2024 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

The 2024 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup is the 11th edition the Aspirants' Cup of the PBA D-League, the Philippine Basketball Association's (PBA) official minor league.

2024 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
The 11th PBA Aspirant's Cup
DurationMarch 14, 2024 – May 9, 2024
Number of teams6
TV partner(s)RPTV, PBA Rush, Pilipinas Live
Finals
ChampionsEcoOil–La Salle Green Archers
Runners-upCEU Scorpions
Awards
Best PlayerMichael Philips
PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology
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Format

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  • All participating teams play in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing five games throughout the duration of the tournament.
  • Teams are ranked by win-loss records with the top two teams advancing directly to the semifinals, with the remaining four teams taking part in the quarterfinals.
  • All playoff series are best-of-three.[1]

Teams

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Six teams will compete in this tournament, including five college-backed teams and a team owned by Keanzel Basketball.[2]

Team Company / College Head coach
CCI–Yengskivel Crusaders Cornerstone College (SJDM, Bulacan)
Yengskivel Sportswear
Arwin Villamor Adina
CEU Scorpions Centro Escolar University Jeff Perlas
EcoOil–La Salle Green Archers EcoOil Ltd.
De La Salle University
Topex Robinson
Keanzel Believers Keanzel Basketball Mark Herrera
Marinerong Pilipino Skippers–San Beda Marinerong Pilipino Group
San Beda University
Yuri Escueta
GoTorakku–St. Clare Saints Torakku Motor Assembly
St. Clare College of Caloocan
Jinino Manansala

Venues

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Filoil EcoOil Centre Ynares Center
Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 7,400
   

Elimination round

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The elimination round began on March 14, 2024, at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan.[3]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PR PCT GB Qualification
1 EcoOil–La Salle Green Archers 5 5 0 506 340 1.488 1.000 Advance to semifinals
2 CEU Scorpions 5 4 1 430 381 1.129 .800 1
3 Marinerong Pilipino–San Beda 5 3 2 461 348 1.325 .600 2 Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
4 GoTorakku–St. Clare Saints 5 2 3 433 429 1.009 .400 3
5 CCI–Yengskivel Crusaders 5 1 4 394 523 0.753 .200 4 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6 Keanzel Believers 5 0 5 388 591 0.657 .000 5
Updated to match(es) played on April 18, 2024. Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage; 2a) If two teams are tied, head-to-head record; 2b) If three or more teams are tied, head-to-head point quotient; 3) Overall point quotient; 4) Coin toss

Results table

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Legend
Won in regulation Lost in regulation
Won in overtime Lost in overtime
(*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods
2024 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup results table
Team Game
1 2 3 4 5
CCI–Yengskivel
(CCI)
ECO
68–110
KEA
88–73
MAR
76–126
GOT
84–118
CEU
78–96
CEU ECO
63–80
KEA
126–91
GOT
73–69
MAR
72–63
CCI
96–78
EcoOil–La Salle
(ECO)
CCI
110–68
GOT
90–63
CEU
80–63
KEA
144–75
MAR
82–71
GoTorakku–St. Clare
(GOT)
MAR
59–92
ECO
63–90
CEU
69–73
CCI
118–84
KEA
124–90
Keanzel
(KEA)
MAR
59–109
CCI
73-88
CEU
91–126
ECO
75–144
GOT
90–124
Marinerong Pilipino–San Beda
(MAR)
GOT
92–59
KEA
109–59
CCI
126–76
CEU
63–72
ECO
71–82
Source: Standings | Updated as of: March 14, 2024

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals
(Higher seeds twice-to-beat)
Semifinals
(Best-of-three playoff)
Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
1 EcoOil–La Salle Green Archers 2
4 GoTorakku–St. Clare 114 4 GoTorakku–St. Clare 0
5 CCI–Yengskivel 106 1 EcoOil–La Salle Green Archers 2
2 CEU Scorpions 0
2 CEU Scorpions 2
3 Marinerong Pilipino–San Beda 127 3 Marinerong Pilipino–San Beda 1
6 Keanzel 67

Quarterfinals

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The third and fourth-seeded teams have the twice-to-beat advantage against the sixth and fifth-seeded teams, respectively.

(3) Marinerong Pilipino vs. (6) Keanzel

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April 22
4:30 p.m.
Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda 127–67 Keanzel Believers
Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 18−26, 40–19, 44–15
Marinerong Pilipino wins series in one game

(4) Go Torakku vs. (5) CCI

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April 22
7:30 p.m.
Go Torakku-St. Clare 114–106 CCI-Yengskivel
Scoring by quarter: 27−16, 27−23, 33−44, 27−23
Go Torakku wins series in one game

Semifinals

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(1) Ecooil - DLSU vs. (4) Go Torakku - St. Clare

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April 25
4:30 p.m.
EcoOil - DLSU 85–65 Go Torakku - St. Clare
Scoring by quarter: 11−13, 25−21, 34−13, 15−18
April 30
7:30 pm
EcoOil - DLSU 105–70 Go Torakku - St. Clare
Scoring by quarter: 20−18, 27−11, 25−20, 33−21
EcoOil-DLSU wins series, 2–0

(2) CEU Scorpions vs. (3) Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda

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April 25
7:30 p.m.
CEU Scorpions 75–71 Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda
Scoring by quarter: 17−20, 22−13, 15−13, 21−25
April 30
4:30 p.m.
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 84–76 CEU Scorpions
Scoring by quarter: 27−19, 31−19, 8−15, 18−23
May 2
7:30 p.m.
CEU Scorpions 78–56 Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda
Scoring by quarter: 19−11, 24−11, 13−20, 22−14
CEU wins series, 2−1

Finals

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May 6
7:30 p.m.
EcoOil - DLSU 98–72 CEU Scorpions
Scoring by quarter: 23−9, 31−19, 25−17, 19−27
May 9
7:30 p.m.
CEU Scorpions 66–96 EcoOil - DLSU
Scoring by quarter: 7−18, 23−29, 17−19, 19−30
EcoOil-DLSU wins series, 2–0

References

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  1. ^ "PBA D LEAGUE: Aspirants' Cup fires off March 14, EcoOil-La Salle seeks threepeat". www.pba.ph. 2024-03-09. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  2. ^ "PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup fires off on March 14". www.pba.ph. 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
  3. ^ Ulanday, John Bryan. "Title favorites Archers, Lions open PBA D-League bid". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-03-13.