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 The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament:PBA D-LEAGUE OPENS OCT. 23, PBADleague.ph 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
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 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
^ 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.Fruitas forfeits game for fielding ineligible player, PBADleague.ph
Results
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Cagayan vs. Cebuana Lhuillier
Big Chill vs. JRU
Semifinals
NLEX-JRU series
Black Water-Cagayan series
Finals
See also List of developmental and minor sports leagues PBA Developmental League Philippine Basketball Association
References
External links Official website