2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team

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.[1]

2016 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank	#8
Final rank	#8
2016 record	3–11
Head coach	Rodil S. Sablan (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Tylon Filipe M. Dar Juan Juben E. Ledesma Ma. Genevieve R. Francisco
Captain	Louie Vigil (5th season)

The Tigers finished eighth and last at the end of the double-round eliminations, winning three games against eleven losses. It was the most number of losses in a season for the Growling Tigers since the final four format began in 1993.

They had an average winning margin of 3.7 points and an average losing margin of 16.2 points. Three of their losses were by blowouts, once to the Adamson Falcons in the first round by 27 points,[2] and twice to the De La Salle Green Archers by 38 and 43 points[3] respectively.

Second year guard Marvin Lee was chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps in the second round of eliminations for the duration of October 12-16.[4]

Roster

UST Growling Tigers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School PF 5 Basibas, Regie Boy C. 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd Arellano University High School PG 6 Sheriff, Sheak Jamil, Jr. J. 5'9" (1.75m) 5th Loyola Catholic Secondary School PF 7 Strait, Jason M. 6'4" (1.93m) 1st Arellano University High School SG 8 De Guzman, Oliver Wendell D. 5'8" (1.73m) 1st Nazareth School of National University SG 9 Lee, Dean Marvin M. 5'8" (1.73m) 2nd Far Eastern University–Diliman PG 10 Subido, Henri Lorenzo P. 5'9" (1.75m) 3rd De La Salle Santiago Zobel School SF 11 Caunan, Enrique, Jr. P. 6'4" (1.93m) 2nd Colegio de San Juan de Letran PF 12 Macasaet, Jon Cornelius E. 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd San Sebastian College-Recoletos PF 13 Huang, Zachary Lance Eden T. 6'3" (1.91m) 2nd Sacred Heart School–Ateneo de Cebu SG 14 Bonleon, Mario Emmanuel, Jr. T.  6'3" (1.91m) 2nd La Salle Greenhills C 15 Faundo, Jeepy C. 6'6" (1.98m) 4th José Rizal University PF 16 Arana, Justin P. 6'5" (1.96m) 2nd Basud National High School C 17 Afoakwah, William Kwabena 6'6" (1.98m) 1st Kumasi SG 18 Vigil, Louie Philippe V. (C) 6'3" (1.91m) 5th José Rizal University SF 19 Lao, Kent Jefferson S. 6'4" (1.93m) 5th Saint Stephen's High School C 20 Tateishi, Tsutomu M. 6'9" (2.06m) 1st Ateneo de Davao University	Head coach Rodil S. Sablan Assistant coach(es) Tylon Filipe M. Dar Juan Juben E. Ledesma Ma. Genevieve R. Francisco Patrick Roy Y. Fran Julian Rabbi M. Tomacruz Strength & conditioning coach(es) John Oswald A. Aquino Kris Anthony T. Agarao Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster

Team depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	William Afoakwah	Jeepy Faundo	Teshi Tateishi
PF	Zach Huang	Joco Macasaet	Justin Arana
SF	Kent Lao	Enric Caunan	Jason Strait
SG	Louie Vigil	Marvin Lee	Regie Boy Basibas
PG	Jon Sheriff	Renzo Subido	Oli de Guzman

Roster changes

With the graduation of Kevin Ferrer, Ed Daquioag and Cameroonian Karim Abdul, sports analysts have predicted UST to miss out on a final four finish in Season 79.[5]

Subtractions

Pos.	#	POB	Player	Height	Year	High school	Notes
SG	5		Janus Kyle Christian L. Suarez	6' 2"	3rd	Ateneo de Manila	Out due to ACL injury
SF	7		Kevin M. Ferrer	6' 4"	5th	University of Santo Tomas	Graduated
SG	8		Eduardo D. Daquioag, Jr.	6' 0"	5th	RTU Laboratory High School	Graduated
PG	10		Osama Said S. Abdurasad	5' 10"	2nd	Kaunlaran High School	Transferred to Arellano University
PG	12		Janrey L. Garrido	5' 6"	3rd	Hope Christian High School	Out due to hamstring injury
C	20		Karim Abdul	6' 6"	5th	Sta. Clara International Academy	Graduated

Additions

Pos.	#	POB	Player	Height	Year	High school	Notes
PF	5		Regie Boy C. Basibas	6' 3"	2nd	Arellano University High School	Returning from Season 77
PF	7		Jason M. Strait	6' 4"	1st	Arellano University High School	Rookie
SG	8		Oliver Wendell D. de Guzman	5' 8"	1st	Nazareth School of National University	Rookie
PF	12		Jon Cornelius E. Macasaet	6' 3"	2nd	San Sebastian College-Recoletos	Returning from Season 77
C	17		William Kwabena Afoakwah	6' 6"	1st	Kumasi	Transferred from De La Salle University
C	20		Tsutomu M. Tateishi	6' 9"	1st	Ateneo de Davao University	From Team B

Coaching changes

Boy Sablan replaced Bong dela Cruz as the head coach following controversies surrounding the latter.[6]

Almost two months after falling short of winning the title against the FEU Tamaraws in the UAAP Season 78 men's basketball finals, Dela Cruz became the subject of an administrative investigation stemming from complaints of physical and verbal abuse that he allegedly made against some of the players in the roster.[7]

Short of calling it a preventive suspension, the Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) through their director Fr. Ermito de Sagon, have asked him to inhibit himself from team activities until after investigations were completed and a decision on his tenure has been made.[8]

As a result, Dela Cruz stopped attending team practices beginning January 25, 2016.[9]

Rumors surfaced that Bal David was among those who were being considered to replace Dela Cruz,[10] but eventually, it was Sablan who was selected to be the new coach in late May where he signed a one-year contract for the upcoming UAAP Season 79 basketball tournament to be hosted by UST.[11]

Dela Cruz was not terminated, but instead, management decided to no longer renew his contract which expired on June 1, 2016.[12]

Sablan was a Glowing Goldies teammate of former PBA player Pido Jarencio in the 1980s, who he also served under when he was the head coach of the Tigers from 2006 until 2013.[13]

Coaching staff

The members of the Growling Tigers' new coaching staff were:

• Tylon Dar Juan, who was the coach of the Arellano Braves in the NCAA. He was also a member of the coaching staff of the Blackwater Elite team in the PBA alongside Sablan.[14]

• Bam Ledesma, from the coaching staff of the Tigresses basketball team.

• Gina Francisco, former UST women's basketball team captain who has been a long time assistant coach of the men's basketball team.[15]

• Patrick Fran, a former Growling Tiger and PBA player, as well as a member of the coaching staff at the Meralco Bolts in the PBA.[16]

• Rabbi Tomacruz, a former Glowing Goldie and PBA player who played for San Miguel during the 1990s was also a member of Jarencio's coaching staff.

• John Aquino, who has been the strength & conditioning coach of the Meralco Bolts in the PBA since 2010.

• Kris Anthony Agarao, the strength & conditioning coach of the Growling Tigers since 2012.

Ineligibility issues

Before the start of the season, the UAAP came out with a new ruling that would lower the age limit of student-athletes from the previously-accepted 25 years to 24 years. This would mean that two of the three graduating Growling Tigers would be considered overaged for the upcoming UAAP tournament.[17]

Team captain Louie Vigil, Fil-Canadian point guard Jon Sheriff and forward Kent Lao were on their final playing year in the Tigers roster, but only Vigil and Sheriff would be affected by the new rule. Sheriff turned 25 on July 31,[18] while Vigil would be the same age on September 26.[19]

Vigil was already considering signing up for the PBA rookie draft in October[20] when the UAAP decided to defer implementation of the said rule. Protests lodged by concerned schools and affected athletes were instrumental in the reversion of the age eligibility rules. This was announced after the UAAP board of trustees convened in their annual planning session in Spain.[21]

Preseason tournaments

2016 MILCU x Got Skills U25 Summer Showcase

• Tournament record: 2W–2L

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Top scorer
Apr 19	NU Bulldogs	L 49–56	Enderun Colleges Gym	Vigil - 18 pts
Apr 27	Enderun Titans	L 53–60	Enderun Colleges Gym	Lao - 12 pts
May 12	Lyceum Pirates	W 62–33	Enderun Colleges Gym	Lee - 14 pts
May 14	FEU Tamaraws	W 50–42	Enderun Colleges Gym	Subido - 13 pts

1st Recoletos de Cebu Invitational Cup

• Tournament rank: Runners-up (3W–1L)

Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Venue	Top scorer
Jul 14	2:00 pm	USJ-R Jaguars	W 73–60	Recoletos Coliseum–Basak	Vigil - 12 pts
Jul 15	2:00 pm	UV Green Lancers	W 84–48	Recoletos Coliseum–Basak	Bonleon - 15 pts
Jul 16	4:00 pm	University of San Carlos Warriors	W 63–58	Recoletos Coliseum–Basak	Subido - 10 pts
Championship game
Jul 17	4:00 pm	USJ-R Jaguars	L 86–89	Recoletos Coliseum–Basak	Vigil - 20 pts

Times listed above are in UTC+08:00

Buddha Light International Association Cup–Taiwan

• Tournament rank: 7th

Date	Opponent	Result
Aug 17	Hsing Wu University	L
Aug 18	University of Tsukuba	L
Aug 19	McMaster University	L 70–93

UAAP Season 79 games results

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on ABS-CBN Sports and Action.

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result	Record
First round of eliminations
Sep 4	4:00 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	L 69–73	0–1
Game Highs: Points: Vigil – 21; Rebounds: Macasaet, Vigil – 9; Assists: Subido – 6
Sep 10	2:00 p.m.	UE Red Warriors	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	W 88–87	1–1
Game Highs: Points: Subido – 26; Rebounds: Macasaet – 10; Assists: Sheriff – 4
Sep 14	4:00 p.m.	De La Salle Green Archers	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	L 62–100[lower-alpha 1]	1–2
Game Highs: Points: Subido – 18; Rebounds: Afoakwah – 10; Assists: Subido – 4
Sep 17	2:00 p.m.	UP Fighting Maroons	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	W 83–77	2–2
Game Highs: Points: Vigil – 18; Rebounds: Faundo – 9; Assists: Vigil – 7
Sep 25	4:00 p.m.	NU Bulldogs	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	L 68–75	2–3
Game Highs: Points: Sheriff – 16; Rebounds: Afoakwah – 15; Assists: Subido, Vigil – 2
Oct 1	4:00 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	L 72–79	2–4
Game Highs: Points: Vigil – 16; Rebounds: Basibas – 8; Assists: Lee – 5
Oct 5	2:00 p.m.	Adamson Falcons	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	L 52–79	2–5
Game Highs: Points: Lao – 13; Rebounds: Afoakwah – 12; Assists: Sheriff, Vigil – 3
Sixth place after 1st round (2 wins–5 losses)
Second round of eliminations
Oct 8	2:00 p.m.	UE Red Warriors	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	L 61–71	2–6
Game Highs: Points: Vigil – 21; Rebounds: Afoakwah – 21; Assists: Sheriff – 4
Oct 12	4:00 p.m.	FEU Tamaraws	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	L 48–59	2–7
Game Highs: Points: Vigil – 18; Rebounds: Faundo – 17; Assists: Vigil, Huang, Faundo – 2
Oct 15	4:00 p.m.	NU Bulldogs	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	W 73–69	3–7
Game Highs: Points: Lee – 22; Rebounds: Afoakwah – 13; Assists: Vigil – 5
Oct 23	2:00 p.m.	De La Salle Green Archers	Smart Araneta Coliseum • Quezon City	L 56–99	3–8
Game Highs: Points: Vigil – 18; Rebounds: Afoakwah – 11; Assists: Vigil – 3
Nov 6	4:00 p.m.	UP Fighting Maroons	Filoil Flying V Centre • San Juan	L 69–74	3–9
Game Highs: Points: Vigil – 16; Rebounds: Faundo – 14; Assists: Sheriff – 4
Nov 9	4:00 p.m.	Adamson Falcons	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	L 61–76	3–10
Game Highs: Points: Sheriff – 13; Rebounds: Faundo – 9; Assists: Sheriff, Huang, Vigil – 2
Nov 12	2:00 p.m.	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Mall of Asia Arena • Pasay	L 64–74	3–11
Game Highs: Points: Vigil – 14; Rebounds: Afoakwah, Sheriff – 7; Assists: Lee – 5
Eighth place at 3 wins–11 losses (1 win–6 losses in the 2nd round)

Times listed above are in UTC+08:00

Source: HumbleBola Stats

1. Bonleon suffered a season-ending wrist injury after their September 14 game against the De La Salle Green Archers[22]

Individual statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TOT	PPG
Louie Vigil	14	12	26.7	78	199	39.2%	7	47	14.9%	45	70	64.3%	4.9	2.9	0.8	0.5	4.4	14.9
Jon Sheriff	14	12	22.5	57	124	46.0%	2	3	66.7%	8	13	61.5%	3.5	2.6	1.7	0.0	2.1	8.9
Jeepy Faundo	13	3	19.7	25	64	39.1%	0	0	0.0%	22	42	52.4%	8.2	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.2	8.1
Marvin Lee	14	3	18.9	39	125	31.2%	14	59	23.7%	18	20	90.0%	2.6	1.7	0.5	0.1	2.1	7.9
Renzo Subido	14	2	16.3	29	93	31.2%	8	38	21.1%	28	41	68.3%	1.6	1.4	0.6	0.0	2.4	6.7
Regie Boy Basibas	12	3	13.6	23	72	31.9%	1	14	7.1%	16	26	61.5%	4.2	0.9	0.2	0.2	1.9	5.3
Kent Lao	14	8	20.2	21	83	25.3%	8	37	21.6%	22	32	68.8%	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	1.7	5.1
Mario Bonleon	3	0	8.3	6	15	40.0%	2	4	50.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	4.7
Joco Macasaet	14	3	12.2	18	42	42.9%	0	0	0.0%	10	15	66.7%	3.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.9	3.3
Zach Huang	14	7	9.9	11	28	39.3%	0	1	0.0%	15	26	57.7%	2.2	0.6	0.1	0.2	1.3	2.6
William Afoakwah	14	11	19.9	12	41	29.3%	0	0	0.0%	9	17	52.9%	8.8	0.3	0.3	0.9	1.8	2.4
Oli de Guzman	14	1	6.6	10	30	33.4%	4	13	30.8%	5	6	83.3%	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.9	2.1
Justin Arana	8	1	7.1	4	13	30.8%	0	0	0.0%	4	8	50.0%	1.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	1.3	1.5
Enric Caunan	8	1	6.4	4	10	40.0%	0	0	0.0%	2	2	100.0%	1.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	1.3
Teshi Tateishi	2	0	6.7	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.0	0.5	0.0
Jason Strait	0	0	0.0	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	14		40.0	337	940	35.9%	46	216	21.3%	204	318	64.2%	45.2	11.6	4.6	2.6	23.3	66.1
Opponents	14		40.0	395	997	39.6%	79	302	26.2%	223	324	68.8%	46.8	16.5	6.5	5.5	19.5	72.4

Source: HumbleBola Stats

Legend
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

Aftermath

• The Future

Reeling from one of their worst finishes in the UAAP Men's basketball tournament, the UST faithful were eagerly awaiting Steve Akomo's completion of his residency so that he can finally suit up for the Tigers and lead them back to their winning ways.

The Cameroonian center has proven to be a reliable reinforcement when he led the University of the Visayas to the CESAFI finals in 2012 against Ben Mbala who was then playing for Southwestern University.

During the Adamson-UST post-game interview at the MOA Arena last November 9, UST coach Boy Sablan introduced Akomo to the press as the go-to guy for the Tigers alongside Joco Macasaet, Zach Huang and Regie Boy Basibas in their UAAP campaign for the next season.

Macasaet, Huang, and Basibas, who were all in their second playing year, started the game for UST against the Falcons, while the veteran group of Louie Vigil, Kent Lao, Marvin Lee and Renzo Subido were benched, allegedly for disciplinary reasons. Sablan justified the action by saying that he was giving the fans a preview of the Tigers' future brand of basketball, in reference to the trio and Akomo.[23]

• The Past

Former head coach Pido Jarencio, who gave the Tigers the 2006 UAAP Championship title and a back-to-back finals appearances in 2012 and 2013, indirectly gave the UST community a glimmer of hope when he sent out a controversial tweet from his social media account on December 6.

The message reads, "I am just a call away," and a follow-up tweet had Jarencio exclaiming, "let's bring back the glory!"

Fans were quick to attribute his messages to the dismal performance of the team in the tournament, which was quite the opposite of their finals run the previous year. Jarencio later confirmed in interviews that he was actually willing to come back to coach the team on two conditions: if the position for head coach became vacant and if the management and the UST community wanted him back.[24]

Jarencio resigned as UST's head coach in January 2014 in exchange for a coaching job in the PBA.[25]

• Departure of Key Players

On May 4, Renzo Subido announced his plan to skip the upcoming UAAP Season 80 basketball tournament. In a Twitter post, he explained how he was dissatisfied with the way that he has played during the course of his three-year college career. He also added that he planned to join the PBA D-League where he was hoping to improve his skills.[26]

A week later, Mario Bonleon made a similar tweet about taking time off from the team. On May 11, he had cited experiencing burnout as one of the reasons for wanting to leave the team. He also expressed his intention to join a D-League team during his time away from the Tigers.[27]

• Rumored Dissatisfaction With the Coach

The Growling Tigers joined the Filoil Flying V Preseason Premier Cup in the summer, but failed to make it past the elimination round, losing 7 games against only 1 win. This was highlighted by a 39-point loss to the LPU Pirates.

Because of the Tigers' poor showing in the tournament, various reports began to circulate about some players' growing dissatisfaction with their head coach,[28] which resulted to speculations that Coach Boy Sablan was on his way out as the team's chief tactician.[29]

Sablan, whose one-year contract expired on May 31, 2017, had undergone a surgical procedure on his gallbladder on May 15 was unable to coach the team during the tournament. Assistant coaches Tylon Dar Juan and Bam Ledesma took over practices and coaching duties.[30]

Sablan has belittled the rumors of his replacement, pointing out that there was not much time left for a new coach to prepare the team in time for the September 9 tournament opening.

Dar Juan and incoming team captain Marvin Lee have also come out to Sablan's defense.

Lee denied the report that some of his teammates wanted to leave the team by explaining that the players were given permission by the coaching staff to go on leave. He was referring to Regie Boy Basibas, Zach Huang, and Joco Macasaet who were all absent during the game against the San Beda Red Lions.

Dar Juan, on the other hand told reporters that Sablan was not in physical shape to coach the team after going through surgery, but added that the head coach was actually present during the May 21 game against the Letran Knights.[31]

According to a tweet from former Varsitarian sports editor Alex Cerado on June 20, Sablan's contract has been renewed for another year.

Awards

Player	Award
Louie Vigil	Kopiko 78's Recharged Player

Players drafted into the PBA

Year	Round	Pick	Overall	Player	PBA team
2017	2	5	17	Louie Vigil	San Miguel Beermen
2018	3	8	30	Kent Lao	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters

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