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The Ateneo-La Salle rivalry is considered the premier rivalry of Philippine collegiate sports, with the two sides facing each other in Men's Basketball championship series 10 times across the NCAA and the UAAP. (Ateneo - 5, La Salle - 5.)
The Ateneo collegiate men's varsity basketball team was not always called the Blue Eagles. It got the name Blue Eagles when Ateneo adopted the Eagle as its mascot in 1938. Prior to that, from 1914 it was known under different names.
The rivalry began in 1939 when Ateneo lost to La Salle in a hotly contested championship basketball game in NCAA Season 16 (1939–40). [11] Basketball games between Ateneo and La Salle in the old NCAA were always hard-fought, but they were not yet tagged by local sportswriters as a recognized rivalry.
Men's collegiate basketball in particular, and intercollegiate athletics in general is fragmented in the Philippines.. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) and University Athletic Association of the Philippines are the leagues that receive the most attention, owing to their national television coverage, with the UAAP in particular described as the country's "premier and ...
The UAAP basketball sport has a rich history of schools establishing dynasties. UE won a record seven consecutive basketball titles from 1965 to 1971 albeit the third one was a shared championship with UST. Ateneo had a 5-year winning streak from 2008 to 2012. Two other schools ended their championship streak at four.
The UAAP Season 85 basketball tournaments are the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2022–23 school year. The collegiate men's and women's tournaments began on October 1, 2022. [1] [2] The Ateneo Blue Eagles reclaimed the men's title from their Finals opponents UP Fighting Maroons. The NU ...
After the Ateneo de Manila, La Salle, and San Beda left, the NCAA opened its doors to new members. In 1984, Perpetual Help College of Rizal was accepted as a new member, [ 1 ] while Trinity College of Quezon City became a full member in 1985, [ 10 ] after the Stallions were admitted earlier provisionally, in 1974 [ 7 ] ).
Friendly basketball games between Ateneo and UP were held in the 1920s. The games saw the introduction of organized cheerleading in the Philippines by Ateneo to boost their teams. [3] In 1924, both schools co-founded the NCAA. UP left the NCAA in 1938 and co-founded the UAAP. Ateneo left the NCAA in 1978 due to violence in games, and joined the ...