The 2017 PBA D-League Aspirants Cup is the first conference of the

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season. The tournament opened on January 19, 2017 at the

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. There are 10 teams in this season's Aspirant's Cup, 4 are holdovers from last year's Foundation Cup, 2 returnees after a short hiatus, and 3 new squads. 5 of the teams were represented by players from various colleges and universities.

Draft

The annual draft of the PBA D-League will be conducted on December 20, 2016. 128 aspirants—113 local players and 15 Filipino-foreigners—had already submitted their intention to participate in the draft. AMA, Tanduay, Racal, Caféfrance and Wang's will picked the first five draft picks, while a lottery will decide the draft orders of 4 new teams, San Beda-Cignal, JRU, MLQU and Batangas. As a guest team, Blustar Malaysia will be ineligible to join the drafting proceedings.

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of the De La Salle Green Archers was picked as the #1 draft pick by AMA Online Education. Draft Order
''1st Round'': * 1. AMA Online Education:

(DLSU) * 2. Tanduay: Jom Sollano (Letran) * 3. Racal: Junjun Gabriel (CDSL) * 4. Cafefrance: Patrick Aquino (CEU) * 5. Wang's: G-Boy Babilonia (Ateneo) * 6. Victoria Sports-MLQU: Jayson Grimaldo (MLQU) * 7. Cignal-San Beda: Davon Potts (San Beda) * 8. Batangas: Wilmar Anderson (UB) * 9. JRU: ''PASS'' * 10. Blustar Malaysia: ''PASS''

Tournament Format

* Ten teams will play in a single round-robin elimination phase. * Only the top six teams will only make it to the playoffs after the elimination round. * #1 & #2 seeds will head straight to the semifinals, where #3-#6 seeds will undergo in the quarterfinals. * The Semifinals and the Championship will both be contested in a best-of-3 series.

Draft

Tournament Format

Team Standings

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

Awards

References

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