UP Fighting Maroons
Wikipedia - UP Fighting Maroons
The UP Fighting Maroons are the collegiate varsity teams of the University of the Philippines, primarily off its Diliman campus. The teams play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the Philippines' premiere college sports league.
The Fighting Maroons moniker, however, is more commonly used to refer to the men's basketball team (see below for the team monikers commonly used to refer to the university's other teams).
History
UP was one of the founding members of the UAAP in 1938. It was also a founding member and the originator of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the year 1924.
UP is a perennial contender for the overall championship in the UAAP every season. The team last won the UAAP Seniors Overall Championship (now referred to as Collegiate) in the 1997–1998 season, two years before UP last hosted the competitions before its centennial.
The UAAP has eight member-universities and holds tournaments in 13 sports (17 sports disciplines). Only four of the eight member-universities participate in all of the thirteen sports; UP is one of these four.
Fighting Maroons har vundet otte UAAP-mesterskaber, det seneste i 2018. Holdet ledes i øjeblikket af træner Bo Perasol og har spillere som Kobe Paras, Juan Gomez de Liaño og Bright Akhuetie.
Fighting Maroons er kendt for deres hurtige og aggressive spillestil og har en stor fanskare i Filippinerne. Holdet har også været vellykket på den internationale scene og har vundet flere mesterskaber i Southeast Asian Games.