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NCAA Season 73 basketball tournaments

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1997 NCAA season
Host schoolSan Sebastian College – Recoletos
Men's Finals G1 Wins
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 84 1+1
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 72 0
DurationOctober 5, 1997
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coachArturo Cristobal
TV network(s)Vintage Sports (IBC)
Juniors' Finals G1 G2Wins
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs 63 600
Mapua school colors Mapua Red Robins 64 782
DurationOctober 1997
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
< Season 72 1997 Season 74 >

The 1997 NCAA basketball tournament was the 73rd season in the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The season opened on August 2, 1997 at the Araneta Coliseum and ended on October 6, 1997 with the San Sebastian Stags winning their fifth straight championship in the Seniors division.

This was the first-ever final four semifinals. [1]

Men's tournament

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Elimination round

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Pos Team W L Pts Qualification
1 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags (H) 12 0 24 Twice-to-beat in the Finals[a]
2 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 8 4 20 Proceed to stepladder round 2
3 Letran school colors Letran Knights 7 5 19[b] Proceed to stepladder round 1
4 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 7 5 19[b]
5 UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 6 6 18
6 JRU school colors JRC Heavy Bombers 2 10 14
7 PCU school colors PCU Dolphins (X) 0 12 12
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts; (X) Under probation
Notes:
  1. ^ As San Sebastian won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Letran 2–0 Mapua

Bracket

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Stepladder round 1
(Single-elimination)
Stepladder round 2
(Single-elimination)
Finals
(#1 has twice-to-beat advantage)
1SSC-R school colors San Sebastian84
2San Beda school colors San Beda722San Beda school colors San Beda72
3Letran school colors Letran683Letran school colors Letran65
4Mapua school colors Mapúa57

Stepladder semifinals

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Both rounds are straight knockout matches.

(3) Letran vs. (4) Mapúa

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October 1
Letran Knights Letran school colors 68–57 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals
Letran advances to the 2nd round

Letran Knights beat Mapua Cardinals, 68–57, on October 1, in the first of two knockout matches to determine defending champion San Sebastian College's finals opponent. The Stags completed a 12-game elimination round sweep to automatically clinch the first finals slot. [2]

(2) San Beda vs. (3) Letran

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October 3
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 72–65 Letran school colors Letran Knights
San Beda advances to the Finals

San Beda Red Lions finished second and drew a bye; they defeated Letran Knights two nights later, 72–65, and arranged a title clash with San Sebastian Stags. [3]

Finals

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San Sebastian has the twice-to-beat advantage over San Beda, who only has to lose once to lose the series.

Game 1

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October 5
San Sebastian Stags SSC-R school colors 84–72 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
San Sebastian wins series in one game

Stags' Rommel Adducul capped another MVP season with 20 points and 16 rebounds while Jasper Ocampo and Ulysses Tanique sparked the Stags' breakaway 25–7 run in the final 15 minutes. San Sebastian won their fifth consecutive title and the school's ninth NCAA crown. [4]

Awards

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 NCAA Season 73 men's basketball champions 
SSC-R school colors
San Sebastian Stags
Ninth title, fifth consecutive title

Juniors' tournament

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Playoffs

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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)
Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1San Beda school colors San Beda91
4SSC-R school colors San Sebastian72
1San Beda school colors San Beda6360
2Mapua school colors Mapúa6478
2Mapua school colors Mapúa77
3PCU school colors PCU67

References

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  1. ^ "Red Lions nip Cards for NCAA 'Final 4'". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "Knights sideline Cardinals". Manila Standard.
  3. ^ "It's the Lions vs Stags for title". Manila Standard.
  4. ^ "Stags herd Lions for fifth straight 'NC' crown". Manila Standard.
Preceded by NCAA basketball seasons
Season 73 (1997)
Succeeded by