round

| Team | W | L | PCT |
| Letran Lady Knights | 9 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Perpetual Lady Altas | 8 | 1 | .889 |
| Benilde Lady Blazers | 7 | 2 | .778 |
| JRU Lady Bombers | 5 | 4 | .556 |
| San Beda Red Lionesses | 5 | 4 | .556 |
| Arellano Lady Chiefs | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| San Sebastian Lady Stags | 4 | 5 | .444 |
| EAC Lady Generals | 2 | 7 | .222 |
| Lyceum Lady Pirates | 1 | 8 | .111 |
| Mapúa Lady Cardinals | 0 | 9 | .000 |
Season host is boldfaced; guest team is italicized. Qualified to the semifinals

#### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Letran | 2 | | | |
| 4 | JRU | 0 | | | |
| 4 | JRU | 0 | 1 | Letran | 1 |
| | | | 2 | Perpetual | 2 |
| 2 | Perpetual | 2 | 2 | Perpetual | 2 |
| 3 | Benilde | 0 | | | |

#### Awards

* Most Valuable Player: April Anne Sartin, University of Perpetual Help System DALTA

## Chess

The chess tournaments started on July 31, 2011 at SM Centerpoint in Sta. Mesa, Manila.

### Seniors Division
#### Elimination round

| Team | W | D | L | Pts. |
| Benilde Blazers | 13 | 2 | 1 | 50.5 |
| San Sebastian Stags | 13 | 1 | 2 | 45 |
| Mapúa Cardinals | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38 |
| Letran Knights | 6 | 4 | 6 | 35.5 |
| Arellano Chiefs | 7 | 3 | 6 | 34.5 |
| EAC Generals | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 |
| San Beda Red Lions | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| JRU Heavy Bombers | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14.5 |
| Perpetual Altas | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 |
Season host is boldfaced.

### Juniors' Division
#### Elimination round

| Team | W | D | L | Pts. |
| San Sebastian Staglets | 14 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| Arellano Braves | 12 | 1 | 3 | 51 |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | 10 | 1 | 5 | 42.5 |
| Letran Squires | 14 | 1 | 1 | 51 |
| EAC–ICA Brigadiers | 8 | 0 | 8 | 36 |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | 6 | 0 | 10 | 26 |
| JRU Light Bombers | 4 | 0 | 12 | 13.5 |
| San Beda Red Cubs | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 |
| Malayan Red Robins | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 |
Season host is boldfaced.

## Swimming

The swimming tournaments opened last August 19, 2011 at the Rizal Swimming Pool.
Season host is boldfaced.

## General Tally

As of November 3, 2011.

### Seniors' Division

| Rank | School | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pts. |
| 1 | AU | 9 | 30 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 30 | - | 9 | 30 | - | 40 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 265 |
| 2 | Benilde | 8 | 25 | 8 | 40 | 35 | 35 | - | 35 | 40 | - | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 20 | 9 | 385 |
| 3 | CSJL | 30 | 20 | 35 | 25 | 8 | N/A | - | 30 | 35 | - | 30 | 35 | 20 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 353 |
| 4 | EAC | 2 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 30 | 10 | - | 25 | 20 | - | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 191 |
| 5 | JRU | 25 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | - | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | 20 | N/A | N/A | 40 | 20 | 145 |
| 6 | LPU | 10 | 9 | 20 | N/A | 4 | 20 | - | 2 | 8 | - | 20 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 137 |
| 7 | MIT | 20 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 25 | 9 | - | 10 | 9 | - | 10 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 182 |
| 8 | SBC | 40 | 10 | 35 | 9 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 25 | - | 9 | 25 | 40 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 402 |
| 9 | San Sebastian | 35 | 2 | 30 | 35 | 20 | 25 | - | 8 | 10 | - | 8 | 9 | 30 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 258 |
| 10 | UPHSD | 4 | 40 | 40 | 4 | 9 | N/A | - | 20 | N/A | - | 35 | 40 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 40 | 272 |

### Juniors' Division

| Rank | High School | | | | | | | | | | | Points |
| 1 | Arellano | 9 | 25 | 35 | 25 | - | 35 | - | 25 | 20 | 30 | 204 |
| 2 | LSGH | 35 | 8 | 30 | 40 | - | 8 | - | 25 | 40 | 25 | 211 |
| 3 | Letran | 30 | 10 | 25 | 9 | - | 30 | - | 25 | 35 | 10 | 174 |
| 4 | EAC | 25 | - | 20 | 10 | - | 20 | - | 40 | 30 | 35 | 180 |
| 5 | JRU | 8 | N/A | 9 | 2 | - | 8 | - | 8 | N/A | 2 | 37 |
| 6 | Lyceum | 2 | 9 | N/A | 8 | - | N/A | - | N/A | N/A | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | MHSS | 20 | N/A | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - | N/A | 9 | 4 | 45 |
| 8 | San Beda | 40 | 20 | 8 | 30 | - | 40 | - | 10 | 25 | 9 | 182 |
| 9 | San Sebastian | 10 | - | 40 | 35 | - | 20 | - | 30 | 10 | 40 | 185 |
| 10 | Perpetual | 4 | 30 | 10 | 20 | - | 10 | - | 35 | N/A | 20 | 129 |

## General Championship race

Season host is boldfaced.
Note: This is as of February 7, 2012.