LYCEUM of the Philippines University looks to book the last Final Four ticket in the NCAA Season 100 men's basketball tournament when it battles league-leader College of Saint Benilde on Friday, at the FilOil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City.<\/p>\r\r
Game time is 12 p.m.<\/p>\r\r
A victory against the Blazers would give the Pirates the last semifinals slot.<\/p>\r\r
A loss, however, will give Emilio Aguinaldo College the chance to tie Lyceum at number four with a victory against Jose Rizal University in the 2:30 p.m. game. To break the tie, the Generals and the Pirates will have to clash in a playoff game for the last semis ticket.<\/p>\r\r
\"Our goal is to make it to the final four and we need to take that win (versus St. Benilde), we will continue to work hard, and I like to credit my players who are ready to step up in our every game,\" Lyceum head coach Gilbert Malabanan said.<\/p>\r\r
Three teams have already secured semifinal berths: Mapua University (14-3), St. Benilde (14-3), and San Beda University (10-7).<\/p>\r\r
Mapua and St. Benilde will have the twice-to-beat advantage in the Final Four.<\/p>\r\r
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Games on Friday (FilOil EcoOil Centre):<\/strong><\/span> 12 p.m. Lyceum vs St. Benilde, 2:30 p.m. EAC vs JRU<\/em><\/p>\r\r Team Standings:<\/strong><\/span> St. Benilde** (14-3); Mapua** (14-3); San Beda* (10-7); Lyceum (9-8); EAC (8-9); Letran (8-10); Arellano (7-10); Perpetual Help (7-11); San Sebastian (5-12); JRU (4-13)<\/em><\/p>\r\r *clinched Final Four berth **clinched twice-to-beat incentive<\/em><\/p>","article_custom_fields":"{\"\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_keywords\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_description\":[\"\"],\"seo_meta_title\":[\"\"],\"sponsored_flag\":[\"\"],\"offer_flag\":[\"off\"],\"featured_article_flag\":[\"\"],\"drupal_json\":[\"{\\\"type\\\":null,\\\"properties\\\":{\\\"PUBLISHED\\\":0,\\\"PROMOTED\\\":0,\\\"STICKY\\\":0},\\\"fields\\\":[]}\"],\"wp_custom_json\":[\"{\\\"type\\\":\\\"\\\",\\\"fields\\\":[]}\"],\"article_tags\":[\"\"],\"show_image\":[\"off\"],\"Disable_Ad\":[\"off\"],\"disable_player\":[\"off\"],\"column\":[\"\"],\"kicker\":[\"\"],\"edel\":[\"\"],\"delu\":[\"\"],\"delt\":[\"Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.\"],\"premium\":[\"off\"],\"Redirect_URL\":[\"\"],\"Registration_required\":[\"off\"],\"background_image\":[\"off\"],\"user_needs\":[\"\"],\"page_number\":\"0\",\"initial_publication\":\"The Manila Times\",\"date_created\":\"2024-11-14 23:43:49\",\"date_modified\":\"2024-11-15 11:17:09\",\"last_modified_user\":\"Sherwin Arnaiz\",\"section_color\":\"#08F304\",\"target_page\":\"0\",\"cxense_metatags\":null}","cms_type":"live","author_id":3501,"section_id":3,"seo_meta_keywords":"Lyceum,seeks,to,complete,Final,Four,cast","seo_meta_description":"","seo_meta_title":"Lyceum seeks to complete Final Four cast","publish_time":"2024-11-15 00:04:00","related_articles_ids":"","article_tags":"","sub_section_id":0,"visit_count":0,"sponsored_flag":0,"offer_flag":0,"featured_article_flag":0,"media_gallery_flag":0,"video_gallery_flag":0,"highlight_flag":0,"top_story_flag":0,"is_updated":0,"is_old_article":0,"old_article_id":0,"article_byline":"Nicole Anne D.G. Bugauisan","ts":"2024-11-15 11:17:15","last_edited":"2024-11-15 11:17:09","alt_publish_time":"2024-11-14 23:43:58","image_path":"[]","author_name":"Nicole Anne D.G. Bugauisan","section_name":"Sports","sub_section_name":"","slide_show":0,"breaking_news":0,"visit_count_update_date":null,"old_cms_article_id":null,"permalink":"2024\/11\/15\/sports\/lyceum-seeks-to-complete-final-four-cast\/2004830","show_image_in_thumb":0,"api_status":2,"a_custom_data":"{\"exclude_from_gallery\":null,\"lead_image_id\":null}","publication_id":2,"max_publish_time":"2024-11-15 00:04:00","page_number":"","homepage_article_flag":0,"article_shortlink":null,"cropped_image":0};
Lyceum seeks to complete Final Four cast
