College basketball teams from seven universities competed in the NCAA Season 72 basketball tournaments which were sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (or NCAA), an athletics association of ten colleges and universities in the Philippines.
Colegio de San Juan de Letran Jose Rizal College Mapua Institute of Technology Perpetual Help College of Rizal Philippine Christian University San Beda College San Sebastian College-Recoletos The 1996 NCAA Basketball Tournament was the 72nd season in the Philippine National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is an athletics association of ten colleges and universities in the Philippines. 
