The Mapúa Cardinals won their first men's championship since NCAA Season 67 (1991), defeated the Benilde Blazers.

Benilde finished second, and ousted the defending champions San Beda Red Lions in the other semifinal.

Unlike in the past two seasons, while men's gamedays are held five days a week, all gamedays was scheduled to be doubleheaders, except for the final playing day of the first round of eliminations, which shall be a single game involving last year's finals participants.

[10] The second gameday postponed by Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami), and the semifinals was held at the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay.

[13] The men's tournament started on September 7, 2024, with the traditional host vs. defending champion opening game featuring the Lyceum Pirates and the San Beda Red Lions in the SM Mall of Asia Arena.

[15] The NCAA postponed October 23[16] and 25 games[17] due to inclement weather caused by Tropical Storm Kristine (Trami).

The top two seeded teams after the elimination round have the twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals, where they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents only once.

[23] CSB clinched the #2 seed after Mapúa won against Arellano in their final elimination round game.

San Sebastian's Paeng Are emerged as the scoring champion, and Benilde's Allen Liwag won the rebounding title, this season.

[47] Additional game 2 crew: Martin Javier (interviewer and awarding ceremony presenter) The juniors' tournament is expected to be held in the second semester of academic year in early 2025.