UNIVERSITY of the Philippines sent a strong message in the UAAP Season 87 Collegiate Men’s Basketball Tournament after dominating back-to-back bronze medalist National University, 89-62, at the SMART Araneta Coliseum on Wednesday. NU actually struck first with a point on a split from the free throw line by Jake Figueroa. However, UP quickly took over, […]
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UNIVERSITY of the Philippines cruised past University of the East, securing an 81-71 victory to claim its second win of the UAAP Season 87 Collegiate Men’s Basketball Tournament on Saturday at the SMART Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. Fighting Maroons co-captain JD Cagulangan led the charge with 21 points, shooting 5-of-6 from beyond the arc, […]
The University of the Philippines men’s basketball team (MBT) dukes it out with a number of top teams from Chinese Taipei and Thailand just two weeks before it commences its campaign in UAAP Season 87. The Fighting Maroons are already in Keelung City as one of eight teams competing in the 2024 Interleague Play from […]
Universal Robina Corporation’s (URC) dog food brand TopBreed has stepped up anew to support the University of the Philippines Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT) with a new partnership deal signed with university and team officials at the UP Executive House, August 21. TopBreed of URC’s Agro-Industrial Group (URC-AIG) has been one of the Fighting Maroons’ sponsors since 2020. URC-AIG first partnered with the team in 2018 through its premium farm products unit, Robina Farms. […]
STATS Technical Sportswear remains the official outfitter of the UP Men’s Basketball Team (MBT). The subsidiary of Januarius Holdings Inc. (JHI) has been providing the Fighting Maroons’ game and practice jerseys since UAAP Season 80, and will continue to do so. At the same time, it has also served as sponsor for the MBT’s overseas […]
The UP Fighting Maroons are making full use of the pre-season to get ready for UAAP Season 87. After a 2-week training trip to Novi Sad, Serbia where the Maroons won all their tune-up games against collegiate and pro teams there, the UP Men’s Basketball Team is off again to pursue training in Korea from […]
After the UP Men’s Basketball Team (MBT) took part in the inaugural offering of the Fighting Maroons Basketball School (FMBS), it’s the Women’s Basketball Team’s (WBT) turn to lend a helping hand. And in the process, keep proving that – most definitely – girls got game. FMBS is State U’s official basketball development program launched […]
Called ‘Hands In Huddle,’ the logo is colorful and circular with hands and dots that catch the first attention. A closer look reveals that the hands – in the colors of the eight UAAP universities – also contain stylized human figures, making up a team of diverse universities working as one. The season’s theme ‘Stronger, […]
A rise up the rankings is in the offing for the University of the Philippines Table Tennis Teams, as they welcomed their first-ever program head. The Fighting Maroons placed fifth (women) and sixth (men) in the event in UAAP Season 86, but are adamant that – as always – there’s nowhere to go but up. […]
Gilas prospect big man Quentin Millora-Brown will suit up for the UP Fighting Maroons in UAAP Season 87. The 6’10 Fil-Am center last played for The Citadel in US NCAA Division 1 where he averaged 11.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1.5 blocks. Millora-Brown’s decision to play his final year in college with the […]