The 2002 MBA Season was the fifth and final season of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. The season started on April 6, 2002.[1] The First Phase concluded with the RCPI-Negros Slashers winning their first title over the LBC-Batangas Blades in a 3–0 sweep. league would fold halfway the Second Phase on July 26, 2002, due to the high expenses in funding a regional basketball league, with ABS-CBN also withdrawing the funding for the league. Several players went to the semi-professional Philippine Basketball League en route to the PBA.[2][3]
First Conference
Northern Conference
| Team |
W |
L |
|---|
| Olongapo Volunteers |
7 |
3 |
| LBC Batangas Blades |
6 |
4 |
| Osaka Pangasinan Waves |
5 |
5 |
| Sunkist-Pampanga Stars |
1 |
9 |
Southern Conference
| Team |
W |
L |
|---|
| RCPI Negros Slashers |
7 |
3 |
| Professional Davao Eagles |
6 |
4 |
| Cebuana Lhuillier Gems |
6 |
4 |
| Casino Cagayan De Oro Amigos |
2 |
8 |
First Conference Playoffs
Source:[4]
| Quarterfinals
| | | First Conference Finals
| |
| | | | | | | | | |
| 1
| Olongapo
| 75
| | |
|
| 4
| LBC Batangas
| 76
| |
| | LBC Batangas
| 0
| |
|
| |
| | | RCPI Negros
| 2
| |
| 3
| RCPI Negros
| 93
| |
| |
| 2
| Professional Davao
| 90
| |
Second Phase " The Nationals"
The league would fold during the season on July 26, 2002. Thus cancelling the conference and thus marked the end of the MBA.
Northern Conference
| Team |
W |
L |
|---|
| Gilbey's-Olongapo Volunteers |
4 |
2 |
| LBC-Batangas Blades |
4 |
2 |
| Sunkist-Pampanga Stars |
2 |
3 |
| Osaka Pangasinan Waves |
1 |
4 |
Southern Conference
| Team |
W |
L |
|---|
| Professional Davao Eagles |
4 |
1 |
| Casino Cagayan De Oro Amigos |
3 |
2 |
| Cebuana Lhuiller Gems |
2 |
3 |
| RCPI-Negros Slashers |
1 |
4 |