| NCAA Season 93 | |
| Host: | San Sebastian College – Recoletos |
| Higherseed Game1: | 87 |
| Higherseed Game2: | 82 |
| Higherseed Series: | 0 |
| Lowerseed: | |
| Lowerseed Game1: | 94 |
| Lowerseed Game2: | 92 |
| Lowerseed Series: | 2 |
| Duration: | November 10–16 |
| Arena: | Smart Araneta Coliseum |
| Mvp: | Donald Tankoua |
| Coach: | Boyet Fernandez (3rd title) |
| Semis: | |
| Network: | ABS-CBN Sports and Action ABS-CBN Sports and Action HD |
| Jhigherseed Game1: | 68 |
| Jhigherseed Game2: | 91 |
| Jhigherseed Game3: | 74 |
| Jhigherseed Series: | 1 |
| Jlowerseed: | |
| Jlowerseed Game1: | 74 |
| Jlowerseed Game2: | 81 |
| Jlowerseed Game3: | 75 |
| Jlowerseed Series: | 2 |
| Jduration: | November 10–24 |
| Jarena: | Smart Araneta Coliseum Filoil Flying V Center |
| Jmvp: | Joel Cagulangan |
| Jcoach: | Marvin Bienvenida (1st title) |
| Jsemis: | |
| Prevlink: | NCAA Season 92 basketball tournaments |
| Prev: | 92 |
| Seasonlink: | NCAA Season 93 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Nextlink: | NCAA Season 94 basketball tournaments |
| Next: | 94 |
The 2017 basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, otherwise known as the NCAA Season 93, which started on July 8, 2017 at Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay.[1] Same as the last year's opener, the defending champions San Beda Red Lions will open their title defense bid as they will battle the season's hosts San Sebastian Stags at the first game, and at the second game the Arellano Chiefs will open their first season without Jio Jalalon as they take on the Mapúa Cardinals.[2]
ABS-CBN Sports and Action will be covering the games for the third consecutive year.
1. If no team sweeps the elimination round, the regular play-offs (Final Four) shall be used.
2. If a team successfully sweep the elimination round, that team will gain an automatic bye to the finals and the stepladder play-offs shall be used.
| Arellano Braves | Arellano University (AU) | Tylon Darjuan | |
| Letran Squires | Colegio de San Juan de Letran (CSJL) | Raymund Valenzona | |
| EAC-IAC Brigadiers | Immaculate Concepcion Academy (IAC) | Marvin Bienvenida | |
| JRU Light Bombers | José Rizal University (JRU) | Azlie Guro | |
| La Salle Green Hills Greenies | La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) | Vic Lazaro | |
| Lyceum Junior Pirates | Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite (LPU-C) | LA Mumar | |
| Mapúa Red Robins | Malayan High School of Science (MHSS) | Randy Alcantara | |
| San Beda Red Cubs | San Beda College Rizal (SBCR) | JB Sison | |
| San Sebastian Staglets | San Sebastian College – Recoletos (SSC-R) | Mel Banua | |
| Perpetual Junior Altas | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA (UPHSD) | Michael Saguiguit |
This stage is a single-elimination tournament.
This is the first playoff appearance for JRU since 2015, and the first for San Sebastian since 2013.
This is the 12th consecutive playoff appearance of defending champions San Beda.
This is a best-of-three playoff. This is the first Finals appearance for Lyceum, and the 12th consecutive Finals appearance for San Beda. Lyceum's sweep of the elimination round broke San Beda's 11-year streak of being the #1 seed, and is the first sweep since San Beda did it in 2010.
The Games of the NCAA All-Star were held last September 1 at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan. The event served as a transition event from the first round going into the second round. The Team Saints, composed of stars from Perpetual Help, San Beda, Letran, Benilde, and the season hosts, San Sebastian, defeated The Team Heroes, consisting of Arellano, Lyceum, Jose Rizal University, Emilio Aguinaldo College, and Mapua; 84–80. Prince Eze was named as the All-Star MVP who went double-double with 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks.[4]
On July 11, 2017, The Altas were clad in maroon when they were scheduled to be donning their light uniforms. Hence, the league ruled that the University of Perpetual Help was ineligible to play in its matchup against the Blazers earlier in the day. Citing the rule which states, “any athlete whose playing uniform does not conform with the rules will be ineligible to participate in a given game/match”, the management committee overturned UPHSD's 69-65 win in favor of the Blazers.[5]
| Statistic | Name | Team | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 19.3 | |||
| Rebounds | Prince Eze | 16.4 | ||
| Assists | 5.3 | |||
| Steals | CJ Perez | 1.9 | ||
| Blocks | Prince Eze | 2.6 |
Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.
San Beda and Malayan have the twice-to-beat advantage; they only need to win once, while their opponents twice, to advance to the finals.
On July 11, 2017, The Junior Altas wore their dark uniforms instead of light. The Juniors' standings did not change, however, as CSB-LSGH triumphed in that matchup.[5]