The Lyceum Pirates basketball program represents

Lyceum of the Philippines University Lyceum of the Philippines University ( fil, Pamantasang Liseo ng Pilipinas) also referred to by its acronym LPU is a private, non-sectarian, coeducational higher education institution located at intramuros in the City of Manila, Philippines. ...

(LPU) in men's basketball as a member of the

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(NCAA). The

Lyceum Pirates The LPU Pirates are the athletic teams that represent the Lyceum of the Philippines University and plays in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines), the oldest athletic association in the Philippines. Lyceum has fifteen collegia ...

previously co-founded the Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association (ISAA).

History

Run at MUCAA

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and Dante Gonzalgo played for Lyceum while it was a member of the now defunct Manila Universities and Colleges Athletic Association (MUCAA) in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Stint with NCRAA

The Lyceum Pirates previously saw the likes of

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and

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play for the

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-based school. Playing at the

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(NCRAA), Bay Cristobal coached Lyceum at this time. The Pirates were defeated by the St. Francis Doves in 2003.

ISAA champions

Coached by

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starting in 2003, the Pirates won two undefeated championships in the ISAA, and two runs to the Sweet 16 in the

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(PCCL).

Entry to the NCAA

Lyceum then entered the NCAA as a guest team in 2011, and was admitted as a regular member in 2015. Tan resigned as coach in 2014, and was replaced by

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. They would first make it to the playoffs in

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when CJ Perez led them to an 18–0 elimination round record, only to lose in the finals to the

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. The Pirates defeated the Red Lions for the championship though in the postseason 2017 PCCL. They would meet in an NCAA Finals rematch as a #2 seed with the Red Lions in the next season, but still lost. The championship series saw Perez suspended in Game 1 for failing to notify the NCAA of his intentions to join the

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. The Pirates then finished second in 2019, but lost to eventual champions

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in the playoffs. After being appointed as head coach of the

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in 2018, Robinson was replaced by Jeff Perlas. Perlas himself didn't coach the Pirates in an NCAA game as he resigned due to personal reasons in 2021; he was replaced by Gilbert Malabanan. Malabanan coached the Pirates in the 2021 bubble season to 2–7 record, way off the play-in tournament places. The Pirates made it to the playoffs in the 2022 season, losing out to Letran in the semifinals.

Current roster

NCAA Season 99

Head coaches

* c. 2001: Bai Cristobal * 2003–2014:

* 2014–2020:

* 2021–present: Gilbert Malabanan

Season-by-season records

References

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