2015 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

2015 78 UST Growling Tigers 1 2 13–5 11–3 Bong dela Cruz 2nd Rene Baena Senen Dueñas Kevin Ferrer 5th The 2015 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 78th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2015-16 began on September 5, 2015 and the host school for the season was the University of the Philippines.https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/09/05/uaap-league-national-athletes-returned-4615 https://web.archive.org/web/20150907193600/http://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/09/05/uaap-league-national-athletes-returned-4615 dead September 7, 2015 UAAP, "league of national athletes," has returned ABS-CBN Sports Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin 5 Sep 2015 UST made it back to the playoffs after getting eliminated in Season 77. They finished the double round-robin eliminations at first place with 11 wins against 3 losses. The FEU Tamaraws had the same win–loss record but were ranked lower on an inferior -10 quotient. The last time that the Tigers got the top seed was in 1995 when they won their third straight championship. It was also the last time that they won as many as 11 games at the end of eliminations in a season.https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/11/16/uaap-by-numbers-week-11-6396 https://web.archive.org/web/20151118004825/http://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/11/16/uaap-by-numbers-week-11-6396 dead November 18, 2015 UAAP By the Numbers: Week 11 ABS-CBN Sports Mariano, Paolo 16 Nov 2015 They had a twice-to-beat advantage over their Final Four opponent and defending champions, the NU Bulldogs who they defeated in one game to advance to the Finals against FEU. NU has been the Tigers' semifinal opponent for the third time in the last four years. UST became the fifth team in UAAP history to reach the Finals after missing the Final Four playoffs in the previous season.http://nine.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2015/11/22/UAAP-Season-78-Final-Four-NU-UST-Vigil-Ferrer.html UST books Finals date with FEU after dethroning NU CNN Philippines 22 Nov 2015 6 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200406194615/http://nine.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2015/11/22/UAAP-Season-78-Final-Four-NU-UST-Vigil-Ferrer.html dead https://sports.abs-cbn.com/amp/uaap/news/2015/11/23/uaap-numbers-week-12-6591 https://web.archive.org/web/20200406194617/https://sports.abs-cbn.com/amp/uaap/news/2015/11/23/uaap-numbers-week-12-6591 dead April 6, 2020 UAAP by the Numbers: Week 12 ABS-CBN Sports Mariano, Paolo 23 Nov 2015 In Game Two of the Finals series, Kevin Ferrer's 24 points in the third quarter broke the UAAP record for most points scored in a period. He tied his career-high of 29 points in their 62–56 win over FEU to extend the series to a deciding Game Three. In that game, UST was also able to limit the Tamaraws to their lowest scoring output, as they have not scored lower than 60 points in the season. FEU won the series in three games, ending a decade-long wait to claim their 20th men's basketball championship. The Tigers who had faced FEU in the Finals for the first time since 1979 won both games against them in the elimination rounds.https://www.rappler.com/sports/114294-ust-feu-kevin-ferrer-uaap-finals-game-2-recap/ Ferrer sizzles as UST beats FEU to extend UAAP Finals series Rappler Bracher, Jane 28 Nov 2015https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/12/02/decade-long-search-ends-feu-seizes-20th-championship-6859 https://web.archive.org/web/20151206050528/http://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/12/02/decade-long-search-ends-feu-seizes-20th-championship-6859 dead December 6, 2015 Decade-long search ends as FEU seizes 20th championship ABS-CBN Sports Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin 2 Dec 2015 UST recorded the most three point shots made in the season with 89 for a league-best 31% field goal percentage. They also held the highest free throw conversion of 68.4% among all teams. Graduating players Ferrer and Ed Daquioag were included in the Mythical team selection during the presentation of awards. Ferrer was chosen back-to-back Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps for the duration of September 23–27 and on the week of September 30-October 4, while Daquioag received the citation for the period of September 9–13.https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/09/28/ferrer-shoots-way-player-week-honors-5151 https://web.archive.org/web/20150929205449/http://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/09/28/ferrer-shoots-way-player-week-honors-5151 dead September 29, 2015 Ferrer shoots way into Player of the Week honors ABS-CBN Sports 28 Sep 2015https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/uaap-player-of-the-week-ust-tigers-kevin-ferrer-bong-de-la-cruz UST Tigers sustain hot streak and Kevin Ferrer claims second straight Player of the Week award SPIN.ph Wires, The 5 Oct 2015https://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/09/14/daquioag-s-player-week-caps-ust-s-perfect-week-4837 https://web.archive.org/web/20150916042249/http://sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/09/14/daquioag-s-player-week-caps-ust-s-perfect-week-4837 dead September 16, 2015 Daquioag's Player of the Week nod caps off UST's perfect week ABS-CBN Sports 14 Sep 2015 Roster UST Growling Tigers UAAP Season 78 5 Janus Kyle Christian Suarez SG 6 2 2nd Ateneo de Manila PHI yes 6 Sheak Jamil Sheriff, Jr. PG 5 9 4th Loyola Catholic Secondary School CAN 7 Kevin Ferrer PF 6 4 5th University of Santo Tomas C PHI 8 Eduardo Daquioag, Jr. SG 6 1 5th RTU Laboratory High School PHI 9 Dean Marvin Lee SG 5 8 1st Far Eastern University–Diliman PHI 10 Osama Said Abdurasad PG 5 10 1st Kaunlaran High School PHI 11 Enrique Caunan, Jr. C 6 5 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran PHI 12 Janrey Garrido PG 5 6 2nd Hope Christian High School PHI 13 Zachary Lance Eden Huang SF 6 4 1st Sacred Heart School–Ateneo de Cebu PHI 14 Mario Emmanuel Bonleon, Jr. SF 6 3 1st La Salle Greenhills PHI 15 Jeepy Faundo C 6 6 190 3rd José Rizal University PHI 16 Justin Arana PF 6 5 1st Basud National High School PHI 17 Henri Lorenzo Subido PG 5 9 2nd De La Salle Santiago Zobel School PHI yes 18 Louie Philippe Vigil SF 6 3 4th José Rizal University PHI 19 Kent Jefferson Lao PF 6 4 4th Saint Stephen's High School PHI 20 Karim Abdul C 6 6 5th Sta. Clara International Academy CMR PHI Segundo dela Cruz, III Renaldo Baena Senen Dueñas Alvin Patrimonio Ma. Genevieve Francisco Kenneth Causon Eduardo Villanueva, Jr. Emmanuel Calipes Kris Anthony Agarao https://www.sports.abs-cbn.com/uaap/news/2015/08/26/uaap-78-ust-growling-tigers-men-s-srs-basketball-line-up-4362 Depth chart UST Growling Tigers Abdul Ferrer Vigil Daquioag Sheriff Faundo Lao Bonleon Lee Subido Caunan Arana Huang Suarez Garrido Abdurasad Roster changes Subtractions UST Growling Tigers Pos. Position No. Jersey number Nat. Nationality Player Height Year High school Notes SF 5 PHI Kim Kaizen Lo 6' 1" 5th St. Jude Catholic School GraduatedPG 9 PHI Levi dela Cruz, II 5' 7" 2nd Nazareth School of National University Transferred to Jose Maria CollegeSF 10 PHI Aljon Mariano 6' 3" 5th San Beda College–Rizal GraduatedSF 11 PHI Regie Boy Basibas 6' 3" 2nd Arellano University High School Out due to groin injuryPF 12 PHI Jon Cornelius Macasaet 6' 3" 3rd San Sebastian College-Recoletos Out due to ACL injuryC 13 PHI Paulo Lorenzo Pe 6' 4" 5th Ateneo de Manila GraduatedPF 14 PHI Raymart Angelo Sablan 6' 4" 2nd UP Integrated School Transferred to University of the PhilippinesSF 16 PHI Alfren Gayosa 6' 2" 2nd San Sebastian College-Recoletos Transferred to San Sebastian College-Recoletos Additions UST Growling Tigers Pos. Position No. Jersey number Nat. Nationality Player Height Year High school Notes SG 5 PHI Janus Kyle Christian Suarez 6' 2" 2nd Ateneo de Manila Transferred from University of the PhilippinesSG 9 PHI Dean Marvin Lee 5' 8" 1st Far Eastern University–Diliman RookiePG 10 PHI Osama Said Abdurasad 5' 10" 1st Kaunlaran High School RookieC 11 PHI Enrique Caunan, Jr. 6' 5" 1st Colegio de San Juan de Letran RookiePG 12 PHI Janrey Garrido 5' 6" 2nd Hope Christian High School Returning from Season 75SF 13 PHI Zachary Lance Eden Huang 6' 4" 1st Sacred Heart School–Ateneo de Cebu RookieSF 14 PHI Mario Emmanuel Bonleon, Jr. 6' 3" 1st La Salle Greenhills Promoted from Team BPF 16 PHI Justin Arana 6' 5" 1st Basud National High School Rookie Recruiting class UST Growling Tigers Name Pos. Position Height High school Hometown Commit date Mario Bonleon SF 6' 3" La Salle Greenhills Davao City 10 Jul 20132013 National Basketball Training Center Top 30 playerMarvin Lee SG 5' 8" Far Eastern University–Diliman Antipolo 25 Apr 20152015 National Basketball Training Center Top 30 playerZachary Huang SF 6' 4" Sacred Heart School–Ateneo de Cebu Cebu City 9 Mar 20152015 NBTC rank: N/A (Division 1 champion)Sources: 12345 Coaching staff Estong Ballesteros, the Growling Tigers' assistant coach for offense and trainer has resigned from his post. He had informed head coach Bong dela Cruz of his decision to concentrate on coaching the Philippine National Police basketball team in the MBL and as deputy to Lawrence Chongson at Tanduay in the PBA D-League.https://varsitarian.net/sports/sports/20141219/ust_assistant_coach_ballesteros_quits UST assistant coach Ballesteros quits The Varsitarian Abello, A.P. Dioquino, D.R.M. Saynes, J.D.G. Basco, K.C.G. 19 Dec 2014 Rene Baena was hired to replace Ballesteros. The veteran coach who was a member of UST's track and field team was an assistant coach of the Adamson Baby Falcons juniors' basketball team. He has coached the juniors teams of La Salle Greenhills, Ateneo U13, and the San Beda Red Cubs in the past. He has also served as an assistant coach of the UE Red Warriors team that made it to the UAAP Finals in 2009.https://www.philstar.com/sports/2005/12/11/311661/welcome-winter Sporting chance: Welcome to winter The Philippine Star Henson, Joaquin 11 Dec 2005 Four-time Philippine Basketball Association MVP Alvin Patrimonio has also come on board as consultant and trainer of the team's big men.https://varsitarian.net/sports/sports/20150730/pba_legend_patrimonio_joins_tigers_training_staff PBA legend Patrimonio joins Tigers’ training staff The Varsitarian Fajardo, John Chester 30 Jul 2015 Injuries Forwards Joco Macaseat and Regie Boy Basibas were excluded from the roster with both suffering from year-long injuries. Macasaet tore his ACL while lifting weights in the offseason, while Basibas had some issues with his groin.https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/jan-macasaet-ust-growling-tigers-uaap-79-injury-lifting-weights UST Tigers forward Jan Macasaet making up for lost time after a season wasted by injury SPIN.ph Terrado, Reuben 13 Sep 2016https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/regie-boy-basibas-out-to-bounce-back-after-dlsu-loss-groin-injury-last-year Eager to make mark after missing last season, Regie Boy Basibas shows glimpse of what he can do for UST SPIN.ph Terrado, Reuben 17 Sep 2016 Karim Abdul, Louie Vigil, and Kyle Suarez also fell to various injures in the summer, but all three were able to play in the UAAP. Abdul underwent surgery on his left knee in April to have his bone spurs removed. Vigil failed to suit for the Tigers in the Filoil Flying V tournament as he got sidelined by a hamstring injury, and while Suarez was able to play after recovering from an ACL injury in December, he reinjured it during a game against the De La Salle Green Archers in the first round.https://www.rappler.com/sports/107671-abdul-recovering-knee-surgery-april/ UST’s Karim Abdul still recovering from knee surgery in April Rappler Ganglani, Naveen 1 Oct 2015https://varsitarian.net/sports/sports/20150603/daquioag_carries_ust_past_cobras_in_filoil Daquioag carries UST past Cobras in FilOil The Varsitarian Abello, Angelica 3 Jun 2015https://varsitarian.net/sports/sports/20151002/new_injury_feared_for_ust_sniper New injury feared for UST sniper The Varsitarian Fajardo, John Chester 2 Oct 2015 Mario Bonleon and Renzo Subido also missed games during the season. Bonleon hurt his finger during practice and was not able to play against the Adamson Falcons in the first round, while Subido also had an ACL injury before their Finals series with FEU.https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/20/19/uaap-82-renzo-subido-relishes-up-and-down-stint-with-ust Renzo Subido relishes up-and-down stint with UST ABS-CBN Sports Basco, Karl Cedrick 20 Nov 2019 Schedule and results Preseason tournaments UST Growling Tigers Preseason UST Growling Tigers 2015 Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Cup compact 4 4 no no yes 1 Apr 25 2:00 pm no UE Filoil Flying V ArenaSan Juan 0–1 59–60 Bonleon 17 2 Apr 29 5:00 pm no Mapua Filoil Flying V ArenaSan Juan 1–1 78–59 Bonleon 22 3 May 2 5:00 pm no San Beda Filoil Flying V ArenaSan Juan 1–2 64–74 Daquioag 29 4 May 20 3:15 pm no UP Filoil Flying V ArenaSan Juan 2–2 76–72 Ferrer 19 5 May 23 3:15 pm no CEU Filoil Flying V ArenaSan Juan 2–3 77–82 Daquioag 34 6 May 27 11:45 am no Lyceum Filoil Flying V ArenaSan Juan 3–3 72–66 Daquioag 16 7 Jun 3 1:30 pm no SWU Cobras Filoil Flying V ArenaSan Juan 4–3 66–59 Daquioag 22 8 Jun 6 5:00 pm no DLSU Filoil Flying V ArenaSan Juan 4–4 82–84 Daquioag 20 UST Growling Tigers 21st Fr. Martin Cup Summer basketball tournament compact 5 2 no no 1Jasper Magno was a member of the Team B training pool May 18 no CSJL St. Placid GymManila 1–0 84–82 OT Magno 26 2 May 19 no JRU St. Placid GymManila 1–1 66–93 3 May 26 no NU St. Placid GymManila 2–1 70–55 Bonleon 17 4 Jun 2 no Enderun Colleges Titans St. Placid GymManila 3–1 75–72 Sheriff 13 5 Jun 8 no Arellano Arellano GymManila 4–1 73–68 Quarterfinal round 6 Jun 15 no San Beda Arellano GymManila 5–1 75–72 Lao 22 Semifinal round 7 Jun 17 no JRU Heavy Bonbers Arellano GymManila 5–2 65–73 Tied 18 Championship game yes no UTC+08:00 UAAP games UAAP Season 78 basketball tournaments Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on ABS-CBN Sports and Action and Balls. The second game of the Finals series was aired on ABS-CBN and Balls. UST Growling Tigers UAAP Season 78 UST Growling Tigers Elimination round compact 11 3 no no yes 1 Sep 5 4:00 pm no Adamson Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 1–0 70–64 Daquioag 28 Ferrer 8 Ferrer 4 2 Sep 9 4:00 pm no FEU Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 2–0 72–71 Daquioag 18 Ferrer 8 Sheriff 3 3 Sep 13 2:00 pm no UP Mall of Asia ArenaPasay 3–0 67–59 Daquioag 27 Ferrer 10 Sheriff 2 4 Sep 19 4:00 pm no NU Mall of Asia ArenaPasay 3–1 54–55 Ferrer 14 Ferrer 11 Tied 3 5 Sep 26 4:00 pm no ADMU Mall of Asia ArenaPasay 4–1 68–58 Ferrer 27 Abdul 11 Daquioag 3 6 Sep 30 4:00 pm no DLSU Mall of Asia ArenaPasay 5–1 77–61 Ferrer 27 Abdul 13 Sheriff 5 7 Oct 7 2:00 pm no UE Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 6–1 83–76 Daquioag 34 Abdul 10 Daquioag 6 End of R1 of eliminations 8 Oct 12 4:00 pm no De La Salle Green Archers Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 7–1 81–79 Abdul 18 Tied 11 Ferrer 2 9 Oct 17 4:00 pm no NU Bulldogs Mall of Asia ArenaPasay 8–1 62–57 Tied 13 Ferrer 10 Vigil 3 10 Oct 21 4:00 pm no Ateneo Blue Eagles Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 8–2 74–80 Daquioag 19 Tied 9 Daquioag 3 11 Oct 25 4:00 pm no UP Fighting Maroons Mall of Asia ArenaPasay 9–2 83–76 Ferrer 29 Ferrer 14 Vigil 6 12 Nov 4 2:00 pm no UE Red Warriors Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 9–3 77–91 Abdul 25 Abdul 15 Daquioag 6 13 Nov 7 4:00 pm no FEU Tamaraws Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 10–3 85–76 Abdul 23 Vigil 7 Abdul 3 14 Nov 11 2:00 pm no Adamson Soaring Falcons Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 11–3 78–63 Ferrer 25 Ferrer 10 Tied 4 End of R2 of eliminations UST Growling Tigers Final Four compact yes 2 0 no 1 Nov 22 3:30 pm 1 4 NU Bulldogs Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 1–0(12–3) 64–55 Vigil 19 Vigil 10 Vigil 7 UST Growling Tigers Finals compact yes 1 2 no 1 Nov 25 3:30 pm ABS-CBN Sports and Action 1 2 FEU Tamaraws Mall of Asia ArenaPasay 0–1(12–4) 64–75 Abdul 19 Abdul 9 Tied 1 2 Nov 28 3:30 pm ABS-CBN 1 2 FEU Tamaraws Smart Araneta ColiseumQuezon City 1–1(13–4) 62–56 Ferrer 29 Ferrer 10 Daquioag 4 3 Dec 2 3:30 pm ABS-CBN Sports and Action 1 2 FEU Tamaraws Mall of Asia ArenaPasay 1–2(13–5) 62–67 Daquioag 21 Vigil 7 Tied 2 yes no UTC+08:00 Source: HumbleBola Postseason tournament The Philippine Collegiate Champions League games were aired on ABS-CBN Sports and Action. UST Growling Tigers Postseason UST Growling Tigers 2015 PCCL National Collegiate Championship compact 0 1 no no yes 1 Dec 15 4:00 pm no USC Warriors Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan yes 0–1 72–82 Daquioag 17 Elite Eight knockout stepladder rounds yes no UTC+08:00 UAAP statistics Eliminations UST Growling Tigers Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOV PPG Kevin Ferrer 14 14 31.5 71 177 40.1 32 92 34.8 77 99 77.8 8.2 1.6 0.9 0.4 2.2 17.9 Ed Daquioag 14 14 34.5 89 211 42.2 7 41 17.1 45 66 68.2 5.6 2.2 1.1 0.8 3.4 16.4 Karim Abdul 14 14 29.4 59 136 43.4 2 5 40.0 57 86 66.3 8.4 1.2 0.5 1.2 2.4 12.6 Louie Vigil 14 8 24.1 49 115 42.6 11 42 26.2 21 35 60.0 4.8 2.5 0.4 0.4 2.1 9.3 Marvin Lee 14 2 19.8 25 62 40.3 14 37 37.8 23 29 79.3 2.9 0.6 1.1 0.0 1.6 6.2 Mario Bonleon 13 6 16.6 23 58 39.7 8 23 34.8 4 7 57.1 2.4 0.8 0.0 0.2 1.8 4.5 Kent Lao 14 2 17.1 15 51 29.4 11 34 32.4 6 9 66.7 2.9 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.6 3.4 Jon Sheriff 14 10 17.2 11 44 25.0 0 0 0.0 10 25 40.0 2.4 2.1 0.6 0.0 0.7 2.3 Kyle Suarez 6 0 14.3 3 5 66.0 3 3 100.0 0 0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 Renzo Subido 12 0 5.9 2 13 15.4 1 9 11.1 3 4 75.0 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.7 Jeepy Faundo 10 0 3.1 1 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 3 4 75.0 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.5 Zach Huang 6 0 2.3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 Justin Arana 2 0 1.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Janrey Garrido 6 0 0.8 0 2 0.0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 Enric Caunan 4 0 0.6 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Ama Abdurasad 4 0 0.5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total 14 40.0 348 877 39.7 89 287 31.0 249 364 68.4 40.6 11.9 4.9 3.2 16.4 73.9 Opponents 14 40.0 345 908 38.0 78 299 26.1 198 307 64.5 44.1 13.1 3.4 3.1 18.7 69.0 Playoffs UST Growling Tigers Player GP GS MPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TOV PPG Kevin Ferrer 4 4 34.8 22 59 37.3 9 30 30.0 8 15 53.3 6.3 1.3 0.5 1.0 1.8 15.3 Karim Abdul 4 4 31.2 14 40 35.0 0 0 0.0 20 29 69.0 7.3 1.0 0.0 1.3 3.0 12.0 Ed Daquioag 4 4 32.9 15 46 32.6 1 9 11.1 12 16 75.0 5.8 2.0 1.0 1.0 3.5 10.8 Louie Vigil 4 4 28.7 16 50 32.0 2 16 12.5 4 7 57.1 6.3 2.5 1.0 0.5 1.0 9.5 Marvin Lee 4 0 17.6 6 16 37.5 3 13 23.1 7 9 77.8 2.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 1.3 5.5 Mario Bonleon 4 0 16.4 7 14 50.0 2 7 28.6 0 0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 4.0 Jon Sheriff 4 3 15.0 6 11 54.5 0 0 0.0 4 12 33.3 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.8 4.0 Kent Lao 4 1 18.0 2 14 14.3 1 10 10.0 3 4 75.0 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 2.0 Zach Huang 2 0 4.4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Jeepy Faundo 4 0 3.2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 2 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 Total 4 40.0 88 250 35.2 18 85 21.2 58 94 61.7 39.0 8.5 3.5 3.8 12.5 63.0 Opponents 4 40.0 83 259 32.0 18 90 20.0 69 97 71.1 50.8 10.0 2.0 3.3 17.3 63.3 Source: HumbleBola Awards UST Growling Tigers Name Award Date Ref. References Team Fr. Martin Cup runner-up trophy17 Jun 2015https://www.spin.ph/basketball/john-paolo-pontejos-jru-ust-fr-martin-cup-basketball-uaap-ncaa Heavy Bombers overcome Tigers to complete nine-game sweep of Fr. Martin Cup SPIN.ph Terrado, Reuben 18 Jun 2015 UAAP runner-up trophy2 Dec 2015Ed Daquioag Mythical team28 Nov 2015https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/kevin-ferrer-daquioag-join-teng-aroga-and-mvp-ravena-in-uaap-mythical-team UST pair Ferrer, Daquioag join Teng, Aroga and MVP Ravena in UAAP Mythical Team SPIN.ph Terrado, Reuben 19 Nov 2015 Appeton Most Improved Player Player of the Week9–13 Sep 2015Kevin Ferrer Mythical team28 Nov 2015 Bear Brand Adult Plus Level Up PlayerPlayer of the Week23–27 Sep 201530 Sep–4 Oct 2015 Players drafted into the PBA Kevin Ferrer and Ed Daquioag, both members of the Gilas national team training pool applied for the 2016 PBA draft and were selected through a special draft separate from the regular rookie applicants on October 30, 2016. Ferrer was selected by the Tim Cone-led Barangay Ginebra San Miguel team as the second pick, while Daquioag ended up with the Norman Black-coached Meralco Bolts for the special draft's sixth overall pick.https://www.cnnphilippines.com/sports/2016/10/31/pba-draft-2016.html Blackwater tabs Belo, Ginebra selects Ferrer; Banal first pick of regular draft CNN Philippines Del Rosario, Paolo 31 Oct 2016 3 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161103082500/http://cnnphilippines.com/sports/2016/10/31/pba-draft-2016.html dead UST Growling Tigers Year Round Pick Overall Player PBA team 2016 Special draft for Gilas players 2 2 Kevin Ferrer Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 6 Ed Daquioag Meralco Bolts References UST Growling Tigers Category:UST Growling Tigers basketball team seasons