The 2008 Letran Knights men's basketball team represented Colegio de San Juan de Letran in the 84th season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2008-09 began on June 28, 2008, and the host school for the season was Mapúa Institute of Technology.
The Knights, after finishing the double round-robin eliminations with 9 wins against 5 losses, underwent a series of classification matches before landing at third place. In a tight race for the Final Four, four teams including the Knights, were tied from 2nd to 5th place. Letran beat the hosts Mapúa in the classification round, advancing in the second-seed playoff and a virtual best-of-three series against JRU. In the next round, the Heavy Bombers manhandled the Knights 69–53. In the Final Four, the Knights were eliminated by JRU in one game. Letran star shooting guard RJ Jazul was named one of the Mythical Five members.
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NCAA Season 84 games results
Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on Studio 23. DateTimeOpponentVenueResultRecordFirst round of eliminations1st place after the 1st round (6 wins–1 loss)Second round of eliminationsTied for 2nd–5th place at 9 wins–5 losses (3 wins–4 losses in the 2nd round)Classification roundAdvanced to second-seed playoff2nd seed PlayoffLost the twice-to-beat advantage to JRUFinal FourLost series in one game
Source: Ubelt.com
Awards PlayerAwardRJ JazulNCAA Mythical Five memberPlayer of the Week — June 28–July 6
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