Men's basketball team
2021 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball Elims rank #7 Final rank #7 2021 record 3–11 Head coach Jino Manansala (1st season) Assistant coaches McJour Luib Joph Cleopas Captain Paul Manalang (1st season) Seasons
The 2021 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 84th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines . The men's basketball tournament for the academic year 2021-22 began in the second semester on March 26, 2022, and the host school for the season was De La Salle University .
The Tigers tied their second worst record in the Final Four era after winning only three games against eleven losses which they also had in the 2016 season. After ending the first round of eliminations on a 2–5 record, the team won only one game before going on a six-game losing streak to end the tournament, which was marked by blowout losses that broke the UAAP record for the largest losing margins.[1]
They began their season with a 25-point loss against the FEU Tamaraws in a game played behind closed doors . The UAAP had earlier decided to hold the first four playing schedules under a bubble setup in observance of COVID-19 safety precautions. UST had five more blowout losses in the season that included their 44-point marginal defeat against FEU in their last playing date in the second round to surpass their 43-point loss to the De La Salle Green Archers back in 2016. Their 50-point loss to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the second round set the mark for the league's biggest losing margin since 2003. They also lost against the NU Bulldogs by 31 points in the first round, and by 29 points each to La Salle and the UP Fighting Maroons in the second round. Their 83–112 defeat against the Green Archers enabled their opponents to breach the 100-point barrier in the season.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Roster
UST has listed Ivan Lazarte, Rafael Pangilinan, Rafael Biag, and Patrick Javier on their reserve list, where any of the four players can be activated to replace players who would test positive for COVID-19.[9] [10]
UST Growling Tigers roster
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Jino Manansala
Assistant coach(es)
McJour Luib
Jose Felix Cleopas
Jason Misolas
Rodolfo Carlos, Jr.
Jude Anthony Paulite
Team manager
Legend
(C) Team captain Injured
Depth chart
Pos.
Starting 5
Bench 1
Bench 2
Bench 3
C
Ando
Santos
Herrera
PF
Concepcion
Manaytay
Gomez de Liaño
SF
Cabañero
Mantua
Canoy
Samudio
SG
M. Pangilinan
Garing
Gesalem
PG
Fontanilla
Manalang
Yongco
Roster changes
13 out of the 16 players from the 2019 UAAP runner-up team have departed. Renzo Subido , Zach Huang, and Enric Caunan have already graduated , while the majority went on to transfer to rival colleges at the height of the school's training bubble controversy. UAAP Season 82 Most Valuable Player Soulémane Chabi Yo forwent his final playing year in the collegiate ranks to play in the Liga EBA in Spain. The extended lockdowns and the cancellation of UAAP Season 83 , despite the league's extension of eligibility of players caused the Beninese center 's exit from the team.[11] [12]
Subtractions
Additions
Recruiting class
Name
Pos.
Height
High school
Hometown
Commit date
Christian Manaytay
PF
6' 4"
Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu
Cebu City
22 Nov 2019
2018 NBTC rank: N/A (Division 1 semifinalist)
Jordi Gomez de Liaño
SF
6' 5"
UP Integrated School
Metro Manila
10 Jun 2021
2020 NBTC UAAP rank: #22; 2018 NBTC Elite 60 rank: #41
Nic Cabañero
SF
6' 3"
University of Santo Tomas
Lapu-Lapu City
18 Jun 2021
2018 NBTC Elite 60 rank: #50
Aldave Canoy
SG
6' 1"
West Negros University Integrated School
Bacolod
24 Feb 2020
2019 NBTC rank: N/A (Visayas regional champion)
Royce Mantua
SF
6' 4"
Far Eastern University-Diliman
Sydney
15 Jun 2021
2018 NBTC Elite 60 rank: #22
Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Schedule and results
Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on One Sports and the UAAP Varsity Channel .
UAAP Season 84 game log
Elimination round: 3–11
Game
Date • Time
Opponent
Result
Record
High points
High rebounds
High assists
Location
1
Mar 26 • 10:34 am
FEU Tamaraws
L 51–76
0–1
Fontanilla (19)
Gomez de Liaño (11)
Tied (3)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
2
Mar 29 • 7:16 pm
UP Fighting Maroons
L 82–98
0–2
Concepcion (19)
Manaytay (7)
Tied (4)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
3
Mar 31 • 7:06 pm
UE Red Warriors
W 74–62
1–2
Concepcion (25)
Santos (12)
Fontanilla (8)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
4
Apr 2 • 4:00 pm
Adamson Soaring Falcons
W 79–72
2–2
Manalang (15)
Santos (8)
Manalang (5)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
5
Apr 5 • 10:12 am
De La Salle Green Archers
L 66–75
2–3
Tied (20)
Cabañero (10)
Manaytay (2)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
6
Apr 7 • 1:00 pm
NU Bulldogs
L 51–82
2–4
Cabañero (11)
Cabañero (8)
Cabañero (3)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
7
Apr 9 • 4:00 pm
Ateneo Blue Eagles End of R1 of eliminations
L 80–91
2–5
Concepcion (22)
Cabañero (9)
Fontanilla (6)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
8
Apr 12 • 4:30 pm
UE Red Warriors
W 72–61
3–5
Concepcion (17)
Ando (12)
Fontanilla (5)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
9
Apr 19 • 12:35 pm
De La Salle Green Archers
L 83–112
3–6
Manalang (14)
Tied (7)
Fontanilla (6)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
10
Apr 21 • 10:05 am
Ateneo Blue Eagles
L 51–101
3–7
Cabañero (18)
Fontanilla (7)
Fontanilla (4)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
11
Apr 23 • 10:05 am
Adamson Falcons
L 69–80
3–8
Fontanilla (23)
Concepcion (11)
Manalang (5)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
12
Apr 26 • 7:00 pm
NU Bulldogs
L 60–73
3–9
Cabañero (13)
Cabañero (15)
Fontanilla (4)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
13
Apr 28 • 7:03 pm
UP Fighting Maroons
L 67–96
3–10
Pangilinan (21)
Tied (7)
Tied (4)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
14
May 1 • 12:42 pm
FEU Tamaraws End of R2 of eliminations
L 65–109
3–11
Cabañero (16)
Ando (6)
Fontanilla (3)
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in UTC+08:00 . Source: Imperium Technology
Individual statistics
Player
GP
GS
MPG
FGM
FGA
FG%
3PM
3PA
3FG%
FTM
FTA
FT%
RPG
APG
SPG
BPG
TOT
PPG
Nic Cabañero
14
7
25.4
62
159
39.0%
12
49
24.5%
38
68
55.9%
6.3
1.5
1.0
0.1
2.9
12.4
Joshua Fontanilla
14
10
23.1
60
154
39.0%
10
39
25.6%
33
50
66.0%
3.6
3.8
0.9
0.0
4.6
11.6
Sherwin Concepcion
14
12
26.6
52
149
34.9%
33
111
29.7%
12
20
60.0%
5.6
0.7
0.5
0.1
1.4
10.6
Paul Manalang
14
5
24.6
28
95
29.5%
22
72
30.6%
28
31
90.3%
2.9
2.6
0.9
0.1
2.0
7.7
Bryan Santos
11
3
18.1
25
77
32.5%
13
50
26.05%
8
15
53.3%
5.9
0.5
0.6
0.3
0.8
6.5
Christian Manaytay
14
4
15.9
25
58
43.1%
0
2
0.0%
19
36
52.8%
3.9
0.9
0.4
0.4
1.4
4.9
Dave Ando
14
7
14.8
26
68
38.2%
1
15
6.7%
4
15
26.7%
5.3
0.3
0.3
0.6
1.0
4.1
Migs Pangilinan
14
8
17.4
18
59
30.5%
7
37
18.9%
15
18
83.3%
3.1
0.2
0.4
0.5
1.4
4.1
Jordi Gomez de Liaño
12
1
5.5
9
34
26.5%
7
27
25.9%
0
1
0.0%
1.6
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.3
2.1
Royce Mantua
11
4
9.2
7
33
21.2%
5
20
25.0%
2
3
66.7%
1.5
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.8
1.9
Jamba Garing
10
1
9.2
5
13
38.5%
2
7
28.6%
2
4
50.0%
1.2
0.6
0.5
0.0
0.8
1.4
Aldave Canoy
9
0
4.1
4
7
57.1%
1
3
33.3%
4
5
80.0%
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.3
1.4
Ian Herrera
12
3
7.8
5
20
25.0%
2
13
15.4%
2
4
50.0%
2.5
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.0
1.2
Renzel Yongco
10
4
7.0
3
12
25.0%
2
11
18.2%
0
0
0.0%
0.3
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.8
Bryan Samudio
9
0
3.0
2
6
33.3%
0
0
0.0%
1
1
100.0%
0.7
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.6
JJ Gesalem
7
1
5.8
1
12
8.3%
1
9
11.1%
0
0
0.0%
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.4
Total
14
40.0
332
956
34.7%
118
465
25.4%
168
271
62.0%
42.9
12.0
5.9
2.3
18.6
67.9
Opponents
14
40.0
449
1,004
44.7%
121
406
29.8%
171
280
61.1%
49.8
18.3
11.0
3.5
15.9
84.9
Source: Imperium Technology
References
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^ Villeza, Mark Ernest. "Tigers suffer 25-point blowout vs FEU in season opener" . The Varsitarian . Retrieved 26 Mar 2022 .
^ Atencio, Peter. "No cheering squads, fans at UAAP's Season 84" . Manila Standard . Retrieved 8 Mar 2022 .
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^ Naredo, Camille. "Ateneo condemns UST to biggest loss in UAAP since 2003" . ABS-CBN Sports . Retrieved 21 Apr 2022 .
^ Isaga, JR. "NU Bulldogs bounce back with 31-point mauling of UST Tigers" . Rappler . Retrieved 7 Apr 2022 .
^ Naredo, Camille. "Winston, La Salle torch UST for 6th win" . ABS-CBN Sports . Retrieved 19 Apr 2022 .
^ Isaga, JR. "Playoff-bound UP Maroons nab 11th win off huge blowout of also-ran UST Tigers" . Rappler . Retrieved 28 Apr 2022 .
^ Jurado, Theodore. "UAAP expands team rosters to 20 players" . Journal News Online . Retrieved 7 Mar 2022 .
^ "De Liaño, Fontanilla, Concepcion, Ando, Santos lead UST Tigers in UAAP Season 84" . FastBreak . Retrieved 24 Mar 2022 .
^ Anolin, Carlo. "Beninese center Chabi Yo leaves UST Tigers" . Manila Bulletin . Retrieved 1 Nov 2021 .
^ Leongson, Randolph. "UAAP extends eligibility for super seniors in Season 84" . SPIN.ph . Retrieved 11 Mar 2022 .
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