2016 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

Philippine developmental basketball tournament 2016 D-League Aspirant's Cup The 5th PBA Aspirant's Cup 300px January 21-April 14, 2016 9 Mac Belo Mac Belo Phoenix-FEU Accelerators Cafefrance-CEU Bakers 2015 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup 2015 2017 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup 2017 The 2016 PBA D-League Aspirants Cup was the first conference of the 2015-16 PBA Developmental League season. It was opened on January 21, 2016 at the Filoil Flying V Center and competed by 9 teams and it was finished on April 14, 2016 where the Phoenix-FEU Accelerators defeated the Cafefrance Bakers-CEU in the best-of-5 finals showdown, 3 games to 2 and clinching their first ever title in their franchise.http://pba.inquirer.net/65435/bakers-open-title-bid-vs-aguilas-d-league-opens-on-jan-21 Bakers open title bid vs Aguilas; D-League opens on Jan. 21 PBA Inquirer.net Leongson Randolph B. 4 January 2016 5 January 2016 Draft The draft was conducted on December 1, 2015 at the PBA Cafe in Pasig. 215 hopefuls were applied in the draft for the chance to play in the league.http://www.spin.ph/basketball/d-league/news/jason-perkins-top-pick-pba-d-league-draft Jason Perkins picked first overall by Racal-Keramix in PBA D-League rookie draft Spin.ph 1 December 2015 Draft Order: First Round 1.) Jason Perkins (Racal/Keramix - DLSU) 2.) Julian Sargent (AMA University - DLSU) 3.) Von Pessumal (Tanduay Light - Ateneo) 4.) Taylor Statham (Cafe France) 5.) Avery Scharer (Wang's Basketball - Shoreline CC) 6.) Mikey Williams (Mindanao Aguilas - Cal State U) 7.) Agustini Amar (Jam Liner - UP) 8.) Richard Escoto (Phoenix Petroleum - FEU) 9.) BDO-NU - Passed Second Round 1.) Jordan Rios (Racal/Keramix - St. Clare) 2.) Ryan Pascual (AMA University - Cal State-Long Beach) 3.) Alfonso Gotladera (Tanduay Light - Ateneo) 4.) John Karl Casiño (Cafe France - CEU) 5.) Anton Castro (Wang's Basketball - Adamson) 6.) Taylor Wetherell (Mindanao Aguilas) 7.) Alfrancis Tamsi (Phoenix Petroleum - FEU) 8.) Jam Liner - Passed 9.) BDO-NU - Passed Format Conference format as it follows:http://journal.com.ph/sports/basketball/caida-meets-tanduay-jam-up-battles-bdo-nu-in-pba-d-league-openers Caida meets Tanduay, Jam-UP battles BDO-NU in PBA D-League openers People's Journal Jurado Theodore 4 January 2016 5 January 2016April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Teams will play in a single round-robin elimination round. Top 8 teams will advance to the quarterfinals while the 9th placer team will be eliminated. Top 4 teams will get a twice-to-beat quarterfinals incentive against lower-ranked teams to determine the semifinals placings. Semifinals is a best-of-three affair. The two teams who won the semifinals matches will battle in a best-of-5 championship series. Eliminations The elimination round will run from January 21 to March 7, 2016. Games will be held in Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan and Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig. Team standings Team standing at the end of the elimination round: main WL yes none percentage yes 1 complete PBA D-League Archives AAA BBB CCC DDD EEE FFF GGG HHH III 2x 2x 2x 2x QF QF QF QF X 7 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 5 3 0 0 5 3 0 0 5 3 0 0 2 6 0 0 2 6 0 0 1 7 0 0 1 7 0 0 Cafefrance-CEU Caida Tile Masters UP-QRS Jam Liner Phoenix Petroleum-FEU Tanduay Rhum Light Masters AMA University Titans BDO-NU Wangs Basketball Mindanao Aguilas a.) Head-to-head record, b.) Winning percentage c.)If necessary, use the quotient system. Q green1 Twice-to-beat in the quarter-finals yellow2 Twice-to-win in the quarter-finals red1 Eliminated Schedule table matchup BSK 1 AMA Online Education L/L/L/L/W/OTW/L/L CAI/PNX/BDO/TAN/WNG/MIN/CFE/JAM 2 BDO — NU Bulldogs L/L/W/L/L/W/L/L JAM/CFE/AMA/MIN/PNX/WNG/TAN/CAI 3 Café France Bakers — CEU W/W/W/W/W/L/W/W MIN/BDO/JAM/CAI/WNG/TAN/AMA/PNX 4 Caida Tile Masters W/W/W/L/L/W/W/W TAN/AMA/WNG/CFE/PNX/JAM/MIN/BDO 5 Z.C. Mindanao Aguilas L/OTL/L/L/W/OTL/L/L CFE/WNG/TAN/JAM/BDO/AMA/CAI/PNX 6 Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators — FEU Tamaraws W/W/W/W/W/W/L/W WNG/AMA/JAM/CAI/BDO/TAN/CFE/MIN 7 QRS/JAM Liner — UP Fighting Maroons W/W/L/L/W/L/W/W BDO/TAN/CFE/PNX/MIN/CAI/WNG/AMA 8 Tanduay Light Rhum Masters L/L/W/W/W/W/W/L CAI/JAM/MIN/WNG/AMA/CFE/BDO/PNX 9 Wang's Basketball L/OTW/L/L/L/L/L/L PNX/MIN/CAI/TAN/CFE/AMA/JAM/BDO Results main BSR grey Team y AMA BDO CAF CAI JAM MIN PHO TAN WAN AMA 87–93 78–97 103−84 100–84 91–85 OT 102–114 92–83 97–90 BDO 86–110 68—89 85–90 67–73 74–90 81–83 106–97 Caféfrance 90–87 94–73 89–65 83–74 74–79 106–73 Caida 118–86 95–87 108–91 90–79 110–106 JAM 100–75 98–84 102–86 80–69 Mindanao 80–90 56–95 97–88 OT Phoenix Petroleum 85–80 107–70 Tanduay 90–75 Wang's complete Playoffs Quarterfinals (Higher seeds have twice-to-beat) Semifinals (best-of-3 series) Finals (best-of-5 series) 2/1/1 1 high 1 Cafefrance-CEU 90 8 Wang's Basketball 72 3 UP-QRS/Jam Liner 66 89 5 Tanduay Rhum Masters 68 99 2 Caida Tile Masters 122 6 AMA University Titans 97 4 Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 92 7 BDO-NU Bulldogs 72 1 Cafefrance-CEU 2 5 Tanduay Rhum Masters 0 2 Caida Tile Masters 0 4 Phoenix-FEU 2 1 Cafefrance-CEU 2 4 Phoenix-FEU 3 Quarterfinals March 10 14:00 Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo City AksyonTV Café France-CEU Bakers 90 Wang's Basketball 72 Report de Leon 15 Romero 12 26–9 25–22 22–20 17–21 #eee March 10 16:00 Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo City AksyonTV Tanduay Rhum Masters 68 UP QRS/Jam Liner 66 Llagas 13 Aguilar 17 Report 13–26 10–13 29–16 16–11 March 17 Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo AksyonTV UP QRS/Jam Liner 89 Tanduay Rhum Masters 99 Alolino 24 Belencion 27 21–28 24–13 11–25 23–33 Tanduay wins series in two games #eee March 15 16:00 San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila AksyonTV Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 92 BDO-NU Team 72 Report Tolomia 19 Aroga 21 Belo 12 Aroga 15 Tolomia 6 Aroga 6 21–22 30–13 21–21 20–16 March 15 14:00 San Juan Arena, San Juan City AksyonTV Caida Tile Masters 122 AMA University Titans 97 Perkins 17 McCarthy 20 Jalalon 4 King 9 32–20 19–27 42–23 29–27 Semifinals This round is in a best-of-3 format. The winner advances to the finals. CafeFrance vs. Tanduay series March 27 San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila AksyonTV CafeFrance Bakers - CEU 65 Tanduay Light Rhum Masters 58 Ebondo 14 Llagas 13 Ebondo 10 Cruz 5 18-16 14-12 17-16 16-14 #eee March 29 17:00 San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila AksyonTV CafeFrance Bakers - CEU 72 Tanduay Light Rhum Masters 63 De Leon, Ebondo 13 each Lingganay 17 Abundo 7 Lingganay 9 19-16 24-12 8-16 21-19 Cafefrance sweeps series, 2–0 Phoenix vs. Caida series #eee March 22 14:00 San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila AksyonTV Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 90 Caida Tile Masters 83 Daquioag 32 Grey 14 Ru. Escoto 10 Grey 4 March 29 17:00 San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila AksyonTV Caida Tile Masters 90 Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 94 Grey 22 Daquioag 22 28-26 18-28 26-15 22-21 Phoenix sweeps series, 2–0 Finals #eee March 31 Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo AksyonTV Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 78 Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 82 Ebondo 16 Pogoy 18 Ebondo 18 Pogoy 9 17-12 24-17 24-21 17-28 April 5 San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila AksyonTV Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 86 Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 77 Cruz 18 Belo 22 Ebondo 20 Belo 9 20-23 29-11 20-17 17-26 #eee April 7 Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo AksyonTV Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 85 Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 84 Belo 22 Ebondo 18 Pogoy 12 Ebondo 18 Pogoy 3 18-17 17-20 26-31 24-16 With only 2.3 seconds left in the final frame and the Bakers leading by 2, 84-82, Roger Pogoy made a game-winning 3 pointer where it was assisted by Achie Inigo to close the gap to an inch for winning the 2016 PBA Aspirant's Cup title.http://sports.inquirer.net/210453/pogoy-hits-winner-as-phoenix-feu-moves-a-win-away-from-title Pogoy hits winner as Phoenix-FEU moves a win away from title PBA Inquirer.net Leongson Randolph B. 7 April 2016 7 April 2016 April 12 San Juan Arena, San Juan, Metro Manila AksyonTV Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 100 Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 94 Zamar 25 Tolomia 29 Ebondo 13 Belo 15 21–21 26–23 28–20 25–30 The Bakers led as much as 14, with a score of 82-68 in the final 6:47 of the game before the Mac Belo-led Phoenix-FEU drained down the lead to just a single point, 89-88 in the last 2:58 of the game. But Paul Zamar had answered the destruction to regain the six-point lead by the Bakers, 94-88 with 1:07 remaining.http://sports.inquirer.net/210885/d-league-finals-cafefrance-forces-game-5 D-League Finals: Cafe France forces Game 5 PBA Inquirer.net Leongson Randolph B. 12 April 2016 12 April 2016 #eee April 14 15:00 Ynares Sports Arena, Antipolo AksyonTV Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 81 Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 88 (OT) Zamar 20 Belo 25 Ebondo 20 Belo 13 Phoenix wins series, 3–2 Tolomia of the Phoenix-FEU started exchanging threes with Paul Zamar as the Accelerators clinch an 81-78 lead with 2:39 left, but Roger Pogoy joined the party by hitting his shot from the downtown to extend his team's lead to 6, 84-78 in the last 10 seconds before the 2-minute mark.http://pbadleague.inquirer.net/3764/phoenix-rises-in-d-league-claims-title-against-cafe-france/ Phoenix rises in D-League; Claims title against Cafefrance PBA Inquirer.net Lozada Bong 14 April 2016 25 April 2016 13 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160513172130/http://pbadleague.inquirer.net/3764/phoenix-rises-in-d-league-claims-title-against-cafe-france/ dead Awards 2016 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup Champions: Phoenix-FEU Accelerators (1st title) Runners-up: Cafefrance Bakers-CEU Finals MVP: Mac Belo (19.6 points/game) Tournament Most Valuable Player:Mac Belo References PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup 2016