La Salle was a pre-war founding member of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 1924. La Salle participated in the NCAA for 57 years from 1924 to 1981. The La Salle basketball players were first referred to as the Green Archers during the basketball games of NCAA Season 16 (1939–40), where La Salle made its way to the finals and won against
their eventual archrival Ateneo in an
upset for its first basketball championship title in the seniors' division of the NCAA. Accordingly, the news reporters who were covering La Salle games at that time coined the team the "Green Archers" due in part to the La Salle players' accurate shooting skills. La Salle won five
NCAA basketball titles – 1939, 1947, 1956, 1971, and 1974. The Green Archers won the coveted National Seniors Open Championship, a league participated by top commercial and college teams, twice in 1939 and 1949. In September 1980, La Salle announced its decision to leave the NCAA in a press conference effective after the then ongoing 1980–81 NCAA Season due to a violent basketball game against their archrivals at the time, the
Letran Knights. After bolting out of the NCAA in 1981, the team participated in various tournaments. The Green Archers won the
1983 Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL) Championship and 1983 National Open title. La Salle has won three inter-collegiate titles. The school won the 1988 Philippine Intercollegiate Championship. This was later reformatted to become the
Collegiate Champions League (CCL), which then became the current
Philippine Collegiate Championship League (PCCL) with La Salle winning the championship in 2008 and 2013. In 1986, La Salle was accepted as a member of the
University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). Since joining the
UAAP in 1986, the Green Archers have won 11 UAAP basketball titles –
1989,
1990,
1998,
1999,
2000,
2001,
2007,
2013,
2016,
2023, and
2025. La Salle's basketball program is known for having the
most finals appearance with 19, as well as the
longest consecutive finals appearance with nine from 1994 to 2002. The program is also known for having won four straight UAAP championship titles from 1998 to 2001. The Green Archers are also known for sharing a rivalry with other competitive teams in the UAAP, especially with the
Ateneo Blue Eagles,
UST Growling Tigers, and
FEU Tamaraws. In
UAAP Season 88, the Green Archers became the second fourth seed team to win the title after the
NU Bulldogs from
UAAP Season 77 in 2014. La Salle dethroned the
UP Fighting Maroons during the best-of-three series, having lost Game 2 but won Games 1 and 3. The Green Archers won the
UAAP Season 85 3x3 basketball tournament in 2023. They retained the title the following year in
UAAP Season 86. They won their third consecutive title in
UAAP Season 87. In
UAAP Season 88, the Green Archers swept the tournament en route to their fourth consecutive championship. Prior to the start of the UAAP season, the Green Archers participate in multiple preseason tournaments. In the
Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup they have won four titles, the latest being the 2016 championship. The Green Archers participated in the Buddha Light International Association (BLIA) Cup, where they last won the championship in 2017. The Green Archers have also participated in the
PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup as EcoOil–La Salle, where they have won three straight championships. In the Pinoyliga Collegiate Cup, the Green Archers won their first title in 2024. In August 2024, the Green Archers swept the 2024 World University Basketball Series in
Tokyo, Japan. La Salle has also participated in the
AsiaBasket tournaments. In May 2025, the Green Archers won against the Ateneo Blue Eagles to claim the championship of the
2025 AsiaBasket College Campus Tour. The team is currently managed by Raffy Villavicencio, Terry Capistrano,
Andres Reyes Jr., and
Mans Carpio, with
International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) chairman and president
Enrique K. Razon as the main patron.
Topex Robinson serves as the head coach since 2023, with
Caloy Garcia as the lead assistant coach. Other assistant coaches include Marlon Celis, Oliver Bunyi,
Renren Ritualo,
Mon Jose,
Gian Nazario, and JB Sison. Miguel Aytona and Gelo Vito serve as strength and conditioning coaches with Timothy Ting as head nutrionist. ==Current roster==