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The team has also represented the country at the 1967 Summer Universiade. [2] As of 2023, The Red Warriors were tied with the University of Santo Tomas as the second most successful team in UAAP men's basketball, with 18 titles, most of them coming from the time of coach Baby Dalupan and Robert Jaworski. [1]
The team has also represented the country at the 1967 Summer Universiade. [2] UE also participates in the Father Martin Cup and Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) men's (and women's) basketball tournaments. The UE Red Warriors were crowned as champions of the 2006 Philippine Collegiate Champions League.
In 1977, UE began playing in NCAA Division I athletics. That same year on December 13, a chartered DC-3 carrying the entire UE basketball team crashed in a field near the Evansville Regional Airport en route to a game against Middle Tennessee State. Every member of the team and coaching staff on the plane was killed.
The Purple Aces dominated the Golden Eagles in every facet. UE is, on paper, the most improved team int he country.
His experience and poise led UE (7-1, 1-1 Missouri Valley Conference) to a win over a league-favorite in a UNI (2-6, 0-2) team that is better than its record suggests.
The Purple Aces and Bears met in a game both seemingly needed to win. Missouri State got it, leaving UE looking for answers.
In 1977 UE began playing in NCAA Division I athletics. That same year on December 13, a chartered DC-3 carrying the entire UE basketball team crashed in a field near the Evansville Regional Airport en route to a game against Middle Tennessee State. Every member of the team and coaching staff on the plane was killed.
The Purple Aces and Screaming Eagles are both in Year 2 of their respective new eras. Here's what you need to know about both as the season begins.