NCAA Season 84
Encyclopedia
NCAA Season 84 is the 2008–2009 season
of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
of the Philippines
.
Mapua Institute of Technology
is the host of the 2008–2009 season, with the year's theme being "To The Fore at 84: Building Bridges Through Sports". NCAA Season 81
's commissioner Joe Lipa
returns as a commissioner.
On May 28, the Policy Board and the PCU management announced an agreement in which the PCU Dolphins seniors' teams would return to the league for Season 84, with the juniors' teams still suspended; after the season, the school would take an indefinite leave of absence
from the league. As a result, the Policy Board scrapped the MANCOM's earlier recommendation of extending the suspension for another year with three years of probation thereafter. Several players were also banned from the league, with the exception of Elvin Pascual who is currently at the San Beda Red Lions
' team B; his status would be decided on the eligibility meeting on June 10. Pascual was cleared to play by the MANCOM after an appeal was granted on a previous decision that barred him from playing.
. Incoming president Dr. Reynaldo Vea of Season 84 host Mapua and his predecessor Dr. Vince Fabella of Jose Rizal issued a stern warning on the matter.
; the original Mapua Institute of Technology Pre-Engineering High School closed down after the Yuchengco takeover of the institute. The school was "forced" to form the team for them to be able to host the season since they will not be allowed to take part in seniors' events, which would jeopardize their hosting duties. The basketball team would be handled by former Mapua Cardinals
Randy Alcantara and Chito Victolero. The old Mapua juniors team holds the most basketball championships, with 18.
's suspension the previous season that led into court intervention, the league clarified its rules on application to the Philippine Basketball Association
(PBA) Draft
; the applicant must formally inform the league on their intentions to apply. Also the league implemented another rule restricting a member school from fielding more than two imports at the same time to level the playing field following the entry of foreign players.
Host team in boldface.
San Beda had to forfeit their 1st round win against CSB.
The quadruple-tie for 2nd was broken as follows:
Host team in boldface.
Season (sports)
In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...
of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is an athletics association of nine colleges and universities in the Philippines. Established in 1924, the NCAA is the oldest athletic association in the Philippines...
of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
Mapua Institute of Technology
Mapúa Institute of Technology
Mapúa Institute of Technology is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila and in Makati....
is the host of the 2008–2009 season, with the year's theme being "To The Fore at 84: Building Bridges Through Sports". NCAA Season 81
NCAA Season 81
-Individual awards:*Most Valuable Player: Ernie Jay Sagad *Rookie of the Year: Kelvin dela Peña -Elimination round:All of the games of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran Squires were forfeited when a certain player was caught playing in another league during the NCAA Basketball tournament...
's commissioner Joe Lipa
Joe Lipa
Jose "Joe" Lipa, Jr. is a Filipino basketball coach. Lipa coached his alma mater, the University of the Philippines, in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines men's basketball. He has also had a head coaching stint for the Ateneo Blue Eagles, and the Air21 Express of the...
returns as a commissioner.
PCU suspension
After being suspended the previous season for identity switching, an additional five student-athletes were implicated by the NCAA's own investigation to the matter. Initially, it was thought that the Management Committee (MANCOM) would extend PCU's suspension for another year.On May 28, the Policy Board and the PCU management announced an agreement in which the PCU Dolphins seniors' teams would return to the league for Season 84, with the juniors' teams still suspended; after the season, the school would take an indefinite leave of absence
Leave of absence
Leave of absence is a term used to describe a period of time that one is to be away from his/her primary job, while maintaining the status of employee...
from the league. As a result, the Policy Board scrapped the MANCOM's earlier recommendation of extending the suspension for another year with three years of probation thereafter. Several players were also banned from the league, with the exception of Elvin Pascual who is currently at the San Beda Red Lions
San Beda Red Lions
The San Beda Red Lions are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of San Beda College.San Beda is the only founding member left in the league....
' team B; his status would be decided on the eligibility meeting on June 10. Pascual was cleared to play by the MANCOM after an appeal was granted on a previous decision that barred him from playing.
Game-fixing allegations
Another issue being investigated by the MANCOM were the allegations of game-fixing on games, especially after Paolo Orbeta of CSB was implicated on point shavingPoint shaving
In organized sports, point shaving is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread. Unlike other forms of match fixing, sports betting invariably motivates point shaving. A point shaving scheme generally involves a sports gambler and one...
. Incoming president Dr. Reynaldo Vea of Season 84 host Mapua and his predecessor Dr. Vince Fabella of Jose Rizal issued a stern warning on the matter.
Return of the Mapua juniors team
The Mapua juniors team returns with student-athletes from the Malayan High School of ScienceMalayan High School of Science
The Malayan High School of Science is a private secondary educational institution established in 2005 and is managed and operated by the Mapúa Institute of Technology . It is located on a one-hectare property along P...
; the original Mapua Institute of Technology Pre-Engineering High School closed down after the Yuchengco takeover of the institute. The school was "forced" to form the team for them to be able to host the season since they will not be allowed to take part in seniors' events, which would jeopardize their hosting duties. The basketball team would be handled by former Mapua Cardinals
Mapúa Cardinals
The Mapúa Cardinals is the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the Mapúa Institute of Technology.The Mapúa Cardinals holds the NCAA record for the most number of General Championships in the seniors division with a total of 20—the last of these championships was won in 1993...
Randy Alcantara and Chito Victolero. The old Mapua juniors team holds the most basketball championships, with 18.
PBA Draft rules
After Yousif AljamalYousif Aljamal
Yousif Aljamal is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He most recently played for the Meralco Bolts. He is also a former NCAA Most Valuable Player for its 82nd season with the San Beda Red Lions....
's suspension the previous season that led into court intervention, the league clarified its rules on application to the Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
(PBA) Draft
Philippine Basketball Association Draft
The Philippine Basketball Association Draft is an annual event in the PBA calendar in which teams can acquire new players outside the league which are not free agents in an agreed-upon order....
; the applicant must formally inform the league on their intentions to apply. Also the league implemented another rule restricting a member school from fielding more than two imports at the same time to level the playing field following the entry of foreign players.
Basketball
| Qualified for the Finals | |
| Qualified for semifinals with twice to beat advantage | |
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for the first round | |
| Qualified for knockout game |
Elimination round
| Team | |W | |L | |PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | |GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division... | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 3 | .786 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | 2–4 |  |
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| 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | 3–3 | |
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| 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | 3–3 | |
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| 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | 4–2 | |
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| 4 | 10 | .286 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | |
| 2 | 12 | .143 | 9 | -- | -- | -- |
San Beda had to forfeit their 1st round win against CSB.
The quadruple-tie for 2nd was broken as follows:
- Teams seeded by first by their records and second by their head-to-head results (H2H), then points difference among the tied teams (San Sebastian 4–2, Mapua 3–3 (+10), Letran 3–3 (-10), JRU 2–4)
- #1 vs. #4 and #2 vs. #3 for berths (CR) for the second-seed game (PO). Losers play for the fourth-seed (PO). JRU def. San Sebastian 57–53, and Letran def. Mapua 62–52.
- JRU def. Letran 69–53 in the second-seed game, and Mapua eliminated San Sebastian 63–54 to clinch the #4 seed.
Bracket
Elimination round
| Team | |W | |L | |PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | |GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division... | Tie |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 0 | 1.000 | -- | ||
| 9 | 3 | .750 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 5 | .600 | 5 | 1–1, +24 | |
| 7 | 5 | .545 | 5 | 1–1, −24 | |
| 5 | 7 | .455 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 10 | .100 | 10 | ||
| 0 | 12 | .000 | 12 |
Bracket
Men's tournament
Women's tournament
Juniors' tournament
Seniors' tournament
Juniors' tournament
Men's final
Women's final
Juniors' final
Elimination round
| Team | Points |
|---|---|
 Letran Knights Letran Knights is the name of the varsity basketball team of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran. Letran College is a Roman Catholic institution and the oldest college in the Philippines.... |
31.5 |
 Mapúa Cardinals The Mapúa Cardinals is the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the Mapúa Institute of Technology.The Mapúa Cardinals holds the NCAA record for the most number of General Championships in the seniors division with a total of 20—the last of these championships was won in 1993... |
28.5 |
 San Sebastian Stags The San Sebastian Golden Stags are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the San Sebastian College – Recoletos.... |
28.0 |
 St. Benilde Blazers The Saint Benilde Blazers are the NCAA basketball team of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.The Blazers were formerly a member National Capital Region Athletic Association before they applied and were admitted to the NCAA in 1998... |
26.5 |
 San Beda Red Lions The San Beda Red Lions are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of San Beda College.San Beda is the only founding member left in the league.... |
14.0 |
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10.0 |
 JRU Heavy Bombers The JRU Heavy Bombers are the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball team of the Jose Rizal University.They currently have the longest championship drought in the NCAA with 38 title-less seasons.... |
5.5 |
Elimination round
| Team | Points |
|---|---|
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10.5 |
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10.5 |
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7.5 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
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0 |
Seniors' tournament
Juniors' tournament
Seniors' tournament
Juniors' tournament
Men's tournament
Women's tournament
Juniors' tournament
Seniors' tournament
Juniors' tournament
Seniors' tournament
Juniors' tournament
General Championship race
| Pts. | Position |
|---|---|
| 40 | Champion |
| 30 | 2nd |
| 25 | 3rd |
| 20 | 4th |
| 10 | 5th |
| 8 | 6th |
| 6 | 7th |
| 5 | 8th |
Seniors' Division
| # | School |  |  _pictogram.svg.png) |  |  |  |  |  | |  | _pictogram.svg.png) | |  |  | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 20 | 368 | |
| 2 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 40 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 318 | |
| 3 | 25 | 40 | 20 | 25 | -- | -- | 30 | 25 | 40 | 40 | 25 | 20 | 25 | 315 | |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 20 | 10 | -- | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 40 | 25 | 30 | 231 | |
| 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | -- | 25 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 166 | |
| 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | -- | -- | 20 | -- | 10 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 144 | |
| 7 | 20 | -- | -- | 30 | 20 | 20 | 8 | -- | 5 | -- | -- | -- | 40 | 143 | |
| 8 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -- | -- | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | -- | 10 | 92 |
Juniors' Division
| # | School | | | | | | | | | | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 290 | |
| 2 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 30 | -- | 25 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 240 | |
| 3 | 30 | 20 | 40 | -- | 10 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 210 | |
| 4 | 8 | 30 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 168 | |
| 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 156 | |
| 6 | 6 | -- | 8 | -- | 20 | 8 | 6 | -- | 8 | 56 | |
| 7 | 25 | -- | 6 | -- | -- | 6 | 8 | -- | 10 | 55 |