UP Fighting Maroons | |
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Nickname | Fighting Maroons |
League | UAAP |
Location | Diliman, Quezon City Philippines |
Team colors | Maroon Forest Green |
Head coach | Goldwin Monteverde |
Championships | UAAP: 3 (1940, 1986, 2021) |
Website | http://upfightingmaroons.x10.mx/ |
The UP Fighting Maroons are the collegiate men's basketball team of the University of the Philippines Diliman, which play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere sports league in the country.
UP is one of the founding members (1938) of the UAAP. It was also a founding member and the originator of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the year 1924. [1]
The Fighting Maroons won there first championship title in NCAA in the NCAA Season 0 (1924–1925), they also became the champions in NCAA Season 1 (1925–1926), and NCAA Season 2 (1926–1927) (as 3–peat champions). UP Fighting Maroons won their last championship in the NCAA in NCAA Season 5 (1929–1930). After 6 years, UP Fighting Maroons permanently withdrew from competing in NCAA.
In 1938, Far Eastern University, National University, the University of the Philippines and the University of Santo Tomas formed the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. [2] UP Fighting Maroons won their first championship in the UAAP in UAAP Season 2 (1939–1940).
As of UAAP Season 86, UP Fighting Maroons won three championship titles in men's basketball.
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Until 1997, the UAAP primarily ranked the teams by tournament points using FIBA's method. Starting in 1998, the UAAP primarily ranked by winning percentage. There's no difference in ranking once all games were played, but in the middle of the season, rankings made by these two methods may differ.
Season | League | Elimination round | Playoffs | |||||||
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Pos | GP | W | L | Pts | GP | W | L | Results | ||
1986 | UAAP | 2nd/8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Won Finals vs UE | ||||
1987 | UAAP | 3rd/8 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 16 | Did not qualify | |||
1988 | UAAP | 3rd/8 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 23 | Did not qualify | |||
1989 | UAAP | 5th/8 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 22 | Did not qualify | |||
1990 | UAAP | 7th/8 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 18 | Did not qualify | |||
1991 | UAAP | 4th/8 | 14 | Did not qualify | ||||||
1992 | UAAP | 8th/8 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 19 | Did not qualify | |||
1993 | UAAP | 7th/8 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 17 | No playoffs held [lower-alpha 1] | |||
1994 | UAAP | 5th/7 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 16 | Did not qualify | |||
1995 | UAAP | 5th/8 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 19 | Did not qualify | |||
1996 | UAAP | 3rd/8 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Lost semifinals vs UST |
1997 | UAAP | 4th/8 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost semifinals vs FEU |
Season | League | Elimination round | Playoffs | ||||||||
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Pos | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | GP | W | L | Results | ||
1998 | UAAP | 5th/8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Lost 4th seed playoff vs UST |
1999 | UAAP | 6th/8 | 14 | 5 | 9 | .429 | 6 | Did not qualify | |||
2000 | UAAP | 6th/8 | 14 | 4 | 10 | .286 | 8 | Did not qualify | |||
2001 | UAAP | 7th/8 | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6 | Did not qualify | |||
2002 | UAAP | 6th/8 | 14 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 8 | Did not qualify | |||
2003 | UAAP | 7th/8 | 14 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 | Did not qualify | |||
2004 | UAAP | 5th/8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Did not qualify | |||
2005 | UAAP | 5th/8 | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6 | Did not qualify | |||
2006 | UAAP | 6th/7 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6 | Did not qualify | |||
2007 | UAAP | 8th/8 | 14 | 0 | 14 | .000 | 14 | Did not qualify | |||
2008 | UAAP | 6th/8 | 14 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 10 | Did not qualify | |||
2009 | UAAP | 8th/8 | 14 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 10 | Did not qualify | |||
2010 | UAAP | 8th/8 | 14 | 0 | 14 | .000 | 12 | Did not qualify | |||
2011 | UAAP | 8th/8 | 14 | 2 | 12 | .143 | 11 | Did not qualify | |||
2012 | UAAP | 8th/8 | 14 | 1 | 13 | .071 | 11 | Did not qualify | |||
2013 | UAAP | 8th/8 | 14 | 0 | 14 | .000 | 10 | Did not qualify | |||
2014 | UAAP | 7th/8 | 14 | 1 | 13 | .071 | 10 | Did not qualify | |||
2015 | UAAP | 7th/8 | 14 | 3 | 11 | .214 | 8 | Did not qualify | |||
2016 | UAAP | 6th/8 | 14 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 8 | Did not qualify | |||
2017 | UAAP | 5th/8 | 14 | 6 | 8 | .429 | 7 | Did not qualify | |||
2018 | UAAP | 3rd/8 | 14 | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost Finals vs Ateneo |
2019 | UAAP | 2nd/8 | 14 | 9 | 5 | .643 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Lost stepladder round 2 vs UST |
2020 [lower-alpha 2] | UAAP | Season canceled | |||||||||
2021 [lower-alpha 3] | UAAP | 2nd/8 | 14 | 12 | 2 | .857 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | Won Finals vs Ateneo |
2022 | UAAP | 2nd/8 | 14 | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost Finals vs Ateneo |
2023 | UAAP | 1st/8 | 14 | 12 | 2 | .857 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | Lost Finals vs La Salle |
Season | Tournament | Title | Ref |
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1924–1925 | NCAA Season 0 | Champions | |
1925–1926 | NCAA Season 1 | Champions | |
1926–1927 | NCAA Season 2 | Champions | |
1929–1930 | NCAA Season 5 | Champions |
Season | Tournament | Title | Ref |
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1939–1940 | UAAP Season 2 | Champions | [16] |
1986–1987 | UAAP Season 49 | Champions | [17] |
2021–2022 | UAAP Season 84 | Champions | [18] |
Season | Tournament | Player | Ref |
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1968 | UAAP Season 29 | Fort Acuña | |
1986 | UAAP Season 49 | Eric Altamirano | |
2019 | UAAP Season 81 | Bright Akhuetie | [19] |
2021 | UAAP Season 85 | Malick Diouf | [20] |
Season | Tournament | Player | Ref |
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2021 | UAAP Season 84 | Malick Diouf | [21] |
Season | Tournament | Player | Ref |
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1986 | UAAP Season 49 | Benjie Paras | |
2006 | UAAP Season 69 | Woody Co | |
2013 | UAAP Season 76 | Kyles Jefferson Lao | [22] |
2017 | UAAP Season 80 | Juan Gómez de Liaño | [23] |
2021 | UAAP Season 84 | Carl Tamayo | [24] [25] [26] |
2023 | UAAP Season 86 | Francis Lopez |
Season | Tournament | Player | Ref |
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2006 | UAAP Season 69 | Marvin Cruz | |
2016–2017 | UAAP Season 79 | Paul Desiderio | |
2018–2019 | UAAP Season 81 | Bright Akhuetie | |
Juan Gómez de Liaño | |||
2019–2020 | UAAP Season 82 | Kobe Paras | |
2021–2022 | UAAP Season 84 | Zavier Lucero | |
Carl Tamayo | |||
2022–2023 | UAAP Season 85 | Carl Tamayo | |
Malick Diouf | |||
2023–2024 | UAAP Season 86 | Malick Diouf |
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