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.
| UAAP Season 61 | |||||||||
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| Host school |  University of the East | ||||||||
| Tagline | The Filipino Spirit Shining Through Sports | ||||||||
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| Seniors |  UST Growling Tigers | ||||||||
| Juniors | UST Tiger Cubs | ||||||||
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| (NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition; | |||||||||
Basketball edit
Men's tournament edit
Elimination round edit
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 |  De La Salle Green Archers
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13 | 1 | .929 | — | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 |  FEU Tamaraws
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11 | 3 | .786 | 2 | |
| 3 | UE Red Warriors (H)
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7 | 7 | .500 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 | UST Growling Tigers
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7 | 7 | .500[a] | 6 | |
| 5 |  UP Fighting Maroons
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7 | 7 | .500[a] | 6 | |
| 6 |  Ateneo Blue Eagles
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5 | 9 | .357 | 8 | |
| 7 |  NU Bulldogs
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5 | 9 | .357 | 8 | |
| 8 |  Adamson Falcons
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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:
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:
Playoffs edit
| 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 | ||||||||
Championships summary edit
Seniors Division championships edit
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| 1st | DLSU | UST | UP | UST | UP | UP | UP | UE | DLSU | UST | AdU | ADMU |
| 2nd | FEU | FEU | DLSU | UP | DLSU | UST | UST | FEU | UST | UP | UP | UST |
| 3rd | UE | DLSU | UST | DLSU | UE | DLSU | UE | DLSU | UP | ADMU | UST | UP |
| 4th | UST | NU | ADMU | UE | UST | ADMU | ADMU | UST | UE | UE | DLSU | DLSU |
| 5th | UP | AdU | UE | FEU | FEU | AdU | FEU | UP | ADMU | DLSU | NU | FEU |
| 6th | ADMU | UP | AdU | AdU | AdU | UE | DLSU | AdU | FEU | AdU | ADMU | UE |
| 7th | NU | UE | ADMU | NU | AdU | ADMU | AdU | |||||
| 8th | AdU | ADMU | NU | ADMU | NU | |||||||
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| 1st | FEU | FEU | UST | FEU | UP | UP | FEU | DLSU | UST | AdU | DLSU |
| 2nd | UST | DLSU | UP | UP | UST | FEU | UST | UP | UST | FEU | |
| 3rd | UP | UE | DLSU | UE | DLSU | ADMU | DLSU | ADMU UST |
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| 4th | AdU | UST | ADMU | UST | AdU | UST | AdU | UP | DLSU | DLSU | ADMU |
| 5th | DLSU | UP | AdU | AdU | UE | DLSU | UE | UE | UE | UE | UST |
| 6th | UE | AdU | UE | DLSU | FEU | AdU | UP | FEU | AdU | ADMU | |
| 7th | ADMU | NU | ADMU | NU | UE | ADMU | AdU | ||||
| 8th | ADMU | ADMU | NU | ||||||||
Juniors Division championships edit
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| 1st | USTHS | DLSZ | USTHS | ADMU | UE | AdU | DLSZ | USTHS | |
| 2nd | ADMU | ADMU & USTHS |
DLSZ | AdU | AdU & ADMU |
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| 3rd | AdU | ADMU | UST | USTHS | UE | AdU | |||
| 4th | DLSZ | UE | AdU | UE | USTHS | UPIS | NU | UE | |
| 5th | UE | UPIS | UPIS | NU | UPIS | DLSZ | UPIS | UPIS | |
| 6th | UPIS | NU | UE | NU | UE | ||||
| 7th | NU | DLSZ | |||||||
Overall Championship race edit
The host school is boldfaced. Final.
