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]
Quick Facts Men's Finals, G1 ...
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| Duration | February 8–15, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Arena(s) | Filoil Flying V Arena | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | Jaycee Marcelino(LPU) | |||||||||
| Winning coach | Topex Robinson | |||||||||
| TV network(s) | Basketball TV | |||||||||
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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]
Automatic qualifiers
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| Team | League | Elim. round finish | Playoff finish | Qualified as |
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 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 |
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Regional qualifiers
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| Team | Qualified as | Regional tournament |
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 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 |
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South Luzon
North Luzon
North Luzon/South Luzon knockout
Mindanao
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 |
NCR
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 | |
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| 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 |
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Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification | SSC-R | UP | PATTS | |
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| 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 |
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Finals
Group A
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Group B
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Semifinals
February 12 |
| San Beda Red Lions |
57–52 | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 15–11, 10–17, 20–15 | ||
Finals
February 15 5:30pm |
| Lyceum Pirates |
70–66 | San Beda Red Lions |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 26–14, 15–22, 16–9 | ||
The awardees are:
- Most Valuable Player: Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum)
- Mythical Five:
- Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum)
- Javee Mocon (San Beda)
- Pierre Donald Tankoua (San Beda)
- CJ Perez (Lyceum)
- Mike Nzeusseu (Lyceum)
- ADVT (August 24, 2017). "PCCL launches national competition for collegiate basketball". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- 2017-18 PCCL tournament format Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, CollegiateChampionsLeague.net
- Develos, Jon (November 27, 2017). "Diamante keys HTC's win, bag 2017 PCCL Minda crown". Mindanao Times. Retrieved December 16, 2017.