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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.
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University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons. The Blue Eagles have had several rivalries throughout the years. Before the NCAA was founded and into the early years after its foundation (1924), Ateneo's fiercest basketball rivals were the UP Fighting Maroons (then known as the Maroon and Greens).
The Ateneo Blue Eagles and the De La Salle Green Archers have met in the championships of the NCAA and UAAP at least nine times. The Blue Eagles won the men's basketball title over La Salle in 1958, 1988, 2002, 2008, and 2017 whereas the Green Archers prevailed in 1939, 1974, 2001, and 2016.
Ateneo de Manila University (Filipino: Pamantasang Ateneo de Manila; Spanish: Universidad Ateneo de Manila), commonly referred to as Ateneo de Manila or Ateneo, is a private, Catholic, teaching and research university, [7] and a basic education institution located in Quezon City, Philippines.
The men's basketball tournaments of UAAP Season 69 (A.Y. 2006-07) started on July 8, 2006 at the Araneta Coliseum and ended on October 2, 2006 also at the same venue with the UST Growling Tigers defeating the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the third game of their Finals series. Ateneo finished first in the elimination round.
In the same year, Ateneo was officially recognized as a Jesuit school, separate from the parish, and Fr. Alfredo Paguia, S.J. became its first rector on June 16, 1949. [6] [10] [15] The school later adopted the Blue Eagle as its mascot, ahead of Ateneo de Manila. [14] The Brebeuf Gymnasium shortly after its completion.
The gymnasium is the home of the Ateneo Blue Eagles, Ateneo de Manila University's varsity teams. It was used also as a training venue for the 2015 U23 and SEA Games national women's volleyball teams managed by the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas , Inc. (LVPI), whose secretary general, Ricky Palou happened to be a former athletic director of the ...