2022 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards season

2022 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards season
MPBL champions
Division champions
Head coachJerson Cabiltes
Arena(s)Nueva Ecija Coliseum
Results
Record21–0 (1.000)
PlaceDivision: 1st (North)
Playoff finishMPBL champions
(won vs. Zamboanga, 3–1)
Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards seasons
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The 2022 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards season was the second season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).

The Rice Vanguards sought to improve from their previous 10–20 campaign. On July 5, they would play in their inaugural home game, in which they would equalize their previous season's record in win percentage.[1] They would then surpass that with their eighth win on July 12.[2] Showing dominance across the board, the 2022 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards became the first team in league history to achieve a regular season sweep. This came following their 21st win against the Batangas City Embassy Chill at home on October 7.[3]

Nueva Ecija began their playoff campaign with sweeps against Marikina and Pampanga before facing the San Juan Knights in the North Division finals.[4][5] In game 1, San Juan dealt Nueva Ecija their first loss of the entire season before the Rice Vanguards would then win the next two games to advance to the 2022 national finals against the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines.[6] After winning the first two games, the team would lose game 3, but eventually seal the championship with a game 4 victory.[7]

The team played all of their home games at Nueva Ecija Coliseum in Palayan.

Preseason

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Nueva Ecija was one of 22 teams that took part in the 2021 MPBL Invitational. They would reach the finals against the Basilan Jumbo Plastic, who they would lose to in overtime.

Schedule

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2021 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards Invitational schedule
Stage Game Date Opponent Score Location Record Recap
Group stage 1 December 12 Sarangani W 99–92 SM Mall of Asia Arena 1–0
2 December 16 Valenzuela W 100–77 SM Mall of Asia Arena 2–0
3 December 19 San Juan W 88–85 SM Mall of Asia Arena 3–0
4 December 20 Muntinlupa W 84–72 SM Mall of Asia Arena 4–0
Playoffs QF December 21 Iloilo W 84–67 SM Mall of Asia Arena 5–0
SF December 22 Imus City W 82–76 SM Mall of Asia Arena 6–0
F December 23 Basilan L 80–83 SM Mall of Asia Arena 6–1
Source: Schedule

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L GB Qualification
1 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards 21 21 0 — Playoffs
2 Pasig City MCW Sports 21 14[a] 7 7
3 San Juan Knights 21 14[a] 7 7
4 Pampanga Giant Lanterns 21 14[a] 7 7
5 Bataan Risers 21 13 8 8
Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2a) If two teams are tied, head-to-head match-up; 2b) If three or more teams are tied, head-to-head point quotient; 3) overall point quotient; 4) coin toss.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Pasig (1.193), San Juan (0.993), and Pampanga (0.850) are ranked based on head-to-head point quotient.

Schedule

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2022 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards season schedule
Game Date Opponent Score Location Record Recap
1 May 23 Mindoro W 98–68 Bahayang Pag-asa Sports Complex 1–0
2 June 4 General Santos W 95–83 San Andres Sports Complex 2–0
3 June 7 Makati W 84–43 Caloocan Sports Complex 3–0
4 June 13 Imus City W 107–81 Batangas City Coliseum 4–0
5 June 18 Quezon City W 93–77 Caloocan Sports Complex 5–0
6 July 2 Sarangani W 87–79 Orion Sports Complex 6–0
7 July 5 Laguna W 109–79 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 7–0
8 July 12 San Juan W 81–75 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 8–0
9 July 18 Bacolod W 81–74 La Salle Coliseum 9–0
10 July 19 Valenzuela W 68–61 La Salle Coliseum 10–0
11 July 26 Bacoor City W 87–76 Paco Arena 11–0
12 July 30 Bataan W 79–65 Caloocan Sports Complex 12–0
13 August 8 Zamboanga W 81–76 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 13–0
14 August 15 Marikina W 99–77 Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center 14–0
15 August 23 Muntinlupa W 102–85 Batangas City Coliseum 15–0
16 August 29 Rizal W 83–64 Santa Rosa Sports Complex 16–0
17 September 13 Manila W 85–58 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 17–0
18 September 19 Caloocan W 103–86 Caloocan Sports Complex 18–0
19 September 23 Pampanga W 80–74 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 19–0
20 September 28 Pasig City W 77–66 Laguna Sports Complex 20–0
21 October 7 Batangas City W 84–72 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 21–0
Source: Schedule

Playoffs

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Schedule

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2022 Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards playoff schedule
Round Game Date Opponent Score Location Series Recap
Division quarterfinals 1 October 15 Marikina W 103–71 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 1–0 Recap
2 October 22 Marikina W 82–71 Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center 2–0 Recap
Division semifinals 1 November 7 Pampanga W 104–89 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 1–0 Recap
2 November 11 Pampanga W 89–84 Filoil EcoOil Centre 2–0 Recap
Division finals 1 November 18 San Juan L 72–79 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 0–1 Recap
2 November 21 San Juan W 89–83 Filoil EcoOil Centre 1–1 Recap
3 November 25 San Juan W 84–68 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 2–1 Recap
National finals 1 December 2 Zamboanga W 81–75 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 1–0 Recap
2 December 5 Zamboanga W 75–74 Nueva Ecija Coliseum 2–0 Recap
3 December 9 Zamboanga L 65–75 Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum 2–1 Recap
4 December 12 Zamboanga W 69–56 Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum 3–1 Recap
Source: Schedule

References

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  1. ^ "Nueva Ecija makes it seven straight MPBL wins at expense of Laguna". Spin.ph. July 6, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  2. ^ Luarca, Roy (July 13, 2022). "MPBL: Nueva Ecija wards off San Juan; Muntinlupa, Quezon City score wins". Philstar.com. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Times, Tiebreaker (October 8, 2022). "MPBL: Nueva Ecija completes 21-game elims sweep". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "MPBL: Bataan survives Pampanga in OT for QF decider as Nueva Ecija cruises to semis". Tiebreaker Times. October 23, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  5. ^ "MPBL: Nueva Ecija, San Juan forge North Finals showdown". Tiebreaker Times. November 12, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  6. ^ "Nueva Ecija clinches MPBL North division crown". Rappler. December 2, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "Nueva Ecija finishes off Zamboanga in Game 4 to lift MPBL trophy". spin.ph. December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
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