2023 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

2023 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
The 10th PBA Aspirant's Cup
DurationApril 27 – June 26, 2023
Number of teams7
TV partner(s)One Sports
PBA Rush
Finals
ChampionsEcoOil - DLSU Green Archers
Runners-upMarinerong Pilipino - San Beda
PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology
< 2022

The 2023 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup is the tenth Aspirants' Cup of the PBA D-League, the official minor league basketball organization owned by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Tournament format

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Each team will play the other teams once in the elimination round. The top two teams advance to the semifinals outright. The next two teams have the twice-to-beat advantage against the next two teams in the quarterfinals. One team is eliminated. Both the semifinals and finals are best-of-three series.[1]

Teams

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There are seven teams in the tournament, with six college-backed teams, and a team by the Philippine Sports Performance (PSP). An eighth team, from Saint Clare College of Caloocan, withdrew days prior to the opening due to budget issues.[2]

Team Company Head coach
AMA Online Education Kings AMA University Mark Herrera
CEU Scorpions Centro Escolar University Jeff Perlas
EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers Ecology Energy Corporation Topex Robinson Gian Nazario (acting)
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda Marinerong Pilipino Group Yuri Escueta
Wang's Basketball @ 27 Strikers - Letran PRC Courier & Maintenance Services Rensy Bajar
University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Myk Saguiguit
PSP Gymers Philippine Sports Performance Fitness Centre John Paolo Lao

Venues

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The FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan and the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig are the host venues of the tournament.

Elimination round

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Team standings

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Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 5 1 .833[a] Advance to the semifinals
2 EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers 5 1 .833[a]
3 University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta 3 3 .500[b] 2 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran 3 3 .500[b] 2
5 CEU Scorpions 3 3 .500[b] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 PSP Gymers 2 4 .333 3
7 AMA Online Education Kings 0 6 .000 5
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Marinerong Pilipino 1–0 EcoOil
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Perpetual 1.165, Wangs 0.948, CEU 0.921

Results

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Teams AMA CEU ECO MAR WAN UPH PSP
AMA Online Education Kings 68–107 43–126 70–119 57–71 57–101 70–108
CEU Scorpions 62–84 72–81 92–85* 72–93 109–107**
EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers 82–79 102–79 80–73 108–67
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 90–87 66–64 92–94
Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran 62–61 100–92
University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta 93–82
PSP Gymers
Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
(Higher seeds twice-to-beat)
Semifinals
(Best-of-three playoff)
Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
1 Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda 2
4 Wangs-Letran 94 (OT) 4 Wangs-Letran 1
5 CEU 87 1 Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda 0
2 EcoOil-DLSU 2
2 EcoOil-DLSU 2
3 Perpetual 97 3 Perpetual 0
6 PSP 90

*Overtime

Quarterfinals

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The third- and fourth-seeded teams have the twice-to-beat advantage against the sixth- and fifth-seeded teams, respectively.

(3) Perpetual vs. (6) PSP

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June 6
2:00 p.m.
University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta 97–90 PSP Gymers
Perpetual wins series in one game

(4) Wangs-Letran vs. (5) CEU

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June 6
4:00 p.m.
Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran 94–87 (OT) CEU Scorpions
Wangs-Letran wins series in one game

Semifinals

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The first-seeded team will play the winner between the fourth- and fifth-seeded team, while the second-seeded team will play the winner between the third- and sixth-seeded team. Both series are best-of-three playoffs.

(1) Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda vs. (4) Wangs-Letran

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June 15
3:00 p.m.
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 79–65 Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran
Marinerong Pilipino-San Beda wins series 2–1

(2) EcoOil-DLSU vs. (3) Perpetual

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Finals

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The finals is a best-of-three playoff.

June 26
3:00 p.m.
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 74–89 EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers
EcoOil-DLSU wins series 2–0

References

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  1. ^ Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (2023-04-25). "PBA exec expects great battles as D-League opens". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  2. ^ "La Salle-EcoOil to open PBA D-League title defense vs CEU". Tiebreaker Times. 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-25.