San Sebastian–Letran rivalry

This rivalry is between Recto's San Sebastian and Muralla's Letran. The rivalry is played at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines).

Letran–San Sebastian men's basketball rivalry

Letran Knights San Sebastian Golden Stags
Sport	Men's basketball
Latest meeting	October 22, 2024 (Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan) Letran, 101–98
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
All-time record	NCAA Final Four (Philippines) appearances Letran 18 San Sebastian 15 Titles Letran: NCAA 20 San Sebastian: NCAA 12
Longest win streak	Letran, 9 (2004–2008)
Current win streak	Letran, 1 (2024–present)

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Locations of San Sebastian (gold) and Letran (blue).

The Knights became the first 4th seed to upset the 1st seed in the Final Four when they defeated the Stags twice during the 1999 NCAA Final Four. That feat would soon be duplicated the following year when the 4th seed Stags upended top seed JRC Heavy Bombers in the 2000 NCAA Final Four. The Knights went on to win the 1999 NCAA championship.

Head-to-head record by sport

Seniors' Division

General Championship

Letran leads the General Championship race with 9–4. ^[1]

• Letran (9) – 1979–80, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10
• San Sebastian (4) – 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95

Juniors' Division

General Championship

Letran leads the general championship race with 7–6. ^[1]

• Letran (7) – 1983, 1986, 1987, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
• San Sebastian (6) – 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Basketball Statistics

Men's basketball results

After both Ateneo and La Salle left, San Sebastian (frequently shortened to "Baste") strengthened their basketball program. The recruitment of Paul Alvarez by San Sebastian and Samboy Lim by Letran provided several close games in the 1980s which led to the birth of the rivalry.

In the 1980s, Letranites were notorious for yelling profanities at the San Sebastian players, and on one occasion, led to a rumble at Vito Cruz Avenue when at the last second, a power interruption occurred, causing confusion on what team won the championship. The rumbles between the two schools have become more frequent which solidified the intense rivalry between the two schools. ^[2] Paul Alvarez would later play for the Pennsylvania Valley Dawgs of the United States Basketball League. ^[3]

The final four was instituted in 1997; ^{[4] [5]} prior to that the first and second round winners, plus the team with the best overall standing if it did not win either round, participated in the championship round to determine the champion.

The rivalry continued in the turn of the millennium when the Stags met the Knights in the finals twice. This led to several memorable games in which the Knights won the 1998 edition with a barrage of three-pointers and free way ows by Letran's Nicholas Pacheco with a few seconds remaining to win their 13th championship. The Knights also became the first 4th seed to upset the 1st seed in the Final Four when they defeated the Stags twice during the 1999 NCAA Final Four. That feat would soon be duplicated the following year when the 4th seed Stags upended top seed JRC Heavy Bombers in the 2000 NCAA Final Four. The Knights went on to win the 1999 NCAA championship. In the 2003 NCAA Finals, the Stags (defending champs) made a rally in the 4th quarter in the 3rd game of their series and kept Letran scoreless for almost 6 minutes that led them to take the lead but Boyet Bautista started the comeback by tying the game at 48-all and then his teammates Jonathan Piñera and Aaron Aban finished the game to win their 15th championship at the expense of the Stags. In 2004, they renewed their rivalry in the second round of eliminations wherein Letran denied Baste's Final 4 hopes and eventually broke their streak of Final Four appearances (since the inception of the final four format in 1998 San Sebastian is always in the Final Four) making it their worst performance in 6 years.

In 2009, Letran ended San Sebastian's 15 winning streak as they gave out the Stags' first loss of the season, and the Knights prevented the Golden Stags from sweeping the 18 game elimination round to qualify outright in the Finals

In 2010, Letran gave San Sebastian a scare as the Stags escaped the Knights with a one-point lead.and The Stags put the Knights in the brink of elimination

In 2011, Letran once again ended the Stags' 15-game winning streak and gave its first loss of the season via overtime.

In 2012, Letran swept the series against San Sebastian at the elimination round. With the Stags had a twice-to-beat advantage over the Knights, Letran once again beat San Sebastian to force another game as Kevin Alas scored 43 points, in the do-or-die game, Letran came back in the fourth quarter to beat the Stags, 73–70, eliminating the Stags from the Finals contention versus San Beda.

In 2017, Both schools met in the playoffs for the first time since 2013 but this time in a hard way with Lyceum sweeping the regular season 18–0 and automatically advances to the finals. 3 teams tied for the number 4 seed in the stepladder semifinals with San Sebastian had the highest quotient among the 3 against Letran and Arellano with the latter 2 needed to figure it out in a knock out match (in which Letran won) in the right to face against San Sebastian. In the proper 4th-seed playoff game, San Sebastian's Michael Calisaan scored a season-high and a career-high double double performance of 36 points and 10 rebounds to eliminate Letran anew with a score of 74–69(with the Golden Stags scoring the last 5 points including a 3-point shot going into regulation that put away the game from the Knights) to advanced to the 1st round of the stepladder semifinals facing off against the JRU Heavy Bombers.

In 2019, With San Beda sweeping the regular season 18–0, gaining an outright finals berth and forcing the post season into a stepladder format. Both teams faced off in the 1st round of the stepladder semifinals with Letran winning the game 85–80(as the Knights survived a late 4th quarter scare from San Sebastian after the Stags cut the deficit into a 1-point game heading into regulation) to advanced to the 2nd round against the Lyceum Pirates (in which Letran also won 92–88) enrouting to their Cinderella run against the San Beda Red Lions, and winning the championship.

Pre-Final Four era

Letran victories

San Sebastian victories

No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 1 1982 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 91–83 2 October 1986 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 79–75 [a] 3 October 1986* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 93–86 [b] 4 October 1986* Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 80–70 [c] 5 October 1986* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 88–86 [d] 6 September 29, 1987 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 94–91 [6] [e] 7 October 1, 1987* Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 91–81 [f] 8 October 6, 1987* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 93–90 [g] No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 9 October 9, 1987* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 63–62 [h] 10 1987 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 77–73 [7] [i] 11 1992 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 94–89 [8] [j] 12 September 30, 1992 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 108–93 [9] 13 October 6, 1992* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 98–91 [10] [k] 14 October 10, 1992* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 94–85 [11] [l] (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Final Four era

Both teams are expected to meet at least 2 times per year.

Letran victories

San Sebastian victories

No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 1 1998* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 81–74OT [m] 2 1999^ Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 65–63 [n] 3 2000 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 51–41 4 2000 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 67–58 5 August 6, 2001 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 75–63 [12] 6 August 27, 2001 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 83–62 7 August 5, 2002 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 72–62 [13] 8 August 19, 2002 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 74–59 9 July 14, 2003 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 73–64 [14] 10 August 29, 2003 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 63–61 11 September 17, 2003* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 89–73 [o] 12 September 19, 2003* Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 85–77 [p] 13 September 24, 2003* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 64–59 [q] 14 July 30, 2004 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 72–68 [15] 15 September 3, 2004 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 81–78 [r] 16 July 4, 2005 Cuneta Astrodome Letran 78–65 [s] 17 August 31, 2005 Cuneta Astrodome Letran 65–46 18 September 9, 2005^ Cuneta Astrodome Letran 93–60 [t] 19 July 3, 2006 Ninoy Aquino Stadium Letran 81–73 20 August 16, 2006 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 62–56 21 July 6, 2007 The Arena Letran 71–61 [16] [u] 22 August 24, 2007 The Arena Letran 67–63 23 July 16, 2008 Cuneta Astrodome Letran 71–67 [v] 24 September 25, 2008 Cuneta Astrodome San Sebastian 76–73 [w] 25 August 14, 2009 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 77–74 [17] [x] 26 August 28, 2009 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 80–63 [y] 27 June 26, 2010 Araneta Coliseum San Sebastian 59–53 [z] 28 September 13, 2010 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 59–58 [aa] 29 July 20, 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 71–62 [18] [ab] 30 September 30, 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 82–81OT [ac] 31 October 17, 2011^ Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 70–62 [ad] No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 32 October 19, 2011^ Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 63–56 [ae] 33 June 23, 2012 Smart Araneta Coliseum Letran 80–74 [19] [af] 34 September 15, 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 82–67 [ag] 35 October 13, 2012^ Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 92–74 [ah] 36 October 15, 2012^ Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 73–70 [ai] 37 June 22, 2013 Mall of Asia Arena Letran 74–69 [20] [aj] 38 October 12, 2013 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 75–68 [ak] 39 November 7, 2013^ Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 85–58 [al] 40 June 28, 2014 Mall of Asia Arena San Sebastian 85–83 [21] [am] 41 September 8, 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 75–73 42 July 21, 2015 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 82–76 [22] [an] 43 August 25, 2015 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 89–87 [ao] 44 July 19, 2016 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 90–77 [23] 45 September 2, 2016 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 73–61 [ap] 46 August 15, 2017 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 79–75OT 47 September 26, 2017 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 95–64 48 October 24, 2017≠ Filoil Flying V Arena #4 San Sebastian 74–69 [aq] 49 July 20, 2018 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 83–76 50 October 9, 2018 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 79–61 51 August 20, 2019 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 102–101OT [24] 52 September 20, 2019 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 99–82 [ar] 53 November 5, 2019^ Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 85–80 [as] 54 April 26, 2022 St. Benilde Gym Letran 73–69 [at] 55 October 5, 2022 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 77–69 56 October 23, 2022 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 69–50 57 October 18, 2023 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 86–71 [25] [26] [au] 58 November 8, 2023 Filoil EcoOil Centre San Sebastian 94–75 [27] [28] 59 September 8, 2024 Filoil EcoOil Centre San Sebastian 91–84 [av] [29] 60 October 22, 2024 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 101–982OT [30] [31] [32] Series: Letran leads 38–22 (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Notes

1. The Letran Knights dropped two games in the first round to Mapua, 82–84, and San Sebastian, 75–79, and figured in a three-way tie for second place with Mapua Cardinals and Perpetual Help College.
2. Finals Game 1.
3. Finals Game 2.
4. Finals Game 3.
5. Letran denied San Sebastian the outright championship with a 94–91 overtime victory at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. With Letran up, Jerry Ruiz fouled San Sebastian's Arnold Adlawan with 0.9 seconds left in regulation. Adlawan scored on a free-throw to tie the game at 82. In the overtime period, Letran never trailed as Fil-Am William Johnson and local Roberto Ruiz prevented San Sebastian's Eugene Quilban and foreign-student Napoleon Hatton from scoring. In the final three seconds of overtime, Letran's Fernando Libed, under medication for hepatitis, secured the win with a three-point play off a foul from Hatton.
6. Finals Game 1.
7. Finals Game 2.
8. Finals Game 3.
9. In a rematch of the 1987 first round finale, San Sebastian prevailed over Letran 77–73 preventing a comeback from the Knights which cut the 38–58 SSC lead to a 2-point 71–73 deficit. Paul Alvarez tipped on a miss from a fellow Stag, but Letran's Robert Ruiz split his two free-throws to keep pace with SSC, 72–75. Marlon Bolabola put up a free-throw, then Melchor Teves grabbed the rebound, that led to Crizalde Bade converting two free-throws for SSC off a Jerry Ruiz foul to put San Sebastian up for good 77–73.
10. San Sebastian Stags were on their way to a first round sweep, scoring four straight victories and were leading by 20 points in the second half against Letran, 76–56, in their last assignment in the first round when the Knights rallied back and pulled off a 94–89 comeback victory over the Stags.
11. Finals Game 1.
12. Finals Game 2.
13. Finals Game 2.
14. Semifinals. Letran, the fourth seed, eliminated the top-seeded San Sebastian Stags who had a twice-to-beat advantage. Letran went on to win the championship vs. JRU.
15. Finals Game 1.
16. Finals Game 2.
17. Finals Game 3. Letran ends its 4-year title drought.
18. San Sebastian's loss eventually booted them out of the playoffs.
19. Letran had a 2–0 record prior to the game.
20. Semifinals. Letran went on to win the championship vs. PCU.
21. Letran had a 2–0 record prior to the game.
22. Letran had a 3–0 record prior to the game.
23. San Sebastian was on a 5-game winning streak prior to the game. San Sebastian ended its 9-game losing skid against Letran since 2004.
24. San Sebastian had an 8–0 record prior to the game.
25. San Sebastian was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game. San Sebastian lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.
26. Opening game.
27. San Sebastian was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game. San Sebastian lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.
28. Both teams had a 3–0 record prior to the game.
29. A repeat of season 85, San Sebastian had a 15–0 record prior to the game. Letran gave San Sebastian its first loss of the season.
30. Semifinals game 1. Letran forces a rubber match.
31. Semifinals game 2, San Sebastian lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.
32. Opening game.
33. San Sebastian and Letran were on a 4-game and 2-game winning streak respectively prior to the game.
34. Semifinals game 1. Letran forces a rubber match.
35. Semifinals game 2. Letran lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.
36. Opening game.
37. Letran was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game.
38. Semifinals. Letran lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.
39. Opening game.
40. Letran had a 3–0 record prior to the game.
41. San Sebastian pulled an upset over Letran, who had an 8–1 record prior to the game.
42. San Sebastian was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game.
43. 4th seed-playoff. San Sebastian enters the semifinals for the 1st time since 2013, San Sebastian lost in the semifinals vs. San Beda.
44. Letran ends San Sebastian's 5-game winning streak.
45. Stepladder semifinals 1st round. Letran went on to win the championship vs. San Beda.
46. First Letran-San Sebastian NCAA game since the COVID-19 pandemic. Letran had a 7–0 record prior to the game. Letran eliminated San Sebastian from the play-in tournament contention.
47. Letran had a 0–7 record prior to the game.
48. Opening game.

Juniors' Basketball Results

Pre-Final Four era

Letran victories

San Sebastian victories

No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 1 October 1, 1987 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 91–83 [a] 2 1988 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 1–0 [b] No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 3 1990 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 1–0 [c] (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Final Four era

Both teams are expected to meet at least 2 times per year.

Letran victories

San Sebastian victories

No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 1 2005 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 1–0 2 2005 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 1–0 [d] 3 2006 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 1–0 4 2006 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Sebastian 1–0 [e] 5 July 2, 2007 The Arena in San Juan Letran 75–74 6 August 24, 2007 The Arena in San Juan San Sebastian 70–64 7 September 19, 2007* The Arena in San Juan San Sebastian 90–72 [f] 8 September 26, 2007* The Arena in San Juan San Sebastian 88–83 [g] 9 July 16, 2008 Cuneta Astrodome San Sebastian 79–70 [h] 10 August 20, 2008 Cuneta Astrodome San Sebastian 88–80 [i] 11 July 16, 2008 Cuneta Astrodome San Sebastian 79–70 [j] 12 September 24, 2008* Araneta Coliseum San Sebastian 83–81 [k] 13 September 24, 2008* Araneta Coliseum San Sebastian 77–70 [l] 14 2009 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 89–79 15 2009 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 81–73 16 October 16, 2009^ Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 89–84 [m] 17 2010 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 89–83 [n] 18 2010 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 78–68 [o] 19 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 84–72 20 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 85–65 [p] 21 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 87–85 [q] No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 22 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 75–51 [r] 23 2013 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 75–61 [s] 24 2013 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 84–75 [t] 25 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 62–51OT [u] 26 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 88–83 27 2015 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 75–71 28 2015 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 78–73 29 2016 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 80–73 30 2016 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 75–71 31 2017 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 85–74OT 32 2017 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 67–66 [v] 33 2018 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 62–59 34 2018 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 87–78 35 2019 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 72–64 36 2019 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 86–81 [w] 37 2023 Emilio Aguinaldo College Gym Letran 91–86 [x] 38 February 18, 2024 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 78–66 [33] 39 March 10, 2024^ Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 91–77 [34] 40 March 23, 2025 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 88–84 [35] Series: San Sebastian leads 23–17 (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Notes

1. Finals Game 1.
2. Letran's first round elimination round losses came from San Beda and JRU only.
3. Letran swept the second round elimination.
4. Letran was winless in the elimination round.
5. Letran was winless in the elimination round.
6. Finals Game 1.
7. Finals Game 2. San Sebastian won its 3rd consecutive and 4th juniors basketball championship.
8. San Sebastian had 4–0 record prior to the game.
9. San Sebastian had 8–0 record prior to the game.
10. San Sebastian had 4–0 record prior to the game.
11. Finals Game 1.
12. Finals Game 2. San Sebastian won its 4th consecutive and 5th juniors basketball championship.
13. Semifinals. Letran lost to San Beda in the finals.
14. Opening game.
15. San Sebastian lost to San Beda in the finals.
16. Letran lost to LSGH in the stepladder round 2.
17. Opening game.
18. Letran and San Sebastian lost to San Beda in the semifinals and finals, respectively.
19. Opening game.
20. San Sebastian lost to LSGH in the stepladder round 2.
21. Opening game.
22. San Sebastian lost to LSGH in the fourth-seed playoff and Letran lost to Malayan in the semifinals.
23. San Sebastian lost to Lyceum–Cavite in the semifinals.
24. Opening game. Letran won against LSGH in the finals.

Final Four Rankings

For comparison, these are the rankings of these two teams since the Final Four format was introduced.

Seniors' division

Team ╲ Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021 [a]	2022	2023	2024
San Sebastian	1	2	1	4	2	1	2	6	4	6	5	5	2	2	2	2	3	8	7	7	4	6	4	C	8	5	8	9
Letran	3	1	4	7	6	6	1	3	1	3	2	3	4	5	3	3	2	6	2	6	5	3	3		1	2	9	6

Juniors' division

Team ╲ Year	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023 [b]
San Sebastian									1	2	1	1	3	2	6	2	2	6	8	10	5	8	3	C	C	5	3
Letran		3	4	1	1	6	5	2	7	7	2	2	2	4	2	4	6	3	7	6	3	9	7			1	2

Legend* Number denotes playoff seeding. Shade denotes final position.
  Finished as the champion
  Finished as the 1st runner-up
  Finished as semifinalist
  Lost in 4th-seed playoff
  Twice to beat advantage
C Tournament cancelled

Notes

1. 2021-22 season was played in early 2022 and the tournament was held in into a round robin tournament instead of the usual double round eliminations.
2. 2023-24 season was played in early 2024 and the tournament was held in into a round robin tournament instead of the usual double round eliminations.

Volleyball Statistics

Men's volleyball results

Letran victories

San Sebastian victories

No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 1 2008 Saint Placid's Gym Letran 1–0 2 2008 Saint Placid's Gym Letran 1–0 3 2011 Letran 1–0 4 2012 Letran 1–0 5 2014 Letran 3–0 6 2016 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 3–2 7 2017 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 3–1 No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 8 2018 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 3–1 9 2023 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 3–1 10 2024 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 3–2 11 April 12, 2025 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 3–0 [36] 12 May 6, 2025 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 3–2 [37] Series: Letran leads 9–3 (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Notes

Women's volleyball results

Letran and San Sebastian competed at the NCAA Women's Volleyball Finals in Seasons 82 and 86.

Letran victories

San Sebastian victories

No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 1 2007* San Sebastian 1–0 2 2008 San Sebastian 1–0 3 2008 San Sebastian 1–0 4 2009 San Sebastian 1–0 5 2011 San Sebastian 1–0 [a] 6 2011^ Letran 1–0 7 January 20, 2011* San Sebastian 3–1 [b] 8 January 26, 2011* San Sebastian 3–1 [c] 9 2012 Letran 1–0 10 2012^ San Sebastian 3–1 [d] 11 2014 San Sebastian 3–0 No. Date Location Winner Score Note/s 12 2015 San Sebastian 1–0 13 2016 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 3–2 14 2017 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 3–0 15 2018 Filoil Flying V Arena San Sebastian 3–0 16 2022 Paco Arena San Sebastian 3–0 17 2023 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 3–1 18 2024 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 3–2 19 April 12, 2025 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 3–1 [38] 20 May 6, 2025 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 3–0 [39] Series: San Sebastian leads 14–6 (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Notes

1. San Sebastian gave Letran its only elimination round loss.
2. Finals Game 1.
3. Finals Game 2.
4. Letran lost to Perpetual in the Finals.

See also

• San Sebastian Stags
• National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)
• San Beda–Letran rivalry
• San Beda–San Sebastian rivalry
• Battle of Intramuros
• JRU–San Sebastian rivalry

References

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External links

• NCAA historical results
• NCAA Season 85 Schedules and Results
• NCAA Season 86 Schedules and Results
• Google News Archive
• Manila Bulletin Online Newspaper Archive
• The LANCE – Letran College