Separate men's and juniors' tournaments are held for male college and senior high school students, respectively.

[1] The Letran Knights won the men's championship after beating three-time defending champions and erstwhile unbeaten San Beda Red Lions in the Finals.

San Beda eliminated the LSGH Greenies, which qualified by defeating the Arellano Braves in a playoff, in the first game to advance to the Finals.

The Letran Knights and Squires replaced their red uniforms with white ones, after request by the NCAA.

[15] At the end of the elimination round, three-time defending champion San Beda finished first with an undefeated season, winning all 18 games.

The Red Lions, who last finished the elimination round undefeated in 2010, advanced to their 14th consecutive Finals appearance.

The San Sebastian Stags defeated the Perpetual Altas to eliminate the Mapua Cardinals to qualify.

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.This is a one-game playoff.

RK Ilagan led the Stags to a final run late in the game, reducing the deficit to one point, 81–80 with less than two minutes left.

Balanza, Fran Yu and Larry Muyang scored on that crucial fourth quarter run to clinch the Knights' first Finals appearance since 2015.

By the middle of the fourth quarter, the Red Lions were leading 58–56 when Fran Yu and Jerrick Balanza each scored a three-pointer, with Larry Muyang converting his free-throws to give Letran the lead 63–60 late in the fourth quarter.

Evan Nelle made a shot on the next play, bringing back the lead to one in favor of Letran.

Calvin Oftana missed a three-pointer for San Beda that could've given them the lead; Fran Yu rebounded the ball, was fouled, and missed both free-throws, but San Beda failed to grab the rebound as time expired.

Fran Yu, who finished the game with eight points, five rebounds, seven assists and three steals, was named Finals MVP.

Yukien Andrada tied a game-high 23 points, with 13 coming in the fourth quarter to lead the Red Cubs.

[41] The Staglets forced a rubber match against the Junior Pirates, with four players finishing in double figures.

[41] In the deciding Game 2, John Borba led the Junior Pirates to their first ever NCAA Finals appearance, with 36 points in 15/19 field-goal percentage.

San Beda's Rhayyan Amsali was named Finals MVP, and Manu Inigo won his first title on his rookie season.