1994 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

Men's basketball team 57 1994 UST Growling Tigers 3 1 12–5 8–4 Aric del Rosario 8th Dong Vergeire Binky Favis Bal David 3rd The 1994 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 57th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 1994–95 began on July 16, 1994, and the host school for the season was National University.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p58VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5509%2C2247570 Fabella to open UAAP Manila Standard 16 Jul 1994 UST finished third at the end of the double round-robin eliminations, winning eight games against four losses. Even as the Adamson Falcons were suspended for the year due to eligibility violations involving former UST high school player Marlou Aquino, the Tigers still found themselves struggling in the first round as they barely made it to fourth place in the standings with a 3–3 record. They managed to win four straight games in the next round, including a 68–66 win over the De La Salle Green Archers which prevented them from getting their own season sweep and an outright championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qq4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5656%2C1569075 Archers tame Tams; bag top Final 4 slot Manila Standard 11 Sep 1994https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y5MVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5800%2C1343048 UAAP suspends Adamson over Aquino caper Manila Standard Cardona, Aldrin 10 Mar 1994 They defeated the No. 2-ranked UE Red Warriors in two games of their Final Four pairing to overcome their twice-to-win disadvantage and advance to the Finals against La Salle. The Tigers yielded a 74–77 loss to the Archers in Game 1 of the best-of-three series, but were able to extend it to a third and deciding game after an 87–75 Game 2 victory. They had succeeded in defending the crown when they won in Game 3 by a single point at 77–76. The Tigers were able to wrest the lead from La Salle when Bal David converted both his free throws off a foul from the Archers' Elmer Lago with six seconds left. It was the team's first back-to-back title since winning a three peat from 1951 until 1953. They also helped to achieve the UAAP's first and only triple championship after their junior and women's team earlier won the titles in their respective divisions.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q64mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5274%2C2636528 La Salle ousts FEU; UST turns back UE Manila Standard Cardona, Aldrin 18 Sep 1994https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ra4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5453%2C3317970 Tigers rip UE, ready to salvage crown Manila Standard Cardona, Aldrin 22 Sep 1994https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rq4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4273%2C3721597 La Salle Archers get jump on UST Tigers Manila Standard Cardona, Aldrin 25 Sep 1994https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I5UVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4520%2C1654290 Back to back for Tigers Manila Standard Atencio, Peter 9 Oct 1994 Dennis Espino, who had poured his frustration out of getting excluded from the Asian Games-bound national team into the Tigers' championship run was named season MVP for the second straight year. He was looking forward to representing the country and even had to drop 15 units of his college load and delay graduation just to be able to keep up with practices of both squads, but was then relegated as a reserve along with two amateur players after the Philippine Basketball Association allowed the inclusion of other professional players to the team.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ra4mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3908%2C3317803 UST star Espino takes ouster from Hiroshima quintet badly Manila Standard Cardona, Aldrin 22 Sep 1994https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rK8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4425%2C4512871 Espino, Cariaso join PBA draft Manila Standard Gulle, Jimbo 27 Dec 1994 Roster UST Growling Tigers UAAP Season 57 4 Emmanuel Joel Villanueva PG 5 9 1st University of Santo Tomas PHI 5 Edmund Reyes PF 6 3 5th Good Shepherd Academy PHI 6 Lester Andrew del Rosario SG 5 11 3rd University of Santo Tomas PHI 7 Francisco Guinto SF 6 3 2nd PHI 8 Richard Melencio SG 5 9 1st San Beda College PHI 9 Romel David SG 5 10 2nd Mapúa Institute of Technology PHI 10 Ramon Singson PG 5 11 1st Mandaue Academy PHI 11 Bal David, Jr. PG 5 9 3rd University of Santo Tomas C PHI 12 Richard Yee PF 6 4 1st Antique National School PHI 14 Edfendel Lao PG 2nd Adamson University PHI 15 Christopher Cantonjos C 6 6 2nd Colegio de San Juan de Letran PHI 16 Dennis Espino C 6 6 5th Holy Angel University PHI 18 Henry Ong SG 5 11 2nd Mapúa Institute of Technology PHI 19 Chandler Tyrone Donaldson C 6 5 1st USA PHI Januario del Rosario Edward Vergeire Vincent Kenneth Favis Benito Lim Timmy Koh Teng Chong https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p58VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2109%2C1992670 Depth chart UST Growling Tigers Espino Reyes Guinto R. David B. David Cantonjos Yee Del Rosario Ong Singson Donaldson Melencio Lao Villanueva Roster changes Subtractions UST Growling Tigers Pos. Position No. Jersey number Nat. Nationality Player Height Year High school Notes PF 7 PHI Reynaldo Evangelista 6' 4" 5th St. Peter's College of Ormoc GraduatedSG 8 PHI Patrick Roy Fran 6' 0" 5th Aquinas School GraduatedSG 9 PHI Rudolf Belmonte 5' 11" 5th San Beda College GraduatedSF 10 PHI Alexander Tan 6' 2" 3rd Academic deficienciesSG 13 PHI Danilo Abugan 6' 1" 3rd Academic deficienciesPG 14 PHI Bethune Tanquingcen 5' 9" 4th Philippine Cultural High School GraduatedSF 17 PHI Generoso Tengco, Jr. 6' 0" 4th University of Santo Tomas GraduatedPG 18 PHI Rizaldy Ramos 5' 9" 5th Mapúa Institute of Technology Graduated Additions UST Growling Tigers Pos. Position No. Jersey number Nat. Nationality Player Height Year High school Notes PG 4 PHI Emmanuel Joel Villanueva 5' 9" 1st University of Santo Tomas RookieSG 8 PHI Richard Melencio 5' 9" 1st San Beda College RookieSG 9 PHI Romel David 5' 10" 2nd Mapúa Institute of Technology Returning from Season 55PG 10 PHI Ramon Singson 5' 11" 1st Mandaue Academy RookiePF 12 PHI Richard Yee 6' 4" 1st Antique National School RookiePG 14 PHI Edfendel Lao 2nd Adamson University Transferred from Adamson UniversitySG 18 PHI Henry Ong 5' 11" 2nd Mapúa Institute of Technology Transferred from De La Salle UniversityC 19 USA Chandler Tyrone Donaldson 6' 5" 1st Rookie Schedule and results UAAP games UAAP Season 57 men's basketball tournament Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on RPN 9 by Silverstar Sports.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o58VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5078%2C109305 'Final Four' format still on in UAAP Manila Standard 1 Jul 1994 UST Growling Tigers UAAP Season 57 UST Growling Tigers Elimination round compact 8 4 no no yes 1 Jul 20 1:00 pm no NU Loyola CenterQuezon City 1–0 127–102 Espino 19 2 Jul 23 3:00 pm no UP Loyola CenterQuezon City 2–0 82–72 David 22 3 Jul 26 3:00 pm no UE Loyola CenterQuezon City 2–1 75–84 Espino 23 4 Jul 30 1:00 pm no ADMU Loyola CenterQuezon City 3–1 84–66 Espino 22 5 Aug 7 5:00 pm no FEU Loyola CenterQuezon City 3–2 78–80 6 Aug 13 5:00 pm no DLSU Cuneta AstrodomePasay 3–3 73–83 End of R1 of eliminations 7 Aug 20 5:00 pm no UP Fighting Maroons Loyola CenterQuezon City 4–3 95–91 8 Aug 24 5:00 pm no UE Red Warriors Loyola CenterQuezon City 4–4 74–77 9 Aug 27 5:00 pm no De La Salle Green Archers Cuneta AstrodomePasay 5–4 68–66 10 Aug 30 3:00 pm no Ateneo Blue Eagles Loyola CenterQuezon City 6–4 74–71 11 Sep 7 3:00 pm no FEU Tamaraws Loyola CenterQuezon City 7–4 78–65 Tied 14 12 Sep 10 1:00 pm no NU Bulldogs Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 8–4 81–70 Cantonjos 18 End of R2 of eliminations UST Growling Tigers Final Four compact yes 2 0 no 1 Sep 17 4:45 pm 3 2 UE Red Warriors Cuneta AstrodomePasay 1–0(9–4) 87–81 Reyes 24 2 Sep 21 3:00 pm 3 2 UE Red Warriors Loyola CenterQuezon City 2–0(10–4) 83–74 Espino 22 UST Growling Tigers Finals compact yes 2 1 no 1 Sep 24 5:00 pm 3 1 De La Salle Green Archers Cuneta AstrodomePasay 0–1(10–5) 74–77 Reyes 18 2 Oct 1 4:30 pm 3 1 De La Salle Green Archers Cuneta AstrodomePasay 1–1(11–5) 89–75 Espino 22 3 Oct 8 4:00 pm 3 1 De La Salle Green Archers Cuneta AstrodomePasay 2–1(12–5) 77–76 Tied 15 yes no UTC+08:00 Source: Google News Archives Postseason tournaments UST Growling Tigers Postseason UST Growling Tigers 1994 Battle of the Champions compact 1 0 no no yes 1 Dec 19 6:00 pm no SSC Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila no 1–0 84–81 B. David 14 UST Growling Tigers 1995 National Students Basketball Championships—NCR leg compact 3 3 no no 1 Jan 26 10:30 am no UM Hawks Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila no 0–1 74–100 Cantonjos 24 2 Jan 27 5:30 pm no CSJL Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila no 1–1 88–75 Cantonjos 27 3 Jan 28 4:00 pm no FEU Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila no 2–1 94–89 OT Cantonjos 26 4 Jan 29 10:30 am no DOMC Cobras Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila no 3–1 91–80 Ballesteros 23 5The game was stopped after a bench-clearing brawl between the two teams erupted.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aDpNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2444%2C4542244 Riot mars UE win over UST Manila Standard Amigo, Ismael 31 Jan 1995 Jan 30 4:00 pm no UE Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila no 3–2 56–74 Carillo 13 6 Jan 31 10:30 am no UM Hawks Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila no 3–3 76–87 Cantonjos 27 yes no UTC+08:00 Awards UST Growling Tigers Name Award Date Ref. References Team UAAP champions8 Oct 1994Dennis Espino Season MVP UAAP Mythical team Henry Ong FCBL Mythical team20 Jun 1994https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3WUVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2652%2C3085367 La Salle turns back SSC in FCBL playoff Manila Standard 21 Jun 1994 Players drafted into the PBA Dennis Espino was picked first overall in the 1995 PBA draft by the Nat Canson-led Sta. Lucia Realtors team on January 8, 1995. Edmund Reyes and Bal David also got selected in the same rookie draft, with Reyes earning a first-round seventh overall selection and David in the third round as the 22nd pick.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YDpNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6238%2C1360419 Espino to SLR; Feihl to Tondeña Manila Standard Angeles, Manny 9 Jan 1995https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YDpNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2642%2C1368324 How yesterday's draft in the PBA went Manila Standard 9 Jan 1995 UST Growling Tigers Year Round Pick Overall Player PBA team 1995 1 1 1 Dennis Espino Sta. Lucia Realtors 1 7 7 Edmund Reyes Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 3 7 22 Bal David Sunkist Orange Juicers References Category:UST Growling Tigers basketball team seasons Category:UAAP Season 57