San Beda Red Cubs

San Beda Red Lions
San Beda College
League	NCAA and WNCAA
Joined	1924–83, 1986–present
Location	Mendiola St., Manila (Srs.) Taytay, Rizal (Jrs.)
Team colors	Red      and      White
Fight song	Indian Yell
Women's team	Red Lionesses
Juniors' team	Red Cubs
Seniors' general championships
NCAA: 6 (2010–11, 2011–2012, 2012–2013, 2014–2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017)
Juniors' general championships
NCAA: 15 (1982–83, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016-17)

The San Beda Red Lions is the collegiate varsity basketball team of San Beda College that plays in the NCAA. The juniors basketball team is called the Red Cubs of San Beda College-Rizal, while the women's varsity basketball team is called the Red Lionesses. The latter plays in the Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association.

San Beda is the only founding member of the NCAA left in the league.

The Lion is the mascot of all the varsity teams, but only the men's varsity basketball team is called the Red Lions. The other varsity teams have their own names for distinction purposes. Here are the official names of the San Beda varsity teams:

* Not competing in the NCAA

San Beda is named after the Venerable Bede of England. In honor of Venerable Bede who is an English man, the school chose the Red Lion Rampant which is the heraldic symbol of the ancient Scots/English for courage as part of its school logo. San Beda pays tribute to the courage of the Benedictine monks by adopting the Red Lion, the symbol of courage in the Catholic tradition and in the land of St. Bede.

One of the more popular line in the traditional Bedan cheers is "¡Ánimo San Beda!".

Bedans use ¡Ánimo! to mean COURAGE in their cheers. When Bedans yell "¡Ánimo San Beda!" they actually mean "Courage San Beda!/Have Courage San Beda!", faithful to the Spanish idiomatic usage of the word.¡Ánimo! is a Spanish word which means spirit, energy, vitality, purpose and will. Used as an expression of encouragement by Spanish speaking societies, it means courage or have courage. "Avance San Beda!" and "Vamos!" were also popular then. In the pre-war Spanish San Beda cheer (also known as El Colegio de San Beda Tiene que Ganar!), "¡Ánimo!" is also included. Even in the traditional English cheer, "Stand on the Grandstand", "¡Ánimo!" is extensively used. It is a shared belief among Bedans that the popular line "Animo ________, Beat _________" used by other schools as a stand-alone cheer, originated from the 1950s Bedan Cheer Stand on the Grandstand".