Battle of the East

FEU-UE Rivalry
Last Meeting	October 7, 2023 (65-58, UE)
Next Meeting	TBA
Current Streak	1 (UE)
History
Pennant Era	tied 2-2
1960 UAAP Finals	UE won, 87-86
1961 UAAP Finals	FEU won, 105-84
1975 UAAP Finals	UE won, 85-80
1976 UAAP Finals	FEU won, 91-82
UAAP Final Four	4-1 (FEU)
1998 UAAP Basketball Semifinals	FEU won, 68-81, 83-61
2003 UAAP Basketball Semifinals	FEU won, 67-63
2004 UAAP Basketball Semifinals	FEU won, 71-64
2005 UAAP Basketball Semifinals	FEU won, 78-57
2009 UAAP Basketball Semifinals	UE won, 84-74, 72-78
Philippine Collegiate Championship	Series tied 1-1
2002 PCC Championship	UE won, 2-0
2004 PCC Championship	FEU won, 1-0
Men's Basketball Records
UAAP Final Four Appearances FEU - 22 UE - 12 UAAP Championships FEU - 20 (1st) UE - 18 (tied for 2nd) Final Four format first introduced in 1993

The "Battle of the East" is a college basketball rivalry between the University of the East Red Warriors and Far Eastern University Tamaraws. Others would refer to it as the Battle of Morayta, because of the street that runs between these universities. They have a combined 38 UAAP Basketball titles.

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Locations of FEU and UE

History

FEU left the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1936 and later on to form the University Athletic Association of the Philippines along with University of Santo Tomas, National University and the University of the Philippines in 1938. UE was part of the first UAAP expansion with Adamson University in 1952. It did not take long for the Warriors to dominate since joining the league as it holds the longest finals appearance with 16 from 1957 to 1972, including a seven straight title run from 1965 to 1971(1967 title to be shared with UST),^[1] with FEU winning the title in 1961 and 1972.^[2]

Notable Games

1960 UAAP Finals

UE stormed back from 81-75 with three minutes left to play at the half to complete an upset, 87-86 taking the El Oro trophy home in front of a crowded Rizal Memorial Coliseum. A run started with Norman de Vera's two free throws after being fouled by Rohimust Santos to cut the lead, while sophomore Rizaldo Pabillore came up with two interceptions all within the last three minutes of the second half to earn their third title.

1961 UAAP Second Round Eliminations

UE subdued FEU, 78-74 in the second round of the UAAP basketball series at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. But the jam-packed crowd of 9,000 (over maximum capacity of the coliseum) got an unexpected show after the final buzzer when cagers from both teams engaged in an impromptu brawl on the floor. The fight was triggered off by a last-second scuffle for the ball between Tamaraw Romy Diaz and Warrior Carlos Quitzon. Quitzon had the ball and was being harassed by Diaz when the buzzer sounded and hell broke loose. Searing blast by lanky Jimmy Mariano and clutch baskets by Jose Sison and Wenceslao Olaguera at the homestretch saved the Warriors after they were behind by six points. Mariano scored twice on a twisting shot to regain the lead for UE, 63-60, with five minutes left in the game. The two schools met again in the finals with FEU winning the championship.

1981 UAAP Finals

With the game on the line, University of the East rookie Allan Caidic, with the chance of beating the rival FEU to win the championship, missed both free throws and let the Tamaraws led by Glenn Capacio steal the 1981 title. Caidic, with the rest of UE squad, won the championship the following year after beating the University of the Philippines.

2009 UAAP Semifinals

Holding a twice to beat advantage, the second-seeded Tamaraws fell short during the Game 1 of the series, 74-84, without their sophomore guard Mark Barroca, who was accused of game-fixing prior to his performance on the team's last stretch of the elimination. Going on to the second game of the series, a much favored FEU, despite a 49-39 lead at the half, once again took the beating as Paul Lee and the Warriors pulled an upset and entered the finals with the score of 72-78 to face Ateneo.

Game Results

FEU victories are colored ██ green. UE victories are colored ██ red.

• asterisk denotes a post season game
• double asterisk denotes a second seed play-off

Season Date Location Winner Score Series 63 July 29, 2000 Ninoy Aquino Stadium FEU 74–62 FEU 1-0 63 September 16, 2000 Araneta Coliseum UE 67–65OT tied 1-1 64 August 5, 2001 Loyola Center FEU 78–67 FEU 2-1 64 August 26, 2001 Loyola Center UE 68–63 tied 2-2 65 August 3, 2002 Makati Coliseum UE 65–58 UE 3-2 65 August 29, 2002 Makati Coliseum UE 80–75 UE 4-2 66 August 3, 2003 Blue Eagle Gym FEU 64–62 UE 4-3 66 August 30, 2003 Araneta Coliseum UE 77–72 UE 5-3 66** September 20, 2003 Araneta Coliseum FEU 80–75 UE 5-4 66* September 24, 2003 Araneta Coliseum FEU 67–63 tied 5-5 PCCL November 26, 2003 Makati Coliseum UE 82–58 UE 6-5 PCCL November 27, 2003 Makati Coliseum UE 57–55 UE 7-5 67 July 10, 2004 Araneta Coliseum FEU 89–61 UE 7-6 67 August 21, 2004 Cuneta Astrodome FEU 64–62 tied 7-7 67* September 16, 2004 PhilSports Arena FEU 71–64 FEU 8-7 PCCL February 27, 2005 Makati Coliseum FEU 69–49 FEU 9-7 68 July 9, 2005 Araneta Coliseum FEU 82–66 FEU 10-7 68 August 14, 2005 Araneta Coliseum UE 62–57 FEU 10-8 68* September 25, 2005 Araneta Coliseum FEU 78–57 FEU 11-8 69 July 15, 2006 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UE 84–92OT FEU 11-9 69 August 20, 2006 Araneta Coliseum UE 76–63 FEU 11-10 70 August 2, 2007 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UE 89–60 tied 11-11 70 September 1, 2007 Cuneta Astrodome UE 79–72 UE 12-11 71 July 26, 2008 PhilSports Arena FEU 71–69 tied 12-12 71 September 4, 2008 Araneta Coliseum UE 73–61 UE 13-12 72 August 9, 2009 Araneta Coliseum FEU 72–76 tied 13-13 72 August 23, 2009 Araneta Coliseum UE 72–87 UE 14-13 72* September 19, 2009 Araneta Coliseum UE 74–84 UE 15-13 72* September 24, 2009 Araneta Coliseum UE 72–78 UE 16-13 PCCL December 2, 2009 Ynares Sports Arena FEU 85–86 UE 16-14 73 July 22, 2010 Araneta Coliseum FEU 91–81 UE 16-15 73 August 15, 2010 PhilSports Arena FEU 83–77OT tied 16-16 74 July 21, 2011 Araneta Coliseum FEU 66–47 FEU 17-16 74 September 4, 2011 Smart Araneta Coliseum FEU 69–78 FEU 18-16 75 July 29, 2012 Mall of Asia Arena FEU 92–66 FEU 19-16

Season Date Location Winner Score Series 75 September 8, 2012 Mall of Asia Arena FEU 83–78 FEU 20-16 76 June 29, 2013 Mall of Asia Arena FEU 89–78 FEU 21-16 76 August 25, 2013 Smart Araneta Coliseum FEU 98–94 2OT FEU 22-16 77 July 30, 2014 Mall of Asia Arena FEU 73–63 FEU 23-16 77 September 7, 2014 Smart Araneta Coliseum UE 94–71 FEU 23-17 78 September 23, 2015 Mall of Asia Arena FEU 92–81 FEU 24-17 78 October 24, 2015 Smart Araneta Coliseum FEU 71–67 FEU 25-17 79 September 18, 2016 Smart Araneta Coliseum FEU 67–59 FEU 26-17 79 November 16, 2016 Mall of Asia Arena FEU 64–61 FEU 27-17 80 September 13, 2017 Smart Araneta Coliseum FEU 90–83 FEU 28-17 80 November 5, 2017 Smart Araneta Coliseum FEU 79–63 FEU 29-17 81 September 30, 2018 Mall of Asia Arena UE 90–65 FEU 29-18 81 November 4, 2018 Ynares Center FEU 80–61 FEU 30-18 82 September 8, 2019 Smart Araneta Coliseum FEU 81–65 FEU 31-18 82 October 27, 2019 Ynares Center FEU 82–58 FEU 32-18 84 April 5, 2022 Mall of Asia Arena FEU 88–74 FEU 33-18 84 April 23, 2022 Mall of Asia Arena FEU 91–61 FEU 34-18 85 October 5, 2022 PhilSports Arena UE 76–66 FEU 34-19 85 October 30, 2022 Smart Araneta Coliseum FEU 75–68 FEU 35-19 86 October 7, 2023 Smart Araneta Coliseum UE 65–58 FEU 35-20

See also

• Ateneo–La Salle rivalry
• La Salle–UST rivalry
• UP–UST rivalry

References

1. "UE Red Warriors".
2. "FEU Tamaraws".