Ateneo Blue Eagles

The Ateneo Blue Eagles are the collegiate varsity teams of the Ateneo de Manila University that play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere collegiate league in the Philippines. The collegiate women's varsity basketball team is called the Lady Eagles. The Ateneo collegiate men's varsity basketball team was not always called the Blue Eagles. It got the name Blue Eagles when Ateneo adopted the Eagle as its mascot in 1938. Prior to that, from 1914 it was known under different names.

Ateneo has fifteen collegiate men's varsity teams that participate in fifteen sporting events of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, its mother league.

Ateneo Blue Eagles er et filippinsk basketballhold tilknyttet Ateneo de Manila University. Holdet konkurrerer i University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) og er et af de mest succesfulde hold i ligaen. Blue Eagles har vundet 11 UAAP-mesterskaber, senest i sæsonen 2017.

Holdet er kendt for sin hurtige spillestil og afhængighed af tre-punkts skud. Blue Eagles har også en stærk tradition for at udvikle spillere, der fortsætter med at spille professionelt i Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Nogle af de mest bemærkelsesværdige spillere, der har spillet for Ateneo Blue Eagles, omfatter:

* Kiefer Ravena
* Thirdy Ravena
* Matt Nieto
* Chris Tiu
* Rabeh Al-Hussaini
* Greg Slaughter