NCAA Season 97 is the 2021–22 athletic year of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges ...
in the Philippines hosted by
De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde.
Background
Colegio de San Juan de Letran
The Colegio de San Juan de Letran, (transl: College of San Juan de Letran) also referred to by its acronym CSJL, is a private Catholic coeducational basic and higher education institution owned and run by the friars of the Order of Preachers i ...
's chairman awarded the Head of Sports Varsity and External Relation to the
host by giving him the NCAA Flag and to host NCAA Season 97 in the closing ceremony. The
Commission on Higher Education held a COVID-19 vaccination drive for the NCAA's student athletes which led the NCAA Management Committee (MANCOM) to seriously consider the return of face-to-face events after solely holding online events in the last season due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.
The opening of season 97 was originally scheduled to begin on March 5, 2022 but was postponed to March 26, 2022 and tipped-off at
St. Benilde Gym.
NCAA Season 97, which has the theme of “Stronger Together. Buo ang Puso”, will have a five gamedays a week calendar (Tuesday-Wednesday & Friday-Sunday). Two games will take place during each gameday. The NCAA will only hold a single round-robin tournament with a play-in. The third- and fourth-ranked teams will face off after the regular season to determine the third seed. The loser of the game will face the winner of the bout between the fifth and sixth-ranked schools to determine the fourth seed.
Basketball
The season will be held with five gamedays a week calendar, with two games being played in each gameday. These gamedays are scheduled between Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
Seniors' tournament
Elimination round
Play-in tournament
Playoffs
Volleyball
Women's tournament
Elimination round
Playoffs
Taekwondo
Seniors' tournament
Men
Women
Juniors' tournament
References
See also
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UAAP Season 84
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2022 in multi-sport events
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National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) seasons