| 2001 Metropolitan Basketball Association Season | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | June 3 - December 19, 2001 |
| Games | 28 |
| Teams | 8 |
| TV partner(s) | ABS-CBN PTV/NBN |
| First Phase champions | Andok's San Juan Knights |
| First Phase runners-up | Negros Slashers |
| Second Phase champions | LBC-Batangas Blades |
| Second Phase runners-up | Negros Slashers |
The 2001 MBA Season was the fourth season of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. The season began on June 3, 2001 with a new format akin its rival Philippine Basketball Association. The league used a two conferences starting with the First Phase and ending with Second Phase Nationals. The Andok's San Juan Knights won the First Phase championship defeating the Negros Slashers in 3–1 on August 24, 2001. The Second Phase concluded on December 19, 2001 where the LBC-Batangas Blades again defeating Negros for the championship 3-1.
6 Teams have folded from the league: Cagayan de Oro Amigos, Iloilo Megavoltz, LBC-Manila Metrostars, Pampanga Dragons, Pasig-Rizal Pirates and Surigao Warriors. Which brought to a league low 8 teams participating in the season since its start in 1998.
The league was also broadcast by ABS-CBN Sports for the fourth and final season as a exclusive broadcast contract for the league as aired over PTV (later renanamed the National Broadcasting Network) but because of UAAP coverage was prioritized exclusively broadcast on Studio 23 for the 64th season.
| Team | W-L | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|
| LBC-Batangas Blades | 11-3 | 1-2 |
| Andok's San Juan Knights | 10-4 | 6-2 |
| FedEx Laguna Lakers | 7-7 | 0-1 |
| Nueva Ecija Patriots | 3-11 |
| Team | W-L | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|
| Negros Slashers | 10-4 | 3-3 |
| Cebuana Lhuiller Gems | 10-4 | 0-2 |
| TPG Davao Eagles | 3-11 | |
| SocSarGen/Taguig Marlins | 2-12 |
| Team | W-L | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|
| LBC-Batangas Blades | 11-3 | 6-2 |
| FedEx Laguna Lakers | 11-3 | 0-2 |
| Andok's San Juan Knights | 9-5 | 3-3 |
| Nueva Ecija Patriots | 3-11 |
| Team | W-L | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|
| Negros Slashers | 10-4 | 4-5 |
| Cebuana Lhuiller Gems | 5-9 | 4-3 |
| TPG Davao Eagles | 4-10 | 0-2 |
| SocSarGen/Taguig Marlins | 3-11 |
| National Playoffs (best-of-3) | Conference Finals (best-of-5) | 2001 MBA National Finals (best-of-5) | ||||||||||||
| LBC-Batangas (bye) | ||||||||||||||
| LBC-Batangas | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Andok's San Juan | 1 | |||||||||||||
| FedEx Laguna | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andok's San Juan | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | LBC-Batangas | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Negros | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Negros (bye) | ||||||||||||||
| Negros | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Cebuana Lhuiller | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Cebuana Lhuiller | 2 | |||||||||||||
| TPG Davao | 0 | |||||||||||||