Wikipedia - UAAP basketball championships
The UAAP basketball championships are basketball tournaments held from September to December by the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, and the men's tournament is the flagship tournament of the UAAP. Basketball is a mandatory sport for all schools. All eight universities participate in the men's, women's, and high school (boys') tournaments.
History
The tournament is divided into two divisions, the collegiate' division, which is further subdivided into the men's tournament, for male collegiate players, and the women's tournament for female collegiate players. The other division is the high school division which is also subdivided into two tournaments for the male and female high school athletes.
The UAAP basketball sport has a rich history of schools establishing dynasties. UE won a record seven consecutive basketball titles from 1965 to 1971 albeit the third one was a shared championship with UST. Ateneo had a 5-year winning streak from 2008 to 2012. Two other schools ended their championship streak at four. UST won it from 1993 to 1996 and La Salle from 1998 to 2001.
The championship in basketball is the most coveted title that schools aspire for during a UAAP season and is one of the most anticipated live TV sporting events in the Philippines, but such aspirations have resulted in many controversies in the association. There are protests filed by the member-schools against one another almost every season. Ironically, the association has a handbook of its rules and regulations.
Ligaen ble grunnlagt i 1938 og er en av de eldste og mest prestisjefylte college-basketball-ligaene i verden. UAAP-lag konkurrerer i to divisjoner: Seniors Division og Juniors Division. Seniors Division består av universitetslagene, mens Juniors Division består av high school-lagene.
UAAP-sesongen består av to semestre: Første semester (juli-oktober) og andre semester (januar-mars). I løpet av hvert semester spiller hvert lag 14 kamper. De fire beste lagene fra hvert semester kvalifiserer seg til sluttspillet, som spilles i en brakettformat.
UAAP-sluttspillet er en av de mest spennende og konkurransepregede sportsbegivenhetene på Filippinene. Finalen avgjøres vanligvis i en best-of-three-serie, med det vinnende laget som er kronet til UAAP-mester.
UAAP har produsert noen av de største basketballspillerne på Filippinene, inkludert Benjie Paras, Bobby Parks, Dondon Hontiveros og Japeth Aguilar. Ligaen er også kjent for sin intense rivalisering, spesielt mellom Ateneo de Manila University og De La Salle University.