1991 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
UAAP Season 54 semifinalist
Record
Elims rank #T–2
Final rank#3
1991 record11–4 (11–3 elims)
Head coachAric del Rosario (5th season)
Assistant coachesMady Tabora
CaptainBilly Reyes (3rd season)

The 1991 UST Glowing Goldies men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 54th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 1991–92 began on July 20, 1991, and the host school for the season was the University of the Philippines.[1]

Despite the 7-foot EJ Feihl's departure from the team, the Goldies began their season on a five-game winning streak. They ended the double round-robin eliminations tied with the FEU Tamaraws at second place in the standings with 11 wins against three losses. They lost against the Tamaraws in the playoff for the second Finals berth, 89–95. UST had trailed FEU by as much as 23 points in the first half and were outrebounded, 23–35.[2][3][4]

Second-year forward Dennis Espino was selected to Mythical team at the tournament's presentation of awards.[5]

Roster

UST Glowing Goldies roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
PF 5 Philippines Edmund Reyes 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd Good Shepherd Academy
SG 8 Philippines Patrick Roy Fran 6'0" (1.83m) 3rd Aquinas School
SG 9 Philippines Rudolf Belmonte 5'11" (1.8m) 3rd San Beda College
PG 10 Philippines Beltran Reyes (C) 5'10" (1.78m) 4th Ateneo de Manila
SG 13 Philippines Danilo Abugan 6'1" (1.85m) 1st
PG 14 Philippines Bethune Tanquingcen 5'9" (1.75m) 2nd Philippine Cultural High School
C 16 Philippines Dennis Espino 6'6" (1.98m) 2nd Holy Angel University
SF 17 Philippines Generoso Tengco, Jr. 6'0" (1.83m) 3rd University of Santo Tomas
PG 18 Philippines Vincent Kenneth Favis 5'11" (1.8m) 3rd La Salle Greenhills
SG Philippines James Sichon 5'10" (1.78m) 4th University of St. La Salle
C Philippines Joaquin Dindo Torres 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd University of Santo Tomas
PF Philippines Renato Cabaluna 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd University of Santo Tomas
PF Philippines Reynaldo Evangelista 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd St. Peter’s College of Ormoc
SF Philippines Norman Loyao 1st
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Amadito Tabora

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Espino Torres
PF E. Reyes Cabaluna Evangelista
SF Tengco Loyao
SG Belmonte Fran
PG B. Reyes Favis Tanquingcen

Roster changes

Subtractions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
C11PhilippinesEdward Joseph Feihl7' 0"2ndUniversity of Santo TomasTransferred to Adamson University
CPhilippinesPeter Tioseco6' 7"2ndLourdes School of MandaluyongTransferred to Mapúa Institute of Technology
CPhilippinesBenjie BendilloTransferred to De La Salle University

Additions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
PF5PhilippinesEdmund Reyes6' 3"2ndGood Shepherd AcademyReturning from Season 52
SG13PhilippinesDanilo Abugan6' 1"1stRookie
PFPhilippinesReynaldo Evangelista6' 4"3rdSt. Peter’s College of OrmocTransferred from the Visayas State College of Agriculture
SFPhilippinesNorman Loyao1stRookie

Schedule and results

UAAP games

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

UAAP Season 54 game log
Elimination round: 11–3
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Jul 20 • 1:00 pm FEU Tamaraws W 114–84 1–0 Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
2 Jul 27 • 4:30 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles W 80–60 2–0 E. Reyes (15) Loyola Center
Quezon City
3 Jul 31 • 4:30 pm NU Bulldogs W 87–64 3–0
4 Aug 3 Adamson Soaring Falcons W 103–101 4–0
5 Aug 10 • 2:00 pm UE Red Warriors W 74–72 5–0 Belmonte (18)
6 Aug 14 De La Salle Green Archers L 83–100 5–1 Loyola Center
Quezon City
7 Aug 17 UP Fighting Maroons
End of R1 of eliminations
L 5–2
8 Aug 24 FEU Tamaraws W 6–2
9 Aug 28 Adamson Falcons W 7–2
10 Aug 31 De La Salle Green Archers L 80–85 7–3 Loyola Center
Quezon City
11 Sep 7 NU Bulldogs W 8–3
12 Sep 11 Ateneo Blue Eagles W 9–3
13 Sep 14 UE Red Warriors W 10–3
14 Sep 21 UP Fighting Maroons
End of R2 of eliminations
W 11–3
Playoff for second seed: 0–1
Game Date • TimeSeedOpponentResultSeriesHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Oct 2 FEU Tamaraws L 89–95 0–1
(11–4)
Espino (23) Loyola Center
Quezon City
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
Source: Google News Archives

Postseason tournaments

Postseason game log
PRISAA Basketball Championship—Northern NCR leg: 7–0
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Dec 16 CCP Bobcats W 71–52 1–0 Espino (20) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
2 Dec 17 NCBA Wildcats W 88–67 2–0 Tied (14) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
3 Dec 18 MMC Bisons W 81–71 3–0 Fran (22) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
4 Dec 19 EARIST Red Fox W 93–65 4–0 Cabaluna (18) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
5 Dec 20 Perpetual Altas W 87–73 5–0 B. Reyes (24) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
6 Dec 22 PUP Mighty Maroons W 100–85 6–0 Espino (30) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
7 Dec 23 FEU Tamaraws
Championship game
W 88–81 7–0 Espino (29) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
National Students Basketball Championships—NCR leg: 8–0
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Jan 12 MMC Bisons W 109–94 1–0 Belmonte (23) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
2 Jan 16 UE Red Warriors W 96–80 2–0 Belmonte (16) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
3 Jan 19 San Sebastian Stags W 86–62 3–0 Espino (21) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
4 Jan 20 UP Fighting Maroons W 89–75 4–0 Loyao (18) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
5[lower-alpha 1] Jan 21 DOMC Cobras W 123–52 5–0 David (25) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
6 Jan 26 Mapúa Cardinals W 105–96 6–0 Cabaluna (22) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
7 Jan 30 Adamson Soaring Falcons
Semifinal round
W 90–78 7–0 E. Reyes (20) Arellano Taft Gym Pasay
8 Jan 31 FEU Tamaraws
Championship game
W 8–0 Arellano Taft Gym Pasay
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
  1. Romel David is with the Team B training pool

Awards

Name Award Date Ref.
Team PRISAA North NCR champions 23 Dec 1991 [6]
National Students NCR champions 31 Jan 1992 [7]
UAAP 2nd runners-up 3 Oct 1991 [5]
Dennis Espino Mythical team

Players drafted into the PBA

Billy Reyes was drafted 20th overall in the third round of the 1994 PBA draft by the Chot Reyes-led Coney Island Ice Cream Stars on January 16, 1994.[8]

Year Round Pick Overall Player PBA team
19943420Billy ReyesConey Island Ice Cream Stars

References

  1. Alinea, Eddie (15 Jul 1991). "UAAP opens 54th season Saturday". Manila Standard.
  2. Nazareno, Rocky (6 Jul 1991). "Tommies lament torpedo attempts". Manila Standard.
  3. Atencio, Peter (7 Jul 1991). "No such raid on UST—Adamson". Manila Standard.
  4. Gabutina, Edwin (3 Oct 1991). "Tams end Goldies' bid, face Archers for title". Manila Standard.
  5. 1 2 Gabutina, Edwin (6 Oct 1991). "Archers make it 3 in a row, bring down Tams to keep UAAP title". Manila Standard.
  6. "Cage upset caps UST's NCR binge". Manila Standard. 24 Dec 1991.
  7. "UST, FEU advance to nat'l finals ahead of Adamson". Manila Standard. 31 Jan 1992.
  8. Nazareno, Rocky (17 Jan 1994). "PBA rookie draft: Surprises, surprises". Manila Standard.
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