1993 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

Basketball team in 1993 56 1993 UST Growling Tigers 1 1 Automatic champions 14–0 Aric del Rosario 7th Boy Ascue Binky Favis Patrick Fran 5th The 1993 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 56th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 1993–94 began on July 17, 1993, and the host school for the season was Far Eastern University.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fa8jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6431%2C4443513 UAAP opens July 17; games aired on '9' Manila Standard 28 Jun 1993 The Tigers went undefeated with a 14–0 record, in the year that was supposedly the first time that the Final Four semifinal playoff format was to take place in the UAAP tournament. Existing league rules stipulated that a team that wins all their games in the double round-robin eliminations is declared automatic champion, making UST the winners for the first time since their shared championship with the UE Red Warriors in 1967.http://gameface.ph/showthread.php?28300-UAAP-History-and-Trivia&p=384342&viewfull=1#post384342 Two champions The Varsitarian 29 Oct 1968 5 Mar 2009 They had an average winning margin of 15.8 points with five blowout wins over the Ateneo Blue Eagles, the NU Bulldogs, and the UP Fighting Maroons. UST won twice over Ateneo by 27 and 28 points in each elimination rounds. They also defeated NU in both rounds with deficits of 31 and 27 points, and had a 32-point lead in their win against UP in the second round. Dennis Espino was named Season MVP, and together with Rey Evangelista and team captain Patrick Fran, they were selected to the Mythical first team. Udoy Belmonte was included in the second team.https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/ust-perfect-season-a2437-20191116 As Ateneo targets perfect season, let's look back at last team to pull it off SPIN.ph Leongson, Randolph 16 Nov 2019 Roster UST Growling Tigers UAAP Season 56 4 Francisco Guinto SF 6 3 1st PHI 5 Edmund Reyes PF 6 3 4th Good Shepherd Academy PHI 6 Lester Andrew del Rosario SG 5 11 2nd University of Santo Tomas PHI 7 Reynaldo Evangelista PF 6 4 5th St. Peter’s College of Ormoc PHI 8 Patrick Roy Fran SG 6 0 5th Aquinas School C PHI 9 Rudolf Belmonte SG 5 11 5th San Beda College PHI 10 Alexander Tan SF 6 2 2nd PHI 11 Bal David, Jr. PG 5 9 2nd University of Santo Tomas PHI 13 Danilo Abugan SG 6 1 2nd PHI 14 Bethune Tanquingcen PG 5 9 4th Philippine Cultural High School PHI 15 Christopher Cantonjos C 6 6 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran PHI 16 Dennis Espino C 6 6 4th Holy Angel University PHI 17 Generoso Tengco, Jr. SF 6 0 4th University of Santo Tomas PHI 18 Rizaldy Ramos PG 5 9 5th Mapúa Institute of Technology PHI PHI Januario del Rosario Angel Ascue Vincent Kenneth Favis Benito Lim Timmy Koh Teng Chong https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/ust-perfect-season-a2437-20191116 Depth chart UST Growling Tigers Espino Evangelista Tengco Belmonte David Cantonjos Reyes Guinto Fran Tanquingcen Tan Del Rosario Abugan Ramos Roster changes The Tigers' starting point guard Binky Favis and national team members Rene Cabaluna and Jay Torres have already graduated and are replaced by two rookies, a transferee, and a returning player. UST has managed to recruit point guard Taddy Ramos from the Mapúa Cardinals, the 1991 NCAA champions for a one-and-done season. The 6-6 center Chris Cantonjos, out of the Letran Knights juniors basketball team was scouted by the Tigers' assistant coach Mady Tabora during one of his PBL team's tune-up games. Tabora, who was the coach of the Burger Machine team invited Cantonjos to try out with UST and is now included in this season's lineup.https://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2013/12/1990-1991-back-to-back-ncaa-champions.html 1990–1991 back-to-back NCAA champions Mapua Cardinals 3 Dec 2013https://varsitarian.net/sports/sports/20120313/gentle_giant_of_the_ust_hard_court ‘Gentle Giant’ of the UST hard court The Varsitarian Ramos, Chenny 13 Mar 2012 Subtractions UST Growling Tigers Pos. Position No. Jersey number Nat. Nationality Player Height Year High school Notes SG 10 PHI Romel David 5' 10" 2nd Mapúa Institute of Technology Academic deficienciesPG 18 PHI Vincent Kenneth Favis 5' 11" 4th La Salle Greenhills GraduatedPF PHI Joaquin Dindo Torres 6' 4" 5th University of Santo Tomas GraduatedPF PHI Renato Cabaluna 6' 3" 5th University of Santo Tomas GraduatedPF PHI Ernesto Ballesteros 6' 4" 2nd Mapúa Institute of Technology Academic deficiencies Additions UST Growling Tigers Pos. Position No. Jersey number Nat. Nationality Player Height Year High school Notes SF 4 PHI Francisco Guinto 6' 3" 1st RookieSG 13 PHI Danilo Abugan 6' 1" 2nd Returning from Season 54C 15 PHI Christopher Cantonjos 6' 6" 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran RookiePG 18 PHI Rizaldy Ramos 5' 9" 5th Mapúa Institute of Technology Transferred from Mapúa Institute of Technology Coaching staff Assistant coach and team trainer Mady Tabora died from a heart attack in the offseason while on vacation in his hometown in Cebu City. The former Glowing Goldie who was also the head coach of UST's high school basketball team was replaced by the recently graduated Binky Favis as Aric del Rosario's deputy.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VY8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1820%2C1955602 UST assistant coach dies Manila Standard 12 Feb 1993 Schedule and results Preseason tournaments UST Growling Tigers Preseason UST Growling Tigers 1993 Philippine Commercial Basketball League–Invitational Tournament compact 5 1 no no yes 1 Apr 13 no SSC Malolos GymBulacan 1–0 97–87 Belmonte 39 2 Apr 16 no Merville FEU GymManila 2–0 68–67 Fran 17 3 Apr 17 no San Juan La Salle GymMandaluyong 2–1 63–71 Simolde 11 4 Apr 22 no Don Bosco Tondo FEU GymManila 3–1 92–61 Del Rosario 20 5 May 18 no DLSU UST GymManila 4–1 79–59 Fran 17 6 May 21 no FEU La Salle GymMandaluyong 5–1 89–69 UST Growling Tigers 1993 FCBL Senior Invitational compact 2 3 no no 1 May 13 no CSJL Arellano Legarda Gym Manila 0–1 74–77 Cantonjos 15 2 May 16 no DLSU Arellano Legarda Gym Manila 1–1 65–56 Evangelista 17 3 May 18 no San Beda Arellano Legarda Gym Manila 1–2 66–73 Espino 23 4 May 23 no Mapua Arellano Legarda Gym Manila 1–3 71–79 Fran 20 5 May 25 no Letran Knights Arellano Legarda Gym Manila 2–3 90–87 Fran 20 yes no UTC+08:00 UAAP games UAAP Season 56 men's basketball tournament Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on RPN 9 by Silverstar Sports. UST Growling Tigers UAAP Season 56 UST Growling Tigers Elimination round compact 14 0 no no yes 1 Jul 17 3:00 pm no ADMU Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 1–0 93–66 Espino 21 Belmonte 8 2 Jul 24 no DLSU Loyola CenterQuezon City 2–0 80–70 Belmonte 29 Espino 11 3 Jul 27 no NU Loyola CenterQuezon City 3–0 107–76 4 Jul 31 no Adamson Loyola CenterQuezon City 4–0 85–78 Espino 27 Reyes 5 Aug 7 no FEU Loyola CenterQuezon City 5–0 78–66 6 Aug 10 no UP Loyola CenterQuezon City 6–0 87–76 7 Aug 14 no UE Loyola CenterQuezon City 7–0 82–77 End of R1 of eliminations 8 Aug 22 no NU Bulldogs Loyola CenterQuezon City 8–0 99–72 Espino 24 9 Aug 25 no UE Red Warriors Loyola CenterQuezon City 9–0 73–68 10 Aug 29 no UP Fighting Maroons Loyola CenterQuezon City 10–0 93–61 11 Sep 1 no Ateneo Blue Eagles Loyola CenterQuezon City 11–0 113–85 12 Sep 4 5:30 pm no FEU Tamaraws Loyola CenterQuezon City 12–0 66–58 Fran 13 13 Sep 11 3:15 pm no De La Salle Green Archers Loyola CenterQuezon City 13–0 95–84 Espino 22 14 Sep 18 no Adamson Falcons Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 14–0 75–68 Belmonte 23 End of R2 of eliminations yes no UTC+08:00 Source: SPIN.ph Postseason tournament UST Growling Tigers Postseason UST Growling Tigers 1994 UAAP Invitational Cup compact 3 2 no no yes 1 Jan 22 12:00 pm no DLSU Loyola CenterQuezon City no 1–0 68–57 Reyes 18 2 Jan 23 4:30 pm no FEU Loyola CenterQuezon City no 1–1 66–71 Reyes 22 3 Jan 26 3:00 pm no ADMU Loyola CenterQuezon City no 2–1 66–47 Tan 13 4 Jan 29 3:00 pm no Adamson Loyola CenterQuezon City no 2–2 72–73 R. David 20 5 Jan 30 3:00 pm no NU Loyola CenterQuezon City no 3–2 80–70 Tied 15 yes no UTC+08:00 Awards UST Growling Tigers Name Award Date Ref. References Team UAAP champions18 Sep 1993Dennis Espino Season MVP Mythical first team Rey EvangelistaMythical first team Patrick Fran Rudolf Belmonte Mythical second team Players drafted into the PBA Rey Evangelista was chosen second overall in the 1994 PBA draft by the Chot Reyes-led Coney Island Ice Cream Stars team on January 16, 1994. Udoy Belmonte also got selected in the same rookie draft and was picked 16th overall in the second round by the Yeng Guiao-coached Swift Mighty Meaties team. Patrick Fran and Siot Tanquingcen, meanwhile applied for the 1996 PBA draft on January 21, 1996, with Fran getting picked in the second round by the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs and Tanquingcen going undrafted. The Sunkist Orange Bottlers, however, signed Tanquingcen late in the 1996 PBA season to a one-month contract to replace the injured Boybits Victoria.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SpcVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4320%2C2516786 PBA rookie draft: Surprises, surprises Manila Standard Nazareno, Rocky 17 Jan 1994https://www.philstar.com/sports/2004/07/16/257727/when-siot-was-snubbed Sporting Chance: When Siot was snubbed The Philippine Star Henson, Joaquin 16 Jul 2004https://www.philstar.com/sports/2004/07/01/255955/siot-never-say-die-kid Sporting Chance: Siot, the Never-Say-Die kid The Philippine Star Henson, Joaquin 1 Jul 2004 UST Growling Tigers Year Round Pick Overall Player PBA team 1994 1 2 2 Rey Evangelista Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 2 8 16 Rudolf Belmonte Swift Mighty Meaties1996 2 2 10 Patrick Fran Purefoods TJ HotdogsSigned as a rookie free agent Siot Tanquingcen Sunkist Orange Bottlers References Category:UST Growling Tigers basketball team seasons Category:UAAP Season 56