| 2012 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup | |
|---|---|
| Duration | October 23, 2012 - February 26, 2013 |
| TV partner(s) | Sports5 IBC |
| Finals | |
| Champions | NLEX Road Warriors |
| Runners-up | Cagayan Rising Suns |
| Awards | |
| Finals MVP | Ian Sanggalang |
| PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology | |
| < 2011 2013 > | |
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.
Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament:
- 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
| Team | Wins | Losses | PCT | GB | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NLEX Road Warriors | 9 | 1 | 0.900 | -- | |
| Black Water Sports | 8 | 2 | 0.800 | 1.0 | |
| Cagayan Rising Suns | 6 | 4 | 0.600 | 3.0 | +18 |
| Big Chill Super Chargers | 6 | 4 | 0.600 | 3.0 | −18 |
 JRU Heavy Bombers |
5 | 5 | 0.500 | 4.0 | +32 |
| Cebuana Lhuillier Gems | 5 | 5 | 0.500 | 4.0 | +3 |
| Fruitas Shakers | 5 | 5 | 0.500 | 4.0 | −35 |
| Boracay Rum Waves | 4 | 6 | 0.400 | 5.0 | +4 |
| Café France Bakers | 4 | 6 | 0.400 | 5.0 | −4 |
| Erase XFoliant Erasers | 2 | 8 | 0.200 | 7.0 | |
 Informatics Icons |
1 | 9 | 0.100 | 8.0 |
Schedule
| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Chill | JRU | BWS | CLG | BRW | NRW | FRU | EXF | CRS | INF | CFB |
| Black Water | BCSC | BRW | FRU | JRU | INF | NRW | CFB | CLG | CRS | EXF |
| Boracay Rhum | CLG | CRS | NRW | BWS | BCSC | JRU | INF | EXF | CFB | FRU |
| Café France | FRU^ | CRS | EXF | CLG | INF | NRW | BWS | JRU | BRW | BCSC |
| Cagayan | INF | BRW | EXF | CFB | CLG | NRW | JRU | BCSC | FRU | BWS |
| Cebuana Lhuillier | BRW | FRU | BCSC | CFB | CRS | EXF | NRW | BWS | INF | JRU |
| Erase XFoliant | NRW | CRS | INF | CFB | FRU | CLG | BCSC | BRW | JRU | BWS |
| Fruitas | CFB^ | CLG | BWS | NRW | EXF | BCSC | INF | JRU | CRS | BRW |
| Informatics | CRS | EXF | NRW | JRU | CFB | BWS | BRW | FRU | BCSC | CLG |
| JRU | BCSC | NRW | INF | BWS | BRW | CRS | CFB | FRU | EXF | CLG |
| NLEX | EXF | BRW | JRU | INF | FRU | BCSC | CRS | CFB | BWS | CLG |
= 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.
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 |
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 |
| Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig |
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 |
| Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig |
Semifinals
NLEX-JRU series
| February 12 |
| NLEX Road Warriors 105, JRU Heavy Bombers 85
|
| Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig |
| February 14 |
| NLEX Road Warriors 94, JRU Heavy Bombers 108
|
| Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig |
| 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 12 |
| Black Water Sports 76, Cagayan Rising Suns 91 |
| Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig |
| February 14 |
| Black Water Sports 86, Cagayan Rising Suns 79 |
| Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig |
| February 19 |
| Black Water Sports 68, Cagayan Rising Suns 80 | ||
| Cagayan wins series, 2–1 |
| San Juan Arena, San Juan City |
Finals
| February 21 |
| NLEX Road Warriors 87, Cagayan Rising Suns 63 |
| Blue Eagle Gym, Quezon City |
| February 26 |
| NLEX Road Warriors 82, Cagayan Rising Suns 71 | ||
| NLEX wins series, 2-0 |
| San Juan Arena, San Juan City |
See also
- List of developmental and minor sports leagues
- PBA Developmental League
- Philippine Basketball Association
References
- PBA D-LEAGUE OPENS OCT. 23, PBADleague.ph
- Fruitas forfeits game for fielding ineligible player, PBADleague.ph