No. 1 seed has beaten the No. 4 seed in 24 out of the 26 times (92%). The No. 1 seed has beaten the No. 4 seed 19 times on the first game (79%). The No. 1 seed has beaten the No. 4 seed 5 times on the second game (21%). The only times the No. 1 seed was beaten by the No. 4 seed were during the NU-UST matchup in 2013 (UST won), and the Ateneo-NU matchup in 2014 (NU won). The No. 2 seed has beaten the No. 3 seed 19 out of 27 times (70%). The No. 2 seed has beaten the No. 3 seed 14 times on the first game (74%). The No. 2 seed has beaten the No. 3 seed 5 times on the second game (26%). Out of the 8 times the No. 2 seed was beaten, the No. 2 seed was UE thrice (38%) and Adamson twice (25%). The No. 4 seed has beaten the No. 2 seed 1 out of 1 times (100%). The only time the No. 2 seed was beaten by the No. 4 seed was during the UST-UP matchup in 2019 (UST won) due to the stepladder format. The No. 3 seed has beaten the No. 4 seed 1 out of 2 times (50%). With UE sweeping the group stage, there were two semifinal rounds for 2007. With Ateneo sweeping the group stage, there were two semifinal rounds for 2019. The No. 1 seed skipped the semifinals twice (7%; in 2007, when UE swept the group stage, and in 2019, when Ateneo swept the group stage) A victory of the No. 3 seed in a series is considered a big upset considering that the No. 3 seed has to win twice, not to mention the perceived superiority of the No. 2 seed when compared to the No. 3 seed. In the finals, the advantage of the No. 1 seed isn't as pronounced since the competing teams have to win the same number of games: The No. 1 seed has beaten the No. 2 seed 11 of 17 times (65%) The No. 1 seed has beaten the No. 3 seed 5 of 8 times (63%) The No. 1 seed has beaten the No. 4 seed 1 of 1 times (100%) The No. 2 seed has beaten the No. 1 seed 6 of 17 times (35%) The No. 2 seed has