2016 PBA Governors' Cup
| 2016 PBA Governors' Cup | |
|---|---|
| Duration | starts July 15, 2016 |
| TV partner(s) | Local: Sports5 TV5 Fox Sports Cignal PPV (HD) Hyper (HD) International: AksyonTV International |
| Finals | |
| Awards | |
| PBA Governors' Cup chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup will be the third and last conference of the 2015–16 PBA season. Due to the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the upcoming 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which will be held in Manila, the tournament will start on July 15, 2016.[1] The tournament allows teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) for the top eight teams of combined results of the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup, while the bottom four teams will be allowed to hire imports with a height limit of 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m). The teams will be allowed to hire an additional Asian import with a height limit of 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m).
Format
The tournament format for this conference is as follows:
- Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records.
- Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. Ties are broken among head-to-head records of the tied teams.
- Quarterfinals (higher seed with the twice-to-beat advantage):
- QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed
- QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed
- QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed
- QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed
- Semifinals (best-of-5 series):
- SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
- SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
- Finals (best-of-7 series)
- Winners of the semifinals
Imports
The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted in gold are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference. Players with an asterisk indicates the Asian imports.
Import handicapping
| # | Team | Philippine Cup | Commissioner's Cup | Total | Import height limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 6'5" |
| 2 | Alaska Aces | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.0 | |
| 3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 2.4 | 0.4 | 2.8 | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | |
| 5 | Tropang TNT | 3.6 | 2.4 | 6.0 | |
| 6 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1.8 | 4.8 | 6.6 | |
| 7 | NLEX Road Warriors | 4.2 | 2.8 | 7.0 | |
| 8 | Star Hotshots | 5.4 | 3.2 | 8.6 | |
| 9 | Meralco Bolts | 7.2 | 1.6 | 8.8 | 6'9" |
| 10 | Barako Bull/Phoenix | 4.8 | 4.4 | 9.2 | |
| 11 | Blackwater Elite | 6.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | |
| 12 | Mahindra Enforcer | 6.6 | 3.6 | 10.2 |
- Philippine Cup final ranking comprises 60% of the points, while the elimination round ranking in the Commissioner's Cup is 40%. The four teams with most number of points gets to have an import of unlimited height.
References
- ↑ Rain or Shine sends Ginebra crashing out of quarterfinals, Jane Bracher, Rappler, April 19, 2016
- ↑ GlobalPort bringing back Omar Krayem, hopes to get Dominique Sutton release from TNT, Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, May 31, 2016
- ↑ Reid vows to be ready for Governors' Cup Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News, May 1, 2016
