The 2010-11 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup was the first conference of the 2010-11 PBA season. The tournament started on October 3, 2010, with the new team, Meralco Bolts defeating the Brgy. Ginebra Kings in the opening game. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.
Format
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference: The teams were divided into 2 groups.
Group A: Air21 Express Alaska Aces Barangay Ginebra Kings Meralco Bolts Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
Group B: Barako Bull Energy Boosters B-Meg Derby Ace Llamados Powerade Tigers Rain or Shine Elasto Painters San Miguel Beermen
Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 14 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings. The top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. Quarterfinal phase: QF1: #1 vs. #8, with #1 having the twice-to-beat advantage QF2: #2 vs. #7, with #2 having the twice-to-beat advantage QF3: #3 vs. #6 in a best-of three series QF4: #4 vs. #5 in a best-of three series Best-of-seven Semifinals: SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 Best-of-seven Finals: winners of the semifinals.
Elimination round
Team standings
Schedule
Bracket
Quarterfinals
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (8) Rain or Shine
(2) San Miguel vs. (7) Air21
(3) B-Meg Derby Ace vs. (6) Meralco
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Alaska
Semifinals
(1) Talk 'N Text vs. (4) B-Meg Derby Ace
(2) San Miguel vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra
Finals
Conference records
Records marked with an asterisk (*) were accomplished with one or more overtime periods.
Team
Individual
Awards
Conference
Best Player of the Conference: Jay Washington (San Miguel) Finals MVP: Jimmy Alapag and Jayson Castro (Talk 'N Text)