NCAA Season 66 basketball tournaments explained

1990 NCAA season
Host:	Perpetual Help College of Rizal
Higherseed:
Higherseed Game1:	96
Higherseed Game2:	97
Higherseed Series:	2
Lowerseed Game1:	87
Lowerseed Game2:	92
Lowerseed Series:	0
Duration:	October 7–10, 1990
Jchampions:
Jcoach:	Mollet Pineda
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Seasonlink:	NCAA Season 66
Year:	1990
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The 1990 NCAA basketball tournament was the 66th season in the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The season started on August 5 at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium and ended with the Mapua Cardinals breaking the 16-year cycle and won the seniors crown, dethroning the defending champion San Sebastian Stags.

Men's 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

width=180px	Team!	width=20px	W!	width=20px	L!	width=35px	Pts.
	4	1	9
	4	1	9
	4	1	9
	1	3
	0	3
	0	4

Season host is boldfaced.

Second round team standings

width=180px	Team!	width=20px	W!	width=20px	L!	width=35px	Pts.
	5	0	10
	4	1	9
	2	3	7
	2	3	7
	2	3	7
	0	5	5

Season host is boldfaced.

^{Notes: Results of the first round match between San Beda and Perpetual Help and the San Beda vs Jose Rizal College are not yet found}

Defending champion San Sebastian, Letran and Mapua ended the first round with identical 4-win, 1-loss card. The Cardinals nip the SSC Stags, 98–97, in the first of the two playoffs to determined the winner of the first round flag. Mapua clinch the first round championship by exacting revenge over Letran, 111–105 on September 4. The Knights gave the Cardinals their only loss in the first round via a 95–72 victory on opening day.^[1]

Mapua Cardinals was on a verge of a two-round sweep and an outright title after scoring four straight victories in the second round.^[2] They lost to fellow unbeaten San Sebastian Stags, 84–92, in their final outing. The Stags captured the second round championship by completing a five-game sweep, thus arranging a best-of-three title playoffs with the Cardinals.

Awards

Juniors' tournament

Second round team standings

width=180px	Team!	width=20px	W!	width=20px	L!	width=35px	Pts.
	5	0	10
	4	1	9
	3	2	8
	1	3
	1	3
	0	5	5

Letran Squires completed a two-round sweep in winning back the Junior title they last held in 1985. The Squires were first round winner when JRC Light Bombers were stripped of the pennant for fielding an ineligible player.^[3]

Awards

See also

• UAAP Season 53 men's basketball tournament

Notes and References

1. News: Mapua first round titlist. Manila Standard.
2. News: Holy grail near for MIT as Cards ravage PHCR. Manila Standard.
3. News: Squires junior champs. Manila Standard.