2023 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

The 2023 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup will be the tenth Aspirants' Cup of the PBA D-League, the official minor league basketball organization owned by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Tournament format

Each team will play the other teams once in the elimination round. The top two teams advance to the semifinals outright. The next two teams have the twice-to-beat advantage against the next two teams in the quarterfinals. One team is eliminated. Both the semifinals and finals are best-of-three series.[1]

Teams

There are seven teams in the tournament, with six college-backed teams, and a team by the Philippine Sports Performance (PSP). An eighth team, from Saint Clare College of Caloocan, withdrew days prior to the opening due to budget issues.[2]

Team Company Head coach
AMA Online Education Titans AMA University Mark Herrera
CEU Scorpions Centro Escolar University Jeff Perlas
EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers Ecology Energy Corporation Topex Robinson
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda Marinerong Pilipino Group Yuri Escueta
Wang's Basketball @ 27 Strikers - Letran PRC Courier & Maintenance Services Rensy Bajar
University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta University of Perpetual Help System DALTA Myk Saguiguit
PSP Gymers Philippine Sports Performance Fitness Centre John Paolo Lao

Venues

The FilOil EooOil Centre in San Juan and the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig are the host venues of the tournament.

Elimination round

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda 3 1 .750 — Advance to the semifinals
2 EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers 3 1 .750 —
3 CEU Scorpions 2 1 .667 0.5 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta 2 2 .500 1
5 PSP Gymers 2 2 .500 1 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran 0 2 .000 2
7 AMA Online Education Titans 0 3 .000 2.5
Updated to match(es) played on May 17, 2023. Source:
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

Results
Teams AMA CEU ECO MAR WAN UPH PSP
AMA Online Education Titans — 68–107 57–101 70–108
CEU Scorpions — 62–84 92–85
EcoOil - DLSU Green Archers — 82–79 108–67
Marinerong Pilipino - San Beda — 90–87 92–94
Wangs Basketball @27 Strikers - Letran —
University of Perpetual Help System - Dalta — 93–82
PSP Gymers —
Updated to match(es) played on May 4, 2023. Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Bracket
Quarterfinals
(Higher seeds twice-to-beat) 		Semifinals
(Best-of-three playoff) 		Finals
(Best-of-three playoff)
1  
4      
5      
 
2  
3      
6    

Quarterfinals

The third- and fourth-seeded teams have the twice-to-beat advantage against the sixth- and fifth-seeded teams, respectively.

Semifinals

The first-seeded team will play the winner between the fourth- and fifth-seeded team, while the second-seeded team will play the winner between the third- and sixth-seeded team. Both series are best-of-three playoffs.

Finals

The finals is a best-of-three playoff.

References
  1. Saldajeno, Ivan Stewart (2023-04-25). "PBA exec expects great battles as D-League opens". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  2. "La Salle-EcoOil to open PBA D-League title defense vs CEU". Tiebreaker Times. 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
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