From May 31 to June 2, the finals of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) "Keyuan Cup" Men's Basketball League were held at the Eastern Campus Basketball Gym of UCAS Yanqihu Campus in Beijing. The top eight teams from six regional divisions—Northeast, North China, East China, South China, Southwest, and Northwest—converged in the capital. Representing the East China Division as its champion, the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics (SICCAS) participated in the finals and ultimately secured third place.

In the quarterfinals on May 31, the SICCAS team won their opening game, defeating the Kunming Institute of Zoology team 60:50 to advance to the Final Four. In the semifinals on June 1, the SICCAS graduate basketball team faced the Institute of Information Engineering (IIE) team. Confronted with IIE's formidable inside game, the SICCAS players fought bravely and kept pace with the score, actively launching outside attacks. However, they ultimately fell short, losing 55:79 to IIE and missing out on the championship final. In the third-place playoff on June 2, the graduate basketball team regrouped and met the challenge with their utmost spirit, ultimately defeating the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology 52:40 to claim third place in this year's "Keyuan Cup" tournament.

This edition of the UCAS "Keyuan Cup" Men's Basketball League achieved unprecedented coverage, with 105 teams from 122 training units and schools participating. Over the two-month competition period, the SICCAS graduate basketball team demonstrated tenacious fighting spirit and indomitable willpower on the court. Whether facing difficulties or falling behind, they rose to the challenge and strived for victory with all their might. This spirit of unity, collaboration, and relentless struggle highlights the perseverance and pursuit of excellence inherent to the SICCAS community. It is believed that the outstanding performance of the SICCAS graduate basketball team will further inspire faculty and students to embrace physical exercise with passion, enabling them to devote themselves with full vigor to the new journey of seizing the commanding heights of science and technology and promoting high-level technological self-reliance and self-strengthening.