1996 NCAA season
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 85 822
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 69 800
DurationOctober 7–9, 1996
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coachArturo Valenzona
TV network(s)Vintage Sports (IBC)

The 1996 NCAA basketball tournament was the 72nd season in the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The season opens on July 21 at the Araneta Coliseum and ended on October 9 with the San Sebastian Stags winning their fourth straight championship in the Seniors division.

League membership was raised from six to seven with the entry of Philippine Christian University.

Teams

TeamSchoolMen's coach
Letran KnightsColegio de San Juan de LetranMolet Pineda
JRC Heavy BombersJose Rizal CollegeBoy de Vera
Mapúa CardinalsMapúa Institute of TechnologyJoel Banal
PCU DolphinsPhilippine Christian UniversityRicky Cui
PHCR AltasPerpetual Help College of RizalBong Go
San Beda Red LionsSan Beda CollegeDong Vergeire
San Sebastian StagsSan Sebastian College - RecoletosArturo Valenzona

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Format:

  • Tournament divided into two halves: winners of the two halves dispute the championship in a best-of-3 finals series unless:
    • A team wins both rounds. In that case, the winning team automatically wins the championship.
    • A third team has a better cumulative record than both finalists. In that case, the third team has to win in a playoff against the team that won the second round to face the team that won in the first round in a best-of-3 finals series.

Cumulative standings

No other team had a better cumulative record than the two pennant winners, so playoff for the Finals berth was not played.

Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 10 2 22 Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 1]
2 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions (H) 10 2 22 Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 2]
3 Letran school colors Letran Knights 9 3 21
4 UPHD school colors PHCR Altas 6 6 18
5 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 5 7 17
6 JRU school colors JRC Heavy Bombers 2 10 14
7 PCU school colors PCU Dolphins (X) 0 12 12
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) tournament points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) head-to-head point differential; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts; (X) Under probation
Notes:
  1. ↑ As 1st round pennant winner
  2. ↑ As 2nd round pennant winner

San Sebastian clinched the first round pennant with a six-game sweep, defeating the San Beda Red Lions, 100-91 on August 23. [1]

On September 26, San Beda finally halt San Sebastian's 10-game winning streak following an 81-80 victory. Both teams carry a 4-0 won-loss card in the second round of action. [2]

San Beda seals a finals date with San Sebastian Stags by capturing the second round flag, winning over Perpetual Help College, 90-83 on October 1, for a six-game sweep in the second round. [3]

Finals

Game 1

October 7
San Sebastian Stags SSC-R school colors 85–69 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
San Sebastian leads series 1–0

Stags' Brixter Encarnacion poured all of his 19 points in the second half when the Lions tried to erase a 34-45 halftime deficit to come closer at 55-60, with 12:02 left. [4]

Game 2

October 9
San Sebastian Stags SSC-R school colors 82–80 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
San Sebastian wins series 2-0

Ulysses Tanique put the final nail on the Red Lions' coffin as he stole a pass off Kerwin McCoy for a 79-75 advantage with 24.3 seconds remaining. [5]

Awards

 NCAA Season 72 men's basketball champions 
SSC-R school colors
San Sebastian Stags
Eighth title, fourth consecutive title

References

  1. ↑ "Stags bag first round flag". Manila Standard. 1996-08-24.
  2. ↑ "Lions stun Stags". Manila Standard. 1996-09-27.
  3. ↑ "San Beda zaps Perpetual". Manila Standard. 1996-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Stags one game away from rewriting history". Manila Standard. 1996-10-08.
  5. ↑ "SSC makes history". Manila Standard. 1996-10-10.
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