NCAA Season 76 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 76
Host schoolMapua Institute of Technology
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
CSB school colors Benilde Blazers 66 742
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 64 610
DurationOctober 9–11, 2000
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coachDong Vergeire (1st title)
SemifinalistsJRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers
UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas
TV network(s)PTV-4
Juniors' Finals G1 G2Wins
Letran school colors Letran Squires 61 550+1
Mapua school colors Mapua Red Robins 75 772
DurationOctober 9–11, 2000
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
< Season 75 2000 Season 77 >

The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 76 are the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for basketball in its 2000–2001 season. Mapua Institute of Technology hosted the season, starting with an opening ceremony held at the Araneta Coliseum on July 22, 2000 followed by a quadruple-header.[1][2] Games then are subsequently held at Rizal Memorial Coliseum and aired by PTV-4.

Men's tournament

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Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers 11 3 .786 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 10 4 .714 1
3 CSB school colors Benilde Blazers (X) 9 5 .643 2 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 8 6 .571 3
5 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals (H) 5 9 .357[a] 6
6 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 5 9 .357[a] 6
7 PCU school colors PCU Dolphins 4 10 .286[b] 7
8 Letran school colors Letran Knights 4 10 .286[b] 7
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 and #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts; (X) Under probation
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Mapua 1–1 San Beda (Mapua +8)
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: PCU 1–1 Letran (PCU +3)

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Letran school colors LetranMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsPCU school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsPCU school colorsMapua school colorsSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colors
CSB school colors BenildeUPHD school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsPCU school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsPCU school colorsUPHD school colors
JRU school colors JRUSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsSSC-R school colorsPCU school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsPCU school colorsLetran school colorsCSB school colorsSSC-R school colorsSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colors
Mapua school colors MapúaLetran school colorsPCU school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsPCU school colorsSSC-R school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colors
PCU school colors PCUSSC-R school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colors
San Beda school colors San BedaJRU school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsPCU school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsPCU school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsSSC-R school colors
SSC-R school colors San SebastianPCU school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsPCU school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colors
UPHD school colors PerpetualCSB school colorsJRU school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsMapua school colorsPCU school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsPCU school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colors
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams CSJL CSB JRU MIT PCU SBC SSC-R UPHR
Letran Knights — 63–67 61–62 75–50 47–56 71–60 41–51 71–72
Benilde Blazers 62–58 — 64–66 77–59 97–77 63–66 60–67 76–78
JRU Heavy Bombers 74–66 73–60 — 69–67 93–75 78–73 74–79 87–76
Mapúa Cardinals 59–57 65–72 82–78 — 68–62 66–68 86–89 61–80
PCU Dolphins 55–61 65–71 85–76 63–70 — 61–68 53–52 75–88
San Beda Red Lions 65–88 83–90 80–72 74–84 78–65 — 86–76 67–81
San Sebastian Stags 67–58 62–66 87–67 59–78 50–47 85–83 — 77–87
Perpetual Altas 78–77 63–70 82–83 87–79 88–84 94–78 66–70 —
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1JRU school colors JRC5379
4SSC-R school colors San Sebastian6097
4SSC-R school colors San Sebastian6461
3CSB school colors Benilde6674
2UPHD school colors UPHR7073
3CSB school colors Benilde7386

Semifinals

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JRC and Perpetual Help have the twice-to-beat advantage. They only have to win once, while their opponents, twice, to progress.

(1) JRC vs. (4) San Sebastian

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October 6
2:30 p.m.
JRU Heavy Bombers JRU school colors 79–97 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
San Sebastian wins series in two games

Trailing 22-38 at the half of Game 1, the Heavy Bombers greeted the second half with a fierce 18-0 run to lead by two, with 11:37 to go, but the Stags' Nurjamjam Alfad and Christian Coronel conspired to defeat the Heavy Bombers and secured the win. Alfad finished with 14 points while Coronel sank the important free throws to win the game.[3]

The Stags dominated the Heavy Bombers all throughout Game 2. Mark Macapagal pumped in 25 points, Christian Coronel had 19, and Nicole Uy contributed 15, including a one-handed slam that punctuated the Stags' dominance of the Heavy Bombers.[4]

(2) Perpetual vs. (3) Benilde

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October 6
4:00 p.m.
Perpetual Altas UPHD school colors 73–86 CSB school colors Benilde Blazers
CSB wins series in two games

CSB Blazers' star Sunday Salvacion knocked in a triple in the dying moments of the game as the Altas' Jojo Manalo and Milo Bonifacio heaved desperate attempts and failed to capitalized as time expired, leaving the boisterous St. Benilde gallery exploding in pandemonium.[3]

Thanks to their deeper bench, CSB Blazers upset title-favorites Perpetual Altas, thus entered the Finals for the first time since joining the NCAA in 1998.[4]

Finals

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The San Sebastian Stags are back in the Finals two years after they were beaten by the Letran Knights who were led by Kerby Raymundo and Christian Calaguio. The CSB Blazers, on the other hand, are in their very first Finals appearance since joining the NCAA in 1998.

October 9
3:00 p.m.
Benilde Blazers CSB school colors 66–64 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by half: 37-33
Pts: Mark Magsumbol 16 Pts: Jam Alfad 18
October 11
3:00 p.m.
Benilde Blazers CSB school colors 74–61 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by half: 37-32
Pts: Mark Magsumbol 15 Pts: Jam Alfad 15
CSB wins series, 2–0

It was a nip and tuck affair and the Blazers leading most of the way of Game 1. Near the end of the game, San Sebastian took the lead for the first time, 64-61, thanks to Mark Macapagal and Paul Reguerra converting their free throws. However, Al Magpayo drew a three-point play off Macapagal to tie the game with 40 seconds remaining. Magpayo then gave an inbound pass to Mark Magsumbol then coasted on a game-winning layup to lift the Blazers past the Stags.[5]

Duplicating their sister school's feat, the Blazers masterfully beat the Stags in Game 2 from the start, capitalized from the poor free-throw shooting of the San Sebastian squad. With their deep bench, the Blazers easily took the half, 37-25, before speeding to a 16-point margin, 54-38. The Blazers then never looked back, capturing their first title since joining the league in 1998.[6]

Awards

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 NCAA Season 76 men's basketball champions 
CSB school colors
Benilde Blazers
First title
  • Most Valuable Player: Jojo Manalo (Perpetual Altas)
  • Mythical Five:
    • Jojo Manalo (Perpetual Altas)
    • Chester Tolomia (Perpetual Altas)
    • Christian Coronel (San Sebastian Stags)
    • Ernani Epondulan (JRU Heavy Bombers)
    • Orlan Tama (Letran Knights)
  • Rookie of the Year: Alejandro Magpayo (Benilde Blazers)

Juniors' tournament

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Elimination round

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The Letran Squires finished the elimination round undefeated and advanced to the Finals outright, with the twice-to-beat advantage.

Finals

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October 11
Letran Squires Letran school colors 55–77 Mapua school colors Mapua Red Robins
Scoring by half: 37–32, 18–45
Pts: Ronjay Enrile 16 Pts: Ryan Malig 26
Mapua wins series in two games

On Game 1, the Mapua Red Robins snapped Letran's 14-game winning streak to extend the series to a deciding Game 2.[5]

On the deciding game, the Red Robins won the championship, sweeping the Finals against the Squires.[6]

This would be the last championship by the Mapua Red Robins. The Mapua Technical High School was closed, and stopped competing in 2005. The Malayan High School of Science became Mapua's representative in the juniors' division, starting on 2008.

References

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  1. ^ Navarro, June (July 23, 2000). "Title favorite Perpetual nips St. Benilde, 78-76". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on April 18, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Navarro, June (July 23, 2000). "PCU stuns San Sebastian". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Navarro, June (October 4, 2000). "Benilde, SSC force knockout matches". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 19, 2000. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Navarro, June (October 6, 2000). "Benilde vs SSC for NCAA plum". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 17, 2000. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Navarro, June (October 10, 2000). "Benilde nears NCAA title". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 19, 2000. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Navarro, June (October 12, 2000). "Benilde sweeps SSC". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 3, 2000. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
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