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

The annual draft of the PBA D-League will be conducted on December 20, 2016. 128 aspirants113 local players and 15 Filipino-foreignershad 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

  • 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

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[lower-alpha 1] 2 Twice-to-beat in the quarter-finals
4 Tanduay Rhum Masters 6 3 .667[lower-alpha 1] 2
5 AMA Online Education Titans 5 4 .556 3 Twice-to-win in the quarter-finals
6 JRU Heavy Bombers 4 5 .444[lower-alpha 2] 4
7 Batangas EAC Generals 4 5 .444[lower-alpha 2] 4 Eliminated
8 Wang's Basketball Couriers 3 6 .333[lower-alpha 3] 5
9 Victoria's Sports - MLQU 3 6 .333[lower-alpha 3] 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. 1 2 Cafe France 83–67 Tanduay
  2. 1 2 JRU 70–65 Batangas
  3. 1 2 Wangs 92–83 Victoria

Playoffs

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

Tanduay Rhum Masters 8076 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 8675 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

Cignal HD - San Beda Hawkeyes 5566 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 Ceramica 8886 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

March 30
Racal Tile Master Ceramica 8593 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
Cignal leads series, 1–0
April 3
Racal Tile Master Ceramica 10090 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
Series tied, 1–1
April 7
Racal Tile Master Ceramica 7881 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 HD wins series, 2–1

Awards

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

References

  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. 1 2 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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