NCAA Season 76 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 76Host school| Mapua Institute of Technology

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| Men's Finals | G1 | G2| Wins

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Benilde Blazers | 66 | 74| 2
San Sebastian Stags | 64 | 61| 0
Duration| October 3-11, 2000
Arena(s)| Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coach| Dong Vergeire (1st title)
Semifinalists|  JRU Heavy Bombers
Perpetual Altas
TV network(s)| PTV-4
| < Season 75 | 2000 | Season 77 >

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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[edit]

### Elimination round[edit]

#### Team standings[edit]

Pos | Team  | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification

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1  |  JRU Heavy Bombers | 11  | 3  | .786  | -- | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2  |  Perpetual Altas | 10  | 4  | .714  | 1
3  |  Benilde Blazers (X) | 9  | 5  | .643  | 2  | Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4  |  San Sebastian Stags | 8  | 6  | .571  | 3
5  |  Mapúa Cardinals (H) | 5  | 9  | .357[a] | 6  |
6  |  San Beda Red Lions | 5  | 9  | .357[a] | 6
7  |  PCU Dolphins | 4  | 10  | .286[b] | 7
8  |  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[edit]

| Round 1| Round 2

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Team ╲ Game| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14
Letran| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Benilde| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
JRU| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mapúa| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
PCU| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
San Beda| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
San Sebastian| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Perpetual| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
= Win;  = OT win;  = Loss;  = OT loss

#### Scores[edit]

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

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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[edit]

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| Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)| | | Finals
(Best-of-three series)
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| 1|  JRC| 53| 79
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| 4|  San Sebastian| 60| 97| |
| | | 4|  San Sebastian| 64| 61
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| | | 3|  Benilde| 66| 74
| 2|  UPHR| 70| 73| |
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| 3|  Benilde| 73| 86| |
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### Semifinals[edit]

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[edit]

PTV-4

October 3
2:30 p.m.

JRU Heavy Bombers | 53-60 |  San Sebastian Stags

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Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

PTV-4

October 6
2:30 p.m.

JRU Heavy Bombers | 79-97 |  San Sebastian Stags

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San Sebastian wins series in two games

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

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[edit]

PTV-4

October 3
4:00 p.m.

Perpetual Altas | 70-73 |  Benilde Blazers

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Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

PTV-4

October 6
4:00 p.m.

Perpetual Altas | 73-86 |  Benilde Blazers

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CSB wins series in two games

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

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[edit]

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.

PTV-4

October 9
3:00 p.m.

Benilde Blazers | 66-64 |  San Sebastian Stags

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Scoring by half: 37-33
Pts: Mark Magsumbol 16 |  | Pts: Jam Alfad 18

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

PTV-4

October 11
3:00 p.m.

Benilde Blazers | 74-61 |  San Sebastian Stags

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Scoring by half: 37-32
Pts: Mark Magsumbol 15 |  | Pts: Jam Alfad 15
CSB wins series, 2-0

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

* Finals Most Valuable Player: Mark Magsumbol (Benilde Blazers)

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[edit]

NCAA Season 76 men's basketball champions

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)

## References[edit]

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. ^ 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. ^ Navarro, June (October 12, 2000). "Benilde sweeps SSC". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on December 3, 2000. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

Preceded by

Season 75 (1999)

|  NCAA basketball seasons
Season 76 (2001) | Succeeded by

Season 77 (2000)

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