1992 UST Growling Tigers basketball team

The 1992 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 55th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 1992–93 began on July 18, 1992, and the host school for the season was also UST.[1]

1992 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank #4
Final rank#4
1992 record10–4
Head coachAric del Rosario (6th season)
Assistant coachesBoy Ascue
Mady Tabora
CaptainUdoy Belmonte (4th season)

The Glowing Goldies who had been renamed the Golden Tigers ended the double round-robin eliminations at fourth place with 10 wins against four losses. UST found themselves grouped in a quadruple tie at first place with the FEU Tamaraws, the De La Salle Green Archers, and the Adamson Falcons with a 10–3 record heading into the last game of the eliminations. They were looking into a Finals berth with a win over FEU. In the game, UST was trailing, 56–68 with 3:47 remaining when a power outage struck the venue, causing game officials to reschedule the remainder of the game. It was resumed three days later with only the last three minutes left to be contested. The Tigers lost, 76–87. They had managed to come within six points in the last 1:15 from a deficit of 63–76, but the Tamaraws clamped them down with their defense forcing the players to miss their shots.[2][3][4]

Team captain Udoy Belmonte and Rey Evangelista were selected to the Mythical first team, while Dennis Espino, who missed a few games including the FEU match in the second round made it to the second team. Espino and Patrick Fran were members of the national team that competed at the ABC Junior Championships in Beijing.[5][6]

Roster

UST Growling Tigers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
PF 5 Philippines Edmund Reyes 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd Good Shepherd Academy
SG 6 Philippines Lester Andrew del Rosario 5'11" (1.8m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
PG 8 Philippines Patrick Roy Fran 6'0" (1.83m) 4th Aquinas School
SG 9 Philippines Rudolf Belmonte (C) 5'11" (1.8m) 4th San Beda College
SG 10 Philippines Romel David 5'10" (1.78m) 1st Mapúa Institute of Technology
PG 11 Philippines Bal David, Jr. 5'9" (1.75m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
PG 14 Philippines Bethune Tanquingcen 5'9" (1.75m) 3rd Philippine Cultural High School
C 16 Philippines Dennis Espino 6'6" (1.98m) 3rd Holy Angel University
PF 17 Philippines Reynaldo Evangelista 6'4" (1.93m) 4th St. Peter’s College of Ormoc
PG 18 Philippines Vincent Kenneth Favis 5'11" (1.8m) 4th La Salle Greenhills
SF Philippines Generoso Tengco, Jr. 6'0" (1.83m) 3rd University of Santo Tomas
C Philippines Joaquin Dindo Torres 6'4" (1.93m) 4th University of Santo Tomas
PF Philippines Renato Cabaluna 6'3" (1.91m) 4th University of Santo Tomas
PF Philippines Ernesto Ballesteros 6'4" (1.93m) 1st Mapúa Institute of Technology
SF Philippines Alexander Tan 6'2" (1.88m) 1st
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Angel Ascue
  • Amadito Tabora
Team manager
  • Danny Espiritu
  • Rocky Nazareno

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Espino Torres Ballesteros
PF Reyes Evangelista Cabaluna
SF Tengco Tan Del Rosario
SG Belmonte Fran R. David
PG Favis Tanquingcen B. David

Roster changes

Subtractions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
PG10PhilippinesBeltran Reyes5' 10"4thAteneo de ManilaGraduated
SG13PhilippinesDanilo Abugan6' 1"2ndAcademic deficiencies
SGPhilippinesJames Sichon5' 10"4thUniversity of St. La SalleGraduated
SFPhilippinesNorman Loyao2ndAcademic deficiencies

Additions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
SG6PhilippinesLester Andrew del Rosario5' 11"1stUniversity of Santo TomasRookie
SG10PhilippinesRomel David5' 10"1stMapúa Institute of TechnologyRookie
PG11PhilippinesBal David, Jr.5' 9"1stUniversity of Santo TomasRookie
PFPhilippinesErnesto Ballesteros6' 4"1stMapúa Institute of TechnologyRookie
SFPhilippinesAlexander Tan6' 2"1stRookie

Schedule and results

Preseason tournaments

Preseason game log
National Students Basketball Championship: 4–2
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Mar 3 Xavier University Crusaders W 92–71 1–0 Belmonte (18) CSA Gym
Iloilo City
2 Mar 5 Adamson Soaring Falcons L 95–96 1–1 Evangelista (24) CSA Gym
Iloilo City
3 Mar 6 CCC Marines W 99–76 2–1 Espino (26) Tay Tung Gym
Bacolod
4 Mar 7 FEU Tamaraws L 76–88 2–2 Belmonte (24) Tay Tung Gym
Bacolod
5 Mar 8 CSA Eagles W 90–73 3–2 Belmonte (24) CSA Gym
Iloilo City
6 Mar 9 Adamson Falcons
Battle for 3rd place
W 97–89 4–2 Belmonte (22) CSA Gym
Iloilo City
1992 National Seniors Open: 2–0
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Mar 27 • 3:00 pm Anaconda Metal W 91–89 1–0 Belmonte (16) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
2 Mar 29 • 9:00 am JCT Enterprises W 88–82 2–0 Belmonte (30) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
1992 FCBL Senior Invitational: 7–1
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 May 3 San Beda Red Lions W 79–53 1–0 Belmonte (24) Arellano Legarda Gym Manila
2 May 15 Mapúa Cardinals W 85–79 2–0 Cabaluna (16) Arellano Legarda Gym Manila
3 May 17 De La Salle Green Archers W 50–42 3–0 Reyes (12) Arellano Legarda Gym Manila
4 May 22 UE Red Warriors W 78–66 4–0 Espino (18) Arellano Legarda Gym Manila
5 May 29 San Beda Red Lions W 67–54 5–0 Tengco (22) Arellano Legarda Gym Manila
6 May 31 Mapúa Cardinals L 72–85 5–1 Tied (15) Arellano Legarda Gym Manila
7 Jun 5 De La Salle Green Archers W 69–59 6–1 Arellano Legarda Gym Manila
8 Jun 7 UE Red Warriors W 85–83 7–1 Fran (14) Arellano Legarda Gym Manila
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.

UAAP games

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on RPN 9 by Silverstar Sports.

UAAP Season 55 game log
Elimination round: 10–4
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Jul 18 • 1:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons W 66–58 1–0 Evangelista (25) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
2 Jul 25 • 2:30 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons L 82–85 1–1 Evangelista (23) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
3 Jul 30 • 4:00 pm UE Red Warriors W 2–1
4 Aug 1 • 4:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers W 88–65 3–1 Loyola Center
Quezon City
5 Aug 8 • 1:00 pm FEU Tamaraws L 3–2
6 Aug 15 • 4:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles W 77–55 4–2 Evangelista (25) Loyola Center
Quezon City
7 Aug 23 • 1:30 pm NU Bulldogs
End of R1 of eliminations
W 98–81 5–2 Belmonte (20) Loyola Center
Quezon City
8 Aug 30 • 4:00 pm NU Bulldogs W 107–64 6–2 Belmonte (27) Loyola Center
Quezon City
9 Sep 6 • 4:00 pm UE Red Warriors W 95–72 7–2 Evangelista (21) Loyola Center
Quezon City
10 Sep 12 • 4:00 pm Adamson Falcons W 79–77 8–2 Reyes (19) Loyola Center
Quezon City
11 Sep 17 • 4:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons W 83–73 9–2 Espino (16) Loyola Center
Quezon City
12 Sep 19 • 2:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles W 72–67 10–2 Reyes (16) Loyola Center
Quezon City
13 Sep 26 • 2:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers L 80–82 10–3 Tied (21) Loyola Center
Quezon City
14 Oct 3 • 4:00 pm FEU Tamaraws Postponed due to power outage Loyola Center
Quezon City
14 Oct 6 • 3:00 pm FEU Tamaraws
End of R2 of eliminations
L 76–87 10–4 Belmonte (23) Loyola Center
Quezon City
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
Source: Google News Archives

Awards

Name Award Date Ref.
Team National Students 2nd runners-up 9 Mar 1992 [7]
FCBL Invitational 2nd runners-up 12 Jun 1992 [8]
Rudolf Belmonte Mythical first team 10 Oct 1992 [5]
Rey Evangelista
Dennis Espino Mythical second team

Players drafted into the PBA

Rene Cabaluna and Jay Torres, two of the Tigers' roster members were picked in the PBA draft after their stint in this year's UAAP tournament. Cabaluna was selected 22nd overall in the fourth round of the 1994 PBA draft, while Torres was 7th overall in the second round of the 2000 PBA draft.[9][10]

Year Round Pick Overall Player PBA team
19944122Renato CabalunaTondeña 65 Rhum Masters
20002717Joaquin Dindo TorresShell Velocity

References

  1. Gabutina, Edwin (18 Jul 1992). "UAAP cage fest reels off today". Manila Standard.
  2. Gabutina, Edwin (27 Sep 1992). "UAAP race now a 4-way street". Manila Standard.
  3. Gabutina, Edwin (4 Oct 1992). "Power failure keeps UAAP race in the dark". Manila Standard.
  4. Gabutina, Edwin (7 Oct 1992). "FEU–La Salle playoff today". Manila Standard.
  5. Gabutina, Edwin (11 Oct 1992). "FEU Tams take Game 1". Manila Standard.
  6. "RP youth off for ABC jrs". Manila Standard. 25 Sep 1992.
  7. Gabutina, Edwin (10 Mar 1992). "FEU regains nat'l crown; Tams deflate Cebu Central, 74–63". Manila Standard.
  8. "Mapua vs Letran in FCBL finale". Manila Standard. 9 Jun 1992.
  9. Nazareno, Rocky (17 Jan 1994). "PBA rookie draft: Surprises, surprises". Manila Standard.
  10. Reyes, Marc Anthony (10 Jan 2000). "PBA draft: Sta. Lucia gets Paolo". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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