List of NCAA Final Four results (Philippines)

Final team standings for men's basketball since 1999

This is a list of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's basketball final four results. The list includes NCAA men's basketball games played under the final four format since the 1997 season, the year the format was instituted.[1][2]

The results include one-game playoffs where teams tied after the elimination round for a final four berth played an extra game to determine which team clinches the higher seed in the playoffs.

Since the NCAA is not a home-and-away league, the position of season host rotates among member universities, and the host pays for the arena rental and other facilities. Since the 2004 season, most final four games are held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, the Philippines largest indoor arena, unless the Big Dome is unavailable.

The league uses a modified Shaughnessy playoff system: the top four teams enter the playoffs, while the top two seeds are given the "twice-to-beat" advantage, that is, in order for them to be eliminated in the semifinals, they have to be beaten twice by the No. 3 and No. 4 seed, with them needing to win only once in order to advance. The winners in the semifinals dispute the championship trophy in a best-of-three series.

In its institution in 1997, if a team wins all of its elimination round games (the "sweep"), the sweeping team advances outright to the finals possessing the twice-to-beat advantage, while the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds figure in a playoff to face the No. 2 seed. In 1997, the San Sebastian Stags swept the elimination round, earning a finals berth and a twice-to-beat advantage.[2] After the San Sebastian juniors team swept the elimination round in 2008, the twice-to-beat incentive was dropped and the finals was turned into a best-of-three series. When the San Beda seniors team swept the elimination round in 2010, the No. 1 seed has a thrice to beat advantage in the finals, while the opponent has to be beaten twice to be defeated.

A third place playoff, a one-game playoff between losing semifinalists, was added in 2023.[3]

Results

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For the semifinal columns, the No. 1 vs. No. 4 matchup is given first.

Legend
Arellano school colors Arellano Arellano University
Letran school colors Letran Colegio de San Juan de Letran
CSB school colors Benilde De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde
EAC school colors EAC Emilio Aguinaldo College
JRU school colors JRU José Rizal University
Lyceum school colors Lyceum Lyceum of the Philippines University
Mapua school colors Mapúa Mapúa University
PCU school colors PCU Philippine Christian University
San Beda school colors San Beda San Beda University
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian San Sebastian College–Recoletos
UPHD school colors Perpetual University of Perpetual Help System DALTA
(OT) Game went into overtime.
Year Finals/third-place playoff Semifinals One-game playoff
Higher seed Scores Lower seed Higher seed Score/s Lower seed Winner Score Loser Seed
1997 San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 84–72 San Beda school colors San Beda San Beda San Beda school colors 72–65 Letran school colors Letran None
Letran Letran school colors 68–57 Mapua school colors Mapúa
1998 Letran Letran school colors 81–74 (OT) SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Letran Letran school colors def. San Beda school colors San Beda
San Sebastian SSC-R school colors def. UPHD school colors Perpetual
1999 JRC JRU school colors 74–75[4]
0–20[5][* 1]		 Letran school colors Letran San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 63–65[6]
def. by		 Letran school colors Letran
JRC JRU school colors 84–63[6] UPHD school colors Perpetual
2000
(details) 		Benilde CSB school colors 66–64[7]
74–61[8]		 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian JRC JRU school colors 53–60[9]
79–97[10]		 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian
Perpetual UPHD school colors 70–73[9]
73–86[10]		 CSB school colors Benilde
2001[11]
(details) 		JRU JRU school colors 74–77
95–81
62–95 		SSC-R school colors San Sebastian JRU JRU school colors 94–98
99–76		 CSB school colors Benilde
San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 58–65
48–44		 Mapua school colors Mapúa
2002[12]
(details) 		San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 79–78
86–69		 CSB school colors Benilde San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 102–96 (OT) JRU school colors JRU
Benilde CSB school colors 93–95 (OT)
106–87		 PCU school colors PCU
2003[13]
(details) 		Letran Letran school colors 89–73
77–85
64–59		 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Letran Letran school colors 72–66 Mapua school colors Mapúa
San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 81–73 JRU school colors JRU
2004[14]
(details) 		Perpetual UPHD school colors 68–70
60–72		 PCU school colors PCU Perpetual UPHD school colors 48–57
58–56		 San Beda school colors San Beda San Beda San Beda school colors 59–52 Mapua school colors Mapúa 4th
PCU PCU school colors 64–65
85–80 (OT)		 Letran school colors Letran
2005[15]
(details) 		Letran Letran school colors 74–79
78–60
62–54		 PCU school colors PCU Letran Letran school colors 93–60 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian None
PCU PCU school colors 76–53 Mapua school colors Mapúa
2006[16]
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 71–57
50–72
68–67		 PCU school colors PCU San Beda San Beda school colors 55–51 Mapua school colors Mapúa PCU PCU school colors 67–62 Letran school colors Letran 2nd
PCU PCU school colors 72–50 Letran school colors Letran
2007[17]
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 76–68
76–64		 Letran school colors Letran San Beda San Beda school colors 74–64 Mapua school colors Mapúa None
Letran Letran school colors 70–61 JRU school colors JRU
2008[18]
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 72–68
60–62
85–69		 JRU school colors JRU San Beda San Beda school colors 51–53
60–53		 Mapua school colors Mapúa JRU JRU school colors 57–53 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian 2nd/4th[* 2]
Letran Letran school colors 62–52 Mapua school colors Mapúa 2nd/4th[* 2]
JRU JRU school colors 63–61 Letran school colors Letran JRU JRU school colors 69–53 Letran school colors Letran 2nd[* 2]
Mapúa Mapua school colors 63–54 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian 4th[* 2]
2009[19]
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 68–72 (2OT)
61–76		 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian San Beda San Beda school colors 82–76 Letran school colors Letran San Beda San Beda school colors 71–65 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian 1st
San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 65–72
79–64		 JRU school colors JRU
2010
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 93–73
85–70		 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 61–52 JRU school colors JRU None
JRU JRU school colors 60–54 Mapua school colors Mapúa
2011
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 75–63
57–55		 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian San Beda San Beda school colors 83–74 JRU school colors JRU San Beda San Beda school colors 88–85 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian 1st
San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 62–70
63–56		 Letran school colors Letran
2012
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 62–60
55–64
67–39		 Letran school colors Letran San Beda San Beda school colors 56–52 UPHD school colors Perpetual Perpetual UPHD school colors 73–68 JRU school colors JRU 4th
San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 74–92
70–73		 Letran school colors Letran
2013
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 80–68
74–79
60–56		 Letran school colors Letran San Beda San Beda school colors 70–51 UPHD school colors Perpetual San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 81–71 UPHD school colors Perpetual 3rd
Letran Letran school colors 85–58 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian
2014
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 74–65
89–70		 Arellano school colors Arellano San Beda San Beda school colors 81–75 UPHD school colors Perpetual San Beda San Beda school colors 97–69 Arellano school colors Arellano 1st
Arellano Arellano school colors 72–65 JRU school colors JRU
2015
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 90–94
68–61
82–85 (OT)		 Letran school colors Letran San Beda San Beda school colors 78–68 JRU school colors JRU San Beda San Beda school colors 83–78 Letran school colors Letran 1st
Letran Letran school colors 91–90 Mapua school colors Mapúa Mapúa Mapua school colors 81–76 JRU school colors JRU 3rd
2016
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 88–85
83–73		 Arellano school colors Arellano San Beda San Beda school colors 83–87
78–63		 UPHD school colors Perpetual San Beda San Beda school colors 80–73 Arellano school colors Arellano 1st
Arellano Arellano school colors 92–80 Mapua school colors Mapúa
2017
(details) 		Lyceum Lyceum school colors 87–94
82–92		 San Beda school colors San Beda San Beda San Beda school colors 76–71 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian San Sebastian SSC-R school colors 74–69 Letran school colors Letran 4th[* 3]
JRU JRU school colors 73–85 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Letran Letran school colors 70–68 Arellano school colors Arellano 4th[* 3]
2018
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 73–60
71–56		 Lyceum school colors Lyceum San Beda San Beda school colors 83–72 UPHD school colors Perpetual None
Lyceum Lyceum school colors 109–85 Letran school colors Letran
2019
(details) 		San Beda San Beda school colors 64–65
79–76
79–81		 Letran school colors Letran Lyceum Lyceum school colors 88–92 Letran school colors Letran
Letran Letran school colors 85–80 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian
2020[* 4] Not held – Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila Not held – Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila
2021[* 5]
(details) 		Letran Letran school colors 68–63
75–65		 Mapua school colors Mapúa Letran Letran school colors 77–75 UPHD school colors Perpetual San Beda San Beda school colors 63–57 CSB school colors Benilde 3rd/Qualification[* 6]
Perpetual UPHD school colors 59–52 Arellano school colors Arellano Qualification[* 6]
Mapúa Mapua school colors 67–73 (OT)
70–67		 San Beda school colors San Beda Perpetual UPHD school colors 76–64 CSB school colors Benilde 4th[* 6]
2022 (details) Benilde CSB school colors 75–81
76–71
67–81

Letran school colors Letran

Benilde CSB school colors 62–61 San Beda school colors San Beda
None
Letran Letran school colors 67–58 Lyceum school colors Lyceum
2023 (details) Mapúa Mapua school colors 68–63
65–71
66–76		 San Beda school colors San Beda Mapúa Mapua school colors 78–67 CSB school colors Benilde
Lyceum Lyceum school colors 83–93 CSB school colors Benilde Lyceum Lyceum school colors 68–89
72–82		 San Beda school colors San Beda

Notes

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  1. ^ Game 2 of the 1999 finals was abandoned after a fracas where Letran point guard John Prior elbowed JRC's John Dale Valeña, with Letran leading 83–60. This caused the gallery to pelt debris to the court which caused the NCAA Commissioner to order JRC to concede the game.
  2. ^ a b c d With four teams tied for second place in 2008, a mini-tournament was held to determine the 2nd–4th seeds in which the team with the best head-to-head record among the four (SSC-R) meets the team with the worst head-to-head record (JRU), with the other two (Letran and Mapúa) meeting each other in classification games. The winners of both games faced each other for the No. 2 seed while the losers faced for the No. 4 seed.
  3. ^ a b With three teams tied for fourth place in 2017, two tie-breaker games were held to determine who the 4th seed shall be. SSC-R, who has the best head-to-head record among the three, gets a bye, with the other two teams (Letran and Arellano) playing the first tie-breaker game. The winner of the Letran-Arellano game meets SSC-R in the second tie-breaker game.
  4. ^ 2020–21 season had a basketball tournament, but it was basically a skills showdown, due to the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
  5. ^ 2021–22 season was played in early 2022.
  6. ^ a b c The teams that finished 3rd and 4th after the elimination round; the winner is the #3 seed and advances to the semifinals against the #2 seed, while the loser is relegated to the fourth seed playoff. The teams that finished 5th and 6th after the elimination round; the winner advances to the fourth seed playoff, while the loser is eliminated. The winner is the #4 seed and advances to the semifinals against the #1 seed.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b Gulle, Jimbo (October 1, 1997). "Stags clobber Altas, complete 12-game sweep". Manila Standard. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  3. ^ "NCAA: CSB, Lyceum to battle for 3rd in men's basketball". ABS CBN News. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
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  5. ^ Manguiat, Lorenzo (October 8, 1999). "Knights cop 'NC' crown, fracas mars Game 2". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 3, 2000. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
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