2015 FEU Tamaraws basketball team

American college basketball season 2015 FEU Tamaraws Basketball 250 UAAP Elimination Round 14–4 11–3 Nash Racela (3rd year) Eric Gonzales, Josh Reyes, Gilbert Lao, and Johnny Abarrientos Rey Mark Belo PCCL National Champions UAAP Season 78 Men's Basketball Champions The 2015 FEU Tamaraws Men's Basketball team represented Far Eastern University during the University Athletic Association of the Philippines' 78th season in men's basketball division. The Tamaraws were led by their third year coach Nash Racela. The Tamaraws won the UAAP Season 78 finals after defeating the UST Growling Tigers in 3 games, their first title since 2005 and 20th title overall. It was also the final season for 6 players, namely Mike Tolomia, Mike Belo, Roger Pogoy, Russel Escoto, Achie Inigo and Alfrancis Tamsi.http://www.spin.ph/basketball/d-league/news/feu-d-league-phoenix-petroleum-update Belo, Tolomia, Pogoy rejoin FEU teammates, bolster Phoenix side in PBA D-League Terrado Reuben Spin.ph 18 December 2015 20 December 2015 Off season Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Carl Bryan Cruz 4 PF 6'3" 185 5th Quezon City Graduated Aurel Jason David 11 PG 5'8" 145 1st Vancouver Returned to Vancouver Jeson Delfinado 9 SG 5'11" 155 2nd Davao City Relegated to Team B Augus Denila 11 PG 1st Iloilo City Relegated to Team B Anthony Hargrove 15 C 6'5" 210 3rd Newark, New Jersey Graduated Joel Christian Lee Yu 20 SG 5'9" 155 2nd Cebu City Relegated to Team B Reeve Ugsang 21 PF 6'4" 180 1st Baybay, Leyte Transferred to SWU Roster FEU Tamaraws #FFD700 #006400 #006400 #FFD700 4 Jose Allen Trinidad C PG 5 9 155 1st Orange Coast USA 5 Francis Tamsi M SG 6 0 170 4th Bohol Institute of Technology - Jagna Bohol PHI 6 Raymar Jose A F/C 6 4 200 4th Arellano PHI 7 Ron Marvis Dennison C SG 5 9 160 3rd UV PHI 8 Russel Escoto PF 6 5 4th FEU Diliman PHI 9 Kevin Barkley Ebona C PF 6 4 170 1st Cebu-IT PHI 10 Wendelino Comboy III T PG 6 0 160 1st FEU Diliman PHI 11 Steve Holmqvist S SF 6 3 175 1st NOR 12 Rey Mark Belo G F 6 4 190 4th SMA-Midsayap PHI C 13 Mike Tolomia S SG 5 11 165 5th FEU Diliman PHI 15 Monbert Arong D SG 5 11 210 1st USP PHI 16 Roger Ray Pogoy SF 6 2 190 5th Cebu PHI 17 Prince Orizu I C 6 8 2nd 225 Ikeja HS NGR 18 Achie Iñigo PG 5 9 155 4th Letran PHI 20 Ken Holmqvist S C 6 10 1st NOR 21 Richard Escoto D F 6 3 210 2nd FEU Diliman PHI PHI Nash Racela PHI Johnny Abarrientos PHI Joshua Vincent Reyes PHI Eric Gonzales PHI Gilbert Lao PHI Richard Anthony Ticzon PHI Mark Molina PHI Anton Montinola Rotation 006400 FFD700 006400 Prince Orizu Russel Escoto Rey Mark Belo Ron Dennison Mike Tolomia Raymar Jose Richard Escoto Roger Ray Pogoy Monbert Arong Achie Inigo Ken Holmqvist Kevin Barkley Ebona Steve Holmqvist Francis Tamsi Joe Allen Trinidad Wendelino Comboy Players' statistics Player GP MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG Rey Mark Belo 12 26.17 13.33 6.17 2.42 0.58 1.08 Mike Tolomia 12 24.83 12.42 5.08 4.42 0.17 0.17 Roger Ray Pogoy 12 20.17 11.00 3.83 1.67 0.58 1.08 Raymar Jose 12 21.33 8.08 8.83 1.08 0.25 0 Russel Escoto 12 20.08 6.92 5 0.58 0.17 0.83 Achie Iñigo 12 21.08 5.58 3.25 2.33 0.5 0.33 Monbert Arong 12 15.83 5.5 3.33 0.92 0.08 0.08 Price Orizu 12 14.42 4.25 4.75 0.00 0.00 0.83 Francis Tamsi 12 11.08 4.25 0.92 0.42 0.67 0.08 Joe Allen Trinidad 12 6.42 1.33 0.75 0.92 0.08 0.00 Ron Dennison 10 9.30 1.30 1.50 0.60 0.00 0.20 Richard Escoto 12 6.75 1.25 1.25 0.17 0.08 0.17 Wendelino Comboy III 7 3.14 0.57 0.86 0.14 0.00 0.00 Ken Holmqvist 7 2.43 0.43 0.71 0.00 0.00 0.00 Kevin Barkley Ebona - - - - - - - Steve Holmqvist - - - - - - - Source: PBA-Online.net http://www.pba-online.net/basketball/uaap/team/Far-Eastern-University/4/player-stats/ Far Eastern University Tamaraws Player Statistics :: PBA-Online! 2016-10-02 2016-11-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20161117013411/http://www.pba-online.net/basketball/uaap/team/Far-Eastern-University/4/player-stats/ usurped Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| UAAP Season 78 First Round September 6 4:00 pm yes Ateneo Mall of Asia Arena Pasay, Philippines Pogoy 19 Jose 10 Tolomia 6 88–64 1-0 September 9 4:00 pm yes UST Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Belo 17 Jose 10 Tolomia 5 71-72 1-1 September 13 4:00 pm yes La Salle Mall of Asia Arena Pasay, Philippines Tolomia 20 Orizu 9 Tolomia 5 93-75 2-1 September 20 4:00 pm yes State U Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Tied 11 Jose 13 Tied 4 75-58 3-1 September 23 2:00 pm yes UE Mall of Asia Arena Pasay, Philippines Belo 24 Jose 11 Tolomia 8 92-81 4-1 September 27 4:00 pm yes Adamson Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Russel Escoto 11 Belo 10 - - 64-60 5-1 October 7 4:00 pm yes National Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Tolomia 19 - - - - 64-60 6-1 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| UAAP Season 78 Second Round October 11 11:00 am yes Ateneo Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Belo 12 Jose 13 Inigo 3 66-61 7-1 October 14 4:00 pm yes State U Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Pogoy 17 Belo 12 Tolomia 3 68-57 8-1 October 11 4:00 pm yes UE Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Belo 16 Pogoy 8 - - 71-67 9-1 October 28 4:00 pm yes Adamson Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Russel Escoto 13 Jose 7 - - 82-69 10-1 November 7 4:00 pm yes UST Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Tolomia 17 Belo 9 Inigo 3 76-85 10-2 November 14 4:00 pm yes NU Mall of Asia Arena Pasay, Philippines Tolomia 23 Orizu 12 Inigo 5 68-70 10-3 November 18 4:00 pm yes La Salle Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Arong 13 Orizu 16 Tied 2 71-68 11-3 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| UAAP Season 78 Final Four November 21 3:00 pm yes Ateneo Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Pogoy 16 Belo 9 Tied 2 76-74 1-0 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#006400; color:#FFD700;"| UAAP Season 78 Finals November 25 4:00 pm yes UST Mall of Asia Arena Pasay, Philippines Pogoy 15 Belo 13 Tied 3 75-64 1-0 November 28 4:00 pm yes UST Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City, Philippines Belo 16 Belo 11 Tolomia 6 56-62 1-1 December 2 4:00 pm yes UST Mall of Asia Arena Pasay, Philippines Belo 23 Belo and Escoto 8 Tolomia 3 67-62https://www.rappler.com/sports/114707-feu-wins-season-78-championship/ FEU avoids meltdown, wins first UAAP title in 10 years Ganglani Naveen Rappler.com 2 December 2015 2 December 2015 2-1 AP Poll Philippine Time References 2015 Tam