1990 UST Glowing Goldies basketball team

The 1990 UST Glowing Goldies men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 53rd season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 1990–91 began on July 28, 1990, and the host school for the season was the University of the East.[1]

1990 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank #T–4
Final rank#T–4
1990 record8–6
Head coachAric del Rosario (4th season)
Assistant coachesMady Tabora
CaptainBilly Reyes (2nd season)
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →

The Goldies who had undergone a rebuilding phase in the summer won eight games against six losses for a tie with the FEU Tamaraws at fourth place in the standings at the end of the double round-robin eliminations. They led the league with an immaculate 8–0 record before crashing out with a six-game losing streak at the end of the season.[2][3][4]



Roster

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UST Glowing Goldies roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
SG 8   Patrick Roy Fran 6'0" (1.83m) 2nd Aquinas School
SG 9   Rudolf Belmonte 5'11" (1.8m) 2nd San Beda College
PG 10   Beltran Reyes (C) 5'10" (1.78m) 3rd Ateneo de Manila
C 11   Edward Joseph Feihl 7'0" (2.13m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
PG 14   Bethune Tanquingcen 5'9" (1.75m) 1st Philippine Cultural High School
PF 16   Dennis Espino 6'6" (1.98m) 1st Holy Angel University
SF 17   Generoso Tengco, Jr. 6'0" (1.83m) 2nd University of Santo Tomas
PG 18   Vincent Kenneth Favis 5'11" (1.8m) 2nd La Salle Greenhills
SG   James Sichon 5'10" (1.78m) 3rd University of St. La Salle
PF   Joaquin Dindo Torres 6'4" (1.93m) 2nd University of Santo Tomas
PF   Renato Cabaluna 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd University of Santo Tomas
C   Peter Tioseco 6'7" (2.01m) 1st Lourdes School of Mandaluyong
C   Benjie Bendillo
SF   A. Miranda
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Amadito Tabora

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Feihl Bendillo Tioseco
PF Torres Espino
SF Tengco Miranda
SG Sichon Belmonte Fran
PG Reyes Favis Tanquingcen

Roster changes

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The Goldies welcomed Aric del Rosario back into the team as their head coach after going through three coaching changes in the past two years.[5]

Eight players that include seniors Ricarte Salvador, Digs Latoreno and team captain Alfrancis Chua have departed the team and are replaced by Binky Favis, who had transferred from La Salle, returning players Jimmy Sichon and Udoy Belmonte, and three towering rookies led by the 7-foot tall former UST Nuggets team captain EJ Feihl.[6]

Subtractions

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Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
PF 5   Edmund Reyes 6' 3" 2nd Good Shepherd Academy Academic deficiencies
PG 9   Alfrancis Chua 5' 11" 5th Colegio de San Juan de Letran Graduated
PF 17   Rodrigo Latoreno 6' 2" 5th Graduated
  Ricarte Salvador 6' 1" 5th Graduated
  Arturo Manuel Teruel, Jr. 2nd Bacolod Tay Tung High School Academic deficiencies
  Juan Augusto Ramirez 6' 3" 2nd San Beda College Transferred to the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
  Marcelino Casal 2nd John Burroughs High School Academic deficiencies
  Frederick Cayetano 2nd Academic deficiencies

Additions

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Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
SG 9   Rudolf Belmonte 5' 11" 2nd San Beda College Returning from Season 50
C 11   Edward Joseph Feihl 7' 0" 1st University of Santo Tomas Rookie
PG 14   Bethune Tanquingcen 5' 9" 1st Philippine Cultural High School Rookie
PF 16   Dennis Espino 6' 6" 1st Holy Angel University Rookie
PG 18   Vincent Kenneth Favis 5' 11" 2nd La Salle Greenhills Transferred from De La Salle University
SG   James Sichon 5' 10" 3rd University of St. La Salle Returning from Season 51
C   Peter Tioseco 6' 7" 1st Lourdes School of Mandaluyong Rookie
C   Benjie Bendillo
SF   A. Miranda

Injuries

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Rookie center EJ Feihl was running third in the statistical points tally behind teammate Billy Reyes and La Salle's Jun Limpot before falling ill from a heart condition. He did not suit up in their second-round game against the NU Bulldogs as he had to be transferred to the Philippine Heart Center from the UST Hospital. He returned on September 16 in their game against FEU after being confined for three weeks.[2][7]

Schedule and results

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UAAP games

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Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on IBC 13 by Vintage Sports.

UAAP Season 53 game log
Elimination round: 8–6
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Jul 28 • 4:00 pm FEU Tamaraws W 95–83 1–0 Feihl (18) Ninoy Aquino Stadium Manila
2[a] Aug 8 • 2:30 pm De La Salle Green Archers W 2–0
3 Aug 12 • 2:30 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons W 3–0
4 Aug 19 • 5:30 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles W 4–0
5 Aug 22 • 4:00 pm NU Bulldogs W 5–0
6 Aug 26 • 5:30 pm UP Fighting Maroons W 6–0
7 Aug 29 • 2:30 pm UE Red Warriors
End of R1 of eliminations
W 7–0
8 Sep 2 • 12:00 pm NU Bulldogs W 101–89 8–0 Sichon (20) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
9 Sep 8 • 4:30 pm UP Fighting Maroons L 66–75 8–1 Belmonte (22) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
10 Sep 12 • 12:00 pm UE Red Warriors L 89–97 8–2 Sichon (22) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
11 Sep 16 • 1:30 pm FEU Tamaraws L 76–88 8–3 Belmonte (18) Araneta Coliseum Quezon City
12 Sep 23 • 4:30 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 73–76 8–4 Favis (19) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
13 Sep 27 • 3:00 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons L 90–93 8–5 Reyes (22) Rizal Memorial Coliseum Manila
14 Sep 30 • 12:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers
End of R2 of eliminations
L 78–80 8–6 Araneta Coliseum Quezon City
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
Source: Google News Archives
  1. ^ The team's 80–90 loss to La Salle was overturned after the league ruled Green Archer Noli Locsin to be ineligible.

Postseason tournament

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Postseason game log
1991 PRISAA–NCR Basketball Championship: 2–2
Game Date • Time Opponent Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Location
1 Jan 4 • 10:00 am TIP Engineers W 91–89 1–0 Cabaluna (22) Arellano Taft Gym Pasay
2 Jan 5 • 11:30 am UE Red Warriors W 101–99 2–0 Reyes (28) Arellano Taft Gym Pasay
3 Jan 7 • 11:30 am FEU Tamaraws L 72–79 2–1 Sichon (19) Arellano Taft Gym Pasay
4 Jan 8 • 2:30 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons
Semifinal round
L 86–94 2–2 Cabaluna (25) Arellano Taft Gym Pasay
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.

References

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  1. ^ "UAAP showtime: Varsity caging on today; NCAA moves opening one week". Manila Standard. 28 Jul 1990.
  2. ^ a b Gabutina, Edwin (3 Sep 1990). "8 in a row for Goldies". Manila Standard.
  3. ^ Gabutina, Edwin (9 Sep 1990). "Maroons end UST run with 75–66 victory". Manila Standard.
  4. ^ Gabutina, Edwin (28 Sep 1990). "La Salle reaches finals as UE scuttles Ateneo". Manila Standard.
  5. ^ Castillo, Musong (20 Oct 2003). "Del Rosario: Coach and father figure to his wards". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  6. ^ Gabutina, Edwin (27 Jul 1990). "There's a greenish hue in UAAP wars". Manila Standard.
  7. ^ Gabutina, Edwin (17 Sep 1990). "Archers shoot down erratic Eagles, 66–64". Manila Standard.