NCAA Season 72 basketball tournaments

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.

1996 NCAA season
Men's Finals 1 2Wins
 San Sebastian Stags 85 822
 San Beda Red Lions 69 800
DurationOctober 7–9, 1996
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coachArturo Valenzona

League membership was raised from six to seven with the entry of Philippine Christian University.

Teams
TeamSchoolSeniors' coach
Letran KnightsColegio de San Juan de LetranMolet Pineda
JRC Heavy BombersJose Rizal CollegeBoy de Vera
Mapúa CardinalsMapúa Institute of TechnologyJoel Banal
Perpetual Help AltasPerpetual Help College of RizalBong Go
PCU DolphinsPhilippine Christian UniversityRicky Cui
San Beda Red LionsSan Beda CollegeDong Vergeire
San Sebastian StagsSan Sebastian College-RecoletosArturo Valenzona

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

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.

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

Game 1
October 7
San Sebastian Stags  85–69  San Beda Red Lions
San Sebastian leads series 1–0

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
October 9
San Sebastian Stags  82–80  San Beda Red Lions
San Sebastian wins series 2-0

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]

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