The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP),established in 1938,is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University (AdU),Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU),De La Salle University (DLSU),Far Eastern University (FEU),National University (NU),University of the East (UE),University of the Philippines Diliman (UP),and the University of Santo Tomas (UST). Varsity teams from these universities compete annually in the league's 30 events from 17 disciplines to vie for the overall championship title,namely,3x3 basketball,badminton,baseball,basketball,beach volleyball,chess,fencing,football,judo,softball,swimming,table tennis,taekwondo poomsae,taekwondo kyorugi (sparring),tennis,track and field,and volleyball.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is an athletics association of ten private colleges and universities in Metro Manila,Philippines. Established in 1924,it is the oldest collegiate athletic association in the country. The Philippine NCAA is not affiliated with the NCAA of the United States.
The University of the East,also known as UE,is a leading private university located in Manila,Philippines. Founded in 1946,business tycoon Lucio Tan acquired the university in 1990. UE was once labeled as the "largest university in Asia" when its enrollment in the past reached over 65,000 students.
The University of Manila (UM),is a private university in the heart of Sampaloc District in Manila,Philippines. It was founded on October 5,1913 as the Instituto de Manila,by Apolinario G. de los Santos,Mariano V. de los Santos,Maria de los Santos,Buenaventura J. Bello and Antonio Rivero. The first three were siblings. They named their school Instituto de Manila,after the city of Manila and Apolinario G. de los Santos was elected as the first director of the school.
The Letran Knights are the collegiate varsity teams representing Colegio de San Juan de Letran in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The collegiate women's varsity teams are called the Lady Knights,while the high school varsity teams are called the Squires.
Carlos "Caloy" Matute Loyzaga was a Filipino basketball player and coach. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines and is considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time. Loyzaga was a two-time Olympian,as a member of the Philippine national team.
College basketball in the Philippines is fragmented;as of today there is no single governing body,with several leagues in Metro Manila and in the provinces. The University Athletic Association of the Philippines and National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) champions are considered to be the major champions,although several other leagues,claim their champions in equal standing with those of the UAAP and the NCAA.
Basketball is the most popular sport in the Philippines,played on both the amateur and professional levels.
Lauro "The Fox" Mumar was a Filipino basketball player and later served as the national team head coach of India and the Philippines. He was one of the greatest Filipino players of his time,playing alongside compatriot legend Carlos Loyzaga. He is the father of Lawrence "Larry" Mumar who was also a basketball player.
Christian Jay Calaguio is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He last played for the San Miguel Beermen in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is a former San Beda Red Cub cager and was one of the star players of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights during his college days in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. After playing for the Knights,he went on to play in the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association as a member of the San Juan Knights.
Vincent Kenneth Marasigan Favis,better known as Binky Favis,is a Filipino former professional basketball head coach and politician.
The Quadricentennial Pavilion is a 5,792-seat multi-purpose gymnasium of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) located at the site of the former old Engineering Complex and adjacent football field in front of the Roque Ruaño Building.
The LPU Pirates are the athletic teams that represent the Lyceum of the Philippines University and plays in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines),the oldest athletic association in the Philippines. Lyceum has fifteen collegiate men's varsity teams that participate in fifteen sporting events of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines),its mother league. They are popularly known as the "Pirata ng Intramuros". The women's varsity team is called the Lady Pirates,which plays in the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) while the high school varsity basketball team is from the Cavite Campus' International High School which is called the Junior Pirates. The university takes part in various sports leagues and tournaments such as the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup,Fr. Martin's Cup,Philippine Collegiate Champions League,Milcu Sports Basketball Presents Got Skills Premier League,PBA Developmental League and Premier Volleyball League (PVL). Lyceum of the Philippines University is the youngest member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines).
Alfredo Lorenzo Mendoza Jarencio is a Filipino basketball coach and former professional basketball player who is the head coach for the NorthPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Enrique Beech was a Philippine footballer and sport shooter.
Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Marco Januz "Juno" Sauler is a basketball coach and former basketball player from the Philippines. He was a former head coach of the De La Salle University Green Archers,a collegiate team in the UAAP. Sauler is currently part of coaching staff of the Magnolia Hotshots in the Philippine Basketball Association.
Aldin Valladolid Ayo is a Filipino basketball coach and politician who currently serves as head coach for the Converge FiberXers of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He formerly played and coached his alma mater Letran Knights.
Bonnie Tan is a Filipino basketball coach serving currently for the Colegio de San Juan de Letran's men's basketball team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA) and team manager for NorthPort Batang Pier of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) since 2014. He is also a Freemason of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines
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