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1930 NCAA season
Host schoolAteneo de Manila
Men's tournament
ChampionsUST school colors University of Santo Tomas
First runner-upAteneo school colors Ateneo de Manila
Juniors' tournament
ChampionsLetran school colors San Juan de Letran College
First runner-upJRU school colors Jose Rizal College
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The 1930 NCAA basketball tournaments, now known as the NCAA Season 7 basketball tournaments, are the basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA) for its 1930–31 season. Two tournaments were held, the seniors' tournament for male collegiate players, and the midgets' tournament, for male high school students.

The tournaments began on August 14, 1930, and ended on November 6, 1930.

The University of Santo Tomas (UST) won the seniors' tournament, their first, and to date, only NCAA title. Meanwhile, San Juan de Letran College won their third consecutive midgets' championship.

Venues

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Beginning on the September 30 gameday, the games were held at Nozaleda Park (now a part of modern-day Rizal Park). Prior games were held there and at the 31st Infantry Armory.[1] The last game of the championship round was held at the Philippine Columbian Association.[2]

Teams

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A total of 19 teams across two tournaments participated:[3][4]

College Men's team Midgets' team
Ateneo de Manila (ADM) Team Team
De La Salle College (DLSC) Team Team
Educational Institute Team Team
Jose Rizal College (JRC) Team Team
Mapua Institute of Technology (MIT) Team
National University (NU) Team Team
San Beda College (SBC) Team Team
San Juan de Letran College (SJLC) Team Team
University of the Philippines (UP) Team Team
University of Santo Tomas (UST) Team Team

Seniors' tournament

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The tournament started on August 14,[4] and ended on November 6, 1930.[2]

Qualifying round

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As a result of fielding in ineligible players, all of Educational Institute's games were downgraded to exhibition games.[1]

UST, Ateneo and NU qualified to the championship round outright. Defending champions UP and Letran were tied in the standings and held a one-game playoff to determine the final qualifier. UP won 35–28.[5]

Championship round

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UP lost its first two games in the championship round, against Ateneo and National University, virtually guaranteeing a new champion this season.[6] NU themselves were beaten by Santo Tomas, who were led by Herminio Silva to eliminate the former in contention.[7] The game between UP and UST was postponed due to rain.[8] Ateneo then avenged their qualifying round against National, setting up a virtual winner-takes-all game against UST for the title.[9]

In the penultimate game that would have decided the championship, UST defeated Ateneo 55–53 in overtime. Ateneo led after the end of regulation 47–46, and Ateneo players celebrated; a retabulation saw the game tied at 47–all. Both captains decided to play an extra five minutes to decide the winner, however, one of the referees, Lt. Bowen, had already left. Lou Salvador officiated the overtime by his lonesome, and Ateneo put the game under protest, arguing that in a championship game, there should at least be two referees.[10] Santo Tomas's Father Sancho told the NCAA board that there were instances that games were handled by only one referee; Ateneo's Father Hurley argued that this should only happen with the consent of both captains, with Hurley saying that they agreed to the overtime as there would have been a fight among the supporters in the venue if they decided otherwise. It was then decided to bring the matter to a neutral body to be chaired by Regino Ylanan.[11] Ylanan chose Victor Buencamino and SIlvestre Torres as members of this neutral board; if UST lost the protest, they would ask to make the championship decided on a best-of-three series.[12]

After three meetings, the body decided to dismiss Ateneo's protest. While the committee's letter of the decision was curt, if was inferred that they took into account that it was not Santo Tomas's fault that Lt. Bowen left after thinking that the game was over. Father Hurley accepted the decision of the body.[13] On November 6, 1930, UST formalized the championship with a win against UP (from their postponed game earlier), finishing the season undefeated, giving the championship to coach Dionisio Calvo.[2]

This is UST's sole NCAA seniors' basketball title.[14] UST, UP and NU withdrew from the NCAA in 1936, and founded the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in 1938. Ateneo joined the UAAP in 1978.[15]

Midgets' tournament

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The tournament started on August 14,[4] and ended on October 11, 1930.[10]

Qualifying round

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JRC, Letran, UP and UST qualified to the championship round.[5]

Championship round

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In a battle of undefeated teams in the championship round on October 11, Letran defeated Jose Rizal by two points to retain the title.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sto. Tomas to make N.C.A.A. debut today". The Tribune. 1930-09-04. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  2. ^ a b c "Sto. Tomas beats U.P. in final match". The Tribune. 1930-11-07. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  3. ^ "UP hoopsters tackle Letran in crucial tilt". The Tribune. 1930-09-11. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  4. ^ a b c "Con 19 equipos inscritos el mas nutrido torneo de la NCAA empieza este dia". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 1930-08-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  5. ^ a b "U.P. Qualifies to Play in NCAA Title Series". The Tribune. 1930-09-23. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  6. ^ "National University whips U.P. quintet in N.C.A.A." The Tribune. 1930-09-28. p. 30. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  7. ^ "Santo Tomas quint crushes National five". The Tribune. 1930-10-03. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  8. ^ "U.P.-Santo Tomas tilt rained out". The Tribune. 1930-10-05. p. 30. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  9. ^ "Ateneo downs National five in close tilt". The Tribune. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  10. ^ a b c "Santo Tomas beats Ateneo in hectic battle". The Tribune. 1930-10-12. p. 30. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  11. ^ "Neutral body to decide protest". The Tribune. 1930-10-14. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  12. ^ "Board decision on protested tilt out soon". The Tribune. 1930-10-31. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  13. ^ "Ateneo loses basketball protest". The Tribune. 1930-10-24. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  14. ^ Olivares, Rick. "Eagles-Tigers in UAAP Finals: Histo-three or UST?". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  15. ^ Almo, Alder T. (2009-04-09). "From fraternity to glamour league". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
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