2016 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

The 2016 PBA D-League Aspirants Cup was the first conference of the 2015-16 PBA Developmental League season. It was opened on January 21, 2016 at the Filoil Flying V Center and competed by 9 teams and it was finished on April 14, 2016 where the Phoenix-FEU Accelerators defeated the Cafefrance Bakers-CEU in the best-of-5 finals showdown, 3 games to 2 and clinching their first ever title in their franchise.[1]

2016 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
The 5th PBA Aspirant's Cup
DurationJanuary 21-April 14, 2016
Number of teams9
Finals
ChampionsPhoenix-FEU Accelerators
Runners-upCafefrance-CEU Bakers
Awards
Best PlayerMac Belo
Finals MVPMac Belo
PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology
< 2015

Draft

The draft was conducted on December 1, 2015 at the PBA Cafe in Pasig. 215 hopefuls were applied in the draft for the chance to play in the league.[2]

Draft Order:

First Round

  • 1.) Jason Perkins (Racal/Keramix - DLSU)
  • 2.) Julian Sargent (AMA University - DLSU)
  • 3.) Von Pessumal (Tanduay Light - Ateneo)
  • 4.) Taylor Statham (Cafe France)
  • 5.) Avery Scharer (Wang's Basketball - Shoreline CC)
  • 6.) Mike Williams (Mindanao Aguilas - Cal State U)
  • 7.) Agustini Amar (Jam Liner - UP)
  • 8.) Richard Escoto (Phoenix Petroleum - FEU)
  • 9.) BDO-NU - Passed

Second Round

  • 1.) Jordan Rios (Racal/Keramix - St. Clare)
  • 2.) Ryan Pascual (AMA University - Cal State-Long Beach)
  • 3.) Alfonso Gotladera (Tanduay Light - Ateneo)
  • 4.) John Karl Casiño (Cafe France - CEU)
  • 5.) Anton Castro (Wang's Basketball - Adamson)
  • 6.) Taylor Wetherell (Mindanao Aguilas)
  • 7.) Alfrancis Tamsi (Phoenix Petroleum - FEU)
  • 8.) Jam Liner - Passed
  • 9.) BDO-NU - Passed

Format

Conference format as it follows:[3]

  • Teams will play in a single round-robin elimination round.
  • Top 8 teams will advance to the quarterfinals while the 9th placer team will be eliminated.
  • Top 4 teams will get a twice-to-beat quarterfinals incentive against lower-ranked teams to determine the semifinals placings. Semifinals is a best-of-three affair.
  • The two teams who won the semifinals matches will battle in a best-of-5 championship series.

Eliminations

The elimination round will run from January 21 to March 7, 2016. Games will be held in Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan and Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig.

Team standings

Team standing at the end of the elimination round:

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Cafefrance-CEU 7 1 .875 — Twice-to-beat in the quarter-finals
2 Caida Tile Masters 7 1 .875 —
3 UP-QRS Jam Liner 5 3 .625 2
4 Phoenix Petroleum-FEU 5 3 .625 2
5 Tanduay Rhum Light Masters 5 3 .625 2 Twice-to-win in the quarter-finals
6 AMA University Titans 2 6 .250 5
7 BDO-NU 2 6 .250 5
8 Wangs Basketball 1 7 .125 6
9 Mindanao Aguilas 1 7 .125 6 Eliminated
Source: PBA D-League Archives
Rules for classification: a.) Head-to-head record, b.) Winning percentage c.)If necessary, use the quotient system.

Schedule
Team ╲ Game12345678
AMA Online EducationCAIPNXBDOTANWNGMINCFEJAM
BDO — NU BulldogsJAMCFEAMAMINPNXWNGTANCAI
Café France Bakers — CEUMINBDOJAMCAIWNGTANAMAPNX
Caida Tile MastersTANAMAWNGCFEPNXJAMMINBDO
Z.C. Mindanao AguilasCFEWNGTANJAMBDOAMACAIPNX
Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators — FEU TamarawsWNGAMAJAMCAIBDOTANCFEMIN
QRS/JAM Liner — UP Fighting MaroonsBDOTANCFEPNXMINCAIWNGAMA
Tanduay Light Rhum MastersCAIJAMMINWNGAMACFEBDOPNX
Wang's BasketballPNXMINCAITANCFEAMAJAMBDO
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
Team AMA BDO CAF CAI JAM MIN PHO TAN WAN
AMA 87–93 78–97 103–84 100–84 91–85 102–114 92–83 97–90
BDO 86–110 68–89 85–90 67–73 74–90 81–83 106–97
Caféfrance 90–87 94–73 89–65 83–74 74–79 106–73
Caida 118–86 95–87 108–91 90–79 110–106
JAM 100–75 98–84 102–86 80–69
Mindanao 80–90 56–95 97–88
Phoenix Petroleum 85–80 107–70
Tanduay 90–75
Wang's
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals
(Best-of-3 series) 		Finals
(Best-of-5 series)
         
1 Cafefrance-CEU 90
8 Wang's 72
1 Cafefrance-CEU 2
5 Tanduay 0
3 Jam Liner 0
5 Tanduay 1+1
1 Cafefrance-CEU 2
4 Phoenix-FEU 3
2 Caida Tiles 122
6 AMA University 97
2 Caida Tiles 0
4 Phoenix-FEU 2
4 Phoenix-FEU 92
7 BDO-NU 72

BOLD- Series winner

  • In the quarterfinal round of Jam Liner and Tanduay, Tanduay wins the round, via 68-66 and 99-89; or 2 games to 0.

Quarterfinals
March 10
14:00
Café France-CEU Bakers 90–72 Wang's Basketball
Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 25–22, 22–20, 17–21
Pts: de Leon 15 Pts: Romero 12
Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo City
March 10
16:00
Tanduay Rhum Masters 68–66 UP QRS/Jam Liner
Scoring by quarter: 13–26, 10–13, 29–16, 16–11
Pts: Llagas 13 Pts: Aguilar 17
Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo City
March 17
UP QRS/Jam Liner 89–99 Tanduay Rhum Masters
Scoring by quarter: 21–28, 24–13, 11–25, 23–33
Pts: Alolino 24 Pts: Belencion 27
Tanduay wins series in two games
March 15
16:00
Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 92–72 BDO-NU Team
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 30–13, 21–21, 20–16
Pts: Tolomia 19
Rebs: Belo 12
Asts: Tolomia 6		 Pts: Aroga 21
Rebs: Aroga 15
Asts: Aroga 6
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila
March 15
14:00
Caida Tile Masters 122–97 AMA University Titans
Scoring by quarter: 32–20, 19–27, 42–23, 29–27
Pts: Perkins 17
Rebs: Jalalon 4		 Pts: McCarthy 20
Rebs: King 9

Semifinals

This round is in a best-of-3 format. The winner advances to the finals.

Game 1
March 27
CafeFrance Bakers - CEU 65, Tanduay Light Rhum Masters 58
Scoring by quarter: 18-16, 14-12, 17-16, 16-14
Pts: Ebondo 14
Rebs: Ebondo 10		 Pts: Llagas 13
Rebs: Cruz 5
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila

Game 2
March 29
17:00
CafeFrance Bakers - CEU 72, Tanduay Light Rhum Masters 63
Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 24-12, 8-16, 21-19
Pts: De Leon, Ebondo 13 each
Rebs: Abundo 7		 Pts: Lingganay 17
Rebs: Lingganay 9
Cafefrance sweeps series, 2-0
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila

Game 1
March 22
14:00
Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 90, Caida Tile Masters 83
Pts: Daquioag 32
Rebs: Ru. Escoto 10		 Pts: Grey 14
Rebs: Grey 4
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila

Game 2
March 29
17:00
Caida Tile Masters 90, Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 94
Scoring by quarter: 28-26, 18-28, 26-15, 22-21
Pts: Grey 22 Pts: Daquioag 22
Phoenix sweeps series, 2-0
San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila

Finals

Game 1
March 31
Cafefrance Bakers- CEU 78, Phoenix- FEU Accelerators 82
Scoring by quarter: 17-12, 24-17, 24-21, 17-28
Pts: Ebondo 16
Rebs: Ebondo 18		 Pts: Pogoy 18
Rebs: Pogoy 9

Game 2
April 5
Cafefrance Bakers- CEU 86, Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 77
Scoring by quarter: 20-23, 29-11, 20-17, 17-26
Pts: Cruz 18
Rebs: Ebondo 20		 Pts: Belo 22
Rebs: Belo 9

Game 3
April 7
Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 85, Cafefrance Bakers- CEU 84
Scoring by quarter: 18-17, 17-20, 26-31, 24-16
Pts: Belo 22
Rebs: Pogoy 12
Asts: Pogoy 3		 Pts: Ebondo 18
Rebs: Ebondo 18

With only 2.3 seconds left in the final frame and the Bakers leading by 2, 84-82, Roger Pogoy made a game-winning 3 pointer where it was assisted by Achie Inigo to close the gap to an inch for winning the 2016 PBA Aspirant's Cup title.[4]

Game 4
April 12
Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 100, Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 94
Scoring by quarter: 21-21, 26-23, 28-20, 25-30
Pts: Zamar 25
Rebs: Ebondo 13		 Pts: Tolomia 29
Rebs: Belo 15

The Bakers led as much as 14, with a score of 82-68 in the final 6:47 of the game before the Mac Belo-led Phoenix-FEU drained down the lead to just a single point, 89-88 in the last 2:58 of the game. But Paul Zamar had answered the destruction to regain the six-point lead by the Bakers, 94-88 with 1:07 remaining.[5]

Game 5
April 14
15:00
Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 81, Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 88 (OT)
Pts: Zamar 20
Rebs: Ebondo 20		 Pts: Belo 25
Rebs: Belo 13
Phoenix wins series, 3-2

Tolomia of the Phoenix-FEU started exchanging threes with Paul Zamar of the Cafefrance-CEU as the Accelerators clinch an 81-78 lead with 2:39 left, but Roger Pogoy joined the party by hitting his shot from the downtown to extend his team's lead to 6, 84-78 in the last 10 seconds before the 2-minute mark.[6]

Awards

2016 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup Champions: Phoenix-FEU Accelerators (1st title)

Runners-up: Cafefrance Bakers-CEU

Finals MVP: Mac Belo (19.6 points/game)

Tournament Most Valuable Player:Mac Belo

References
  1. Leongson, Randolph B. (4 January 2016). "Bakers open title bid vs Aguilas; D-League opens on Jan. 21". Inquirer.net. PBA. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  2. "Jason Perkins picked first overall by Racal-Keramix in PBA D-League rookie draft". Spin.ph. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. Jurado, Theodore (4 January 2016). "Caida meets Tanduay, Jam-UP battles BDO-NU in PBA D-League openers". People's Journal. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  4. Leongson, Randolph B. (7 April 2016). "Pogoy hits winner as Phoenix-FEU moves a win away from title". Inquirer.net. PBA. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  5. Leongson, Randolph B. (12 April 2016). "D-League Finals: Cafe France forces Game 5". Inquirer.net. PBA. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. Lozada, Bong (14 April 2016). "Phoenix rises in D-League; Claims title against Cafefrance". Inquirer.net. PBA. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
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