The 2017 PCCL National Collegiate Championship is the ninth edition of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) in its current incarnation, the postseason tournament to determine the national collegiate champions in basketball. The tournament will be the ninth edition in its current incarnation, and the 14th edition overall.

Format

Eight teams will compete in the national championship to be held in Metro Manila in February 2018. The finalists of the recently concluded NCAA and UAAP basketball championships, as well as the champion of the CESAFI basketball championship will automatically qualify in the tournament. Qualifying tournaments for the three remaining slots were held for Mindanao, Luzon and Metro Manila.

Qualifying teams

Automatic qualifiers

TeamLeagueElim. round finishPlayoff finishQualified as
Ateneo Blue EaglesUAAP1st (13–1)Def. La Salle in finalsUAAP champion
De La Salle Green ArchersUAAP2nd (12–2)Def. by Ateneo in finalsUAAP runner-up
San Beda Red LionsNCAA2nd (16–2)Def. Lyceum in finalsNCAA champion
Lyceum PiratesNCAA1st (18–0)Def. by San Beda in finalsNCAA runner-up
University of the Visayas Green LancersCESAFI1st (16–2)Def. University of Cebu in finalsCESAFI champion

Regional qualifiers

TeamQualified asRegional tournament
Naga College Foundation TigersLuzon championNorth Luzon/South Luzon knockout game Def. Lyceum-Northwestern University (North Luzon champion)
Holy Trinity College WildcatsMindanao championMindanao qualifiers Def. HCC Crusaders in finals
San Sebastian StagsNCR qualifiers championNCR qualifiers Def. CDSL Griffins in finals

Regional qualifiers results

South Luzon

November 18
NCF Tigersvs.UPHSL Saints
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 25–20, 21–15, 28–21
UNC Sports Palace, Naga, Camarines Sur

North Luzon

November 29
LNU Dukesvs.MQC Legionnaires
Salvador Duque Fieldhouse (LNU Gymnasium), Dagupan

North Luzon/South Luzon knockout

November 30
LNU Dukesvs.NCF Tigers
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 19–16, 29–30, 12–12
Salvador Duque Fieldhouse (LNU Gymnasium), Dagupan

Mindanao

November 25
HCC Crusadersvs. (OT)HTC Wildcats
Scoring by quarter: 32–21, 14–18, 17–20, 16–20, Overtime: 12–13
Almendras Gym, Davao

NCR

The NCR Regional Qualifiers were held at the Jose Rizal University (JRU) gymnasium from January 15 to 18.

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPCTGBQualificationCDSLSCCJRU
1CDSL Griffins2201.000—Qualified to the NCR Qualifiers finals87–8083–58
2St. Clare Saints211.5001
3JRU Heavy Bombers202.000285–88

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPCTGBQualificationSSC-RUPPATTS
1San Sebastian Stags2201.000—Qualified to the NCR Qualifiers finals
2UP Fighting Maroons211.500184–9384–79
3PATTS Seahorses202.000267–90

Finals

January 18
CDSL Griffinsvs.San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 17-21, 19-20, 28-19, 21-30
JRU Gymnasium, Mandaluyong

Elite Eight

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPCTGBQualificationLPUADMUUVNCF
Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification LPU ADMU UV NCF 1 Lyceum Pirates 3 3 0 1.000 — Qualified to the crossover semifinals — 88–80 94–82 2 Ateneo Blue Eagles 3 2 1 .667 1 65–69 91–81 84–69 3 UV Green Lancers 3 1 2 .333 2 — — 85–82 4 NCF Tigers 3 0 3 .000 3 — — —Source: [citation needed] Group B Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification SBU SSC-R HTC DLSU 1 San Beda Red Lions 3 3 0 1.000 — Qualified to the crossover semifinals 70–67 85–46 79–35 2 San Sebastian Stags 3 2 1 .667 1 — 93–75 — 3 Holy Trinity Wildcats 3 1 2 .333 2 — — — 4 De La Salle Green Archers 3 0 3 .000 3 — 65–96 69–75Source: [citation needed]
1Lyceum Pirates3301.000—Qualified to the crossover semifinals—88–8094–82
2Ateneo Blue Eagles321.667165–6991–8184–69
3UV Green Lancers312.3332——85–82
4NCF Tigers303.0003———
PosTeamPldWLPCTGBQualificationSBUSSC-RHTCDLSU
1San Beda Red Lions3301.000—Qualified to the crossover semifinals70–6785–4679–35
2San Sebastian Stags321.6671—93–75—
3Holy Trinity Wildcats312.3332———
4De La Salle Green Archers303.0003—65–9669–75

Final Four

Semifinals

February 12
Lyceum Pirates82–69San Sebastian Stags
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 16–10, 26–17, 21–22
Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
February 12
San Beda Red Lions57–52Ateneo Blue Eagles
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 15–11, 10–17, 20–15
Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan

Finals

February 15 5:30pm
Lyceum Pirates70–66San Beda Red Lions
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 26–14, 15–22, 16–9
Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan

Awards

The awardees are:

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