List of Philippine men's collegiate basketball champions

Men's collegiate basketball in particular, and intercollegiate athletics in general is fragmented in the Philippines.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) and University Athletic Association of the Philippines are the leagues that receive the most attention, owing to their national television coverage, with the UAAP in particular described as the country's "premier and more popular league".^[1][2]

Champions per season

Season	NCAA	UAAP	Cebu[a]	NCAA-South	NAASCU	UCAA	MNCAA	UCLAA	ISAA	NCRAA	CUSA
1924–25	UP Manila
1925–26	UP Manila
1926–27	UP Manila
1927–28	San Beda
1928–29	Ateneo
1929–30	UP Manila
1930–31	UST
1931–32	Ateneo
1932–33	Ateneo
1933–34	Ateneo
1934–35	San Beda
1935–36	San Beda
1936–37	San Beda
1937–38	Ateneo
1938–39	Letran	FEU
1939–40	La Salle	FEU  UP Manila  UST
1940–41	San Beda	UST
1941–42	Ateneo	Not held
1942–43	Not held	Not held
1943–44	Not held	Not held
1944–45	Not held	Not held
1945–46	Not held	Not held
1946–47	Not held	UST
1947–48	La Salle	UST  FEU[b]
1948–49	JRC	UST
1949–50	Mapúa	UST
1950–51	Letran	FEU
1951–52	San Beda	UST
1952–53	Mapúa	UST
1953–54	Ateneo	UST
1954–55	Ateneo	NU
1955–56	San Beda	UST	UV
1956–57	San Beda	FEU	USC
1957–58	Ateneo	UE	UV
1958–59	Ateneo	UE	USC
1959–60	San Beda	UST	UV
1960–61	Letran	UE
1961–62	Ateneo	FEU
1962–63	Suspended[c]	UE
1963–64	JRC[d]	UST	UV
1964–65	JRC[d]	UST
1965–66	Mapúa	UE
1966–67	Letran	UE
1967–68	JRC	UE  UST[b]
1968–69	JRC	UE
1969–70	Ateneo	UE
1970–71	Letran	UE
1971–72	La Salle	UE	UV
1972–73	JRC	FEU	UV
1973–74	SSC–R	FEU
1974–75	Letran	UE	No champion declared[e]
1975–76	Ateneo	UE
1976–77	Ateneo	FEU
1977–78	San Beda	Adamson	UV
1978–79	San Beda	UE	UV
1979–80	Letran	FEU	UV
1980–81	Aborted [f]	FEU
1981–82	Mapúa	FEU
1982–83	Letran	UE	UV
1983–84	Letran	FEU	UV
1984–85	Letran	UE	UV
1985–86	San Sebastian	UE	UV
1986–87	San Sebastian	UP	USJ–R
1987–88	Letran	Ateneo[4]	USJ–R
1988–89	San Sebastian	Ateneo[5]
1989–90	San Sebastian	La Salle	CIT
1990–91	San Sebastian	La Salle
1991–92	Mapúa	FEU*[g]	USJ–R
1992–93	Letran	FEU
1993–94	San Sebastian	UST	USJ–R							PSBA
1994–95	San Sebastian	UST	Cebu Doctors'							St. Francis
1995–96	San Sebastian	UST	UV							St. Francis	TIP
1996–97	San Sebastian	UST	UV							PSBA	MLQU
1997–98	San Sebastian	FEU	UV							PSBA	MLQU
1998–99	Letran	La Salle	UC							La Salle "B"	?
1999–2000	Letran	La Salle	Cebu Doctors'	?						St. Francis	?
2000–01	St. Benilde	La Salle	SWU	?						St. Francis	?
2001–02	San Sebastian	La Salle	UV	?	UM					St. Francis	Assumption
2002–03	San Sebastian	Ateneo	UV	San Beda Alabang	UM	St. Francis				St. Francis	LPC
2003–04	Letran	FEU	UV	?	UM	St. Francis				St. Francis	LPC
2004–05	PCU	FEU*[h]	UV	?	UM	EAC	?			EAC	PMI
2005–06	Letran	FEU	UV	?	UM	EAC	?			St. Francis	PMI
2006–07	San Beda	UST	UV	?	AMACU	EAC	?			Arellano	MLQU
2007–08	San Beda	La Salle	UV	?	STI	St. Francis	?			Arellano	MLQU
2008–09	San Beda	Ateneo	UV	Don Bosco	SSC-R Cavite	Universal	?	St. Francis		Universal	Not held
2009–10	San Sebastian	Ateneo	UV	Don Bosco	SSC-R Cavite	Universal	?	St. Francis	Lyceum	Olivarez	Not held
2010–11	San Beda	Ateneo	UC	UPHS Laguna	UM	CSM	CEU	St. Francis	Lyceum	CSM	Not held
2011–12	San Beda	Ateneo	UC	UPHS Laguna	UM	PSBA	CEU	St. Francis	TIP	PMMS
2012–13	San Beda	Ateneo	SWU	St. Francis	St. Clare	Olivarez	La Salle	St. Francis	PMMS	Olivarez
2013–14	San Beda	La Salle	UV	UB	CEU	RTU		PCCr	LaCo	St. Clare
2014–15	San Beda	NU	SWU	San Beda Alabang	CEU	RTU	CEU	PATTS		PMMS
2015–16	Letran	FEU	USC		CEU		PWU			PMMS
2016–17	San Beda	La Salle	UV		St. Clare					CDSL
2017–18	San Beda	Ateneo	UV	Holy Cross College of Sasa, Inc.	Fatima
2018–19	San Beda	Ateneo	UV		St. Clare		CEU
2019–20	Letran	Ateneo [4]	SWU		St. Clare		Cancelled
2020–21	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
2021–22	Letran	UP	Not held		Not held		Not held
2022–23	Letran	Ateneo	UV	UB	St. Clare		CEU
2023–24	San Beda	La Salle	UV	San Pablo Colleges	St. Clare				LaCo
2024–25	Mapúa	UP	UV		St. Clare				SDCA
Season	NCAA	UAAP	Cebu[a]	NCAA-South	NAASCU	UCAA	MNCAA	UCLAA	ISAA	NCRAA	CUSA

Championships per school

School	NCAA	UAAP	CESAFI/CAAA	NCAA South	NAASCU	UCAA	MNCAA	UCLAA	ISAA	NCRAA	CUSA	Total
University of the Visayas			30									30
Ateneo de Manila University	14	12										26
San Beda University	22											22
Far Eastern University*		20										20
University of Santo Tomas	1	18										19
University of the East		18										18
Colegio de San Juan de Letran	20											20
Saint Francis of Assisi College System				2		3		5		8		18
De La Salle University	5	9[i] (10)								1		14
San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Manila	14											14
University of Manila					7							7
Centro Escolar University					3		3					6
Mapúa Institute of Technology	6											5
University of the Philippines, Manila	4	1										5
Centro Escolar University					2		2					4
Emilio Aguinaldo College	0					3				1		4
José Rizal University[j]	7											4
Olivarez College						1				3		4
Philippine School of Business Administration						1				3		4
Colegio de Santa Monica						1				2		3
Southwestern University			3									3
Universal College						2				1		3
University of the Philippines, Diliman		2										2
Arellano University	0				0					2		2
Don Bosco Technical College				2								2
Lyceum of the Philippines University	0								2			2
Manuel L. Quezon University											2	2
National University	0	2										2
PMI Colleges										0	2	2
Rizal Technological University						2						2
Saint Clare College of Caloocan					1					1		2
San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Cavite					2							2
University of Cebu			2									2
University of Perpetual Help System Laguna				2								2
Adamson University		1										1
AMA Computer University					1					0		1
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde	1											1
La Consolacion College									1			1
Las Piñas College					0	1						1
Philippine Christian University	1											1
Philippine College of Criminology								1				1
Philippine Merchant Marine School									1			1
San Beda College Alabang				1								1
STI College					1							1
Technological Institute of the Philippines									1			1
University of Batangas				1								1
University of the Assumption											1	1

Major contemporary champions

This list only includes the two major leagues in the Philippines along with the two major intercollegiate offseason leagues which include schools from other associations including CESAFI and NAASCU. For 13 out of 21 seasons, champions from either the PCCL or Filoil have gone on to win the championship in their respective home leagues.

Key

Indicator	Meaning
	School won the championship in two leagues in the same year
	School won the championship in three leagues in the same year
(No.)	Number of titles

Early years (1924–1942)

Season	NCAA	UAAP
1924–25	University of the Philippines Manila (1)	Not established
1925–26	University of the Philippines Manila (2)
1926–27	University of the Philippines Manila (3)
1927–28	San Beda College (1)
1928–29	Ateneo de Manila (1)
1929–30	University of the Philippines Manila (4)
1930–31	University of Santo Tomas (1)
1931–32	Ateneo de Manila (2)
1932–33	Ateneo de Manila (3)
1933–34	Ateneo de Manila (4)
1934–35	San Beda College (2)
1935–36	San Beda College (3)
1936–37	San Beda College (4)
1937–38	Ateneo de Manila (5)
1938–39	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (1)	Far Eastern University (1)
1939–40	De La Salle College (1)	Far Eastern University (2)  University of the Philippines Diliman (1)  University of Santo Tomas (1)
1940–41	San Beda College (5)	University of Santo Tomas (2)
1941–42	Ateneo de Manila (6)	No tournament

Postwar era (1946–1980)

Season	NCAA	UAAP
1946–47	No tournament	University of Santo Tomas (3)
1947–48	De La Salle College (2)	Far Eastern University (3)  University of Santo Tomas (4)
1948–49	José Rizal College (1)	University of Santo Tomas (5)
1949–50	Mapúa Institute of Technology (1)	University of Santo Tomas (6)
1950–51	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (2)	Far Eastern University (4)
1951–52	San Beda College (6)	University of Santo Tomas (7)
1952–53	San Beda College (7)	University of Santo Tomas (8)
1953–54	Ateneo de Manila (8)	University of Santo Tomas (9)
1954–55	Ateneo de Manila (7)	National University (1)
1955–56	San Beda College (8)	University of Santo Tomas (10)
1956–57	De La Salle College (3)	Far Eastern University (5)
1957–58	Ateneo de Manila (9)	University of the East (1)
1958–59	Ateneo de Manila (10)	University of the East (2)
1959–60	San Beda College (9)	University of Santo Tomas (11)
1960–61	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (3)	University of the East (3)
1961–62	Ateneo de Manila (11)	Far Eastern University (6)
1962–63	No tournament	University of the East (5)
1963–64	José Rizal College (2)	University of the East (5)
1964–65	José Rizal College (3)	University of Santo Tomas (12)
1965–66	Mapúa Institute of Technology (2)	University of the East (6)
1966–67	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (4)	University of the East (7)
1967–68	José Rizal College (4)	University of the East (8)  University of Santo Tomas (13)
1968–69	José Rizal College (5)	University of the East (9)
1969–70	Ateneo de Manila University (12)	University of the East (10)
1970–71	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (5)	University of the East (11)
1971–72	De La Salle College (4)	University of the East (12)
1972–73	José Rizal College (6)	Far Eastern University (7)
1973–74	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (1)	Far Eastern University (8)
1974–75	De La Salle College (5)	University of the East (13)
1975–76	Ateneo de Manila University (13)	University of the East (14)
1976–77	Ateneo de Manila University (14)	Far Eastern University (9)
1977–78	San Beda College (10)	Adamson University (1)
1978–79	San Beda College (11)	University of the East (15)
1979–80	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (6)	Far Eastern University (10)

Final transfers (1980–1993)

The makeup of both collegiate leagues was finalized in 1980 with the last remnants of the founding NCAA members leaving for the UAAP in Ateneo (left NCAA and joined UAAP in 1978) and La Salle (left NCAA in 1980, joined UAAP in 1986), along with San Beda, who returned to the NCAA after a short hiatus in 1984.

Season	NCAA	UAAP
1980–81	Tournament aborted by the BAP	Far Eastern University (11)
1981–82	Mapúa Institute of Technology (3)	Far Eastern University (12)
1982–83	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (7)	University of the East (16)
1983–84	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (8)	Far Eastern University (13)
1984–85	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (9)	University of the East (17)
1985–86	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (2)	University of the East (18)
1986–87	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (10)	University of the Philippines Diliman (2)
1987–88	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (11)	Ateneo de Manila University (1)
1988–89	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (3)	Ateneo de Manila University (2)
1989–90	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (4)	De La Salle University (1)
1990–91	Mapúa Institute of Technology (4)	De La Salle University (2)
1991–92	Mapúa Institute of Technology (5)	Far Eastern University (14)
1992–93	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (12)	Far Eastern University (15)

Final Four era (1993–2003)

The UAAP adopted the Final Four format in 1993 while the NCAA followed suit in 1997.

Season	NCAA	UAAP
1993–94	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (5)	University of Santo Tomas (14)
1994–95	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (6)	University of Santo Tomas (15)
1995–96	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (7)	University of Santo Tomas (16)
1996–97	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (8)	University of Santo Tomas (17)
1997–98	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (9)	Far Eastern University (16)
1998–99	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (13)	De La Salle University (3)
1999–2000	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (14)	De La Salle University (4)
2000–01	De La Salle University–College of Saint Benilde (1)	De La Salle University (5)
2001–02	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (10)	De La Salle University (6)
2002–03	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (11)	Ateneo de Manila University (3)

Modern era (2003–2020)

The Philippine Collegiate Champions League was established in 2003 while the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup was inaugurated as the Homegrown Cup in 2006.

Season	NCAA	UAAP	Filoil	PCCL
2003–04	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (15)	Far Eastern University (17)	Not established	University of the East (1)
2004–05	Philippine Christian University (1)	Far Eastern University (18)		Far Eastern University (1)
2005–06	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (16)	Far Eastern University (19)		Far Eastern University (2)
2006–07	San Beda College (12)	University of Santo Tomas (18)	De La Salle University (1)	University of the East (2)
2007–08	San Beda College (13)	De La Salle University (7)	De La Salle University (2)	Ateneo de Manila University (1)
2008–09	San Beda College (14)	Ateneo de Manila University (4)	University of the East (1)	De La Salle University (1)
2009–10	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (12)	Ateneo de Manila University (5)	Far Eastern University (1)	De La Salle University (2)
2010–11	San Beda College (15)	Ateneo de Manila University (6)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (1)	Ateneo de Manila University (2)
2011–12	San Beda College (16)	Ateneo de Manila University (7)	Ateneo de Manila University (1)	San Sebastian College–Recoletos (1)
2012–13	San Beda College (17)	Ateneo de Manila University (8)	National University (1)	University of Santo Tomas (1)
2013–14	San Beda College (18)	De La Salle University (8)	University of the East (2)	De La Salle University (3)
2014–15	San Beda College (19)	National University (2)	De La Salle University (3)	San Beda College (1)
2015–16	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (17)	Far Eastern University (20)	San Beda College (1)	San Beda College (2)  Far Eastern University (3)
2016–17	San Beda College (20)	De La Salle University (9)	De La Salle University (4)	No tournament
2017–18	San Beda College (21)	Ateneo de Manila University (9)	San Beda College (2)	Lyceum of the Philippines University (1)
2018–19	San Beda University (22)	Ateneo de Manila University (10)	Ateneo de Manila University (2)	Ateneo de Manila University (3)
2019–20	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (18)	Ateneo de Manila University (11)	San Beda University (3)	Ateneo de Manila University (4)

Post-pandemic era (2021–present)

Season	NCAA	UAAP	Filoil
2021–22	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (19)	University of the Philippines Diliman (3)	No tournament
2022–23	Colegio de San Juan de Letran (20)	Ateneo de Manila University (12)	National University (2)
2023–24	San Beda University (23)	De La Salle University (10)	University of the Philippines Diliman (1)
2024–25	Mapúa University (6)	University of the Philippines Diliman (4)	University of the Philippines Diliman (2)

List of championships per school

Denotes school no longer a member of either NCAA or UAAP.

School	Current league	NCAA	UAAP	Combined	Filoil	PCCL	All	Last men's championship
Ateneo de Manila University	UAAP[k]	14	12	26	2	4	32	2022–23 UAAP
San Beda University	NCAA	23	–	23	3	2	28	2023–24 NCAA
Far Eastern University	UAAP[l]	0	20	20	1	3	24	2015–16 UAAP
Colegio de San Juan de Letran	NCAA	20	–	20	0	0	20	2022–23 NCAA
University of Santo Tomas	UAAP[m]	1	18	19	0	1	20	2012–13 PCCL
University of the East	UAAP	–	18	18	2	2	22	2013–14 Filoil
De La Salle University	UAAP[n]	5	10	15	4	3	22	2023–24 UAAP
San Sebastian College–Recoletos	NCAA	12	–	12	1	1	14	2011–12 PCCL
University of the Philippines[o]	UAAP[p]	4	4	8	2	0	10	2024–25 UAAP
José Rizal University	NCAA	6	–	6	0	0	6	1972–73 NCAA
Mapúa University	NCAA	6	–	6	0	0	6	2024–25 NCAA
National University	UAAP[q]	–	2	2	2	0	4	2022–23 Filoil
Adamson University	UAAP	–	1	1	0	0	1	1977–78 UAAP
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde	NCAA	1	–	1	0	0	1	2000–01 NCAA
Philippine Christian University	NAASCU[r]	1	–	1	0	0	1	2004–05 NCAA
Lyceum of the Philippines University	NCAA	0	–	0	0	1	1	2017–18 PCCL
Arellano University	NCAA	0	–	0	0	0	0	None
Emilio Aguinaldo College	NCAA	0	–	0	0	0	0	None
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA	NCAA	0	–	0	0	0	0	None
Angeles University Foundation	UCLAA[s]	0	–	0	0	0	0	None
Manila Central University	UCAL[t]	–	0	0	–	–	–	None
Saint Vincent de Paul	–[u]	0	–	0	–	–	–	None
Trinity University of Asia	UCAL[v]	0	–	0	–	–	–	None
University of Manila	–[w]	0	0	0	–	–	–	None

Notes

1. Includes champions from Cebu Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and Cebu Amateur Athletic Association (CAAA) before 2000, and Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) since 2001.
2. Co-champions
3. Suspended by the NCAA due to hooliganism and proliferation of ineligible players.
4. Seniors championships awarded on the 1963–64 and 1964–65 seasons were later ruled as unofficial by the NCAA.
5. The 1974 championship game between  UV and SWU was abandoned after a fight broke out 8 minutes into the game. The score of the game at that time was 16–14 in favor of UV.^[3]
6. Tournament aborted by the Basketball Association of the Philippines after a second-round game riot between La Salle and Letran.
7. With La Salle having the twice-to-beat advantage, they won the championship in Game 1. However, it was revealed that a La Salle player that was disqualified played in the final seconds of the game. FEU protested the game and the UAAP granted the protest. La Salle did not show up in the replay and forfeited the championship series, despite the Basketball Association of the Philippines supporting La Salle.
8. De La Salle University admitted to have unknowingly fielded two ineligible players for the last 3 years (from 2003–2005) and forfeited the 2004–05 championship by returning it to the UAAP board. As a result,

   • FEU was awarded the men's basketball championship for the 2004–2005 season on November 21, 2006.^[6]
   • De La Salle's results from 2003–2005 were forfeited.
   • De La Salle was suspended in the 2006–07 season, on all UAAP events.
9. Includes disputed 1991 championship where De La Salle did not attend the replayed Game 1, and the disputed 2004 championship, where De La Salle forfeited the championship due to unknown fielding of ineligible players.
10. Excludes 2 championships won on loose conference seasons.
11. NCAA member school from 1924–78.
12. NCAA member school from 1924–36.
13. NCAA member school from 1924–36.
14. NCAA member school from 1924–81.
15. Competed under UP Manila in the NCAA and UP Diliman in the UAAP.
16. NCAA member school from 1924–36.
17. NCAA member school from 1924–36.
18. NCAA member school from 1996–2009.
19. NCAA guest school from 2009–10.
20. UAAP member school from 1952–62.
21. NCAA member school from 1925–26.
22. NCAA member school from 1974–86.
23. NCAA member school from 1924–26 and UAAP member school from 1952–54.