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UAAP Season 61 is the 1998–99 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines which was hosted by the University of the East. The season opened on 11 July 1998, thirty days after the nation's 100th anniversary of declaration of independence from Spain and eleven days after the installation of Joseph Ejercito Estrada as the nation's 13th president.

Basketball

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	De La Salle Green Archers	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU Tamaraws	11	3	.786	2	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	UE Red Warriors (H)	7	7	.500	6	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Growling Tigers	7	7	.500^[a]	6	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UP Fighting Maroons	7	7	.500^[a]	6
6	Ateneo Blue Eagles	5	9	.357	8
7	NU Bulldogs	5	9	.357	8
8	Adamson Falcons	1	13	.071	12

Source: 1998–99 UAAP basketball tournament
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



La Salle	51	56

UST	55	51
			1	La Salle	72	63

			2	FEU	47	59
FEU	68	83

UE	81	61

The host school is boldfaced. Final.

University Athletic Association of the Philippines seasons
Pre-war era	1938–39 1939–40 1940–41
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University Athletic Association of the Philippines (2024–25)
Members	Adamson Soaring Falcons, Lady Falcons, Baby Falcons and Lady Baby Falcons Ateneo Blue Eagles De La Salle Green Archers and Lady Archers/Zobel Junior Archers and Lady Junior Archers FEU Tamaraws and Lady Tamaraws/FEU–D Baby Tamaraws NU Bulldogs, Lady Bulldogs, Bullpups and Lady Bullpups UE Red Warriors, Lady Warriors, Junior Warriors and Lady Junior Warriors UP Fighting Maroons UST Growling Tigers, Tigresses, Tiger Cubs and Tigress Cubs
Sports	Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball 5×5 3×3 Chess Football Fencing Judo Softball Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Volleyball Beach Indoor Overall
Special events	Ballroom Esports Cheerdance Street dance
Rivalries	Ateneo vs. La Salle Ateneo vs. UP La Salle vs. UST UE vs. FEU UP vs. UST
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