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 Metro Manila 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". The biggest league outside the region is CESAFI.

Champions per season SeasonNCAAUAAPCebuNCAA-SouthNAASCUUCAAMNCAAUCLAAISAANCRAACUSA 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 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 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 USC 1957–58 1958–59 USC 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 Suspended 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 No champion declared 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 Aborted 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 CIT 1990–91 1991–92 * 1992–93 1993–94 PSBA 1994–95 Cebu Doctors' St. Francis 1995–96 St. Francis 1996–97 PSBA MLQU 1997–98 PSBA MLQU 1998–99 UC "B" ? 1999–2000 Cebu Doctors' ? St. Francis ? 2000–01 ? St. Francis ? 2001–02 ? UM St. Francis Assumption 2002–03 UM St. Francis St. Francis LPC 2003–04 ? UMSt. Francis St. Francis LPC 2004–05 ? UM ? PMI 2005–06 ? UM ? St. Francis PMI 2006–07 ? AMACU ? MLQU 2007–08 ? STI St. Francis ? MLQU 2008–09 SSC-R Cavite Universal ? St. Francis Universal Not held 2009–10 SSC-R Cavite Universal ? St. Francis Olivarez Not held 2010–11 UCUPHS Laguna UM CSM St. Francis CSM Not held 2011–12 UC UPHS Laguna UM PSBA St. Francis PMMS 2012–13 St. Francis St. Clare Olivarez St. Francis PMMS Olivarez 2013–14 RTU PCCr LaCo St. Clare 2014–15 RTU PATTS PMMS 2015–16 USC PWU PMMS 2016–17 St. Clare CDSL 2017–18 Holy Cross College of Sasa, Inc. St. Clare 2018–19 St. Clare 2019–20 St. Clare Cancelled 2020–21Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.2021–22Not heldNot heldNot held2022–23St. Clare2023–24San Pablo CollegesSt. ClareLaCo2024–25 St. Clare SDCA2025–26 SeasonNCAAUAAPCebuNCAA-SouthNAASCUUCAAMNCAAUCLAAISAANCRAACUSA

Championships per school School NCAA UAAP CESAFI /CAAA NCAASouth NAASCU UCAA MNCAA UCLAA ISAA NCRAA CUSA TotalUniversity of the Visayas32 32Ateneo de Manila University14 12 26San Beda University 2424Colegio de San Juan de Letran 20 20Far Eastern University* 20 20University of Santo Tomas 1 18 19University of the East 18 18Saint Francis of Assisi College System 2 3 5 8 18De La Salle University 5 10 (11)1 16San Sebastian College – Recoletos 14 14University of Manila 7 7Centro Escolar University 3 3 6Mapúa Institute of Technology 6 5University of the Philippines, Manila 4 1 5Centro Escolar University 2 2 4Emilio Aguinaldo College 0 3 1 4José Rizal University 7 4Olivarez College 1 3 4Philippine School of Business Administration 1 3 4Colegio de Santa Monica 1 2 3Southwestern University 3 3Universal College 2 1 3University of the Philippines, Diliman 3 3Arellano University 0 0 2 2Don Bosco Technical College 2 2Lyceum of the Philippines University 0 2 2Manuel L. Quezon University 2 2National University 0 2 2PMI Colleges 0 2 2Rizal Technological University 2 2Saint Clare College of Caloocan 1 1 2San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Cavite 2 2University of Cebu 2 2University of Perpetual Help System Laguna 2 2Adamson University 1 1AMA Computer University 1 0 1De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde 1 1La Consolacion College 1 1Las Piñas College 0 1 1Philippine Christian University 1 1Philippine College of Criminology 1 1Philippine Merchant Marine School 1 1San Beda College Alabang 11STI College 1 1Technological Institute of the Philippines 1 1University of Batangas 1 1University of the Assumption 1 1

Major contemporary collegiate and university champions This list is limited to the two major Metro Manila leagues, the Cebuano leagues, along with the two major intercollegiate offseason leagues (Filoil and PCCL) which include schools from other associations such as CESAFI in Cebu and NAASCU which is mainly based in Manila. The respective NCAA and UAAP schools have jumped between the two leagues and regularly hold the following intercollegiate tournaments. For 13 out of 21 seasons, champions from mainly Filoil, or occasionally PCCL tournaments, have gone on to win the championship in their respective home leagues. +KeyIndicatorMeaning  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) After 1930, when UST won its only NCAA title, UST, UP, FEU, and NU left the NCAA to form a Big Three League of the top sports schools which also attained university status, that later officially became the UAAP in 1938. SeasonNCAAUAAP 1924–25 (1) rowspan="14" 1925–26 (2) 1926–27 (3) 1927–28 (1) 1928–29 (1) 1929–30 (4) 1930–31 (1) 1931–32 (2) 1932–33 (3) 1933–34 (4) 1934–35 (2) 1935–36 (3) 1936–37 (4) 1937–38 (5) 1938–39 (1) (1) 1939–40 (1) (2) (1) (1) 1940–41 (5) (2) 1941–42 (6)

Postwar era (1946–1980)

SeasonNCAAUAAPCAAA 1946–47 (3) 1947–48 (2) (3) (4) 1948–49 (1) (5) 1949–50 (1) (6) 1950–51 (2) (4) 1951–52 (6) (7) 1952–53 (7) (8) 1953–54 (8) (9) 1954–55 (7) (1) 1955–56 (8) (10) (1) 1956–57 (3) (5) USC (1) 1957–58 (9) (1) (2) 1958–59 (10) (2) USC (2) 1959–60 (9) (11) (3) 1960–61 (3) (3) 1961–62 (11) (6) 1962–63 (5) 1963–64 (2) (5) (4) 1964–65 (3) (12) 1965–66 (2) (6) 1966–67 (4) (7) 1967–68 (4) (8) (13) 1968–69 (5) (9) 1969–70 (12) (10) 1970–71 (5) (11) 1971–72 (4) (12) (5) 1972–73 (6) (7) (6) 1973–74 (1) (8) 1974–75 (5) (13) No champion declared 1975–76 (13) (14) 1976–77 (14) (9) 1977–78 (10) (1) (7) 1978–79 (11) (15) (8) 1979–80 (6) (10) (9)

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. The CAAA continued throughout the era.

SeasonNCAAUAAPCAAA 1980–81 (11) 1981–82 (3) (12) 1982–83 (7) (16) (10) 1983–84 (8) (13) (11) 1984–85 (9) (17) (12) 1985–86 (2) (18) (13) 1986–87 (10) (2) (1) 1987–88 (11) (1) (2) 1988–89 (3) (2) 1989–90 (4) (1) CIT (1) 1990–91 (4) (2) 1991–92 (5) (14) (3) 1992–93 (12) (15)

Final Four era (1993–2003) The UAAP adopted the Final Four format in 1993 while the NCAA followed suit in 1997. The CESAFI replaced the CAAA in 2001-02. SeasonNCAAUAAPCebu 1993–94 (5) (14) (4) 1994–95 (6) (15) CDU (1) 1995–96 (7) (16) (14) 1996–97 (8) (17) (15) 1997–98 (9) (16) (16) 1998–99 (13) (3) UC (1) 1999–2000 (14) (4) CDU (2) 2000–01 (1) (5) (1) 2001–02 (10) (6) (17) 2002–03 (11) (3) (18)

Modern era (2003–2020) The Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) was established in 2003 while the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup was inaugurated as the Homegrown Cup in 2006. SeasonNCAAUAAPCESAFIFiloilPCCL 2003–04 (15) (17) (19) rowspan="3" (1) 2004–05 (1) (18) (20) (1) 2005–06 (16) (19) (21) (2) 2006–07 (12) (18) (22) (1) (2) 2007–08 (13) (7) (23) (2) (1) 2008–09 (14) (4) (24) (1) (1) 2009–10 (12) (5) (25) (1) (2) 2010–11 (15) (6) UC (2) (1) (2) 2011–12 (16) (7) UC (3) (1) (1) 2012–13 (17) (8) (2) (1) (1) 2013–14 (18) (8) (26) (2) (3) 2014–15 (19) (2) (3) (3) (1) 2015–16 (17) (20) USC (3) (1) (2) (3) 2016–17 (20) (9) (27) (4) 2017–18 (21) (9) (28) (2) (1) 2018–19 (22) (10) (29) (2) (3) 2019–20 (18) (11) (4) (3) (4)

Post-pandemic era (2021–present) The PCCL tournament was canceled due to the pandemic. SeasonNCAAUAAPCESAFIFiloil 2021–22 (19) (3) 2022–23 (20) (12) (30) (2) 2023–24 (23) (10) (31) (1) 2024–25 (6) (4) (32) (2) 2025–26 (24) (11) (3) 2026–27 (1)

List of major championships per school Denotes school no longer a member of either NCAA or UAAP. SchoolCurrentleagueNCAAUAAPCESAFICombinedFiloilPCCLAllLast men'schampionshipCESAFI––3232––322024-25 CESAFIUAAP1412–2624322022–23 UAAPNCAA24––2432292023–24 NCAAUAAP020–2013242015–16 UAAPNCAA20––2000202022–23 NCAAUAAP–18–1822222013–14 FiloilUAAP510–1543222023–24 UAAPUAAP118–1901202012–13 PCCLNCAA12––1211142011–12 PCCLUAAP44–830112025–26 FiloilNCAA6––60061972–73 NCAANCAA6––60062024–25 NCAACESAFI––44––42019-20 CESAFICESAFI––44––42019-20 CESAFIUAAP–2–22042022–23 FiloilUniversity of CebuCESAFI––33––32011-12 CESAFIUniversity of San CarlosCESAFI––33––32015-16 CESAFICebu Doctors' UniversityCESAFI––22––21999-00 CESAFIUAAP–1–10011977–78 UAAPNCAA1––10012000–01 NCAACebu Institute of Technology – UniversityCESAFI––11––11989-90 CESAFINAASCU1––10012004–05 NCAANCAA0––00112017–18 PCCLNCAA0––0000NoneNCAA0––0000NoneNCAA0––0000NoneUCLAA0––0000NoneUCAL–0–0–––None Saint Vincent de Paul–0––0–––None Trinity University of AsiaUCAL0––0–––None University of Manila–00–0–––None

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