2001 MBA Season

2001 Metropolitan Basketball Association Season Basketball 2000 June 3 - December 19, 2001 28 8 ABS-CBN PTV/NBN First Phase Andok's San Juan Knights Negros Slashers Second Phase LBC-Batangas Blades Negros Slashers 2000 MBA Season 2002 MBA Season 2002 The 2001 MBA Season was the fourth season of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. The season began on June 3, 2001 with a new format akin its rival Philippine Basketball Association. The league used a two conferences starting with the First Phase and ending with Second Phase Nationals. The Andok's San Juan Knights won the First Phase championship defeating the Negros Slashers in 3–1 on August 24, 2001.Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Search https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DlU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=bSUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3597,38441986 2026-06-14 news.google.com The Second Phase concluded on December 19, 2001 where the LBC-Batangas Blades again defeating Negros for the championship 3-1. 6 Teams have folded from the league: Cagayan de Oro Amigos, Iloilo Megavoltz, LBC-Manila Metrostars, Pampanga Dragons, Pasig-Rizal Pirates and Surigao Warriors. Which brought to a league low 8 teams participating in the season since its start in 1998. The league was also broadcast by ABS-CBN Sports for the fourth and final season as a exclusive broadcast contract for the league as aired over PTV (later renanamed the National Broadcasting Network) but because of UAAP coverage was prioritized exclusively broadcast on Studio 23 for the 64th season. Teams Northern Conference Nueva Ecija Patriots FedEx Laguna Lakers LBC Batangas Blades Andok's San Juan Knights Southern Conference Negros Slashers Cebuana Lhuiller Gems TPG Davao Eagles SocSarGen/Taguig Marlins First Phase +Northern ConferenceTeamW-LPlayoffsLBC-Batangas Blades11-31-2Andok's San Juan Knights10-46-2FedEx Laguna Lakers7-70-1Nueva Ecija Patriots3-11 2001 MBA Season https://pbaannual1998.neocities.org/mba/2001/2001season 2026-06-14 pbaannual1998.neocities.org +Southern ConferenceTeamW-LPlayoffsNegros Slashers10-43-3Cebuana Lhuiller Gems10-40-2TPG Davao Eagles3-11SocSarGen/Taguig Marlins2-12 Phase Two "Nationals" +Northern ConferenceTeamW-LPlayoffsLBC-Batangas Blades11-36-2FedEx Laguna Lakers11-30-2Andok's San Juan Knights9-53-3Nueva Ecija Patriots3-11 +Southern ConferenceTeamW-LPlayoffsNegros Slashers10-44-5Cebuana Lhuiller Gems5-94-3TPG Davao Eagles4-100-2SocSarGen/Taguig Marlins3-11 2001 National Playoffs National Playoffs (best-of-3) Conference Finals (best-of-5) 2001 MBA National Finals (best-of-5) LBC-Batangas (bye) FedEx Laguna 0 Andok's San Juan 2 Negros (bye) Cebuana Lhuiller 2 TPG Davao 0 LBC-Batangas 3 Andok's San Juan 1 Negros 3 Cebuana Lhuiller 2 1 LBC-Batangas 3 3 Negros 1 References Category:Metropolitan Basketball Association