The NU Bulldogs are the collegiate men's basketball team of the National University (NU), which play in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere sports league in the country.

In the early years of the UAAP, the NU Bulldogs were a competitive team in the league, winning a title in 1954. The Bulldogs were coached by Skip Guinto, who was approached by the Jhocsons, owners of NU, to coach their team. The Bulldogs relied on Antonio Villamor to defeat the FEU Tamaraws to win their first title.^[1]

The Bulldogs then produced players such as Narciso Bernardo and Jun Papa, but never came close to a repeat Finals appearance, until Reynaldo Sigua was acquired by NU. Sigua led the Bulldogs to a Finals appearance in 1970 against the UE Red Warriors. The Red Warriors prevailed, winning their sixth consecutive UAAP title.^[1]

By the 1980s, however, NU was perennially in the bottom ranking of the team standings. In the late 1990s, they improved their ranking by moving up to the middle of the team standings with now PBA stars Danny Ildefonso and Lordy Tugade in their team roster, but still failed to make it to the Final Four.^[2]

In the last quarter of year 2008, the family of Henry Sy of SM Prime Holdings acquired majority ownership of the National University. Aside from improving school facilities, the new management has included in their corporate plan the improvement of NU's sports programs. After ten years, the National U Bulldogs made it again to the UAAP Final Four in 2012.^[3]

The NU Bulldogs Basketball Team

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NU Bulldogs roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School G 2 Baclaan, Kean 5'8" (1.73m) – De La Salle Zobel F 22 Parks, Bobby Mark 6'4" (1.93m) – – C 18 John, Omar 6'10" (2.08m) – – C 5 Palacielo, RJ 6'6" (1.98m) – – G 8 Casinillo, LA 6'0" (1.83m) – – G 44 Jumamoy, Reinhard 5'11" (1.8m) – – G 12 Yu, Patrick Wilson 6'3" (1.91m) – – G 11 Galinato, John 5'11" (1.8m) – – G 9 Lim, Donn 6'1" (1.85m) – – F 23 Manansala, Jolo 6'4" (1.93m) – – G 13 Enriquez, Steve Nash 5'9" (1.75m) – – F 20 Figueroa, Jake 6'3" (1.91m) – – F 77 Padrones, Kenshin 6'4" (1.93m) – – C 3 Gulapa, Joemakio 6'3" (1.91m) – – C 24 Delos Reyes, Drex 6'8" (2.03m) – –	Head coach Jeff Napa Assistant coach(es) Siot Tanquingcen Vic Yacasiano Danny Ildefonso Leo Pujante Jay Agleron Raul Lacson Dennis Llames Team manager Vince So Legend (C) Team captain Injured

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Until 1997, the UAAP primarily ranked the teams by tournament points using FIBA's method. Starting in 1998, the UAAP primarily ranked by winning percentage. There's no difference in ranking once all games were played, but in the middle of the season, rankings made by these two methods may differ.

• c. 1954: Skip Guinto^[1]
• 2001–02: Manny Dandan^[14]
• 2003–04: Rico Perez^[14]
• 2005–09: Manny Dandan^[14]
• 2010: Eric Gonzales^[15]
• 2011–16: Eric Altamirano^[16]
• 2017–19: Jamike Jarin^[17][18]
• 2020: Goldwin Monteverde^[19]
• 2021–present: Jeff Napa^[20]