Games Thursday:

(Smart Araneta Coliseum)

11 a.m. – La Salle vs Adamson

1 p.m. — UE vs NU

4:30 p.m. — UP vs FEU

6:30 p.m. –– UST vs Ateneo

Action in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 85 men's basketball tournament resumes with a quadruple-header playdate featuring crucial matches for teams in contention for the last three Final Four slots on Thursday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

Holding a 7-3 win-loss record at solo second spot behind semifinal-bound defending champion University of the Philippines, National University seeks to secure at least a playoff for a Final Four slot in a showdown with University of the East at 1 p.m.

Meanwhile, facing off in the 11 a.m. curtain-raiser are the undermanned Adamson University and skidding De La Salle University.

UP hopes to build momentum heading into the next round when it takes on Far Eastern University at 4:30 p.m.

Ateneo de Manila University, on the other hand, guns to boost its semis hopes against cellar-dweller University of Santo Tomas in the 6:30 p.m. nightcap.

But focus remains on the Bulldogs, who have set their eyes on picking up from where they left off before the league went on an almost two-week break to give way to the country's campaign in the fifth window of the FIBA World Cup Asian Qualifiers.

NU beat FEU, 71-60, coming back from 19 points down last 5 November for its second straight win.

The Bulldogs just need to win two of their last four assignments left in the eliminations to finally end a seven-year Final Four drought.