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NCAA Season 80 basketball tournaments

NCAA Season 80
Host schoolUPHD school colors University of Perpetual Help Rizal
Men's Finals G1 G2Wins
PCU school colors PCU Dolphins 70 722
UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas 68 600
DurationSeptember 20–22, 2004
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPRobert Sanz
Winning coachAto Tolentino (1st title)
SemifinalistsLetran school colors Letran Knights
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
TV network(s)Studio 23 and TFC
Juniors' Finals G1 G2G3Wins
San Beda school colors San Beda Red Cubs 87 76882
Letran school colors Letran Squires 77 81721
DurationSeptember 20–24, 2004
Arena(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Araneta Coliseum
Finals MVPRogemar Menor
Winning coachAto Badolato (15th title)
SemifinalistsPCU school colors PCU Baby Dolphins
CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies
TV network(s)Studio 23 and TFC
< Season 79 2004 Season 81 >

The NCAA Season 80 basketball tournaments are the postseason tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for basketball at the 2004–05 season. The tournaments are divided into two divisions: the Juniors tournament for male high school students and the Men's tournament for male college students.

The NCAA ushered its 80th season on June 26, 2004 before a packed crowd at the Araneta Coliseum. Ricky Palou is the year's NCAA commissioner, the opening rites were graced by the NCAA board members and other representatives of member schools.[1]

Philippine Christian University bagged their first-ever NCAA crown since joining the league eight years ago. The Dolphins swept the University of Perpetual Help Altas.

Men's tournament

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Teams

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Team College Coach
Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) Louie Alas
Benilde Blazers De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Tonichi Yturri
JRU Heavy Bombers José Rizal University (JRU) Cris Calilan
Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT) Horacio Lim
PCU Dolphins Philippine Christian University (PCU) Loreto Tolentino
San Beda Red Lions San Beda College (SBC) Nash Racela
San Sebastian Stags San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) Turo Valenzona
Perpetual Altas University of Perpetual Help DALTA System (UPHDS) Bai Cristobal

Elimination round

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas (H) 10 4 .714[a] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 PCU school colors PCU Dolphins 10 4 .714[a] —
3 Letran school colors Letran Knights 9 5 .643 1 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions 7 7 .500[b] 3
5 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals 7 7 .500[b] 3
6 SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags 7 7 .500[b] 3
7 JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers 4 10 .286 6
8 CSB school colors Benilde Blazers 2 12 .143 8
Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #4, one-game playoff; 3) head point differential; 4) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head point differential: Perpetual +4, PCU −4
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head point differential: San Beda +19, Mapúa −9, San Sebastian −10; fourth-seed playoff: San Beda 59–52 Mapúa

Match-up results

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 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game1234567891011121314
Letran school colors LetranPCU school colorsMapua school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsSan Beda school colorsPCU school colorsSSC-R school colors
CSB school colors BenildeMapua school colorsPCU school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsPCU school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsJRU school colors
JRU school colors JRUUPHD school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsPCU school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colorsPCU school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colors
Mapua school colors MapúaCSB school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colorsSSC-R school colorsPCU school colorsSan Beda school colorsSan Beda school colorsPCU school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsUPHD school colors
PCU school colors PCULetran school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsUPHD school colorsMapua school colorsCSB school colorsJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsLetran school colorsSan Beda school colors
San Beda school colors San BedaSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsPCU school colorsLetran school colorsUPHD school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsPCU school colors
SSC-R school colors San SebastianSan Beda school colorsUPHD school colorsPCU school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsJRU school colorsLetran school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colorsUPHD school colorsPCU school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colors
UPHD school colors PerpetualJRU school colorsSSC-R school colorsCSB school colorsSan Beda school colorsMapua school colorsLetran school colorsPCU school colorsPCU school colorsSan Beda school colorsLetran school colorsSSC-R school colorsJRU school colorsCSB school colorsMapua school colors
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Scores

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Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams CSJL CSB JRU MIT PCU SBC SSC-R UPHDS
Letran Knights — 70–51 62–45 76–86 84–76 70–55 68–72 68–71
Benilde Blazers 70–96 — 74–82 87–88 66–68 60–84 74–88 75–95
JRU Heavy Bombers 84–87* 91–95 — 62–76 64–72 51–69 79–81 72–61
Mapúa Cardinals 62–60 103–97 76–53 — 90–85 68–65 73–74 88–98
PCU Dolphins 80–77 72–68 73–63 91–79 — 55–42 65–74 71–84
San Beda Red Lions 70–79* 83–77 71–74 79–73 67–79 — 76–68 70–75
San Sebastian Stags 78–81 82–77 73–65 72–67 78–84 86–94 — 65–70
Perpetual Altas 90–74 70–84 88–61 71–63 62–71 52–66 65–71 —
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Fourth seed playoff

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September 8
4:00 p.m.
San Beda Red Lions San Beda school colors 59–52 Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals
Scoring by quarter: 17 –15, 16–8, 13–15, 13–14
Pts: Aljamal, Paterno, 16 each Pts: Joferson Gonzales 14
San Beda advances to the Final Four

San Beda, Mapua and San Sebastian wound up in a three-way tie at the end of the elimination round. However, only the Red Lions and the Cardinals will figure in a knockout match due to their superior tie-break quotients. [2]

San Beda made it to the final four cast for the first time in seven years as they relied on their tested leader Arjun Cordero, who shot nine of his 14 points in the final four minutes to lift the Red Lions past the Mapua Cardinals. [3]

Bracket

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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1UPHD school colors Perpetual4858
4San Beda school colors San Beda5756
1UPHD school colors Perpetual6860
2PCU school colors PCU7072
2PCU school colors PCU6485*
3Letran school colors Letran6580

*Game went into overtime

Semifinals

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PCU and Perpetual Help have the twice-to-beat advantage. They only have to win once, while their opponents, twice, to progress.

(1) Perpetual vs. (4) San Beda

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September 10
4:00 p.m.
Perpetual Altas UPHD school colors 48–57 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 11–14, 2–13, 17–16
September 15
2:00 p.m.
Perpetual Altas UPHD school colors 58–56 San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 18–9, 13–16, 12–12
Perpetual Help wins series in two games

In Game 1, Jeff Bombeo and rookie Yousif Aljamal combined for 25 points to lift the Red Lions past the Altas, who were playing without key player Vladimir Joe.

(2) PCU vs. (3) Letran

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September 10
2:00 p.m.
PCU Dolphins PCU school colors 64–65 Letran school colors Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 18–14, 12–14, 18–22
September 15
4:00 p.m.
PCU Dolphins PCU school colors 85–80 (OT) Letran school colors Letran Knights
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 25–27, 16–10, 6–13, Overtime: 14–9
PCU wins series in two games

Jonathan Aldave nailed a three-pointer with 3.2 seconds left to stun the PCU Dolphins in Game 1. After Robert Sanz drained his charities in the last 12 seconds for a 64-62 PCU lead, the Knights' Boyet Bautista dribbled the length of the court, drove down the middle to draw the defense to him and made a kick-off pass to the waiting Aldave, who delivered the night's most dramatic basket. [4]

Finals

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A historic NCAA basketball series unfolds when University of Perpetual Help Altas and Philippine Christian University Dolphins vie for their first championship crown. The Dolphins are in their first finals appearance since joining the league in 1996 while the Altas will troop to the championship match for the first time in 15 years. [5]

September 17
4:00 p.m.
Perpetual Altas UPHD school colors 68–70 PCU school colors PCU Dolphins
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 13–12, 17–25, 17–11
September 22
4:00 p.m.
Perpetual Altas UPHD school colors 60–72 PCU school colors PCU Dolphins
Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 16–17, 20–26, 15–9
PCU wins series, 2-0

Sophomore Jayson Castro drain a three-pointer with five seconds left in Game 1 as the Dolphins moved to within a win of capturing their first-ever NCAA crown. Head coach Loreto Tolentino was slapped with a one-game suspension for excessive complaining in their previous semifinal win against Letran. Tolentino's son Elvis called the shots for PCU on the bench.[6]

In Game 2, PCU posted a double-digit lead right from the first quarter and delivered the best first half they could play. The Dolphins dictated the tempo with Robert Sanz and Jayson Castro leading the charge, and rookie Gabby Espinas coming off the bench. PCU coach Loreto Tolentino steered the Dolphins in one of the most amazing turnarounds the league has ever seen.[7][8] Robert Sanz bagged the Finals MVP award. Before the game, Espinas was awarded both the season Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year awards, the first player to win both awards in the league on the same season.[8]

Awards

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 NCAA Season 80 men's basketball champions 
PCU school colors
PCU Dolphins
First title

Juniors' tournament

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Bracket

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Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1San Beda school colors San Beda 79
4CSB school colors LSGH71
1San Beda school colors San Beda 877688
2Letran school colors Letran778172
2Letran school colors Letran78
3PCU school colors PCU68

Semifinals

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(1) San Beda vs. (4) LSGH

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September 15
11:30am
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 79–71 CSB school colors La Salle Green Hills Greenies
San Beda wins series in one game

(2) Letran vs. (3) PCU

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September 15
6:00pm
Letran Squires Letran school colors 78–68 PCU school colors PCU Baby Dolphins
Letran wins series in one game

Finals

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September 20
2:00pm
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 87–77 Letran school colors Letran Squires
September 22
2:00pm
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 76–81 Letran school colors Letran Squires
September 24
3:15pm
San Beda Red Cubs San Beda school colors 88–72 Letran school colors Letran Squires
Scoring by quarter: 23-29, 28-14, 14-21, 23-8
Pts: Rogemar Menor 30 Pts: Lucas Tagarda 17
San Beda wins series, 2–1

In Game 2, Squires star Lucas Tagarda carried his team in the end game, as he made six of his 15 points in the final minute of the game, as Letran forced a winner-take-all Game Three.[9]

In the deciding game, Red Cubs team captain Ogie Menor exploded for 30 points and 20 rebounds, while teammates James Martinez and Jay-R Taganas added 15 and 8 points respectively, as they clinched the NCAA juniors championship.[7]

Awards

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 NCAA Season 80 juniors' basketball champions 
San Beda school colors
San Beda Red Cubs
15th title, third consecutive title

The end-of-season award winners are:[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Payo, Jasmine (June 26, 2004). "NCAA caging under way at Big Dome". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  2. ^ Payo, Jasmine (September 8, 2004). "Lions, Cards dispute last final four berth". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  3. ^ Payo, Jasmine (September 9, 2004). "Lions complete cast". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  4. ^ Payo, Jasmine (September 11, 2004). "'Divine' basket rescues Knights; Lions forge sudden death, too, vs Altas". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  5. ^ Payo, Jasmine (September 17, 2004). "Historic NCAA crown duel on". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Payo, Jasmine (September 18, 2004). "PCU nips Perpetual, nears 8-year dream". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  7. ^ a b Payo, Jasmine (September 23, 2004). "Dolphins bag first NC crown". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Dolphins dominate Altas PCU routs UPHDS for 1st NCAA title". The Manila Times. September 23, 2004. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
  9. ^ Hernandez, Rian Jay (September 23, 2004). "Squires steal Game Two in NCAA juniors' tournament". ABS-CBN Pinoy Central. Archived from the original on February 8, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  10. ^ Pascual, Paolo Kim (September 23, 2004). "Menor, Batricevic given top awards in juniors' side". ABS-CBN Pinoy Central. Archived from the original on February 8, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
Preceded by NCAA basketball seasons
Season 80 (2004) 		Succeeded by