NCAA Season 62 basketball tournaments

1986 NCAA season

Men's Finals 1 2 3 Wins  Letran Knights 93 77 88 2  San Sebastian Stags 86 80 86 1
Duration	October, 1986
Arena(s)	Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Winning coach	Eddie Reyes

The 1986 NCAA Basketball Tournament was the 62nd season in the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). For the fourth time in five years, the Letran Knights have crowned themselves basketball champions in the Seniors division. The Staglets of San Sebastian College beat comebacking San Beda Red Cubs, 2-1, in their own title series for the Junior division championship.

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

Format:

• Tournament divided into two halves: winners of the two halves dispute the championship in a best-of-3 finals series unless:
  • A team wins both rounds. In that case, the winning team automatically wins the championship.
  • A third team has a better cumulative record than both finalists. In that case, the third team has to win in a playoff against the team that won the second round to face the team that won in the first round in a best-of-3 finals series.

First round team standings Team W L Pts.  San Sebastian Stags 4 1 9  Letran Knights 3 2 8  Mapúa Cardinals 3 2 8  Perpetual Altas 3 2 8  JRC Heavy Bombers 2 3 7  San Beda Red Lions 0 5 5   Qualified to the Finals

Second round team standings Team W L Pts.  Letran Knights 4 1 9  Perpetual Altas 4 1 9  San Sebastian Stags 3 2 8  Mapúa Cardinals  JRC Heavy Bombers  San Beda Red Lions   Qualified to the Finals

Taking the first round pennant was San Sebastian, losing only to Jose Rizal College, 92-93. The Letran Knights dropped two games in the first round to Mapua, 82-84, and San Sebastian, 75-79, and figured in a three-way tie for second place with Mapua Cardinals and Perpetual Help College.

Sophomore quintet Perpetual Help Altas could have sweep the second round if not for the loss to San Sebastian Stags in their last outing. Letran managed to force a tie for first place with the Atlas and a playoff ensued with the Knights winning comfortably, 100-79, to arrange a championship setto with defending champions San Sebastian for the third time in five years.

Letran showed up with only 10 players. Their 11th man Salvador Ramos was disqualified from playing right from the start of the league after it was found out that he had already graduated.

Finals

Game 1

October

Letran Knights	93–86	San Sebastian Stags
Letran leads series 1–0

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Game 2

October

Letran Knights	77–80	San Sebastian Stags
Series tied 1–1

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Game 3

October

Letran Knights	88–86	San Sebastian Stags
Letran wins series 2–1

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Letran dictated the tempo early, leading by as many as 13 points in one stage, 46-33. The Knights survived the Stags' spirited rally in the last two minutes to win. ^[1]

References

External links

• www.gameface@bounce past

National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournaments
Champions Men's Final Four Results
Teams	Arellano Chiefs Letran Knights Benilde Blazers EAC Generals JRU Heavy Bombers Lyceum Pirates Mapúa Cardinals San Beda Red Lions San Sebastian Stags Perpetual Altas
Seasons	Pre-war era 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 Pennant era 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Best-of-3 Finals era 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Final Four era 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Rivalries	Battle of Intramuros Letran vs. San Beda Letran vs. San Sebastian San Beda vs. San Sebastian San Beda vs. Perpetual