2023 Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup
| 16th Filoil EcoOil ECJ Preseason Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines |
| City | San Juan |
| Venue(s) | Filoil EcoOil Centre |
| Teams | 20 |
| Defending champions | NU school colors NU Bulldogs |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons (1st title) |
| Runner-up | La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers |
| Third place | NU school colors NU Bulldogs |
| Fourth place | UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas |
The 2023 Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup, officially referred to as the 16th Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup, is the sixteenth edition of the collegiate basketball tournament organized by Filoil EcoOil Sports. The tournament was contested by seven teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), ten from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and one each from National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU), Universities and Colleges Basketball League (UCBL), and National Collegiate Athletic Association – South (NCAA South). All games were held at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan. The NU Bulldogs entered this tournament as the defending Preseason Cup champions.[1]
Elimination round
In the elimination round, the teams are grouped by association. From there, the teams play in a single round-robin tournament. Teams in both brackets play nine games each. Teams are ranked by win-loss records with the top four teams from each association group advancing to the playoffs.
UAAP group
Team standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — |
| 2 | UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .778 | 2 |
| 3 | NU school colors NU Bulldogs | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .778 | 2 |
| 4 | FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .556 | 4 |
| 5 | Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .556 | 4 |
| 6 | Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | 5 |
| 7 | Don Bosco school colors St. Clare Saints | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | 5 |
| 8 | UE school colors UE Red Warriors | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 6 |
| 9 | CEU school colors CEU Scorpions | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | 8 |
| 10 | UV school colors FAITH Bravehearts | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9 |
Schedule
NCAA group
Team standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UPHD school colors Perpetual Altas | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .778 | — |
| 2 | CSB school colors Benilde Blazers | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 1 |
| 3 | Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 1 |
| 4 | Letran school colors Letran Knights | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 1 |
| 5 | JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .556 | 2 |
| 6 | Mapua school colors Mapúa Cardinals | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .556 | 2 |
| 7 | SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | 3 |
| 8 | San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 4 |
| 9 | EAC school colors EAC Generals | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 4 |
| 10 | Arellano school colors Arellano Chiefs | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 7 |
Schedule
Play-in
To seal the fourth seed in both the UAAP and NCAA brackets, both Far Eastern University and Colegio de San Juan de Letran had to play a two-game play-in tournament against Jose Maria College Foundation and Guang Ming College, respectively, with the highest aggregate score from each matchup earning the No. 4 seed in the quarterfinals and taking on top seeds University of Perpetual Help System DALTA and De La Salle University.[2] Both the JMC Kings and Guang Ming Flying Dragons qualified from Luzon and VisMin qualifiers.
| UAAP Bracket | ||||||
| U4 | FEU school colors FEU | 96 | 90 | 186 | ||
| VMQ | File:MCU colors.PNG JMC | 65 | 80 | 145 | ||
| NCAA Bracket | ||||||
| N4 | Letran school colors Letran | 85 | 79 | 164 | ||
| LQ | SWU school colors Guang Ming | 73 | 84 | 157 | ||
Playoffs
The single-elimination playoffs started on June 14, 2023, with the crossover quarterfinals, where the first-seeded teams play the fourth-seeded team from the opposing association group, same goes for the second-seeded and third-seeded teams.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship game | ||||||||||||
| U1 | La Salle school colors La Salle | 101 | ||||||||||||
| N4 | Letran school colors Letran | 79 | ||||||||||||
| U1 | La Salle school colors La Salle | 86 | ||||||||||||
| U3 | NU school colors NU | 73 | ||||||||||||
| N2 | CSB school colors Benilde | 72 | ||||||||||||
| U3 | NU school colors NU | 88 | ||||||||||||
| U1 | La Salle school colors La Salle | 76 | ||||||||||||
| U2 | UP school colors UP | 87 | ||||||||||||
| N1 | UPHD school colors Perpetual | 74 | ||||||||||||
| U4 | FEU school colors FEU | 73 | ||||||||||||
| N1 | UPHD school colors Perpetual | 69 | Battle for Third | |||||||||||
| U2 | UP school colors UP | 104 | ||||||||||||
| U2 | UP school colors UP | 86 | U3 | NU school colors NU | 85 | |||||||||
| N3 | Lyceum school colors Lyceum | 66 | N1 | UPHD school colors Perpetual | 77 | |||||||||
- Legend
- U1, U2, U3, U4 – The teams from the UAAP group
- N1, N2, N3, N4 – The teams from the NCAA group
References
- ↑ Dioquino, Delfin (August 27, 2022). "NU completes perfect run, topples FEU for FilOil crown". Rappler. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ↑ "GMC, JMC 5s open Preseason Cup bids". Philstar.com. Retrieved June 12, 2024.