NCAA Season 65 basketball tournaments
| Host school | Mapua Institute of Technology | |||||||||||||||
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| Duration | October –19, 1989 | |||||||||||||||
| Arena(s) | Rizal Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Francis Rodriguez | |||||||||||||||
The 1989 NCAA basketball tournament was the 65th season in the
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.
First round team standings
Source: [
point differential ; 5) overall point differential(H) Hosts |
Second round team standings
Source: [
point differential ; 5) overall point differential(H) Hosts Notes:
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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 |
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| 1 |  PHCR Altas
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7 | 3 | 17 | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 |  San Sebastian Stags
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6 | 4 | 16 | |
| 3 |  Letran Knights
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6 | 4 | 16 | |
| 4 |  Mapúa Cardinals (H)
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5 | 5 | 15 | |
| 5 |  JRC Heavy Bombers
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3 | 7 | 13 | |
| 6 |  San Beda Red Lions
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3 | 7 | 13 |
(H) Hosts
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
Awards
| NCAA Season 65 men's basketball champions |
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 San Sebastian Stags Fourth title, second consecutive title |
See also
References
- ^ "Quilban-led SSC Stags seek 4th title". Manila Standard.
- ^ "PHC takes flag, thanks to SSC". Manila Standard.
- ^ "Perpetual seals 4-way tie for 2nd round flag". Manila Standard.