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The UP Fighting Maroons is the name of the collegiate men's varsity teams of the University of the Philippines Diliman that plays in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, the premiere sports league in the country. The collegiate women's varsity teams are called the ''Lady Maroons''. The University of the Philippines Integrated School is the affiliate juniors division high school. They play as the ''Junior Maroons'', formerly the ''Preps''. The Fighting Maroons moniker, though, is more commonly used to refer to the men's basketball team (see Team Monikers below). ==History== UAAP Founding Member UP is one of the founding members (1938) of the UAAP. It was also a founding member and the originator of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the year 1924. UP was a perennial contender for the overall championship in the UAAP. The team last won the UAAP Seniors Overall Championship in the 1997-1998 season, two years before the University last hosted the competitions prior to its centennial. The UAAP has eight member schools and hold tournaments in fifteen sports. Only four of the eight member schools participate in all of the fifteen sports. UP is one of the four schools. They compete in all of the sports of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UP Fighting Maroons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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