Glenn Capacio Jose Jose Gonzalez Kerby Raymundo Napoleon Garcia
Captain
Mark Cruz (5th season)
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
The 2015 Letran Knights men's basketball team represented Colegio de San Juan de Letran in the 91st season of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2015-16 began on June 27, 2015, and the host school for the season was Mapúa Institute of Technology.[1]
The Knights finished the double round-robin eliminations tied at first and second places together with the defending champions San Beda Red Lions with 13 wins against 5 losses.[2] In the classification match, the Knights failed to clinched the top seed, but still got the twice-to-beat advantage going in to the Final Four.[3] In the Final Four, the Knights beat the Mapúa Cardinals led by Nigerian center and newly crowned Season 91 MVP Allwell Oraeme, 91–90, and went on to the Finals to face the defending champions San Beda.[4]
The Knights then defeated the Red Lions in three games, with the final game reached in overtime, ending a ten-year title drought.[5][6][7] Mark Cruz was named NCAA Finals MVP, averaging 17.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and three steals.[8]
^"LOOK: Highlights of NCAA Season 91 kick off". ABS-CBN News. June 27, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
^Icasiano, Nissi (October 9, 2015). "Letran eliminates Perpetual Help, notches twice-to-beat advantage". Rappler. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
^"NCAA: San Beda clinches top spot with win over Letran; Mapua secures Final Four berth". CNN Philippines. October 13, 2015. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
^Leongson, Randolph (October 20, 2015). "'Small ball' works as Letran aims to end 10-year title drought". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
^Flores-Colina, Celest (October 23, 2015). "Letran nips San Beda to go 1-0 in NCAA Finals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
^Icasiano, Nissi (October 27, 2015). "San Beda wins Game 2, forces NCAA Finals rubber match with Letran". Rappler. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
^Icasiano, Nissi (October 29, 2015). "Letran beats San Beda in Game 3, wins first NCAA title in 10 years". Rappler. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
^Lozada, Bong (October 29, 2015). "Letran ends San Beda's reign, claims NCAA Season 91 crown". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
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