September 8, 2025 | 7:11pm
MANILA, Philippines — Reigning champion UP opens its title protection within the centerpiece males’s basketball event of the UAAP Season 88 in opposition to host College of Santo Tomas on September 21 on the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion.
Recreation time is at 4:30 p.m. with the Combating Maroons eyeing a flying begin in its bid for back-to-back titles, with the debuting Rey Remogat in tow, after the primary match between the NU and the UE at 2 p.m.
UP beat La Salle, 2-1, in final yr’s finals for its second title in 4 straight finals appearances underneath coach Goldwin Monteverde.
The primary salvo of the back-to-back opening weekend options FEU in opposition to Ateneo at 2 p.m. then La Salle in opposition to Adamson at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 20.
Earlier than that, UST will usher within the new season with a theme or “Power in Movement, Hope in Motion” in grand ceremony on Sept. 19 on the UST Grandstand and Open Discipline that includes a mass, a program then a finale live performance.
The identical theme shall be launched because the official UAAP theme track written by assistant professor Louell Baldoza of UST Institute of Faith and interpreted by UST alumnus, OPM singer-songwriter and Callalily band frontman Kean Cipriano.
Round 30,000 persons are anticipated to observe the UAAP opening, a quantity just like the annual “Paskuhan” live performance in December.
