San Sebastian–Letran rivalry

Letran–San Sebastian men's basketball rivalry
	Letran Knights San Sebastian Golden Stags
Sport	Men's basketball
Latest meeting	November 8, 2023; (Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan); San Sebastian, 94–75
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	San Sebastian, 1 (2023–present)

Last updated March 11, 2024

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

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	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	October 1986*	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	93–86	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	October 1986*	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	San Sebastian	80–70	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
5	October 1986*	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	88–86	^{[lower-alpha 4]}
6	September 29, 1987	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	94–91	^[6]^{[lower-alpha 5]}
7	October 1, 1987*	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	San Sebastian	91–81	^{[lower-alpha 6]}
8	October 6, 1987*	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	93–90	^{[lower-alpha 7]}

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score	Note/s
9	October 9, 1987*	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	63–62	^{[lower-alpha 8]}
10	1987	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	San Sebastian	77–73	^[7]^{[lower-alpha 9]}
11	1992	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	94–89	^[8]^{[lower-alpha 10]}
12	September 30, 1992	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	108–93	^[9]
13	October 6, 1992*	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	98–91	^[10]^{[lower-alpha 11]}
14	October 10, 1992*	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	94–85	^[11]^{[lower-alpha 12]}
*() = 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	81–74^OT	^{[lower-alpha 13]}
2	1999^	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	65–63	^{[lower-alpha 14]}
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	^{[lower-alpha 15]}
12	September 19, 2003*	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	San Sebastian	85–77	^{[lower-alpha 16]}
13	September 24, 2003*	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	64–59	^{[lower-alpha 17]}
14	July 30, 2004	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	San Sebastian	72–68	^[15]
15	September 3, 2004	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	81–78	^{[lower-alpha 18]}
16	July 4, 2005	Cuneta Astrodome	Letran	78–65	^{[lower-alpha 19]}
17	August 31, 2005	Cuneta Astrodome	Letran	65–46
18	September 9, 2005^	Cuneta Astrodome	Letran	93–60	^{[lower-alpha 20]}
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]^{[lower-alpha 21]}
22	August 24, 2007	The Arena	Letran	67–63
23	July 16, 2008	Cuneta Astrodome	Letran	71–67	^{[lower-alpha 22]}
24	September 25, 2008	Cuneta Astrodome	San Sebastian	76–73	^{[lower-alpha 23]}
25	August 14, 2009	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	77–74	^[17]^{[lower-alpha 24]}
26	August 28, 2009	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	80–63	^{[lower-alpha 25]}
27	June 26, 2010	Araneta Coliseum	San Sebastian	59–53	^{[lower-alpha 26]}
28	September 13, 2010	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	59–58	^{[lower-alpha 27]}
29	July 20, 2011	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	71–62	^[18]^{[lower-alpha 28]}
30	September 30, 2011	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	82–81^OT	^{[lower-alpha 29]}

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score	Note/s
31	October 17, 2011^	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	70–62	^{[lower-alpha 30]}
32	October 19, 2011^	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	63–56	^{[lower-alpha 31]}
33	June 23, 2012	Smart Araneta Coliseum	Letran	80–74	^[19]^{[lower-alpha 32]}
34	September 15, 2012	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	82–67	^{[lower-alpha 33]}
35	October 13, 2012^	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	92–74	^{[lower-alpha 34]}
36	October 15, 2012^	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	73–70	^{[lower-alpha 35]}
37	June 22, 2013	Mall of Asia Arena	Letran	74–69	^[20]^{[lower-alpha 36]}
38	October 12, 2013	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	75–68	^{[lower-alpha 37]}
39	November 7, 2013^	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	85–58	^{[lower-alpha 38]}
40	June 28, 2014	Mall of Asia Arena	San Sebastian	85–83	^[21]^{[lower-alpha 39]}
41	September 8, 2014	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	75–73
42	July 21, 2015	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	82–76	^[22]^{[lower-alpha 40]}
43	August 25, 2015	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	89–87	^{[lower-alpha 41]}
44	July 19, 2016	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	90–77	^[23]
45	September 2, 2016	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	73–61	^{[lower-alpha 42]}
46	August 15, 2017	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	79–75^OT
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	^{[lower-alpha 43]}
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	102–101^OT	^[24]
52	September 20, 2019	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	99–82	^{[lower-alpha 44]}
53	November 5, 2019^	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	85–80	^{[lower-alpha 45]}
54	April 26, 2022	St. Benilde Gym	Letran	73–69	^{[lower-alpha 46]}
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]^{[lower-alpha 47]}
58	November 8, 2023	Filoil EcoOil Centre	San Sebastian	94–75	^[27]^[28]
Series: Letran leads 37–21
*() = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠)** = seeding playoffs

Notes

↑ 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.
↑ Finals Game 1.
↑ Finals Game 2.
↑ Finals Game 3.
↑ 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.
↑ Finals Game 1.
↑ Finals Game 2.
↑ Finals Game 3.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Finals Game 1.
↑ Finals Game 2.
↑ Finals Game 2.
↑ 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.
↑ Finals Game 1.
↑ Finals Game 2.
↑ Finals Game 3. Letran ends its 4-year title drought.
↑ San Sebastian's loss eventually booted them out of the playoffs.
↑ Letran had a 2–0 record prior to the game.
↑ Semifinals. Letran went on to win the championship vs. PCU.
↑ Letran had a 2–0 record prior to the game.
↑ Letran had a 3–0 record prior to the game.
↑ 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.
↑ San Sebastian had an 8–0 record prior to the game.
↑ San Sebastian was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game. San Sebastian lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.
↑ Opening game.
↑ San Sebastian was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game. San Sebastian lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.
↑ Both teams had a 3–0 record prior to the game.
↑ 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.
↑ Semifinals game 1. Letran forces a rubber match.
↑ Semifinals game 2, San Sebastian lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.
↑ Opening game.
↑ San Sebastian and Letran were on a 4-game and 2-game winning streak respectively prior to the game.
↑ Semifinals game 1. Letran forces a rubber match.
↑ Semifinals game 2. Letran lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.
↑ Opening game.
↑ Letran was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game.
↑ Semifinals. Letran lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.
↑ Opening game.
↑ Letran had a 3–0 record prior to the game.
↑ San Sebastian pulled an upset over Letran, who had an 8–1 record prior to the game.
↑ San Sebastian was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game.
↑ 4th seed-playoff. San Sebastian enters the semifinals for the 1st time since 2013, San Sebastian lost in the semifinals vs. San Beda.
↑ Letran ends San Sebastian's 5-game winning streak.
↑ Stepladder semifinals 1st round. Letran went on to win the championship vs. San Beda.
↑ 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.
↑ Letran had a 0–7 record prior to the 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	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	1988	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	1–0	^{[lower-alpha 2]}

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score	Note/s
3	1990	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Letran	1–0	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
*() = 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	^{[lower-alpha 4]}
3	2006	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	San Sebastian	1–0
4	2006	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	San Sebastian	1–0	^{[lower-alpha 5]}
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	^{[lower-alpha 6]}
8	September 26, 2007*	The Arena in San Juan	San Sebastian	88–83	^{[lower-alpha 7]}
9	July 16, 2008	Cuneta Astrodome	San Sebastian	79–70	^{[lower-alpha 8]}
10	August 20, 2008	Cuneta Astrodome	San Sebastian	88–80	^{[lower-alpha 9]}
11	July 16, 2008	Cuneta Astrodome	San Sebastian	79–70	^{[lower-alpha 10]}
12	September 24, 2008*	Araneta Coliseum	San Sebastian	83–81	^{[lower-alpha 11]}
13	September 24, 2008*	Araneta Coliseum	San Sebastian	77–70	^{[lower-alpha 12]}
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	^{[lower-alpha 13]}
17	2010	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	89–83	^{[lower-alpha 14]}
18	2010	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	78–68	^{[lower-alpha 15]}
19	2011	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	84–72
20	2011	Filoil Flying V Arena	Letran	85–65	^{[lower-alpha 16]}
21	2012	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	87–85	^{[lower-alpha 17]}

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score	Note/s
22	2012	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	75–51	^{[lower-alpha 18]}
23	2013	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	75–61	^{[lower-alpha 19]}
24	2013	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	84–75	^{[lower-alpha 20]}
25	2014	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	62–51^OT	^{[lower-alpha 21]}
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	85–74^OT
32	2017	Filoil Flying V Arena	San Sebastian	67–66	^{[lower-alpha 22]}
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	^{[lower-alpha 23]}
37	2023	Emilio Aguinaldo College Gym	Letran	91–86	^{[lower-alpha 24]}
38	February 18, 2024	Filoil EcoOil Centre	Letran	78–66	^[29]
39	March 10, 2024^	Filoil EcoOil Centre	Letran	91–77	^[30]
Series: San Sebastian leads 23–16
*() = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠)** = seeding playoffs

Notes

↑ Finals Game 1.
↑ Letran's first round elimination round losses came from San Beda and JRU only.
↑ Letran swept the second round elimination.
↑ Letran was winless in the elimination round.
↑ Letran was winless in the elimination round.
↑ Finals Game 1.
↑ Finals Game 2. San Sebastian won its 3rd consecutive and 4th juniors basketball championship.
↑ San Sebastian had 4–0 record prior to the game.
↑ San Sebastian had 8–0 record prior to the game.
↑ San Sebastian had 4–0 record prior to the game.
↑ Finals Game 1.
↑ Finals Game 2. San Sebastian won its 4th consecutive and 5th juniors basketball championship.
↑ Semifinals. Letran lost to San Beda in the finals.
↑ Opening game.
↑ San Sebastian lost to San Beda in the finals.
↑ Letran lost to LSGH in the stepladder round 2.
↑ Opening game.
↑ Letran and San Sebastian lost to San Beda in the semifinals and finals, respectively.
↑ Opening game.
↑ San Sebastian lost to LSGH in the stepladder round 2.
↑ Opening game.
↑ San Sebastian lost to LSGH in the fourth-seed playoff and Letran lost to Malayan in the semifinals.
↑ San Sebastian lost to Lyceum–Cavite in the semifinals.
↑ 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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2022	2023
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
Letran	3	1	4	7	6	6	1	3	1	3	2	3	4	5	3	3	2	6	2	6	5	3	3	C	1	2	9

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^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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	C	C	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

↑ 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.
↑ 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.

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The NCAA Season 98 basketball tournaments are the basketball tournaments of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) for its 2022–23 season. Emilio Aguinaldo College hosted the tournaments for the first time.

This rivalry is between Recto's San Sebastian College and Shaw's José Rizal University. The rivalry is played at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines).

This rivalry is between Legarda's Arellano and Mendiola's San Beda. Others would refer to it as the Battle of Legarda or Battle of Concepcion Aguila, because of the streets that run between these universities. The rivalry is played at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines).

References

1 2 NCAA Philippines – Championships Archived 2010-07-04 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Stags, Knights begin NCAA best-of-three title series today The Manila Times (Google archive). September 17, 2003, issue
↑ Alvarez in listless USBL debut INQ7.net. April 3, 2006
↑ Gulle, Jimbo (October 1, 1997). "Red Lions nip Cards for NCAA 'Final 4'". Manila Standard. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
↑ Gulle, Jimbo (September 26, 1997). "Stags post 11th straight win; Cards triumph". Manila Standard. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
↑ "Letran foils SSC". Manila Standard. 1987-09-28. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
↑ "Pennant sweep by SSC". Manila Standard . 1988-08-26. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
↑ "Knights derail Stags". Manila Standard.
↑ "Letran wins 2nd round, battles SSC for title". Manila Standard.
↑ "Letran five just one game away". Manila Standard.
↑ "Letran back as NC's No.1". Manila Standard.
↑ UBelt
↑ Bigdip
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↑ ABS-CBN NCAA
↑ UBelt
↑ Inbound Pass
↑ PBA-Online
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↑ PBA-Online
↑ "NCAA Season 95 Schedule and Results" . Retrieved 8 November 2023.
↑ "NCAA 99: No Reyson, no problem as Letran routs San Sebastian for breakthrough win" . Retrieved 18 October 2023.
↑ "Letran, sans Reyson, overcomes San Sebastian to finally end slump" . Retrieved 18 October 2023.
↑ Anzures, Rom (8 November 2023). "NCAA: San Sebastian downs Letran to keep playoff bid alive". ABS-CBN News . Retrieved 8 November 2023.
↑ Micaller, Bea (8 November 2023). "San Sebastian dismantles depleted Letran for 5th win". GMA Integrated News . Retrieved 8 November 2023.
↑ Micaller, Bea (18 February 2024). "Letran Squires halt San Sebastian streak; Paul Enal's double-double steers JRU past LPU". GMA Integrated News . Retrieved 20 February 2024.
↑ Micaller, Bea (March 10, 2024). "Letran Squires assert mastery vs. San Sebastian to book finals return trip". GMA Integrated News . Retrieved March 11, 2024.

External links

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NCAA Season 85 Schedules and Results
NCAA Season 86 Schedules and Results
Google News Archive
Manila Bulletin Online Newspaper Archive
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[6] 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.

[7] Finals Game 1.

[8] Finals Game 2.

[9] Finals Game 3.

[11] 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.

[12] Finals Game 1.

[13] Finals Game 2.

[14] Finals Game 3.

[16] 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.

[18] 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.

[21] Finals Game 1.

[23] Finals Game 2.

[24] Finals Game 2.

[25] 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.

[29] Finals Game 1.

[30] Finals Game 2.

[31] Finals Game 3. Letran ends its 4-year title drought.

[33] San Sebastian's loss eventually booted them out of the playoffs.

[34] Letran had a 2–0 record prior to the game.

[35] Semifinals. Letran went on to win the championship vs. PCU.

[37] Letran had a 2–0 record prior to the game.

[38] Letran had a 3–0 record prior to the game.

[39] 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.

[41] San Sebastian had an 8–0 record prior to the game.

[42] San Sebastian was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game. San Sebastian lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.

[43] Opening game.

[44] San Sebastian was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game. San Sebastian lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.

[46] Both teams had a 3–0 record prior to the game.

[47] 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.

[48] Semifinals game 1. Letran forces a rubber match.

[49] Semifinals game 2, San Sebastian lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.

[51] Opening game.

[52] San Sebastian and Letran were on a 4-game and 2-game winning streak respectively prior to the game.

[53] Semifinals game 1. Letran forces a rubber match.

[54] Semifinals game 2. Letran lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.

[56] Opening game.

[57] Letran was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game.

[58] Semifinals. Letran lost in the Finals vs. San Beda.

[60] Opening game.

[62] Letran had a 3–0 record prior to the game.

[63] San Sebastian pulled an upset over Letran, who had an 8–1 record prior to the game.

[65] San Sebastian was on a 4-game winning streak prior to the game.

[66] 4th seed-playoff. San Sebastian enters the semifinals for the 1st time since 2013, San Sebastian lost in the semifinals vs. San Beda.

[68] Letran ends San Sebastian's 5-game winning streak.

[69] Stepladder semifinals 1st round. Letran went on to win the championship vs. San Beda.

[70] 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.

[73] Letran had a 0–7 record prior to the game.

[76] Finals Game 1.

[77] Letran's first round elimination round losses came from San Beda and JRU only.

[78] Letran swept the second round elimination.

[79] Letran was winless in the elimination round.

[80] Letran was winless in the elimination round.

[81] Finals Game 1.

[82] Finals Game 2. San Sebastian won its 3rd consecutive and 4th juniors basketball championship.

[83] San Sebastian had 4–0 record prior to the game.

[84] San Sebastian had 8–0 record prior to the game.

[85] San Sebastian had 4–0 record prior to the game.

[86] Finals Game 1.

[87] Finals Game 2. San Sebastian won its 4th consecutive and 5th juniors basketball championship.

[88] Semifinals. Letran lost to San Beda in the finals.

[89] Opening game.

[90] San Sebastian lost to San Beda in the finals.

[91] Letran lost to LSGH in the stepladder round 2.

[92] Opening game.

[93] Letran and San Sebastian lost to San Beda in the semifinals and finals, respectively.

[94] Opening game.

[95] San Sebastian lost to LSGH in the stepladder round 2.

[96] Opening game.

[97] San Sebastian lost to LSGH in the fourth-seed playoff and Letran lost to Malayan in the semifinals.

[98] San Sebastian lost to Lyceum–Cavite in the semifinals.

[99] Opening game. Letran won against LSGH in the finals.

[102] 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.

[103] 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.

[NCAA_Philippines_-_Championships-1] 1 2 NCAA Philippines – Championships Archived 2010-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Stags, Knights begin NCAA best-of-three title series today The Manila Times (Google archive). September 17, 2003, issue

[3] Alvarez in listless USBL debut INQ7.net. April 3, 2006

[4] Gulle, Jimbo (October 1, 1997). "Red Lions nip Cards for NCAA 'Final 4'". Manila Standard. Retrieved April 10, 2021.

[5] Gulle, Jimbo (September 26, 1997). "Stags post 11th straight win; Cards triumph". Manila Standard. Retrieved April 10, 2021.

[10] "Letran foils SSC". Manila Standard. 1987-09-28. Retrieved 2011-02-20.

[round_1-15] "Pennant sweep by SSC". Manila Standard . 1988-08-26. Retrieved 2011-02-21.

[17] "Knights derail Stags". Manila Standard.

[19] "Letran wins 2nd round, battles SSC for title". Manila Standard.

[20] "Letran five just one game away". Manila Standard.

[22] "Letran back as NC's No.1". Manila Standard.

[26] UBelt

[27] Bigdip

[28] Bigdip

[32] ABS-CBN NCAA

[36] UBelt

[40] Inbound Pass

[45] PBA-Online

[50] PBA-Online

[55] PBA-Online

[59] PBA-Online

[61] PBA-Online

[64] PBA-Online

[67] "NCAA Season 95 Schedule and Results" . Retrieved 8 November 2023.

[71] "NCAA 99: No Reyson, no problem as Letran routs San Sebastian for breakthrough win" . Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[72] "Letran, sans Reyson, overcomes San Sebastian to finally end slump" . Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[74] Anzures, Rom (8 November 2023). "NCAA: San Sebastian downs Letran to keep playoff bid alive". ABS-CBN News . Retrieved 8 November 2023.

[75] Micaller, Bea (8 November 2023). "San Sebastian dismantles depleted Letran for 5th win". GMA Integrated News . Retrieved 8 November 2023.

[100] Micaller, Bea (18 February 2024). "Letran Squires halt San Sebastian streak; Paul Enal's double-double steers JRU past LPU". GMA Integrated News . Retrieved 20 February 2024.

[101] Micaller, Bea (March 10, 2024). "Letran Squires assert mastery vs. San Sebastian to book finals return trip". GMA Integrated News . Retrieved March 11, 2024.

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San Sebastian–Letran rivalry

Contents

Head-to-head record by sport

Seniors' Division

General Championship

Juniors' Division

General Championship

Basketball Statistics

Men's basketball results

Pre-Final Four era

Final Four era

Juniors' Basketball Results

Pre-Final Four era

Final Four era

Final Four Rankings

Seniors' division

Juniors' division

See also

Related Research Articles

References

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Statistics
Letran Knights San Sebastian Golden Stags
Sport	Men's basketball
Latest meeting	November 8, 2023 (Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan) San Sebastian, 94–75
Next meeting	TBA
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	San Sebastian, 1 (2023–present)