2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship

The 2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship is the ninth edition of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) in its current incarnation, the postseason tournament to determine the national collegiate champions in basketball. The tournament will be the ninth edition in its current incarnation, and the 14th edition overall.[1]

2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship
Men's Finals G1 Wins
Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates 70 1
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 66 0
DurationFebruary 8–15, 2018
Arena(s)Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVPJaycee Marcelino(LPU)
Winning coachTopex Robinson
TV network(s)Basketball TV
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Format

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Eight teams will compete in the national championship to be held in Metro Manila in February 2018. The finalists of the recently concluded NCAA and UAAP basketball championships, as well as the champion of the CESAFI basketball championship will automatically qualify in the tournament. Qualifying tournaments for the three remaining slots were held for Mindanao, Luzon and Metro Manila.[2]

Qualifying teams

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Automatic qualifiers

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Team League Elim. round
finish
Playoff finish Qualified as
  Ateneo Blue Eagles UAAP 1st (13–1) Def. La Salle in finals UAAP champion
  De La Salle Green Archers UAAP 2nd (12–2) Def. by Ateneo in finals UAAP runner-up
  San Beda Red Lions NCAA 2nd (16–2) Def. Lyceum in finals NCAA champion
  Lyceum Pirates NCAA 1st (18–0) Def. by San Beda in finals NCAA runner-up
  University of the Visayas Green Lancers CESAFI 1st (16–2) Def. University of Cebu in finals CESAFI champion

Regional qualifiers

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Team Qualified as Regional tournament
  Naga College Foundation Tigers Luzon champion North Luzon/South Luzon knockout game
Def. Lyceum-Northwestern University (North Luzon champion)
  Holy Trinity College Wildcats Mindanao champion Mindanao qualifiers
Def. HCC Crusaders in finals[3]
  San Sebastian Stags NCR qualifiers champion NCR qualifiers
Def. CDSL Griffins in finals

Regional qualifiers results

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South Luzon

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November 18
NCF Tigers  vs. UPHSL Saints
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 25–20, 21–15, 28–21

North Luzon

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North Luzon/South Luzon knockout

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November 30
LNU Dukes  vs. NCF Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 19–16, 29–30, 12–12

Mindanao

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November 25
HCC Crusaders  vs. (OT) HTC Wildcats
Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 14–18, 17–20, 16–20, Overtime: 12–13
Almendras Gym, Davao

The NCR Regional Qualifiers were held at the Jose Rizal University (JRU) gymnasium from January 15 to 18.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification CDSL SCC JRU
1 CDSL Griffins 2 2 0 1.000 Qualified to the NCR Qualifiers finals 87–80 83–58
2 St. Clare Saints 2 1 1 .500 1
3 JRU Heavy Bombers 2 0 2 .000 2 85–88
Source: [citation needed]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification SSC-R UP PATTS
1 San Sebastian Stags 2 2 0 1.000 Qualified to the NCR Qualifiers finals
2 UP Fighting Maroons 2 1 1 .500 1 84–93 84–79
3 PATTS Seahorses 2 0 2 .000 2 67–90
Source: [citation needed]

Finals

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January 18
CDSL Griffins  vs. San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 17-21, 19-20, 28-19, 21-30

Elite Eight

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Group A

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Final Four

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Semifinals

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February 12
Lyceum Pirates   82–69   San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 16–10, 26–17, 21–22
February 12
San Beda Red Lions   57–52   Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 15–11, 10–17, 20–15

Finals

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February 15
5:30pm
Lyceum Pirates   70–66   San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 26–14, 15–22, 16–9

Awards

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The awardees are:

References

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  1. ^ ADVT (August 24, 2017). "PCCL launches national competition for collegiate basketball". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  2. ^ 2017-18 PCCL tournament format Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, CollegiateChampionsLeague.net
  3. ^ Develos, Jon (November 27, 2017). "Diamante keys HTC's win, bag 2017 PCCL Minda crown". Mindanao Times. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
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