La Salle won five
NCAA basketball titles – 1939, 1947, 1956, 1971, and 1974. The Green Archers won the coveted National Seniors Open Championship, a league participated by top commercial and college teams, twice in 1939 and 1949.[5][6] After bolting out of the NCAA in 1981, it participated in various tournaments. The Green Archers won the 1983 PABL Championship and 1983 National Open title.[7] La Salle has won three inter-collegiate titles. The school won the 1988 Philippine Intercollegiate Championship. This was later reformatted to become the
Collegiate Champions League (CCL), which then became the current
Philippine Collegiate Championship League (PCCL) with La Salle winning the championship in 2008 and 2013.[8][9]
Since joining the
UAAP in 1986, the Green Archers have won 10 UAAP basketball titles –
1989,
1990,
1998,
1999,
2000,
2001,
2007,
2013,
2016, and
2023. La Salle's basketball program is known for having won four straight UAAP championship titles from 1998 to 2001.[10] The Green Archers are also known for sharing a rivalry with other competitive teams in the UAAP, especially with the
Ateneo Blue Eagles,
UST Growling Tigers, and
FEU Tamaraws.[11] The most recent championship is the 2023
UAAP Season 86 title, where La Salle defeated the
UP Fighting Maroons during the best-of-three series, having lost Game 1 but came back and won Games 2 & 3.[12][13][14]
Prior to the start of the UAAP season, the Green Archers participate in multiple preseason tournaments. In the
Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup they have won four titles, the latest being the 2016 championship.[15][16][17] The Green Archers participated in the Buddha Light International Association (BLIA) Cup, where they last won the championship in 2017.[18] The Green Archers have also participated in the
PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup as EcoOil–La Salle, where they have won three straight championships.[19][20] In the Pinoyliga Collegiate Cup, the Green Archers won their first title in 2024.[21]
Until 1997, the UAAP primarily ranked the teams by tournament points using
FIBA's method. Starting in 1998, the UAAP primarily ranked by
winning percentage. There's no difference in ranking once all games were played, but in the middle of the season, rankings made by these two methods may differ.
^La Salle originally won Game 1 of the Finals, but FEU immediately put the game under protest as disqualified player
Tonyboy Espinosa still played for a few seconds after being called for his fifth foul. The UAAP granted FEU's protest and ordered a
replay, but La Salle did not show up in the replayed game. The UAAP then awarded FEU the game, and the title, by
forfeit.
^UST won all elimination round games. Based on the rules at that time, they were then named automatic champions, and other teams were ranked by elimination round finish.
^
abcdLa Salle admitted to having two players on their roster being ineligible from 2003 to 2005. The UAAP took away La Salle's 2004 championship and 2005 runner-up trophies, reversed all of their wins, and suspended them for the
2006 season.
La Salle won five
NCAA basketball titles – 1939, 1947, 1956, 1971, and 1974. The Green Archers won the coveted National Seniors Open Championship, a league participated by top commercial and college teams, twice in 1939 and 1949.[5][6] After bolting out of the NCAA in 1981, it participated in various tournaments. The Green Archers won the 1983 PABL Championship and 1983 National Open title.[7] La Salle has won three inter-collegiate titles. The school won the 1988 Philippine Intercollegiate Championship. This was later reformatted to become the
Collegiate Champions League (CCL), which then became the current
Philippine Collegiate Championship League (PCCL) with La Salle winning the championship in 2008 and 2013.[8][9]
Since joining the
UAAP in 1986, the Green Archers have won 10 UAAP basketball titles –
1989,
1990,
1998,
1999,
2000,
2001,
2007,
2013,
2016, and
2023. La Salle's basketball program is known for having won four straight UAAP championship titles from 1998 to 2001.[10] The Green Archers are also known for sharing a rivalry with other competitive teams in the UAAP, especially with the
Ateneo Blue Eagles,
UST Growling Tigers, and
FEU Tamaraws.[11] The most recent championship is the 2023
UAAP Season 86 title, where La Salle defeated the
UP Fighting Maroons during the best-of-three series, having lost Game 1 but came back and won Games 2 & 3.[12][13][14]
Prior to the start of the UAAP season, the Green Archers participate in multiple preseason tournaments. In the
Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup they have won four titles, the latest being the 2016 championship.[15][16][17] The Green Archers participated in the Buddha Light International Association (BLIA) Cup, where they last won the championship in 2017.[18] The Green Archers have also participated in the
PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup as EcoOil–La Salle, where they have won three straight championships.[19][20] In the Pinoyliga Collegiate Cup, the Green Archers won their first title in 2024.[21]
Until 1997, the UAAP primarily ranked the teams by tournament points using
FIBA's method. Starting in 1998, the UAAP primarily ranked by
winning percentage. There's no difference in ranking once all games were played, but in the middle of the season, rankings made by these two methods may differ.
^La Salle originally won Game 1 of the Finals, but FEU immediately put the game under protest as disqualified player
Tonyboy Espinosa still played for a few seconds after being called for his fifth foul. The UAAP granted FEU's protest and ordered a
replay, but La Salle did not show up in the replayed game. The UAAP then awarded FEU the game, and the title, by
forfeit.
^UST won all elimination round games. Based on the rules at that time, they were then named automatic champions, and other teams were ranked by elimination round finish.
^
abcdLa Salle admitted to having two players on their roster being ineligible from 2003 to 2005. The UAAP took away La Salle's 2004 championship and 2005 runner-up trophies, reversed all of their wins, and suspended them for the
2006 season.