Lyceum Pirates basketball

Leo Austria 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.^[1]

The Lyceum Pirates previously saw the likes of Gary David and Chico Lanete play for the Intramuros-based school.^[2] Playing at the National Capital Region Athletic Association (NCRAA), Bay Cristobal coached Lyceum at this time.^[3] The Pirates were defeated by the St. Francis Doves in 2003.^[4]

Coached by Bonnie Tan starting in 2003, the Pirates won two undefeated championships in the ISAA, and two runs to the Sweet 16 in the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL).^[5]

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 Topex Robinson.^[6] They would first make it to the playoffs in 2017 when CJ Perez led them to an 18–0 elimination round record, only to lose in the finals to the San Beda Red Lions.^[2] The Pirates defeated the Red Lions for the championship though in the postseason 2017 PCCL.^[7] They would meet in an NCAA Finals rematch as a #2 seed with the Red Lions in the next season, but still lost.^[2] The championship series saw Perez suspended in Game 1 for failing to notify the NCAA of his intentions to join the 2018 PBA Draft.^[8]

The Pirates then finished second in 2019, but lost to eventual champions Letran Knights in the playoffs.^[2] After being appointed as head coach of the Philippine Basketball Association's Phoenix Fuel Masters in 2018, Robinson was replaced by Jeff Perlas.^[9] Perlas himself didn't coach the Pirates in an NCAA game as he resigned for personal reasons in 2021; he was replaced by Gilbert Malabanan.^[10] Malabanan coached the Pirates in the 2021 bubble season to 2–7 record, way off the play-in tournament places.^[11] The Pirates made it to the playoffs in the 2022 season, losing out to Letran in the semifinals.^[12]

NCAA Season 99

LPU Pirates roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School SG 3 Barba, John Ronald 6'2" (1.88m) 3rd Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite SG 7 Guadaña, Mclaude 5'11" (1.8m) 3rd Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite PF 8 Omandac, Jearolan 6'0" (1.83m) 2nd Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite SG 11 Caduyac, Khen 5'9" (1.75m) 2nd Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite SF 13 Montaño, Gyle Patrick 6'9" (2.06m) 2nd Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite PF 23 Versoza, John Michael 6'1" (1.85m) 1st – C 15 Aviles, Genesis 6'5" (1.96m) 2nd St Jude College Dasmariñas PG 16 Garro, Raphael 6'1" (1.85m) 2nd University of San Carlos PG 18 Cunanan, Vincent Greg 5'10" (1.78m) 2nd Lyceum of the Philippines University – Cavite PG 20 Villegas, Renz Adrian 5'8" (1.73m) 2nd Colegio de San Juan de Letran PG 0 Culanay, Julian David 6'4" (1.93m) 2nd Chiang Kai-shek College PF 26 Bravo, John Matthew 6'4" (1.93m) 4th – SG 12 Moralejo, Neil Joshua 5'10" (1.78m) 1st – C 28 Umali, Shawn 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd Lyceum of the Philippines University Manila SG 17 Peñafiel, Simon 6'8" (2.03m) 2nd Our Lady of Fatima University SG 27 Fuentes III, Enrique 6'0" (1.83m) 1st – PG 19 Saure, Charles Joseph 6'1" (1.85m) 1st – SG 2 Valdez, Enoch  (C) 6'2" (1.88m) 5th Colegio de San Juan de Letran	Head coach Gilbert Malabanan Assistant coach(es) Patrick Melencio Ian Sangco Kevin Lacap John Lopez Robert Joseph Guevarra Monch Gavieres Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 2022-10-22

• c. 2001: Bai Cristobal
• 2003–2014: Bonnie Tan^[6]
• 2014–2020: Topex Robinson^[9]
• 2021–present: Gilbert Malabanan^[10]