| Wide: | yes |
| Arellano–San Beda men's basketball rivalry | |
| Team1: | Arellano Chiefs |
| Team1logo: | Arellano colors.svg |
| Team2: | San Beda Red Lions |
| Team2logo: | San Beda colors.svg |
| Sport: | Men's basketball |
| Other Names: | Battle of Legarda Battle of Concepcion Aguila |
| Mostrecent: | October 27, 2023 (Filoil EcoOil Centre, San Juan) Arellano, 74–72 |
| Nextmeeting: | TBA |
| Alltimerecord: | NCAA Final Four (Philippines) appearances ----Titles |
| Currentstreak: | Arellano, 1 (2023–present) |
| Longeststreak: | San Beda, 15 (2016–2023) |
This rivalry is between Legarda's Arellano and Mendiola's San Beda. Others would refer to it as the Battle of Legarda or Battle of Concepcion Aguila, because of the streets that run between these universities. The rivalry is played at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines).
Since Arellano joined in season 85, it has faced San Beda in various championship series, such as the men's basketball and football, and women's volleyball, and juniors' basketball.
In 2014, led by Jio Jalalon and coach Jerry Codiñera, the Chiefs qualified to its first Finals appearance.[1] They were swept by the four-time defending champions San Beda Red Lions.[2] On the next year, the Chiefs missed the Final Four,[3] but returned to the Finals in 2016. In a rematch of the 2014 Finals, the Chiefs were again swept by San Beda.[4]
Both teams are expected to meet at least 2 times per year.
Both teams are expected to meet at least 2 times per year.
For comparison, these are the rankings of these two teams since the Final Four format was introduced.
| Team ╲ Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2018 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 | bgcolor=D3D3D3 rowspan=2 | C | 6 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| bgcolor=silver | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 2 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 1 | 3 | 4 | bgcolor=gold | 3 |
| Team ╲ Year | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | bgcolor=silver | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | bgcolor=D3D3D3 rowspan=2 | C | bgcolor=D3D3D3 rowspan=2 | C | 7 | 10 | ||||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 2 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 1 | 1 | 3 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Arellano and San Beda met in the season 93 women's volleyball finals.