2012 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup
| 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 | |
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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[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
^ 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[edit]
Bracket[edit]
| 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[edit]
Cagayan vs. Cebuana Lhuillier[edit]
Big Chill vs. JRU[edit]
Semifinals[edit]
NLEX-JRU series[edit]
Black Water-Cagayan series[edit]
Finals[edit]
See also[edit]
- List of developmental and minor sports leagues
- PBA Developmental League
- Philippine Basketball Association
References[edit]
- ^ PBA D-LEAGUE OPENS OCT. 23, PBADleague.ph
- ^ Fruitas forfeits game for fielding ineligible player, PBADleague.ph