[1] In the men's tournament, the Benilde Blazers finished first, and defeated the #4 seed San Beda Red Lions in the semifinals.

After a series of playoff games, Letran defeated #4 seed Malayan Red Robins, while #2 San Beda Red Cubs lost all of its semifinal games against #3 seed LSGH Greenies.

After COVID restrictions limited the elimination round to a single round-robin with the introduction of a play-in tournament in the previous season, Season 98 returned to a double round-robin eliminations for the men's tournament.

[3] Just like in Season 97, game days are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

For the men's tournament, Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City hosted the opening day, while Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan hosted the remainder of the elimination round.

[16] Filoil EcoOil Centre hosted the semifinals,[17] while the NCAA returned to the Araneta Coliseum for the first two games of the Finals.

[19] For the juniors' tournament, the Emilio Aguinaldo College Gym in Manila hosted the elimination round,[5] except for the final gameday, which was held at the nearby San Andres Sports Complex,[20] which then hosted all of the playoff games.

[21] The ban of foreign student-athletes first applied in Season 96 (2020) is still in effect, requiring all players to be Filipinos.

The annual GMA-NCAA All-Star Game was on October 15, 2022, at the Filoil EcoOil Centre.

This is a de facto game 1 of a best-of-three series between LSGH and San Beda.

LSGH qualified to the semifinals by virtue of having the best tiebreaker among the four teams tied from second to fourth.

[76] The awards were handed out prior to Game 2 of the Finals at the San Andres Sports Complex.