College basketball in the Philippines

College basketball in the Philippines is fragmented; as of today there is no single governing body, with several leagues in Metro Manila and in the provinces.

Furthermore, the NCAA and the UAAP were not members of the embattled Basketball Association of the Philippines, the then FIBA-recognized national basketball federation, although other leagues are members.

Only in 2007 were the leagues included in the new national federation, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.

In 2008, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas sanctioned the Philippine Collegiate Champions League, a tournament originally known as the "Collegiate Championship League" (CCL) since 2002, as the country's collegiate men's national basketball champion.

[1] Most collegiate leagues now have the same basic format, introduced by the UAAP with success in 1994 (implemented on 1995) that has now been emulated by majority of the collegiate leagues with 8 members or less: