University of Perpetual Help System DALTA hosted the season, starting with an opening ceremony held on July 2, 2011 followed by a triple-header game.

The Red Lions, after being beaten by the JRU Heavy Bombers, ended the second round with a six-game winning run.

In the juniors' tournament, the San Beda Red Cubs won all 18 elimination round games to qualify outright to the finals with the thrice to beat advantage.

The Greenies led for much of the game until they quelled an end-game rally by Letran to clinch the school's first NCAA finals berth.

The Red Cubs defeated the Philippines under-16 basketball team 79–70 to win the juniors event, with Francis Abarcar being named most valuable player.

San Beda's Garvo Lanete and Yousef Taha of the Mapúa Cardinals were named members of the mythical team.

[3] In the Father Martin Cup, Mapua was defeated by the NU Bulldogs of the UAAP in the men's final, 87–83 in overtime.

Also, in an effort to "go green", the league announced that the tickets used for the basketball tournaments will be produced under an environment-friendly system.

The creation of ticket-on-demand system prevents the accumulation of unsold tickets that are stored every year, and reduces the amount of paper used.

While no reason was given, sources of the Philippine Daily Inquirer stated that the non-inclusion of a UPHSD player by the NCAA board was the cause of his resignation.

[6] While the NCAA board allowed UPHSD player Marlon Gomez to play after sitting out last season to residency, UPHSD president Anthony Tamayo announced that he will not be entered during the games; this also came after the board disallowed another player, Paul Nuilan, who allegedly misrepresented documents on his transfer from Far Eastern University to Letran to Perpetual.

Gomez was almost cleared to play for Perpetual in 2010 until JRU showed documents that he had enrolled there after transferring from Philippine Christian University.

[8] The men's tournaments began on July 2, 2011 after the opening ceremonies at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City.

The loss of Borgie Hermida and Sudan Daniel made them confident that they will defeat the Red Lions in any game.

They gave the Red Lions their first loss since the 85th season with the so-called Pinatubo Trio contributing most of the team's points.

The Bombers started the season with a back-to-back loss from the San Sebastian Stags and the Arellano Chiefs.