2020 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

The 2020 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup was the ninth Aspirants' Cup season of the PBA D–League, the official minor league basketball organization owned by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The conference commenced on February 13. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a concern for the league organizers, halting the season opening as a preventive measure against the outbreak.[1][2] The conference started on March 2 but the league forced indefinite suspension of games nine days later.[3]

2020 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
The 9th PBA Aspirant's Cup
DurationMarch 2–March 11
(cancelled)
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)One Sports
PBA Rush
PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology

On September 30, 2020, PBA commissioner Willie Marcial announced that the tournament has been officially cancelled on October 12.[4]

Format

Twelve teams participate in the conference. The tournament will be conducted in four stages:[5]

  • Single round-robin elimination, where a team plays the other teams once. The six teams with the worst records are eliminated. The top two placers advance to the semifinals outright.
  • The quarterfinals, #3 seeded team faces #6 seeded team and #4 seeded team plays the #5 seeded team. Higher seeds possess the twice-to-beat advantage.
  • The semifinals, #1 seeded team faces the winner of #4 vs #5 quarterfinals while #2 seeded team plays the winner of #3 vs #6 quarterfinals. This is a best-of-three playoff.
  • The finals, which is a best-of-three series.

Venues

Most games will be played at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. Other venues include the Paco Arena in Manila and JCSGO Gym in Quezon City. Filoil Flying V Centre was only used on the opening games of the season.

Teams

The following are the participating teams:[6]

TeamHead coach
AMA AMA Online Education Titans Mark Herrera
CEU Karate Kid–CEU Scorpions Jeff Napa
DIL Diliman Blue Dragons Rensy Bajar
DLS Eco Oil–La Salle Green Archers Derrick Pumaren
FEU Seaoil Extreme Racers–FEU Tamaraws Olsen Racela
FME FamilyMart–Enderun Titans Pipo Noundou
LET Wang's Basketball Couriers–Letran Knights Bonnie Tan
MAP Marinerong Pilipino Skippers Yong Garcia
MAU ADG Dong–Mapúa Cardinals Randy Alcantara
SSC Apex Fuel–San Sebastian Golden Stags Edgardo Macaraya
TIP TIP Engineers Sebastian de Vera
UST Builders Warehouse–UST Growling Tigers Aldin Ayo

Elimination round

Team standings
Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Builders Warehouse–UST Growling Tigers 2 2 0 1.000 — Advance to the semifinals
2 Marinerong Pilipino Skippers 2 2 0 1.000 —
3 Eco Oil–La Salle Green Archers 2 2 0 1.000 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Apex Fuel–San Sebastian Golden Stags 1 1 0 1.000 0.5
5 Seaoil Extreme Racers–FEU Tamaraws 1 1 0 1.000 0.5 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 ADG Dong–Mapúa Cardinals 1 0 1 .000 1.5
7 Diliman Blue Dragons 1 0 1 .000 1.5
8 FamilyMart–Enderun Titans 1 0 1 .000 1.5
9 TIP Engineers 1 0 1 .000 1.5
10 Wang's Basketball Couriers–Letran Knights 1 0 1 .000 1.5
11 AMA Online Education Titans 1 0 1 .000 1.5
12 Karate Kid–CEU Scorpions 2 0 2 .000 2
Updated to match(es) played on March 9, 2020. Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss

Schedule
Source:
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results
Teams AMA CEU DIL DLS FEU FME LET MAP MAU SSC TIP UST
AMA Online Education Titans — 67–113
Karate Kid–CEU Scorpions — 73–79 57–93
Diliman Blue Dragons — 93–106
Eco Oil–La Salle Green Archers — 102–90
Seaoil Extreme Racers–FEU Tamaraws — 99–82
FamilyMart–Enderun Titans —
Wang's Basketball Couriers–Letran Knights —
Marinerong Pilipino Skippers — 83–69
ADG Dong–Mapúa Cardinals —
Apex Fuel–San Sebastian Golden Stags —
TIP Engineers — 62–115
Builders Warehouse–UST Growling Tigers —
Updated to match(es) played on March 9, 2020. Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

References
  1. Dioquino, Delfin (February 10, 2020). "PBA, D-League 2020 season opening postponed due to novel coronavirus". Rappler. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  2. Terrado, Jonas (February 10, 2020). "PBA reschedules 45th season, D-League opener due to nCoV". Manila Bulletin Sports. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  3. Lozada, Bong (March 11, 2020). "Marcial concerned about safety, not losses as virus cancels PBA games". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  4. Leongson, Randolph (September 30, 2020). "As PBA gears up for resumption, D-League cancels season". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  5. Henson, Joaquin (March 5, 2020). "D-League gets underway". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  6. Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (February 29, 2020). "2020 PBA D-League lineups". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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