At the moment, UE is far from the badass school of the yesteryears. While they might have won 18 men's seniors basketball tournaments, they last won the tourney during the 1985 UAAP season.
Of the four UE UAAP MVPs, Rhoel Nadurata is the only player to miss out on a PBA MVP award, and the only reason for this is that he had already retired when the PBA debuted in 1975. 1966 UAAP MVP Robert Jaworski, 1984 and 1985 UAAP MVP Allan Caidic, and 2003 UAAP MVP James Yap are part of the PBA's 40 Greatest Players alongside two-time Best Player of the Conference winner Jerry Codinera.
The PBA benefited from the UE talents. Even when their team is down in the standings, the PBA still finds an alum to strut their wares for one of their squads.
This article checks UE's success rate in the PBA Draft.
2003 TO 2023
LEGEND:
ON BLACK: DRAFTED PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED IN THE PBA
ON RED: PLAYERS WHO WERE DRAFTED BUT NEVER GOT TO PLAY IN THE PBA
YEAR | PLAYER |
2003 | RD 2 - PICK 16 | RONALD TUBID |
2004 | RD 1 - PICK 2 | JAMES YAP RD 2 - PICK 11 | PAUL ARTADI |
2005 | RD 1 - PICK 6 | NINO CANALETA RD 1 - PICK 8 | PAOLO HUBALDE |
2006 | RD 2 - PICK 20 | OLLAN OMIPING |
2007 | ​RD 2 - PICK 17 | RJ MASBANG |
2008 | RD 1 - PICK 6 | MARK BORBORAN RD 1 - PICK 8 | BONBON CUSTODIO RD 1 - PICK 10 | KELVIN GREGORIO |
2009 | RD 2 - PICK 14 | MARCY ARELLANO |
2010 | ​RD 1 - PICK 4 | ELMER ESPIRITU RD 1 - PICK 9 | PARI LLAGAS RD 2 - PICK 12 | ROB LABAGALA RD 2 - PICK 13 | VAL ACUNA |
2011 | RD 1 - PICK 2 | PAUL LEE RD 2 - PICK 18 | JAMES MARTINEZ RD 2 - PICK 19 | KEN ACIBAR |
2012 | ​RD 2 - PICK 19 | RAPHY REYES RD 4 - PICK 35 | PAUL ZAMAR |
2013 | NONE |
2014 | NONE |
2015 | ​RD 3 - PICK 26 | ROI SUMANG RD 4 - PICK 38 | JOHN RAY ALABANZA RD 5 - PICK 46 | BONG GALANZA |
2016 | RD 2 - PICK 17 | CHRIS JAVIER |
2017 | ​RD 2 - PICK 15 | RENZ PALMA RD 3 - PICK 27 | BIBOY ENGUIO RD 5 - PICK 43 | JHON SUMIDO |
2018 | ​RD 2 - PICK 13 | PAUL VARILLA RD 3 - PICK 27 | STEVEN CUDAL RD 4 - PICK 34 | DAN ALBERTO |
2019 | ​GILAS RD - PICK 2 | REY SUERTE |
2021 (S46) | ​RD 1 - PICK 9 | ALVIN PASAOL RD 2 - PICK 14 | REY MARK ACUNO RD 2 - PICK 24 | MARK OLAYON RD 3 - PICK 30 | RONNIE DE LEON RD 5 - PICK 50 | PHILIP MANALANG RD 8 - PICK 61 | JED MENDOZA |
2022 (S47) | RD 3 - PICK 30 | JOHN APACIBLE RD 4 - PICK 42 | ANDREY ARMENION |
2023 (S48) | ​NOTE: NOT COUNTED DUE TO RECENCY RD 1 - PICK 3 | LUIS VILLEGAS RD 1 - PICK 7 | RICHIE RODGER RD 6 - PICK 60 | JAN SOBREVEGA RD 10 - PICK 77 | NIKKO PARANADA |