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(PBA) Commissioner's Cup was the second conference of the

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. The tournament began on February 10 and ended on May 6, 2012. The tournament is an import-laden format, which means that a team may sign an import or a pure-foreign player for each team with no height limit.

Format

The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:2011-12 PBA Commissioner's Cup Format
PBA.ph, February 1, 2012 * Single round-robin eliminations; 9 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. * The next four teams will play in a best of three quarterfinals series for the two last berths in the semifinals. Matchups are: ** QF1: #3 team vs. #6 team ** QF2: #4 team vs. #5 team * The winners of the quarterfinals will challenge the top two teams in a best-of-five semifinals series. Matchups are: ** SF1: #1 vs. QF2 ** SF2: #2 vs. QF1 *The winners in the semifinals advance to the best-of-seven finals.

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Sixth seed playoff

Second seed playoff

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(3) B-Meg vs. (6) Meralco

(4) Alaska vs. (5) Barako Bull series

Semifinals

(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) Barako Bull

(2) Barangay Ginebra vs. (3) B-Meg

Finals

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 are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.

Awards

Conference

*Best Player of the Conference: Mark Caguioa (Barangay Ginebra) *Best Import of the Conference:

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(B-Meg) *Finals MVP:

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