Mapúa Cardinals |
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| Mapúa Institute of Technology | |
| League | NCAA |
| Joined | 1930 |
| Location | Intramuros, Manila |
| Team colors | Red, gold and black |
| Juniors' team | Malayan Red Robins |
| Seniors' general championships | |
| NCAA: 20 (1960-61, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1971-72, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1978-79. 1980-81, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94) |
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| Juniors' general championships | |
| NCAA: 8 (1964-65, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1994-95) |
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The Mapúa Cardinals is the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) basketball team of the Mapúa Institute of Technology.
The Mapúa Cardinals holds the NCAA record for the most number of General Championships in the seniors division with a total of 20—the last of these championships was won in 1993. At distant second is the Colegio de San Juan de Letran which has 8 seniors titles.
Of the total Seniors GC's won by the Cardinals, 10 were hauled from the 1980s to the mid-1990s in addition to 3 (out of a total 8) in the juniors division over the same period, a testament to the distinguished leadership of the legendary Valerio "Amang" Lopez as Athletic Director.
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Don Tomas Mapúa, the founder of the Mapúa Institute of Technology. was an avid fan of the Major League Baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals. The Juniors (high school) team adopted the Red Robin.
The Mapúa Cardinals have won the NCAA Seniors Championship five times (in 1949, 1965, 1981, and the back-to-back titles from 1990–91). The MIT basketball team holds the distinction of producing alumni players who have won the season Most Valuable Player award in the professional Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) for the most number of years. The legendary Abe Masculino and Fortunato "Atoy" Co won this award once each in 1977 and 1979, respectively, while Alvin Patrimonio. has won it four times, in 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1997. All three players are members of the 25 All-Time Greatest PBA Players.
The Mapúa Red Robins, on the other hand, still holds the NCAA record for winning the most number of titles in the juniors division with 18 championships, the last of which was won during the 2000 season. As a testament to its superb performance in the NCAA juniors division, the Red Robins also have the distinction of winning a rare five-year championship run from 1968 to 1972.
| # | Position | Name | Year |
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| 8 | G | Banal, Jonathan | |
| 18 | F | Cantos, Jason | |
| 16 | G | Chien, Jumel | |
| 19 | G/F | Ighalo, Kenneth | |
| C | Magsigay, Darell | ||
| 4 | G | Mangahas, Allan "The SNAKE" | |
| 13 | G | Maniego, Ellison | |
| 9 | G/F | Nimes, Josan | |
| 15 | C | Parala, Mike | |
| 5 | C | Pascual, Jason | |
| 14 | G | Ranises, Rodel | |
| 6 | C | Sarangay, Mark | |
| 10 | G | Stevens, Andretti | |
| 11 | C | Taha, Yousef | |
| 22 | F | Layug, Raphael | |
| Coach | Victolero, Chito |
Another sport where the Mapua Cardinals and Red Robins have demonstrated their dominance in the NCAA is in track and field. Prior to 1953, relay and track and field events were counted separately although Mapuan athletes have already demonstrated a winning tradition. Since 1953 when these events were formalized, MIT has won a total of 25 titles in the seniors division and 6 in the juniors division. Ateneo de Manila follows at a distant second with 17 juniors and 6 seniors titles.
The Mapúa track and field team has produced some notable Philippine sports heroes including:
Several other members of past Philippine national teams are also from MIT.
The Mapúa Institute of Technology has also shown great performances in other sports.
As an example, the Mapúa seniors swimming team, coached for many years by Prof. Edilberto Bonus, has won no less than 40 titles in the seniors division and 22 in the juniors. This clearly dominating record is followed only by that of San Beda College with 21 championships in the juniors division but only 8 titles in the seniors events. MIT's tankers last won the seniors crown in 1997 while the last juniors title was won in 1991.
Prof. Bonus, an outstanding Mapuan, is himself a distinguished swimmer having won the Bronze Medal at the first Asian Games that was held in New Delhi, India in 1951. Until his retirement, he was an admired professor of both Mathematics and Physical Education at the Institute. He also served as President of the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association for several years.
The MIT chess team has produced the likes of Eugene Torre, Asia's first grandmaster as well as International Master Renato Naranja, both of whom represented the country in the 1972 Chess Olympiad. In addition, International Master Ildefonso Datu and several National Masters including Ernesto Encarnacion Jr. and Julius De Ramos also honed their skills with the seniors chess team. Mapua has won a total of 11 NCAA Chess titles in the seniors division, the last being in 2002, and 6 NCAA juniors titles although the last one was in 1996.
MIT leads the NCAA with 16 seniors and 17 juniors titles followed by San Beda with 11 seniors and 14 juniors championships. Mapua's tennis greats include former Philippine and Southeast Asian number one netter Manuel Tolentino who represented the country in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Mapua last won the seniors title in 1994 and the juniors in 1997.
Behind La Salle and San Beda, Mapúa has the third best winning record in football with 7 juniors titles and 12 seniors titles. The MIT football team has produced several players who have played for the Philippine national football team in international competitions.
The Mapúa Cheerleading Association known informally as the Cheerping Cardinals won the NCAA's first ever cheerdancing competition held in 2004. Since then, they continued to show exhibit competitive performances, including a runner-up finish in the 2007 competition where they lost to the University of Perpetual Help pep squad by a single point.
The staple cheer of the Mapúa Institute of Technology is the cry "Viva Mapúa!"
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