The NCAA Season 93 basketball tournaments started on July 8, 2017, at Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay. This was the 93rd season of basketball for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA). 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.
ABS-CBN Sports and Action will be covering the games for the third consecutive year.
Bai Cristobal was named basketball commissioner for this season.
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; 84âÂÂ80. Prince Eze was named as the All-Star MVP who went double-double with 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
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, âÂÂany athlete whose playing uniform does not conform with the rules will be ineligible to participate in a given game/matchâÂÂ, the management committee overturned UPHSD's 69âÂÂ65 win in favor of the Blazers.
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.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Triple overtime
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.