The San Miguel Beermen signed a five-year contract with the league; this is a different team from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) team owned by San Miguel Corporation that now carries the Petron Blaze Boosters name.
[4] Six of the eight teams participated in the To Be Number One Basketball Challenge held in Bangkok in benefit of the victims of the 2011 Thailand floods.
The San Miguel Beermen defeated the AirAsia Philippine Patriots to win the championship.
[5] In 2012, the Beermen, the Patriots and the Qatari team Al -Jaysh will participate in another preseason tournament at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.
Qualified to the semifinals The semi-finals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting game 1, and 3 if necessary.