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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Chabi Yo | Ando | Caunan | |
| PF | Bataller | Concepcion | Cosejo | |
| SF | Paraiso | Huang | Cuajao | Asuncion |
| SG | Cansino | Abando | Pangilinan | |
| PG | Subido | Nonoy | Bordeos |
| 2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball | |
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UAAP Season 82 runner-up | |
| Record | |
| Elims rank | #4 |
| Final rank | #2 |
| 2019 record | 11–8 (8–6 elims) |
| Head coach | Aldin Ayo (2nd season) |
| Assistant coaches | Jino Manansala JR Carlos |
| Captain | CJ Cansino (2nd season) |
The 2019 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 82nd season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2019-20 began on September 4, 2019, and the host school for the season was Ateneo de Manila University. [1]
The Tigers made it back to the playoffs for the first time since Season 78 after finishing the double round-robin eliminations at fourth place with 8 wins against 6 losses. The FEU Tamaraws had the same win–loss record but were ranked higher on a superior +6 quotient over UST.
They then eliminated FEU in the first round of the stepladder semifinals and went on to defeat the second-seeded UP Fighting Maroons who held a twice-to-beat advantage over them in the next round to advance to the Finals against the undefeated Ateneo Blue Eagles.
The Blue Eagles went on to sweep the Finals series for an unprecedented 16–0 season and capped a three-peat championship run that began in Season 80. UST, who had nine new players in their roster was the only team to have lost to Ateneo by a solitary point this season. Their first round match ended with a score of 70–71. [2] [3]
Beninese center Soulémane Chabi Yo was named Most Valuable Player of the season, while former Tiger Cubs' one-and-done and mythical team member Mark Nonoy won the Rookie of the Year award. This was the first time in a decade for players from UST to win the MVP and the Rookie of the Year awards. Dylan Ababou was the MVP, while Jeric Teng was the Rookie of the Year in 2009. [4]
Rhenz Abando, a transferee from Pangasinan's Philippine College of Science and Technology was chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps for the duration of September 4–8, while team captain CJ Cansino, who had a season-ending ACL injury the previous year got the citation during the week of October 16–20, 2019. [5] [6]
UST had an average winning margin of 12.8 points and an average losing margin of 8.7 points.
They had a blowout win over the UE Red Warriors, defeating them 101–73 in the second round of eliminations. Their 101-point output was the highest scored by a team in the season. It eclipsed their opening day record of 95 points which was also against UE. Prior to the game, the Tigers had not scored more than 90 points since Aldin Ayo took over as head coach. It was during the first round of Season 80 when UST scored 91 points in a losing effort to also the Red Warriors on their 11th consecutive loss that dated back to the second round of Season 79. [7] [8] [9]
UST made a record 49 three-point shot attempts in their opening game against UE, 15 of which were by Abando. The Tigers also have the most number of three-point field goals converted with 16, as well as the highest total field goal attempts made in a game with 95, converting also a record high 39 shots. [10]
The team also held the most number of free throw attempts and conversions with 42 and 28 respectively. This was during their second-round game against the Adamson Falcons where both teams committed a combined total of 21 team fouls in the first quarter.
UST also recorded the fewest turnovers made in a game with 6 during their second-round match against UP . [11]
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| C | Chabi Yo | Ando | Caunan | |
| PF | Bataller | Concepcion | Cosejo | |
| SF | Paraiso | Huang | Cuajao | Asuncion |
| SG | Cansino | Abando | Pangilinan | |
| PG | Subido | Nonoy | Bordeos |
Cameroonian center Steve Akomo has used up his eligibility but is ably replaced by the Beninese Soulémane Chabi Yo, a transferee from Colegio de San Lorenzo who led the Griffins to the 2017 UCBL championship. [12]
Mario Bonleon and Season 81 team captain Marvin Lee decided to forgo their final playing year to join the commercial leagues. Bonleon announced to the team that he was not coming back due to recurring injuries. He had made his decision before the Tigers played their last game of the season. Lee was the team's second leading scorer last season behind Renzo Subido and had played long minutes in UST's preseason games but was advised by their head coach to pursue playing in the MPBL in lieu of his final year in college. His Season 81 scoring average was 14.4 points per game. [13] [14]
Germy Mahinay and Joshua Marcos also played in the preseason, but both decided to transfer to other schools with Mahinay going to National University and Marcos to College of Saint Benilde. Toby Agustin, who saw limited action last season also transferred to Mapúa University. [15] [16]
Aldin Ayo's twofold rebuilding plan to hold on to players from the UST high school program and to find talents from the countryside could not be any more evident this season with the arrival of UST Tiger Cubs' mythical team member Mark Nonoy, La Union native Rhenz Abando, and Davao City rookie standout Deo Cuajao.
Nonoy himself was scouted while he was in his junior year at Hua Siong College in Iloilo. He was representing Western Visayas in the Palarong Pambansa where he scored 43 points in a game against the Northern Mindanao team. He earlier scored 41 points for Hua Siong in their championship win over Bacolod Tay Tung High School in the 2018 Iloilo Invitational 17 Under Boys Basketball tournament. [17] [18]
| Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Height | Year | High school | Notes |
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| C | 0 |  | Steve Cedrick Akomo | 6' 9" | 4th | Lycée bilingue de Fondonera | Age ineligibility |
| SF | 4 |  | Mario Emmanuel Bonleon, Jr. | 6' 3" | 5th | La Salle Greenhills | Forwent final year to play in the MPBL |
| PG | 6 | | Dean Marvin Lee | 5' 8" | 5th | Far Eastern University–Diliman | Forwent final year to play in the MPBL |
| SG | 7 | | Joshua Miguel Marcos | 6' 0" | 2nd | La Salle Greenhills | Transferred to College of Saint Benilde |
| SG | 8 | | John Kenneth Zamora | 5' 11" | 3rd | Arellano University High School | Relegated to Team B |
| PG | 10 | | John Mark Lagumen | 5' 11" | 2nd | San Beda University–Rizal | Transferred to Arellano University |
| SG | 15 | | Toby Bryan Agustin | 6' 1" | 2nd | José Rizal University | Transferred to Mapúa University |
| C | 26 | | Germy Mahinay | 6' 6" | 2nd | San Beda University–Rizal | Transferred to National University |
| Pos. | No. | Nat. | Player | Height | Year | High school | Notes |
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| SF | 3 | | Brent Isaac Paraiso | 6' 2" | 3rd | De La Salle Santiago Zobel School | Transferred from De La Salle University |
| PG | 6 | | Mark Nonoy | 5' 8" | 1st | University of Santo Tomas | Rookie |
| PF | 8 | | Sherwin Concepcion | 6' 3" | 1st | Malayan High School of Science | Promoted from Team B |
| SG | 10 | | Rhenz Joseph Abando | 6' 2" | 3rd | Bactad East National High School | Transferred from PhilCST |
| SG | 17 | | Miguel Pangilinan | 6' 0" | 1st | Nazareth School of National University | Promoted from Team B |
| SF | 19 | | Ferdinand Asuncion, Jr. | 6' 2" | 1st | Chiang Kai-shek College | Promoted from Team B |
| SG | 21 | | Alberto Bordeos, Jr. | 6' 0" | 1st | La Salle Greenhills | Rookie |
| C | 23 |  | Soulémane Chabi Yo | 6' 6" | 2nd | Université d'Abomey-Calavi | Transferred from Colegio de San Lorenzo |
| SG | 30 | | Vince Petdeo Cuajao | 6' 1" | 1st | Holy Child College of Davao | Rookie |
| Name | Pos. | Height | High school | Hometown | Commit date |
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| Mark Nonoy | PG | 5' 8" | University of Santo Tomas | La Carlota, Negros Occidental | 18 Feb 2019 |
| 2019 NBTC rank: #4 | |||||
| Sherwin Concepcion | PF | 6' 3" | Malayan High School of Science | Tarlac City | 20 Mar 2018 |
| 2017 NBTC rank: #11 | |||||
| Vince Petdeo Cuajao | SG | 6' 1" | Holy Child College of Davao | Davao City | 6 Jun 2019 |
| 2019 NBTC rank: N/A (Finals MVP, Davao leg) | |||||
| Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 | |||||
Aldin Ayo went into his second year as the head coach of the Growling Tigers, but not without controversies. A rumor that originated from an anonymous tweet in April claimed that Ayo had been fired as coach of the Growling Tigers, but UST's school publication, The Varsitarian later clarified that he was actually giving up his post as consultant of the juniors' basketball program to concentrate on rebuilding the seniors' team.
This led Bonnie Garcia to step down from the seniors' coaching staff to replace Ayo in the juniors' program. Garcia is the coach of the UST Tiger Cubs basketball team that placed fifth in Season 81 on a 7–7 win–loss record.
The Varsitarian further clarified that Ayo had actually signed a three-year contract and not six years as reported last year. [19]
Aside from Garcia, assistant coach Randy Alcantara also left Ayo's coaching staff after he was selected by the Mapúa University Cardinals senior men's basketball team in December 2018 to replace Atoy Co as their new head coach. Alcantara was the coach of Mapúa's juniors' team who had just won their third straight NCAA championship earlier in November. [20]
Tapped to replace Garcia and Alcantara were former Arellano Baby Chiefs player JR Carlos and former captain of the Growling Tigers Jino Manansala.
Jino, the son of former Philippine Basketball Association Rookie of the Year Jimmy Manansala played under Coach Aric del Rosario alongside Cyrus Baguio, Niño Gelig, Alwyn Espiritu, Christian Luanzon and Emmerson Oreta. He is the current head coach of reigning NAASCU champions Saint Clare College of Caloocan. He has also coached the AMA University Titans and the University of Manila Hawks to the 2006 and 2010 NAASCU championships. [21]
This season also saw a change in the team manager position with Jimi Lim of Ironcon Builders replacing Chuck Dumlao of FMR Corporation. [22]
The Filoil Preseason Cup and the PBA D-League games were aired on 5 Plus and ESPN 5.
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Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on ABS-CBN Sports and Action and Liga. The first game of the Finals series was aired on ABS-CBN and ABS-CBN Sports and Action.
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The games of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League were aired via livestreaming on Facebook and YouTube.
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| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | PPG |
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| Soulémane Chabi Yo | 14 | 14 | 31.3 | 94 | 182 | 51.6 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 49 | 70 | 70.0 | 14.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 16.9 |
| Rhenz Abando | 13 | 5 | 22.3 | 53 | 148 | 35.8 | 32 | 104 | 30.8 | 21 | 37 | 56.8 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 12.2 |
| Mark Nonoy | 14 | 6 | 20.7 | 42 | 145 | 29.0 | 26 | 98 | 26.5 | 34 | 51 | 66.7 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 10.0 |
| Renzo Subido | 14 | 9 | 22.0 | 38 | 94 | 40.4 | 20 | 56 | 35.7 | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 8.2 |
| Sherwin Concepcion | 14 | 3 | 16.7 | 33 | 109 | 30.3 | 25 | 74 | 33.8 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 7.5 |
| Brent Paraiso | 14 | 10 | 20.6 | 34 | 94 | 36.2 | 19 | 62 | 30.6 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 6.6 |
| CJ Cansino | 14 | 8 | 17.2 | 31 | 82 | 37.8 | 13 | 41 | 31.7 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 6.1 |
| Zach Huang | 14 | 4 | 14.8 | 29 | 65 | 44.6 | 12 | 26 | 46.2 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 5.9 |
| Dave Ando | 14 | 1 | 12.5 | 20 | 46 | 43.5 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 3.1 |
| Ira Bataller | 13 | 9 | 16.8 | 8 | 37 | 21.6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Nat Cosejo | 4 | 0 | 2.3 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| Deo Cuajao | 11 | 1 | 5.8 | 5 | 24 | 20.8 | 3 | 14 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Migs Pangilinan | 4 | 0 | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Albert Bordeos | 6 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Enric Caunan | 2 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Junjun Asuncion | 1 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 14 | 40.4 | 387 | 1,038 | 37.3 | 151 | 498 | 30.3 | 184 | 287 | 64.1 | 49.9 | 15.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 15.4 | 79.2 | |
| Opponents | 14 | 40.4 | 402 | 1,011 | 39.8 | 114 | 374 | 30.5 | 141 | 238 | 59.2 | 45.1 | 15.5 | 4.9 | 3.1 | 14.7 | 75.6 |
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TOV | PPG |
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| Soulémane Chabi Yo | 5 | 5 | 32.1 | 35 | 65 | 53.8 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 18 | 28 | 64.3 | 14.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 17.6 |
| Mark Nonoy | 5 | 0 | 22.6 | 23 | 67 | 34.3 | 13 | 45 | 28.9 | 15 | 20 | 75.0 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 14.8 |
| Rhenz Abando | 5 | 1 | 24.4 | 15 | 42 | 35.7 | 9 | 29 | 31.0 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 11.2 |
| Renzo Subido | 5 | 5 | 24.6 | 19 | 53 | 35.8 | 14 | 46 | 30.4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 10.4 |
| Brent Paraiso | 5 | 4 | 21.2 | 13 | 39 | 33.3 | 9 | 28 | 32.1 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 8.2 |
| Sherwin Concepcion | 5 | 0 | 12.3 | 8 | 27 | 29.6 | 7 | 23 | 30.4 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 5.0 |
| CJ Cansino | 5 | 5 | 20.4 | 8 | 32 | 25.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.6 |
| Dave Ando | 5 | 1 | 11.4 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Zach Huang | 5 | 0 | 13.0 | 4 | 17 | 23.5 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Ira Bataller | 5 | 4 | 17.0 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
| Deo Cuajao | 1 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Migs Pangilinan | 1 | 0 | 3.1 | 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 | 5 | 40.0 | 134 | 365 | 36.7 | 54 | 192 | 28.1 | 72 | 105 | 68.6 | 46.2 | 17.2 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 17.0 | 78.8 | |
| Opponents | 5 | 40.0 | 149 | 362 | 41.2 | 39 | 141 | 27.7 | 45 | 71 | 63.4 | 44.8 | 15.4 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 16.2 | 76.4 |
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| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FGM | Field-goal made | FGA | Field-goal attempts | FG% | Field-goal percentage |
| 3PM | 3-point field-goal made | 3PA | 3-point field-goal attempts | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage |
| FTM | Free-throw made | FTA | Free-throw attempts | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | TOT | Turnovers per game | PPG | Points per game |
| Name | Award | Date | Ref. |
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| Team | NBA China runners-up | 18 Aug 2019 | [23] |
| UAAP runners-up | 20 Nov 2019 | [24] [25] | |
| Soulémane Chabi Yo | Season MVP | ||
| Mythical Five | |||
| Mark Nonoy | Rookie of the Year | ||
| Rhenz Abando | Player of the Week | 4–8 Sep 2019 | [5] |
| CJ Cansino | Player of the Week | 16–20 Oct 2019 | [6] |
Renzo Subido was drafted 24th overall in the second round of the 2019 PBA draft by the Pido Jarencio-led NorthPort Batang Pier on December 8, 2019. [26]
Zach Huang and Enric Caunan joined the 2023 PBA draft and were selected in the fourth and eighth rounds, respectively. Huang was picked 43rd overall by the Luigi Trillo-led Meralco Bolts team, while Caunan ended up with the Johnedel Cardel-coached Terrafirma Dyip team as the 70th pick of the draft on September 17, 2013. [27]
| Year | Round | Pick | Overall | Player | PBA team |
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| 2019 | 2 | 12 | 24 | Renzo Subido | NorthPort Batang Pier |
| 2023 | 4 | 8 | 43 | Zach Huang | Meralco Bolts |
| 8 | 1 | 70 | Enrique Caunan | Terrafirma Dyip |
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The UAAP Season 79 basketball tournaments are held in school year 2016–17. University of Santo Tomas is the season host while Far Eastern University are the defending champions. ABS-CBN's UHF channel ABS-CBN Sports and Action broadcast the men's tournament for the seventeenth consecutive year.
The UAAP Season 80 basketball tournaments were the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2017–18 school year. The tournaments are divided into men's, women's and juniors' divisions, for male and female college players and male high school players, respectively. The host school for the seniors' division was Far Eastern University, while Ateneo de Manila University was the sub-host for the juniors' division. The De La Salle Green Archers, NU Lady Bulldogs, and FEU Baby Tamaraws are the defending champions for the men's, women's and juniors respectively.
The UAAP Season 81 basketball tournaments were the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2018–19 school year.
The 2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 79th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2016–17 began on September 4, 2016, and the host school for the season was also UST.
The 2017 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 80th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2017–18 began on September 9, 2017 and the host school for the season was Far Eastern University.
The 2018 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 81st season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2018-19 began on September 8, 2018, and the host school for the season was National University.
The UAAP Season 82 basketball tournaments were the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) basketball tournaments for the 2019–20 school year.
The 2009 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 72nd season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2009-10 began on July 11, 2009 and the host school for the season was Far Eastern University.
The UP–UST rivalry is a team rivalry between the athletic teams of the University of the Philippines (UP) and the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).
Henri Lorenzo P. Subido is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Zamboanga Master Sardines of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. He was drafted 24th overall by the NorthPort during the 2019 PBA draft. He played college basketball for the UST Growling Tigers of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).
The 2020 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team was scheduled to represent the University of Santo Tomas in the 83rd season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, but then the COVID-19 pandemic struck and it affected all sporting events worldwide. The rest of the UAAP tournaments in the second semester of Season 82 were discontinued and eventually terminated in April 2020. A belated opening of Season 83 was planned for January 2021, but the UAAP board eventually decided on cancelling the entire season amid the continued community quarantine measures that would affect the athletes' training and social gathering in general. This was the first time since World War II that an entire season is cancelled by the league.
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 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.
Rhenz Joseph Mamuyac Abando is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Anyang Jung Kwan Jang Red Boosters of the Korean Basketball League (KBL).
The 2022 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Santo Tomas in the 85th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the academic year 2022-23 began on October 1, 2022, and the host school for the season was Adamson University.