NCAA Season 84 explained

NCAA Season 84
General
Tagline:To the Fore at 84: Building Bridges Through Sports
Seniors:[1]
Host: Mapua Institute of Technology
Sport3:Chess
Jsport3:Chess
Sport5:Taekwondo
Jsport5:Taekwondo
Sport6:Table tennis
Jsport6:Table tennis
Sport7:Swimming
Jsport7:Swimming
Sport7-Wom:N/A
Sport8:Beach Volleyball
Sport9:Track and field
Jsport9:Track and field
Sport9-Wom:N/A
Sport10:Football
Jsport10:Football
Sport10-Wom:N/A
Sport11:Lawn Tennis
Jsport11:Lawn Tennis
Sport11-Wom:N/A
Cheerdance: (EX)
League:NCAA
Prev:83
Seasonlist:List of NCAA Philippines seasons
Next:85

NCAA Season 84 is the 2008–09 season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the Philippines.

Mapua Institute of Technology is the host of the 2008 - 2009 season, with the year's theme being "To The Fore at 84: Building Bridges Through Sports". NCAA Season 81's commissioner Joe Lipa returns as a commissioner.[2]

Unresolved issues from Season 83

PCU suspension

After being suspended the previous season for identity switching, an additional five student-athletes were implicated by the NCAA's own investigation to the matter. Initially, it was thought that the Management Committee (MANCOM) would extend PCU's suspension for another year.[3]

On May 28, the Policy Board and the PCU management announced an agreement in which the PCU Dolphins seniors' teams would return to the league for Season 84, with the juniors' teams still suspended; after the season, the school would take an indefinite leave of absence from the league. As a result, the Policy Board scrapped the MANCOM's earlier recommendation of extending the suspension for another year with three years of probation thereafter. Several players were also banned from the league, with the exception of Elvin Pascual who is currently at the San Beda Red Lions' team B; his status would be decided on the eligibility meeting on June 10.[4] Pascual was cleared to play by the MANCOM after an appeal was granted on a previous decision that barred him from playing.[5]

Game-fixing allegations

Another issue being investigated by the MANCOM were the allegations of game-fixing on games, especially after Paolo Orbeta of CSB was implicated on point shaving. Incoming president Dr. Reynaldo Vea of Season 84 host Mapua and his predecessor Dr. Vince Fabella of Jose Rizal issued a stern warning on the matter.[6]

Return of the Mapua juniors team

The Mapua juniors team returns with student-athletes from the Malayan High School of Science; the original Mapua Institute of Technology Pre-Engineering High School closed down after the Yuchengco takeover of the institute. The school was "forced" to form the team for them to be able to host the season since they will not be allowed to take part in seniors' events, which would jeopardize their hosting duties. The basketball team would be handled by former Mapua Cardinals Randy Alcantara and Chito Victolero. The old Mapua juniors team held the most basketball championships, with 18.[7] [8]

PBA Draft rules

After Yousif Aljamal's suspension the previous season that led into court intervention, the league clarified its rules on application to the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Draft; the applicant must formally inform the league on their intentions to apply. Also the league implemented another rule restricting a member school from fielding more than two imports at the same time to level the playing field following the entry of foreign players.[9]

Basketball

See main article: NCAA Season 84 basketball tournaments.

Seniors' tournament

Bracket

Juniors' tournament

Bracket

Volleyball

Host team in boldface.

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Juniors' tournament

Soccer

Host team in boldface.

Juniors' tournament

Beach Volleyball

Juniors' final

Chess

Seniors' tournament

Elimination round

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Taekwondo

Host team in boldface.

Juniors' tournament

Lawn tennis

Host team in boldface.

Seniors' tournament

Juniors' tournament

Table tennis

Host team in boldface.

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Juniors' tournament

Swimming

Host team in boldface.

Juniors' tournament

Track and field

Host team in boldface.

Seniors' tournament

Juniors' tournament

General Championship race

Pts. Position
bgcolor=gold40 Champion
bgcolor=silver30 2nd
25 3rd
20 4th
10 5th
8 6th
6 7th
5 8th

Seniors' Division

School Points
1 8 25 bgcolor=silver30 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=silver30 25 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=silver30 10 bgcolor=silver30 bgcolor=gold40 20 368
2 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=silver30 10 10 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=gold40 25 bgcolor=silver30 25 25 8 bgcolor=silver30 5 318
3 25 bgcolor=gold40 20 25 -- -- bgcolor=silver30 25 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=gold40 25 20 25 315
4 10 10 bgcolor=gold40 20 10 -- 10 10 20 6 bgcolor=gold40 25 bgcolor=silver30 231
5 6 8 8 -- 25 bgcolor=silver30 5 20 8 bgcolor=silver30 10 10 6 166
6 5 20 25 8 -- -- 20 -- 10 20 20 8 8 144
7 20 -- -- bgcolor=silver30 20 20 8 -- 5 -- -- -- bgcolor=gold40 143
8 bgcolor=silver30 6 6 6 -- -- 6 8 6 8 6 -- 10 92

Juniors' Division

School Points
1 20 25 25 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=gold40 20 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=gold40 290
2 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=silver30 bgcolor=silver30 -- 25 20 25 bgcolor=silver30 240
3 bgcolor=silver30 20 bgcolor=gold40 -- 10 bgcolor=silver30 25 bgcolor=silver30 25 210
4 8 bgcolor=silver30 20 25 25 10 10 20 20 168
5 10 10 10 20 bgcolor=silver30 bgcolor=gold40 bgcolor=silver30 10 6 156
6 6 -- 8 -- 20 8 6 -- 8 56
7 25 -- 6 -- -- 6 8 -- 10 55

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Benilde, LSGH clinch NCAA titles . . 8 March 2009 . 18 March 2009 .
  2. News: Cedelf . Tupas . NCAA learns its lessons -- no more gray areas . . 2008-06-11 . 2008-06-11 .
  3. News: Marc Anthony . Reyes . PCU’s return to new NCAA season at risk . . 2008-03-13 . 2008-06-11 .
  4. News: Waylon . Galvez . PCU allowed a graceful exit . . 2008-05-29 . 2008-06-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080915031825/http://www.mb.com.ph/issues/2008/05/29/SPRT20080529125965.html . September 15, 2008 .
  5. News: Cedelf P. . Tupas . NCAA relents, clears way for SBC’s Pascual . . 2008-06-24 . 2008-06-24 .
  6. News: Joey . Villar . NCAA to go after bettors . . 2008-03-30 .
  7. News: MIT jrs back after 'vacation' . . 2008-04-24 . 2008-06-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120210181032/http://www.ngetstudio.com/NCAA/news/?id=4271 . February 10, 2012 .
  8. News: NCAA: Mapua Red Robins back . . 2008-04-24 . 2008-06-11.
  9. News: Joey . Villar . NCAA okays bid of PBA hopefuls . https://web.archive.org/web/20080929112304/http://www.philstar.com/index.php?Sports&p=49&type=2&sec=30&aid=20080610140 . dead . 2008-09-29 . . 2008-06-11 . 2008-06-11 .