NCAA Season 72 basketball tournaments

1996 NCAA season | Men's Finals | G1 | G2| Wins

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San Sebastian Stags | 85 | 82| 2
San Beda Red Lions | 69 | 80| 0
Duration| October 7–9, 1996
Arena(s)| Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coach| Arturo Valenzona
TV network(s)| Vintage Sports (IBC)
Juniors' tournament
Champions|  San Beda Red Cubs
Winning coach| Ato Badolato
| < Season 71 | 1996 | Season 73 >

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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

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Team | School | Men's coach

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Letran Knights | Colegio de San Juan de Letran | Molet Pineda
JRC Heavy Bombers | Jose Rizal College | Boy de Vera
Mapúa Cardinals | Mapúa Institute of Technology | Joel Banal
PCU Dolphins | Philippine Christian University | Ricky Cui
PHCR Altas | Perpetual Help College of Rizal | Bong Go
San Beda Red Lions | San Beda College | Dong Vergeire
San Sebastian Stags | San Sebastian College - Recoletos | Arturo Valenzona

## Men's tournament

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### Elimination round

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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.

#### First round team standings

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| Pos | Team  | W | L | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  San Sebastian Stags | 6  | 0  | 12  | Finals
2  |  Letran Knights | 5  | 1  | 11  |
3  |  San Beda Red Lions (H) | 4  | 2  | 10
4  |  PHCR Altas | 3  | 3  | 9
5  |  Mapúa Cardinals | 2  | 4  | 8
6  |  JRC Heavy Bombers | 1  | 5  | 7
7  |  PCU Dolphins (X) | 0  | 6  | 6

Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts; (X) Under probation

#### Second round team standings

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| Pos | Team  | W | L | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  San Beda Red Lions (H) | 6  | 0  | 12  | Finals
2  |  San Sebastian Stags | 4  | 2  | 10  |
3  |  Letran Knights | 4  | 2  | 10
4  |  PHCR Altas | 3  | 3  | 9
5  |  Mapúa Cardinals | 3  | 3  | 9
6  |  JRC Heavy Bombers | 1  | 5  | 7
7  |  PCU Dolphins (X) | 0  | 6  | 6

Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts; (X) Under probation

#### Cumulative standings

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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

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1  |  San Sebastian Stags | 10  | 2  | 22  | Finals
2  |  San Beda Red Lions (H) | 10  | 2  | 22
3  |  Letran Knights | 9  | 3  | 21  |
4  |  PHCR Altas | 6  | 6  | 18
5  |  Mapúa Cardinals | 5  | 7  | 17
6  |  JRC Heavy Bombers | 2  | 10  | 14
7  |  PCU Dolphins (X) | 0  | 12  | 12

Source: [citation needed]
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

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

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#### Game 1

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October 7

San Sebastian Stags | 85-69 |  San Beda Red Lions

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San Sebastian leads series 1–0

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

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

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October 9

San Sebastian Stags | 82-80 |  San Beda Red Lions

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San Sebastian wins series 2-0

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

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

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NCAA Season 72 men's basketball champions

San Sebastian Stags
Eighth title, fourth consecutive title

## Juniors' tournament

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The San Beda Red Cubs won both pennants, winning the championship outright.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Stags bag first round flag". Manila Standard. 1996-08-24.
2. ^ "Lions stun Stags". Manila Standard. 1996-09-27.
3. ^ a b "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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