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2017 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

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2017 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
The 6th PBA Aspirant's Cup
DurationJanuary 19, 2017—April 6, 2017
TV partner(s)AksyonTV and Youtube (Livestreams)
Finals
ChampionsCignal-San Beda
Runners-upRacal Ceramica
Awards
Best PlayerRobert Bolick[1]
PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology

The 2017 PBA D-League Aspirants Cup is the first conference of the 2017 PBA Developmental League season. The tournament opened on January 19, 2017 at the Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig.[2]

There are 10 teams in this season's Aspirant's Cup, 4 are holdovers from last year's Foundation Cup, 2 returnees after a short hiatus, and 3 new squads.[3] 5 of the teams were represented by players from various colleges and universities.

Draft

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The annual draft of the PBA D-League will be conducted on December 20, 2016. 128 aspirants—113 local players and 15 Filipino-foreigners—had already submitted their intention to participate in the draft.[3] AMA, Tanduay, Racal, Caféfrance and Wang's will picked the first five draft picks, while a lottery will decide the draft orders of 4 new teams, San Beda-Cignal,[4] JRU, MLQU and Batangas. As a guest team, Blustar Malaysia will be ineligible to join the drafting proceedings.[5] Jeron Teng of the De La Salle Green Archers was picked as the #1 draft pick by AMA Online Education.[6]

Draft Order
1st Round:

  • 1. AMA Online Education: Jeron Teng (DLSU)
  • 2. Tanduay: Jom Sollano (Letran)
  • 3. Racal: Junjun Gabriel (CDSL)
  • 4. Cafefrance: Patrick Aquino (CEU)
  • 5. Wang's: G-Boy Babilonia (Ateneo)
  • 6. Victoria Sports-MLQU: Jayson Grimaldo (MLQU)
  • 7. Cignal-San Beda: Davon Potts (San Beda)
  • 8. Batangas: Wilmar Anderson (UB)
  • 9. JRU: PASS
  • 10. Blustar Malaysia: PASS

Tournament Format

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  • Ten teams will play in a single round-robin elimination phase.
  • Only the top six teams will only make it to the playoffs after the elimination round.
  • #1 & #2 seeds will head straight to the semifinals, where #3-#6 seeds will undergo in the quarterfinals.
  • The Semifinals and the Championship will both be contested in a best-of-3 series.

Team Standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes 8 1 .889 Outright semi-finals
2 Racal Tile Master Ceramica 7 2 .778 1
3 Café France Bakers 6 3 .667[a] 2 Twice-to-beat in the quarter-finals
4 Tanduay Rhum Masters 6 3 .667[a] 2
5 AMA Online Education Titans 5 4 .556 3 Twice-to-win in the quarter-finals
6 JRU Heavy Bombers 4 5 .444[b] 4
7 Batangas EAC Generals 4 5 .444[b] 4 Eliminated
8 Wang's Basketball Couriers 3 6 .333[c] 5
9 Victoria's Sports - MLQU 3 6 .333[c] 5
10 Blustar Detergent Dragons Malaysia 0 9 .000 8
Source: PBA
Rules for classification: a.) Head-to-head matchup b.) Goal average c.) Winning Percentage d.) If necessary, use quotient system
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Cafe France 83–67 Tanduay
  2. ^ a b JRU 70–65 Batangas
  3. ^ a b Wangs 92–83 Victoria

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals Semifinals
(best-of-3 series)
The Finals
(best-of-3 series)
         
1 Cignal-San Beda 2
#4 seed has 2x-to-beat
4 Tanduay Rhum Masters 1
4 Tanduay Rhum Masters 80
5 AMA Online Education 76
1 Cignal-San Beda 2
2 Racal Ceramica 1
2 Racal Ceramica 2
#3 seed has 2x-to-beat
3 Cafe France Bakers 1
3 Cafe France Bakers 86
6 JRU Heavy Bombers 75

Quarter-finals

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Tanduay Rhum Masters 80–76 AMA Online Education Titans
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 21–23, 22–23, 12–14
Pts: Cruz 23
Rebs: Gaco 8
Asts: Teng 6
Pts: Tambeling 27
Rebs: Tambeling 10
Asts: Riley 2

Café France Bakers 86–75 JRU Heavy Bombers
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 17–16, 33–27, 21–20
Pts: Desiderio 16
Rebs: Ebondo 11
Asts: Sedurifa 4
Pts: Teodoro 18
Rebs: Bautista 5
Asts: Teodoro 2

Semi-finals

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Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes 55–66 Tanduay Rhum Masters
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 6–17, 15–28, 20–10
Pts: Pamboy Raymundo 13
Rebs: Mocon 6
Pts: Gaco 16
Rebs: Jaymo Eguilos 12
Asts: Gaco 2
Masters leads series, 1–0
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

Racal Tile Master Ceramica 88–86 Café France Bakers
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 17–14, 20–26, 29–26
Pts: Onwubere 24
Rebs: Salado, Corpuz 6 each
Asts: Salado 6
Pts: Rod Ebondo 30
Rebs: Rod Ebondo 13
Asts: Desiderio 4
Racal leads series, 1–0
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina
Racal Tile Master Ceramica vs. Café France Bakers
Racal Tile Master Ceramica vs. Café France Bakers

Finals

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March 30
Racal Tile Master Ceramica 85–93 Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes
Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 22–29, 23–19, 26–19
Pts: Nambatac 23
Rebs: Corpuz 8
Asts: Nambatac 6
Pts: Perkins 28
Rebs: Perkins 8
Asts: Bolick 6
April 3
Racal Tile Master Ceramica 100–90 Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes
Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 31–20, 24–29, 19–19
Pts: Nambatac 24
Rebs: Corpuz 11
Asts: Nambatac 2
Pts: Bolick 18
Rebs: Bolick 10
Asts: Bolick 5
April 7
Racal Tile Master Ceramica 78–81 Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 20–15, 17–24, 22–18
Pts: Corpuz 24
Rebs: Corpuz, Gabayni 9 each
Asts: N/A
Pts: Mocon 25
Rebs: Mocon 7
Asts: Bolick 6
Cignal wins series, 2–1

Awards

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2017 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup Champions
San Beda school colors Cignal–San Beda Hawkeyes
First title

References

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  1. ^ "Cignal's Bolick is 2017 Aspirants' Cup MVP". April 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Teng's PBA D-League debut set on January 19". ABS-CBN Sports. January 8, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (December 8, 2016). "Newly-crowned champion Teng headlines PBA D-League draft class". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  4. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (December 19, 2016). "Returning Fernandez to also handle San Beda-Cignal in PBA D-League". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  5. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (December 12, 2016). "AMA PICKS 1ST, TANDUAY 2ND IN 2016 PBA D-LEAGUE DRAFT". PBA D-League. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  6. ^ Terrado, Reuben (December 20, 2016). "King Archer Jeron Teng is AMA's top pick, Jason Brickman falls to fourth round in D-League draft". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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