San Beda–Letran rivalry

The San Beda–Letran rivalry is a multiple sport competition between two Philippine schools. This rivalry is between Mendiola's San Beda and Muralla's Letran. The rivalry is played at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines).

San Beda–Letran men's basketball rivalry
San Beda Red Lions
Letran Knights
SportMen's basketball
Latest meetingOctober 6, 2022
(Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan)
San Beda, 68–63
Next meetingNovember 24, 2023
Statistics
All-time recordNCAA Final Four (Philippines) appearances
  • San Beda 19
  • Letran 18
Titles
  • San Beda: NCAA 22
  • Letran: NCAA 20
Longest win streakSan Beda, 15 (2007–2012)
Current win streakSan Beda, 3 (2022–present)
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Locations of San Beda and Letran

Head-to-head record by sport

Seniors' Division

As of October 2016, the San Beda Red Lions have more collegiate championships in the seniors' division compared to the Letran Knights. San Beda has 112 seniors' collegiate championships while Letran has 94. Letran leads the General Championships Tally with 9 titles with San Beda having 7.

San Beda leads Letran 9–4 in different all-time sports categories.

Both schools have yet to win collegiate championships in cheerleading.

General Championship

Letran leads the General Championship race with 9–7.

  • Letran (9) – 1979–80, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10
  • San Beda (7) – 2010–11, 2011–2012, 2012–2013, 2015–16, 2016–2017, 2017–18, 2018–19

Juniors' Division

As of October 2016, the San Beda Red Cubs leads the rivalry in the juniors' division with 102 championships while the Letran Squires has 70 championships. The Red Cubs also leads the general championships tally with 14 compared to the Squires' 8 general championships.

San Beda leads Letran 6–5 in different all-time sports categories.

General Championship

San Beda leads the General Championship race with 14–8.[1]

  • San Beda (14) – 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
  • Letran (8) – 1983, 1986, 1987, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002

Basketball Statistics

Men's basketball results

The rivalry started on October 28, 1950, when Letran and San Beda meet in the finals for the first time. Letran then was led by Lauro Mumar while San Beda was led by Carlos Loyzaga. Letran is on the verge of sweeping the tournament to become eventual champions (the Final 4 format was not yet implemented), but San Beda spoiled it and beat them to arrange a championship showdown with the Knights. In the finals, Letran got their sweet revenge as they beat San Beda to get their second title in the NCAA. The Letran team was called "Murder Inc." by the late Willie Hernandez because of their merciless brand of basketball, very unforgiving. After that historic match, San Beda kept on winning many championships until the 1970s while Letran ended the 1970s with only six championships. During the 1980s the NCAA has seen the downfall of the San Beda basketball program while Letran peaked and became a powerhouse team.

The final four was instituted in 1997;[2][3] prior to that the first and second round winners, plus the team with the best overall standing if it did not win either round, participated in the championship round to determine the champion.

With the exit of their fierce rivals, Ateneo for San Beda and La Salle for Letran, some say the rivalry has died down because of their heaven and earth situation not until in 2006 when the Lions won their 12th championship after 28 years. During that same year San Beda won twice against Letran and denied the Knights to gain a twice-to-beat advantage in the Final Four.

In 2007, San Beda and Letran played for the championship for the second time and was dubbed "The Dream Finals" because it featured two NCAA teams who have very rich basketball history and tradition. In this series, San Beda had a championship score to settle with Letran (to avenge their defeat in the finals 57 years prior). The Red Lions eventually swept the Knights, 2–0. San Beda's Rogemar Menor was named as the 2007 NCAA Finals MVP. Right now they are the most anticipated games in the NCAA which led to bringing the games at the Araneta Coliseum. They are also compared to UAAP's Ateneo–La Salle where in some columnists say it is the "icing in the cake" of today's NCAA.

Pre-Final Four era
San Beda victoriesLetran victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScoreNote/s
1 1982 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 109–86
(*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Final Four era

Both teams are expected to meet at least 2 times per year.

San Beda victoriesLetran victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScoreNote/s
1 July 25, 2000 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 77–61
2 September 5, 2000 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 68–59
3 July 10, 2001 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 85–77
4 September 4, 2001 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 88–67
5 June 29, 2002 Araneta Coliseum Letran 69–64 [lower-alpha 1]
6 August 23, 2002 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 67–54
7 July 7, 2003 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 69–63
8 August 18, 2003 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 76–65
9 July 7, 2004 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 70–55
10 August 25, 2004 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 79–70OT
11 June 29, 2005 Cuneta Astrodome Letran 63–54
12 August 12, 2005 Cuneta Astrodome Letran 68–58 [lower-alpha 2]
13 July 19, 2006 Ninoy Aquino Stadium San Beda 67–59 [lower-alpha 3]
14 September 13, 2006 Araneta Coliseum San Beda 54–43 [lower-alpha 4]
15 July 25, 2007 The Arena in San Juan Letran 70–69 [lower-alpha 5]
16 August 31, 2007 Araneta Coliseum San Beda 87–84 [lower-alpha 6]
17 September 19, 2007* Araneta Coliseum San Beda 76–68 [lower-alpha 7]
18 September 26, 2007* Araneta Coliseum San Beda 76–64 [lower-alpha 8]
19 July 30, 2008 Cuneta Astrodome San Beda 71–67 [lower-alpha 9]
20 September 10, 2008 Araneta Coliseum San Beda 65–63OT [lower-alpha 10]
21 July 24, 2009 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 79–74
22 September 23, 2009 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 76–64
23 October 16, 2009^ Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 82–76 [lower-alpha 11]
24 July 21, 2010 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 77–60 [lower-alpha 12]
25 September 24, 2010 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 74–56 [lower-alpha 13]
26 August 10, 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 77–62 [lower-alpha 14]
27 October 7, 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 84–68 [lower-alpha 15]
28 August 16, 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 65–43
29 September 1, 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 68–62
30 October 18, 2012* Mall of Asia Arena San Beda 62–60 [lower-alpha 16]
31 October 20, 2012* Mall of Asia Arena Letran 64–55 [lower-alpha 17]
No.DateLocationWinnerScoreNote/s
32 October 20, 2012* Mall of Asia Arena San Beda 67–39 [lower-alpha 18]
33 August 24, 2013 Mall of Asia Arena Letran 74–67 [lower-alpha 19]
34 October 21, 2013 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 76–72OT
35 November 11, 2013* Mall of Asia Arena San Beda 80–68 [lower-alpha 20]
36 November 14, 2013* Mall of Asia Arena Letran 79–74 [lower-alpha 21]
37 November 16, 2013* Mall of Asia Arena San Beda 60–56 [lower-alpha 22]
38 August 13, 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 64–53 [lower-alpha 23]
39 September 13, 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 73–44 [lower-alpha 24]
40 July 16, 2015 Filoil Flying V Arena Letran 93–80 [lower-alpha 25]
41 October 6, 2015 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 77–73 [lower-alpha 26]
42 October 13, 2015≠ Mall of Asia Arena #1 San Beda 83–78 [lower-alpha 27]
43 October 23, 2015* Mall of Asia Arena Letran 94–90 [lower-alpha 28]
44 October 27, 2015* Mall of Asia Arena San Beda 68–61 [lower-alpha 29]
45 October 29, 2015* Mall of Asia Arena Letran 85–82 [lower-alpha 30]
46 June 25, 2016 Mall of Asia Arena San Beda 89–85 [lower-alpha 31]
47 August 26, 2016 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 83–71 [lower-alpha 32]
48 July 25, 2017 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 81–74
49 October 13, 2017 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 73–68
50 August 10, 2018 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 80–76OT [lower-alpha 33]
51 September 11, 2018 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 74–68
52 August 10, 2019 Cuneta Astrodome San Beda 70–66 [lower-alpha 34]
53 October 1, 2019 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 75–63 [lower-alpha 35]
54 November 12, 2019* Mall of Asia Arena Letran 65–64 [lower-alpha 36]
55 November 15, 2019* Mall of Asia Arena San Beda 79–76 [lower-alpha 37]
56 November 19, 2019* Mall of Asia Arena Letran 81–79 [lower-alpha 38]
57 April 29, 2022 Filoil EcoOil Centre Letran 59–56 [lower-alpha 39]
58 September 30, 2022 Filoil EcoOil Centre San Beda 76–68
59 November 16, 2022 Filoil EcoOil Centre San Beda 91–77 [lower-alpha 40]
60 October 6, 2023 Filoil EcoOil Centre San Beda 68–63 [4][lower-alpha 41]
Series: San Beda leads 37–23
(*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs
Notes
  1. Opening game.
  2. Letran had a 9–0 record prior to the game.
  3. Letran had a 6–0 record prior to the game. San Beda's 1st win against Letran in years.
  4. San Beda overcame a 12-point deficit to win the game.
  5. San Beda had a 5–0 record prior to the game, Letran's 1st win against San Beda since 2005.
  6. Game was marred by a brawl during and after the game.
  7. Finals Game 1. 1st Meeting between San Beda and Letran in the Finals since 1950 and also San Beda's 1st win against Letran in the finals since the 1950 Finals defeat.
  8. Finals Game 2. San Beda successfully defends their title. Letran's 1st defeat in the finals since the 1980s and under Coach Louie Alas.
  9. Letran had a 6–0 record prior to the game.
  10. San Beda's Borgie Hermida shoots the winning shot with just 2 seconds left in OT. San Beda then went on to win their third consecutive championship title.
  11. Semifinals. San Beda lost in the Finals vs. San Sebastian.
  12. San Beda had a 3–0 record prior to the game.
  13. San Beda had a 14–0 record prior to the game.
  14. San Beda had a 5–0 record prior to the game.
  15. San Beda now has a 12-game winning streak against Letran since 2007. This secured them a twice-to-beat advantage.
  16. Finals Game 1. San Beda leads 1–0. First NCAA game and San Beda–Letran game held at the Mall of Asia Arena.
  17. Finals Game 2. Letran ties the series and at the same time breaks their 15-game losing streak to San Beda since 2007.
  18. Finals Game 3. San Beda wins their 17th championship, the most in the league. This is also their 6th championship in 7 years.
  19. Both teams sport a 7–1 record prior to the game.
  20. Finals Game 1.
  21. Finals Game 2. Series tied at 1–1 all as Raymond Almazan as the Best Player of the Game.
  22. Finals Game 3. San Beda won its 18th Championship Title; Arthur dela Cruz was declared as the Finals MVP of NCAA Season 89.
  23. Mark Cruz as The Best Player of The Game.
  24. Arthur Dela Cruz is the Best Player of The Game.
  25. Both teams had a 2–0 record prior to the game.
  26. Both teams are gunning for a final four slot and a twice to beat advantage prior to the game.
  27. Battle for 1st seed.
  28. Finals Game 1. Letran handles San Beda's 1st Game 1 loss of the Finals since 2009.
  29. Finals Game 2.
  30. Finals Game 3. Letran ends a 10-year title drought and Mark Cruz was named the NCAA Season 91 Finals MVP, San Beda's Championship streak ended at 5.
  31. Opening game.
  32. Both teams came from a loss prior to the game.
  33. San Beda had a 4–0 record prior to the game.
  34. San Beda had a 4–0 record prior to the game.
  35. San Beda had a 14–0 record prior to the game.
  36. Finals Game 1. Letran dealt San Beda's 1st Game 1 loss of the Finals since 2015 at the same time its 1st loss of the season after sweeping the regular season thus ending San Beda's 32-game winning streak dating back from last season and also Letran snapped its 8-game losing skid against San Beda since 2016.
  37. Finals Game 2.
  38. Finals Game 3. Letran ended its 4-year title drought. Fran Yu was named as the NCAA Season 95 Finals MVP.
  39. First San Beda-Letran NCAA game since the COVID-19 pandemic. Letran had an 8–0 record prior to the game. Letran swept the single-round elimination.
  40. Letran was on a 9-game winning streak prior to the game.
  41. San Beda dealt Letran its worst start in recent years with a 0–4 record.

Pre-Final Four era
San Beda victoriesLetran victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScoreNote/s
1 1988 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Beda 1–0
2 1988 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Beda 1–0 [lower-alpha 1]
3 1990 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 1–0
No.DateLocationWinnerScoreNote/s
4 1990 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 1–0 [5][lower-alpha 2]
(*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Final Four era

Since 2007, San Beda leads the rivalry 28–7 but if the game on July 21, 2010, favored San Beda, San Beda will still be the leader of the rivalry but with a better record of 29–6.

San Beda victoriesLetran victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScoreNote/s
1 September 27, 2001* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 74–69 [lower-alpha 3]
2 September 29, 2001* Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Beda 80–70 [lower-alpha 4]
3 October 2, 2001* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 63–61OT [lower-alpha 5]
4 2002 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Beda 1–0
5 2002 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Beda 1–0 [lower-alpha 6]
6 September 18, 2002* Rizal Memorial Coliseum Letran 97–94 [6][lower-alpha 7]
7 September 20, 2002* Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Beda 95–81 [7][lower-alpha 8]
8 2003 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Beda 1–0
9 2003 Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Beda 1–0 [lower-alpha 9]
10 September 20, 2004* Rizal Memorial Coliseum San Beda 87–77 [lower-alpha 10]
11 September 22, 2004* Araneta Coliseum Letran 81–76 [lower-alpha 11]
12 September 24, 2004* Araneta Coliseum San Beda 88–72 [lower-alpha 12]
13 2005 San Beda 1–0
14 2005 San Beda 1–0 [lower-alpha 13]
15 2006 San Beda 1–0
16 2006 San Beda 1–0 [lower-alpha 14]
17 September 12, 2007^ Araneta Coliseum San Beda 96–86 [lower-alpha 15]
18 September 14, 2007^ The Arena in San Juan Letran 96–92 [lower-alpha 16]
19 July 30, 2008 Cuneta Astrodome Letran 91–77
20 September 5, 2008 Cuneta Astrodome Letran 65–61
21 July 24, 2009 The Arena in San Juan Letran 99–84 [lower-alpha 17]
22 October 2, 2009 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 92–91 [lower-alpha 18]
23 October 14, 2009≠ Filoil Flying V Arena #1 San Beda 91–77 [lower-alpha 19]
24 October 22, 2009* Araneta Coliseum San Beda 98–75 [lower-alpha 20]
25 October 24, 2009* Araneta Coliseum Letran 83–80 [lower-alpha 21]
26 October 29, 2009* Araneta Coliseum San Beda 86–75 [lower-alpha 22]
No.DateLocationWinnerScoreNote/s
27 July 21, 2010 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 86–71[lower-alpha 23] [8]
28 September 24, 2010 The Arena in San Juan San Beda 86–71
29 October 6, 2010^ The Arena in San Juan San Beda 86–71 [lower-alpha 24]
30 August 1, 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 84–72 [lower-alpha 25]
31 October 7, 2011 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 88–63 [lower-alpha 26]
32 August 16, 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 86–69 [lower-alpha 27]
33 September 1, 2012 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 73–64 [lower-alpha 28]
34 October 13, 2012^ Smart Araneta Coliseum San Beda 61–57 [lower-alpha 29]
35 August 25, 2013 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 100–86 [lower-alpha 30]
36 October 21, 2013 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 95–84 [lower-alpha 31]
37 August 13, 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 70–48
38 September 13, 2014 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 88–83
39 July 16, 2015 The Arena in San Juan San Beda 99–59 [lower-alpha 32]
40 October 6, 2015 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 76–67 [lower-alpha 33]
41 June 27, 2016 The Arena in San Juan San Beda 107–74 [lower-alpha 34]
42 September 8, 2016 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 96–83 [lower-alpha 35]
43 July 25, 2017 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 91–45
44 October 13, 2017 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 63–60
45 August 10, 2018 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 75–74OT
46 September 11, 2018 Filoil Flying V Arena San Beda 61–60OT
47 August 10, 2019 Cuneta Astrodome San Beda 83–79
48 October 1, 2019 Filoil EcoOil Centre San Beda 108–80
49 February 3, 2023 Emilio Aguinaldo College Gym Letran 94–68
Series: San Beda leads 38–11
(*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs
Notes
  1. San Beda swept both the first and second round pennant. Needing to win to force a playoff for the second round pennant, the Light Bombers fell short to the Red Cubs at the final game of the second round when John Henry Reyes split his free-throw at the final seconds of the game, giving San Beda a 1-point 92–91 victory.
  2. Letran Squires completed a two-round sweep in winning back the Junior title they last held in 1985. The Squires were first round winner when JRC Light Bombers were stripped of the pennant for fielding an ineligible player.
  3. Finals Game 1. Letran leads series, 1–0.
  4. Finals Game 2. Series tied, 1–1
  5. Finals Game 3. Letran wins its 12th juniors basketball championship.
  6. Since San Beda swept the elimination round, they have a twice-to-beat advantage over eventual finals contender, Letran.
  7. This is a de facto best of three series with San Beda automatically leading 1–0. Therefore, San Beda has to win once, while Letran needed twice, to win the championship. San Beda was in command for most of Game 1, but Letran refused to lose and then took the lead, 90–88. San Beda then tied the game 93–all, thanks to Ford Arao's two free throws, 47 seconds remaining in the final period. In the next play, OJ Cua gave the lead again to the Squires, 95–93. Both teams split their charities in the final seconds, when Squire Marlon Bituin grabbed the miss from the other team, giving the Red Cubs their first loss of the season and sealing the victory for the Squires.
  8. The Red Cubs claimed their 11th NCAA juniors championship in the deciding Game 2, thanks to JVee Casio and Arvin Braganza's outside shooting and Jay Agbayani's inside presence.
  9. San Beda swept the elimination round.
  10. Finals Game 1. San Beda leads series, 1–0
  11. Finals Game 2. Series tied, 1–1.
  12. Finals Game 3. San Beda wins its 15th juniors basketball championship.
  13. Letran was winless for the whole season.
  14. Letran was winless for the whole season.
  15. Semifinals. Letran has twice-to-beat advantage.
  16. Semifinals. Letran lost in the finals vs. San Sebastian.
  17. Letran had a 5–0 record prior to the game. Letran gave San Beda–Rizal its first and only elimination round loss of the season.
  18. Letran had a 17–0 record prior to the game. San Beda–Rizal gave Letran its first and only elimination round loss of the season.
  19. 1st seed playoff.
  20. Finals – Game 1. San Beda leads series 1–0.
  21. Finals – Game 2. Series tied with 1–1.
  22. Finals – Game 3, San Beda ends 5-year title drought.
  23. Game forfeited due to the wrong uniform of San Beda's player, Baser Amer.
  24. Semifinals. San Beda went on to win the championship vs. San Sebastian.
  25. San Beda had a 5–0 record prior to the game.
  26. San Beda had a 16–0 record prior to the game. San Beda now has a 4-game winning streak against Letran since 2010.
  27. San Beda had an 8–0 record prior to the game.
  28. San Beda had a 10–0 record prior to the game.
  29. Semifinals. San Beda now has a 7-game winning streak against Letran since 2010, San Beda went on to win the championship vs. San Sebastian.
  30. San Beda had an 8–0 record prior to the game.
  31. San Beda had a 16–0 record prior to the game.
  32. San Beda now has 12 game winning streak against Letran.
  33. San Beda had a 17–0 record prior to the game and San Beda swept the elimination round after beating Letran.
  34. Opening game.
  35. San Beda was on a 6-game winning streak prior to the game.

Final Four Rankings

For comparison, these are the rankings of these two teams since the Final Four format was introduced.

  Finished as the champion
  Finished as the 1st runner-up
  Finished as the 2nd runner-up
  Finished as the 3rd runner-up

See also

References
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  3. Gulle, Jimbo (September 26, 1997). "Stags post 11th straight win; Cards triumph". Manila Standard. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  4. "San Beda adds to Letran's woes; LPU survives Arellano in OT to stay unbeaten". Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  5. "Squires junior champs". Manila Standard.
  6. Franco, Marco (September 18, 2002). "Letran Squires force winner-take-all". ABS-CBN Pinoy Central. Archived from the original on December 21, 2002. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
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  8. San Beda at the spotlight again for another wrong uniform protest
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