NCAA Season 96

NCAA Season 96
NCAA Season 96
	Rise Up Stronger
Host school	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Seniors' champions
Sport
Sport
Basketball
Chess
Juniors' champions
Sport
Sport
Chess
	(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport;; (Ex) = Exhibition;

NCAA Season 96 is the 2020–21 athletic year of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the Philippines. The season host is the Colegio de San Juan de Letran, coincidentally also celebrating its 400th anniversary.^[1]

Background

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila, the preceding season, NCAA Season 95, was terminated. This meant tournaments that were ongoing or have not been started were all canceled. No championships were decided on canceled tournaments, and no general champions were named. The Management Committee has recommended on starting the athletic year in November, instead of the usual July schedule, with President Rodrigo Duterte moving the start of the academic year to September.^[2]

This is also the first season where foreigners are banned from playing.^[3]

After UAAP Season 83 was cancelled, the NCAA insisted on going through with its season.^[4]

On May 14, 2021, it was reported that Martin Javier and Sophia Senoron was to host the season.^[5] The opening ceremony was held virtually on June 13, 2021.^[6] Originally set for May, it was postponed to June 13 following the surge of COVID-19 cases in the country as well as the placement of the NCR+ under enhanced community quarantine.^[7]^[8]

No championships involving contact sports, including the basketball and volleyball, would be held.^[9] Holding games under the bubble format was considered for basketball and volleyball but such plans did not push through.^[4]

Basketball

The season also had basketball tournaments but it was a skills showdown featuring Martin Antonio teaching the skills. It featured San Beda's Radge Tongco, San Sebastian's Ian Valdez, EAC's Jethro Mendoza, Benilde's Kendrix Belgica, LPU's Kim Cinco, Arellano's Leonard Anquillo, Perpetual's Gerald Dizon, Letran's Mark Cruz and JRU's Justin Padua to show their skills. Its skills were shooting stars and dribble and shoot.

Rank	Name	Team	SS Time	D&S Time	Total Time
	Kim Cinco (C/SFW)	Lyceum Pirates	27.35	24.19	51.54
	Leonard Anquillo (SFL)	Arellano Chiefs	31.64	22.58	54.22
	Mark Cruz (FL/SFW)	Letran Knights (H)	37.75	20.31	58.06
4	Radge Tongco (SFL)	San Beda Red Lions	58.42	30.72	1:29.14
5	Kendrix Belgica	Benilde Blazers	1:01.23	37.39	1:38.62
6	Ian Valdez	San Sebastian Stags	1:13.96	30.61	1:44.57
7	Gerald Dizon	Perpetual Altas	1:36.79	53.36	2:30.15
8	Justin Padua	JRU Heavy Bombers	2:57.58	37.52	3:35.10
9	Jethro Mendoza	EAC Generals	3:29.51	20.06	3:49.60

References

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Legend:

(C) = Champion

(SFL) = Semifinals Loser

(SFW) = Semifinals Winner

(FL) = Finals Loser

(H) = Host

Chess

Seniors' tournament

Results

Rank	Name	Team
	Neymark Digno	Lyceum Pirates
	Carl Jaedrianne Ancheta	Arellano Chiefs
	Carl Zirex Sato	Perpetual Altas
4	Adrian Othniel Yulo	Benilde Blazers

Bracket

Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final

July 24

Carl Jaedrianne Ancheta
	July 26
Avel Louise Baldovia
	Carl Jaedrianne Ancheta
July 23
	Adrian Othniel Yulo
Adrian Othniel Yulo
		July 29
John Michael Magpily
		Neymark Digno
July 22
		Carl Jaedrianne Ancheta
Carl Zirex Sato
	July 27
Nel Richmond Miranda
	Neymark Digno
July 25
	Carl Zirex Sato	3rd place
Neymark Digno
		July 28
John Paulo Medina
		Carl Zirex Sato

		Adrian Othniel Yulo

Taekwondo

Men's tournament

Poomsae – Standard^[11]
Rank	Name	Team	Score
	Alfritz Arevalo	San Beda Red Lions	7.217
	Ivan Murray Solimen	Benilde Blazers	7.134
	Roi Vinson Belano	Letran Knights	7.083
4	Christian Dave Tayrus	Arellano Chiefs	6.617
5	John Harold Estoy	San Sebastian Stags	6.417
6	Mikko Jeremi Bataoil	JRU Heavy Bombers	6.284
7	Jake Aldrin Ramos	Lyceum Pirates	6.150
8	Ralph Laurenz Gasco	EAC Generals	6.033

Poomsae – Freestyle^[12]
Name	Team	Score
Michael Christian Macario	San Beda Red Lions	7.033
Mikko Jerami Bataoil	JRU Heavy Bombers	5.600
Justin Carl Dominic Nacua	Benilde Blazers	7.033

Women's tournament

Poomsae – Standard^[13]
Rank	Name	Team	Score
	Emie Fernandez	JRU Lady Bombers	7.550
	Diane Nicole Supangan	Benilde Lady Blazers	7.284
	Lara Alejandrea Andres	San Beda Red Lionesses	6.867
4	Keith Laura Baladaya	San Sebastian Lady Stags	6.767
5	Stephanie Shane Ashley Arana	Letran Lady Knights	6.734
6	Chelsea Marie Bañez	EAC Lady Generals	6.484
7	Francis Claire Apuya	Arellano Lady Chiefs	6.234
8	Marinella de Peralta	Lyceum Lady Pirates	6.117

Poomsae – Freestyle^[12]
Rank	Name	Team	Score
	Krizelle Therese Yadao	Benilde Lady Blazers	6.900
	Shyenler Emelo Cedo	JRU Lady Bombers	6.167

Juniors' tournament

Poomsae – Standard^[14]
Rank	Name	Team	Score
	John Vergel Reyes	EAC–ICA Brigadiers	7.217
	Aaron Isaac Sevilla	San Sebastian Staglets	6.717
	Tor Timothy Castillo	San Beda Red Cubs	6.634
4	Lebron James Alemania	Letran Squires	6.117
5	Kimichi Ramirez	La Salle Green Hills Greenies	6.067

Poomsae – Freestyle^[12]
Rank	Name	Team	Score
	John McLeary Ornido	EAC–ICA Brigadiers	6.800
	Raphael Ongkiko	La Salle Green Hills Greenies	6.700

Speed kicking – Bantamweight^[15]
Rank	Name	Team	Score
	Ignatius Vicente Pinera	San Beda Red Cubs	6.750
	Dirk Ranque	Lyceum Junior Pirates	6.483
	Lebron James Alemania	Letran Squires	6.200
4	Ken Jireh Cuyugan	EAC–ICA Brigadiers	5.858
5	Earl Arvin Arellano	San Sebastian Staglets	4.467

Speed kicking – Flyweight^[15]
Rank	Name	Team	Score
	John Patrick Moneda	Lyceum Junior Pirates	6.733
	Reymundo Calamba III	San Beda Red Cubs	6.558
	Chris Daniel Barrozo	EAC–ICA Brigadiers	6.375
4	Kris Martin Pulanco	Lyceum Junior Pirates	6.367
5	Tristan Andrew Diaz	San Beda Red Cubs	5.108

Media

Due to the dissolution of ABS-CBN Sports and the denial of the new franchise of ABS-CBN by the House of Representatives, the NCAA had to find a new broadcast partner since its media partner's denial of franchise.^[16] On November 19, 2020, NCAA signed a deal with GMA Network, making them the broadcast partner for the next six seasons until Season 101.^[17]^[18]

References

^ Leongson, Randolph (May 13, 2020). "NCAA Season 96 hosting duties formally transferred to Letran". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
^ Galvez, Waylon (April 29, 2020). "NCAA Season 96 likely to be moved on later date". Manila Bulletin.^{[dead link]}
^ Go, Beatrice. "NCAA to ban foreign players starting Season 96 in 2020". Rappler. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
^ ^a ^b Villar, Joey. "NCAA eyeing similar bubble setup with PBA for Season 96". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
^ "Martin Javier at Sophia Senoron, hosts ng 'Rise Up Stronger: The Road to NCAA Season 96'" [Martin Javier and Sophia Senoron, hosts of 'Rise Up Stronger: The Road to NCAA Season 96']. Balitambayan (in Filipino). GMA News. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
^ "'Extraordinary' NCAA season officially kicks off". BusinessWorld. June 13, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
^ "NCAA postpones Season 96 opening to June". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on June 10, 2021. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "NCAA moves Season 96 opening to June". GMA News. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ Lozada, Bong (June 11, 2021). "No contact sports for NCAA Season 96". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVeQB7vvaqw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rA7XEkPRBk&t=1593s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52cWtXUHO-A&t=1113s
^ "San Beda rules NCAA Season 96 poomsae men's division". GMA News. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "EAC, CSB, San Beda rule NCAA 96 poomsae freestyle". GMA News. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
^ "JRU's Emie Fernandez cops gold in NCAA 96 women's poomsae". GMA News. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
^ "EAC's John Vergel Reyes rules NCAA Season 96 junior boys' poomsae". GMA News. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "LPU, SBU rule in opening day of NCAA 96 speed kicking tiff". GMA News. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
^ Ulanday, John Bryan (July 18, 2020). "UAAP, NCAA, MPBL, PVL kailangan ng bagong TV partner" [UAAP, NCAA, MPBL, PVL need a new TV partner]. Pang-Masa (in Filipino). The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
^ "GMA 7 beats TV5 for right to broadcast NCAA games, says source". Spin.ph. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
^ Cruz, Angel Javier (July 1, 2021). "GMA, NCAA team up to fulfill athletes' dreams". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 1, 2021.

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