1989 NCAA season
Host schoolMapua Institute of Technology
Men's Finals G1
(OT)		 G2G3Wins
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 118 881022
UPHD school colors PHCR Altas 115 95931
DurationOctober –19, 1989
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coachFrancis Rodriguez

The 1989 NCAA basketball tournament was the 65th season in the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The season opens on July 30 at the Araneta Coliseum and it ended with the San Sebastian Stags successfully defending their championship in the Seniors division. The year's host was Mapua Tech. [1]

Men's 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.

Cumulative standings

No other team had a better cumulative record than the two pennant winners, so playoff for the Finals berth was not played.

Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 UPHD school colors PHCR Altas 7 3 17 Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 1]
2 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 6 4 16 Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 2]
3 Letran school colors Letran Knights 6 4 16
4 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals (H) 5 5 15
5 JRU school colors JRC Heavy Bombers 3 7 13
6 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 3 7 13
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) tournament points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) head-to-head point differential; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ↑ As 1st round pennant winner
  2. ↑ As 2nd round pennant winner

The Altas of Perpetual Help College of Rizal took the first round flag with a 4-1 won-loss card following Letran's 97-106 loss to San Sebastian on August 26, in which the defending champion Stags tied the Knights with three wins and two losses. [2]

The second round of the tournament had a four-way tie among Perpetual Help College, San Sebastian, Mapua and Letran. The four teams were paired and the winners clash in a playoff to decide the second round champion. Had the Altas won the knockout series, they will automatically be declared champions. [3] It turn out the San Sebastian Stags emerge victorious and captured the second round pennant, thus forge a best-of-three title showdown with the Altas.

Finals

October 19
San Sebastian Stags SSC-R school colors 102–93 UPHD school colors PHCR Altas
San Sebastian wins series 2–1

Awards

 NCAA Season 65 men's basketball champions 
SSC-R school colors
San Sebastian Stags
Fourth title, second consecutive title

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Quilban-led SSC Stags seek 4th title". Manila Standard.
  2. ↑ "PHC takes flag, thanks to SSC". Manila Standard.
  3. ↑ "Perpetual seals 4-way tie for 2nd round flag". Manila Standard.
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