NU Bulldogs

National U Bulldogs
National University
League	UAAP
Joined	1938 (NCAA founding member - 1924)
Location	M. F. Jhocson Street, Sampaloc, Manila
Team colors	Blue and Gold
Juniors' team	Bullpups
Women's team	Lady Bulldogs
Seniors' general championships
UAAP: 1 (1986-87) *Disputed
Juniors' general championships
UAAP: none

The National University Bulldogs is the collegiate men's varsity team of National University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The collegiate women's varsity team is called the Lady Bulldogs while the high school varsity teams are called the Bullpups.

Sports

Basketball

In the early years of the UAAP, the Bulldogs were a competitive team in the league, winning the title in 1954. However, by the 1980s, NU started to dwell in the bottom ranking of the team standings. They had some minimal success in the late 1990s, thanks to the likes of future PBA stars Danny Ildefonso and Lordy Tugade, but failed to make it to the Final Four.

But in 2001, the Bulldogs made a surprise trip to the Final Four led by the shooting of Jeff Napa, who tied the record of UE's Allan Caidic for the most number of three-pointers made in a single UAAP game. However, they were not able to advance to the Finals as they were beaten by the La Salle Green Archers in their Final Four series.

NU has since returned to their mediocre ways. Despite that, the team saw the emergence of outstanding players such as Rey Mendoza, Edwin Asoro, both members of the Mythical Five in separate seasons, and Jonathan Fernandez, who found some success playing for the PBL's Harbour Centre squad and the SEABA RP team.

With the beginning of a new ownership, led by the SM Group of Henry Sy, the Bulldogs look to shed the tag of being "the UAAP's whipping boys."

UAAP Season 74

The Bulldogs Basketball Team Roster

No.	Name	Position	Height	Weight	Playing Yr.	High School
4	Joshua Angelo C. Alolino	PG	5' 11"	150 lbs.	Rookie	University of Perpetual Help
5	Jeoffrey J. Javillonar	SF	6' 3"	175 lbs.	2nd	Rizal Technological University
6	Joseph Laslee F. Terso	PG	5' 10"	155 lbs.	4th	National University
7	Jul-ashri B. Ignacio	SG	6' 1"	170 lbs.	2nd	Southern City Colleges
8	Robby C. Celiz	PF	6' 4"	185 lbs.	4th (Transf.)	Ramon Magsaysay High School
9	Ajeet B. Singh	SG	6' 0"	165 lbs.	3rd (Transf.)	St. Joseph School Iloilo
10	Marion Evan C. Magat	C	6' 6"	195 lbs.	4th	Urdaneta National High School
11	Cederick U. Labing-isa	PG	5' 7"	135 lbs.	1st	University of Santo Tomas
12	Spencer John G. Eman	C	6' 7"	200 lbs.	3rd (Transf.)	Holy Child School of Davao
13	Reden M. Celda	PG	6' 0"	160 lbs.	2nd (Transf.)	Agro Industrial Foundation College
14	Emmanuel M. Mbe	C	6' 7"	210 lbs	3rd (Transf.)	Duoala Cameroon
15	Bobby Ray B. Parks, Jr.	SG/SF	6' 4"	210 lbs.	1st	St. George HS Tennessee USA
16	Kyle Drexler S. Neypes	PF	6' 4"	180 lbs.	1st	University of Santo Tomas
17	Glenn R. Khobuntin	PF	6' 4"	180 lbs.	2nd	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
18	Lee Dennice A. Villamor	PF	6' 4"	185 lbs.	3rd (Transf.)
19	Robin C. Roño	PG	5' 8"	145 lbs.	3rd (Transf.)	Pilar College

Team Depth Chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Jean Mbe	Marion Magat	Jano Eman
PF	Glenn Khobuntin	Dennice Villamor	Kyle Neypes
SF	Ray Ray Parks	Robby Celiz	Jeff Javillonar
SG	Choi Ignacio	Ajeet Singh	Reden Celda
PG	Gelo Alolino	Cedrick Labing-isa	Joseph Terso	Robin Roño

Coaching Staff

• Head Coach: Eric Altamirano
• Assistant Coaches:
  • Joey Guanio
  • Mon Jose
  • Vic Ycasiano
  • Jeff Napa

Athletic Director: Junel Baculi

Baseball

Unknown to some, the Bulldogs have found recent success in the UAAP's baseball tournament. After years of falling to the bottom of the team standings, NU has made it to the Final Four the last three seasons. Unfortunately, it has not made it to the championship round, losing to baseball powerhouses such as the UP Fighting Maroons and the UST Growling Tigers in the semi finals.

Ranking

Being the three most popular sports in UAAP, this is the school's ranking in each sport since 1987, the year the UAAP became an 8-team league: (NU doesn't participate in the Men's Football Tournament)

SEASON	MEN'S BASKETBALL	WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL	MEN'S FOOTBALL
1987-1988	1st	8th
1988-1989	8th	8th
1989-1990	8th	8th
1990-1991	8th	8th
1991-1992	8th	8th
1992-1993	7th	8th
1993-1994	8th	8th
1994-1995	7th	6th
1995-1996	8th	7th
1996-1997	6th	8th
1997-1998	8th	8th
1998-1999	7th	8th
1999-2000	7th	8th
2000-2001	6th	7th
2001-2002	4th	8th
2002-2003	8th	7th
2003-2004	7th	8th
2004-2005	7th	8th
2005-2006	7th	8th
2006-2007	7th	7th
2007-2008	6th	6th
2008-2009	8th	8th
2010-2011	5th	5th
2011-2012	5th