2023 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
The 10th PBA Aspirant's Cup
DurationApril 27 – June 26, 2023
Number of teams7
TV partner(s)One Sports
PBA Rush
Finals
ChampionsEcoOil - DLSU Green Archers
Runners-upMarinerong Pilipino - San Beda
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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.[1]

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.[2]

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[lower-alpha 1] — Advance to the semifinals
2 EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers 5 1 .833[lower-alpha 1] —
3 University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta 3 3 .500[lower-alpha 2] 2 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran 3 3 .500[lower-alpha 2] 2
5 CEU Scorpions 3 3 .500[lower-alpha 2] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 PSP Gymers 2 4 .333 3
7 AMA Online Education Kings 0 6 .000 5
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Marinerong Pilipino 1–0 EcoOil
  2. 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 —
Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
(Higher seeds twice-to-beat) 		Semifinals
(Best-of-three playoff) 		Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
1 Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda 2
4 Wangs-Letran 94 (OT) 4 Wangs-Letran 1
5 CEU 87 1 Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda 0
2 EcoOil-DLSU 2
2 EcoOil-DLSU 2
3 Perpetual 97 3 Perpetual 0
6 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 15
3:00 p.m.
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 79–65 Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran
Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda wins series 2–1

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

Finals

The finals is a best-of-three playoff.

June 26
3:00 p.m.
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 74–89 EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers
EcoOil-DLSU wins series 2–0
  • Finals MVP: Kevin Quiambao (EcoOil-DLSU)

References

  1. ↑ Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (2023-04-25). "PBA exec expects great battles as D-League opens". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  2. ↑ "La Salle-EcoOil to open PBA D-League title defense vs CEU". Tiebreaker Times. 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
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