Season 81 of the UAAP men's basketball tournament is set to unfold at Mall of Asia Arena on September 8.

Reporting from courtside are 5 new faces representing 5 universities, while 3 others are returnees.

Here are Season 81's courtside reporters, the faces who will provide fans the latest scoop on their favorite UAAP teams.

Aiyana Perlas is a second-year Psychology student who will do courtside reporting for De La Salle University. One of the newest members of the group. @itsaiyana

Makyla Chavez is an Asian Studies freshman. She will represent University of Santo Tomas. @makylachavez_

Adamson's Cor Catibayan is a fourth-year Broadcast Communication student from University of the Philippines. @corcatibayan

Sam Corrales, another newcomer, will report for University of the Philippines. She is a fifth-year Journalism student from UP Diliman. @samcor_

Frannie Reyes (second from the right) is a third-year Management Economics student from Ateneo de Manila. @abscbnsports

Dyp Dypiangco is a Broadcast Communications major from University of the Philippines. He will be reporting for National University for the second year. @migueldyp

Migs Gomez is an Electrical Engineering major from University of the Philippines. He'll be working on the University of the East beat for a second year. @migsgomez18

Syd Crespo is one of the 3 UAAP returnees. This AB Communications major will do courtside reporting for Far Eastern University. @sydneycrespo

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