2012 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

The 2012 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup is the first of the two conferences of the 2012-13 PBA Developmental League season. There are three new teams participating the league: JRU Heavy Bombers, Fruitas Shakers and Informatics Icons.

2012 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
DurationOctober 23, 2012 - February 26, 2013
TV partner(s)Sports5
IBC
Finals
ChampionsNLEX Road Warriors
Runners-upCagayan Rising Suns
Awards
Finals MVPIan Sanggalang
PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology
< 2011
2013 >

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament:[1]

  • Single-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #6 seeds.
  • The top two teams after the elimination round will automatically advance to the semifinals.
  • Quarterfinals:
    • QF1: #3 team vs. #6 team (#3 seed twice-to-beat)
    • QF2: #4 team vs. #5 team (#4 seed twice-to-beat)
  • The winners of the quarterfinals will challenge the top two teams in a best-of-three semifinals series. Matchups are:
    • SF1: #1 vs. QF2
    • SF2: #2 vs. QF1
  • The winners in the semifinals advance to the best of three Finals.

Team standings
TeamWinsLossesPCTGBPD
NLEX Road Warriors910.900--
Black Water Sports820.8001.0
Cagayan Rising Suns640.6003.0+18
Big Chill Super Chargers640.6003.0−18
 JRU Heavy Bombers550.5004.0+32
Cebuana Lhuillier Gems550.5004.0+3
Fruitas Shakers550.5004.0−35
Boracay Rum Waves460.4005.0+4
Café France Bakers460.4005.0−4
Erase XFoliant Erasers280.2007.0
Informatics Icons190.1008.0

Schedule
Team ╲ Game12345678910
Big ChillJRUBWSCLGBRWNRWFRUEXFCRSINFCFB
Black WaterBCSCBRWFRUJRUINFNRWCFBCLGCRSEXF
Boracay RhumCLGCRSNRWBWSBCSCJRUINFEXFCFBFRU
Café FranceFRU^CRSEXFCLGINFNRWBWSJRUBRWBCSC
CagayanINFBRWEXFCFBCLGNRWJRUBCSCFRUBWS
Cebuana LhuillierBRWFRUBCSCCFBCRSEXFNRWBWSINFJRU
Erase XFoliantNRWCRSINFCFBFRUCLGBCSCBRWJRUBWS
FruitasCFB^CLGBWSNRWEXFBCSCINFJRUCRSBRW
InformaticsCRSEXFNRWJRUCFBBWSBRWFRUBCSCCLG
JRUBCSCNRWINFBWSBRWCRSCFBFRUEXFCLG
NLEXEXFBRWJRUINFFRUBCSCCRSCFBBWSCLG
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

^ Fruitas eventually won the game, 88-82 but their win was forfeited because of fielding an ineligible player that gave the win to the Bakers.[2]

Results
Team BCSC BWS BRW CFB CRS CLG EXF FRU INF JRU NLEX
Big Chill 74–63 68–59 76–69 59–77 81–61 88–68 81–88 87–94 77–76
Black Water 84–60 81–60 93–70 91–80 82–76 69–64 67–64 88–83
Boracay Rhum 62–58 79–88 76–86 82–61 61–73 74–66 63–53
Cafe France 70–85 68–76 73–58 82–88 78–66 62–66
Cagayan 86–82 78–91 107–75 89–85 100–103*
Cebuana Lhuillier 92–74 90–91 112–94 77–73
Erase XFoliant 73–78 79–68 61–74
Fruitas 85–74 64–100
Informatics 74–86
JRU
NLEX 91–67 70–68 88–73 52–66 84–75 89–76 101–71 92–73 88–81 91–87
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket
  Quarterfinals
(#3 & #4 seed twice-to-beat)		     Semifinals
(Best-of-3)		     Finals
(Best-of-3)
                           
        1 NLEX 2  
  4 Big Chill 0+1     5 JRU 1    
  5 JRU 2         1 NLEX 2
      3 Cagayan 0
        2 Black Water 1    
  3 Cagayan 1+1     3 Cagayan 2  
  6 Cebuana Lhuillier 1  

Quarterfinals

Cagayan vs. Cebuana Lhuillier
February 5
Cagayan Rising Suns 83, Cebuana Lhuillier Gems 84
San Juan Arena, San Juan City
February 7
Cagayan Rising Suns 88, Cebuana Lhuillier Gems 73
Cagayan wins series in two games

Big Chill vs. JRU
February 5
Big Chill Super Chargers 61,  JRU Heavy Bombers 63
San Juan Arena, San Juan City
February 7
Big Chill Super Chargers 71,  JRU Heavy Bombers 80
JRU wins series in two games

Semifinals

NLEX-JRU series
February 19
NLEX Road Warriors 87, JRU Heavy Bombers 85
NLEX wins series, 2–1
San Juan Arena, San Juan City

Black Water-Cagayan series
February 19
Black Water Sports 68, Cagayan Rising Suns 80
Cagayan wins series, 2–1
San Juan Arena, San Juan City

Finals
February 26
NLEX Road Warriors 82, Cagayan Rising Suns 71
NLEX wins series, 2-0
San Juan Arena, San Juan City

See also

References
  1. PBA D-LEAGUE OPENS OCT. 23, PBADleague.ph
  2. Fruitas forfeits game for fielding ineligible player, PBADleague.ph
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