▁emer ged . ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁teams ▁trad ed ▁champion ships ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁that ▁was ▁halt ed ▁when ▁La ▁S alle ▁scored ▁an ▁ups et ▁over ▁A ten e o ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁season . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁began , ▁A ten e o ▁already ▁had ▁the ▁most ▁number ▁of ▁NCAA ▁senior ' s ▁basketball ▁titles ▁with ▁six , ▁whereas ▁San ▁B eda ▁had ▁five ▁titles ▁to ▁its ▁name . ▁ ▁The ▁en su ing ▁years ▁saw ▁the ▁two ▁schools ▁trade ▁champion ships ▁and ▁end ▁one ▁another ' s ▁winning ▁stre aks . ▁The ▁rival ry ▁between ▁the ▁Blue ▁E ag les ▁and ▁Red ▁L ions ▁continued ▁and ▁there ▁were ▁ ▁memor able ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁that ▁en su ed ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁teams . ▁Carlos ▁Lo yz aga ' s ▁San ▁B eda ▁Red ▁L ions ▁to pp led ▁the ▁A ten e o ▁Blue ▁E ag les ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 2 . ▁ ▁Then , ▁the ▁Blue ▁E ag les ▁under ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁Frank ie ▁Rab at ▁captured ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁NCAA ▁titles . ▁ 1 9 5 5 ▁was ▁the ▁year ▁when ▁the ▁Cris p ulo ▁Zam ora ▁tro phy ▁was ▁awarded ▁to ▁San ▁B eda ▁when ▁they ▁defeated ▁A ten e o ▁for ▁the ▁cov et ed ▁crown . ▁The ▁Blue