2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball
Record
Elims rank #T-4
Final rank#4
2007 record9–7 (8–6 elims)
Head coachPido Jarencio (2nd season)
Assistant coachesSenen Dueñas
Beaujing Acot
CaptainAnthony Espiritu (5th season)

The 2007 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 70th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2007-08 began on July 7, 2007 and the host school for the season was also UST.[1]

The Tigers, the Season 69 champions, ended the double round-robin eliminations in joint fourth place with the FEU Tamaraws with eight wins and six losses. They then won over FEU in the playoff for the fourth and final semifinal slot. UST held the Tamaraws to a season-low of 6 points in the second quarter. They were eliminated by the Ateneo Blue Eagles in a knockout game of the first round of the stepladder Semifinals for the right to face the second-seeded De La Salle Green Archers in the second round.[2][3][4]

UST suffered back-to-back losses at the start of the season but recovered by winning four of their next five games to finish the first round at third place with a 4–3 record.[5]

Two of their games went into overtime and were both against La Salle who had rejoined the league after serving a one-year suspension in Season 69 for fielding ineligible players in the past three years.. The first was an 86–90 first round loss and the other was an 81–73 win. They have defeated the Green Archers for the first time since the 1999 Finals where the Tigers lost in a three-game series with Game Three also going into overtime.[6][7]

Jervy Cruz was named Most Valuable Player of the season. He topped the statistical points tally with 75.9 at the end of the second round of eliminations on top of 11 double-doubles that included two playoff games. The last UST player to win the MVP was Chris Cantonjos in 1995. Cruz was third in the league in scoring with an average of 16.7 points per game behind the 21.3 average of Adamson's Patrick Cabahug and the 17.6 points per game of NU Bulldogs' Edwin Asoro. He led the league in rebounds with a 15.4 per game average.[8][9]

Francis Allera was chosen Player of the Week by the UAAP Press Corps for the duration of July 19–22, while Khasim Mirza received the citation twice on the weeks of August 2–5 and 23–26.[10][11][12]

Roster

UST Growling Tigers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
SG 5 Philippines John Hector Badua 5'11" (1.8m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
SF 6 Philippines Dylan Simon Ababou 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd Siena College of Quezon City
PF 7 Philippines Mark Angelo Canlas 6'5" (1.96m) 3rd Don Bosco Academy, Pampanga
SG 8 Philippines Anrhony Espiritu (C) 6'4" (1.93m) 5th University of Santo Tomas
PF 9 Australia Melchor Gile 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd –
PF 10 Philippines June Dizon 6'4" (1.93m) 5th San Sebastian College-Recoletos
SG 11 Philippines John Darryl Basa 6'1" (1.85m) 1st University of Santo Tomas
PG 12 Philippines Jose Cortez, Jr. 5'10" (1.78m) 5th University of Santo Tomas
SF 14 Philippines Khasim Ali Mirza 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd La Salle College Antipolo
SG 16 Philippines Franciz Philip Allera 6'3" (1.91m) 4th Dole Philippines School
C 17 Australia Chester Lloyd Taylor 6'4" (1.93m) 4th Colegio San Agustin – Makati
PG 18 Philippines John Paul Cuan 5'7" (1.7m) 4th University of Santo Tomas
C 19 Philippines Francis Soriano 6'6" (1.98m) 4th –
C 20 Philippines Jervy Cruz 6'4" (1.93m) 4th Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
PG 21 United States Rum Perry Scott 5'9" (1.75m) 5th St. Joseph School
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Rhuel Acot
  • Senen Dueñas
  • Julian Rabbi Tomacruz
  • Rodil Sablan
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Emmanuel Calipes
  • Edwin Escobar
  • Arlene Chua-Chiong Maya
Team manager
  • Clarence Aytona
  • Timmy Chong
  • Rudy Yu
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Cruz Taylor Soriano
PF Canlas Dizon Gile
SF Ababou Allera Basa
SG Mirza Espiritu Badua
PG Cuan Cortez Scott

Roster changes

Subtractions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
SG5PhilippinesAndre Charles Marquez6' 3"2ndLa Salle GreenhillsRelegated to Team B
SG11PhilippinesJoselito Duncil6' 1"5thBalucuc National High SchoolForwent final year to turn professional
SG14PhilippinesJemal Vizcarra6' 1"5thAdamson UniversityGraduated
PF21PhilippinesAllan Evangelista6' 3"5thSan Sebastian College-RecoletosGraduated

Additions

Pos. No. Nat. Player Height Year High school Notes
SG5PhilippinesJohn Hector Badua5' 11"1stUniversity of Santo TomasPromoted from Team B
SG11PhilippinesJohn Darryl Basa6' 1"1stUniversity of Santo TomasRookie
SF14PhilippinesKhasim Ali Mirza6' 4"3rdLa Salle College AntipoloTransferred from World Citi Colleges
C19PhilippinesFrancis Soriano6' 6"4thTransferee
PG21United StatesRum Perry Scott5' 9"5thSt. Joseph SchoolTransferred from Lyceum of the Philippines University

Ineligibility issues

Jojo Duncil, the Finals MVP of last year's championship series has announced to the team his decision to turn professional and forego his last playing year in the collegiate ranks.[13]

It was revealed on July 2 during the press conference for the upcoming UAAP Season 70 by Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) director Fr. Ermito de Sagon that Duncil's age eligibility was being questioned by other member schools after it was discovered that Duncil had two NSO certificates that showed varying data. One birth certificate had 1983 as Duncil's year of birth while another had shown that he was born in 1982.[14]

According to Fr. de Sagon of the season's host school, the team decided to exclude him from the roster to avoid future games being put under protest which can only cause distraction to the rest of the team. De Sagon added that Duncil, being the rector's nephew is undoubtedly only 24 years old and is eligible to play this season.[15]

Schedule and results

Preseason tournaments

The Nike Summer League and the Filoil Flying V Preseason Invitational Cup games were aired on Studio 23.

Preseason game log
2007 Nike Summer League: 1–5
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Apr 23 NU Bulldogs L 59–72 0–1 Basa (16) FEU Gym
Manila
2 Apr 26 Ateneo de Zamboanga Eagles L 110–115OT 0–2 Afuang (27) FEU Gym
Manila
3 May 1 Mapúa Cardinals L 62–79 0–3 FEU Gym
Manila
4 May 3 FEU Tamaraws L 51–93 0–4 FEU Gym
Manila
5 May 5 UP Fighting Maroons L 70–78 0–5 Basa (18) FEU Gym
Manila
6 May 7 Benilde Blazers W 82–79 1–5 Basa (18) FEU Gym
Manila
2007 Filoil Flying V Preseason Invitational Cup: 2–5
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1[lower-alpha 1] May 2 • 6:00 pm Perpetual Altas W 1–0 The Arena
San Juan
2 May 4 • 6:00 pm San Beda Red Lions L 82–103 1–1 Basa (25) The Arena
San Juan
3 May 6 • 2:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 60–67 1–2 Basa (16) The Arena
San Juan
4 May 23 • 4:00 pm UE Red Warriors L 78–98 1–3 Afuang (22) The Arena
San Juan
5 May 25 • 4:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons L 69–71 1–4 The Arena
San Juan
6 May 27 • 2:00 pm FEU Tamaraws L 57–84 1–5 Afuang (13) The Arena
San Juan
7 Jun 1 • 2:00 pm JRU Heavy Bombers W 96–92 2–5 Afuang (23) The Arena
San Juan
Penang Unity Cup–Southeast Asian Basketball Invitational Tournament: 4–2
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 May 9 Chiap Hong W 115–58 1–0 Berapit indoor court
Seberang Perai
2 May 10 Youngster Basketball Club W 94–71 2–0 Youngster Club gym
George Town, Penang
3 May 11 Han Chiang College L 92–93 2–1 Tied (18) Han Chiang gym
George Town, Penang
4 May 12 Han Chiang College L 75–103 2–2 Ababou (15) Han Chiang gym
George Town, Penang
5 May 14 Young-one Sports Club W 106–32 3–2 Dizon (22) Young-one Sports Center
George Town, Penang
6 May 15 Malaysia U-18 Club W 106–52 4–2 Dizon (16) Seberang Jaya court
Seberang Perai
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.

UAAP games

Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format and all of UST's games were televised on Studio 23.

UAAP Season 70 game log
Elimination round: 8–6
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Jul 8 • 4:00 pm UE Red Warriors L 60–73 0–1 Cruz (16) Tied (9) Cuneta Astrodome
Pasay
2 Jul 14 • 4:00 pm FEU Tamaraws L 66–81 0–2 Cruz (19) Cruz (22) Cuan (4) Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Manila
3 Jul 19 • 2:00 pm Adamson Soaring Falcons W 96–84 1–2 Allera (26) Cruz (23) Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Manila
4 Jul 21 • 4:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons W 76–68 2–2 Allera (15) Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Manila
5 Jul 26 • 2:00 pm NU Bulldogs W 83–72 3–2 Ababou (18) Cuan (8) Cuan (7) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
6 Jul 29 • 2:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers L 86–90OT 3–3 Cruz (22) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
7 Aug 4 • 4:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles
End of R1 of eliminations		 W 87–74 4–3 Mirza (25) Cruz (21) Cuneta Astrodome
Pasay
8 Aug 11 • 4:00 pm De La Salle Green Archers W 81–73OT 5–3 Cruz (16) Cruz (18) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
Aug 16 • 2:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons Postponed due to Typhoon Egay[16] Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
9 Aug 19 • 2:00 pm UE Red Warriors L 82–99 5–4 Mirza (18) Cuneta Astrodome
Pasay
10 Aug 26 • 4:00 pm NU Bulldogs W 84–72 6–4 Mirza (19) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
11 Aug 30 • 4:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles L 71–72 6–5 Cruz (22) Cruz (18) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
12 Sep 2 • 2:00 pm UP Fighting Maroons W 77–61 7–5 Espiritu (16) Cruz (14) Cruz (4) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
13 Sep 9 • 2:00 pm Adamson Falcons W 74–62 8–5 Cruz (24) Cruz (18) Araneta
Coliseum Quezon City
14 Sep 13 • 2:00 pm FEU Tamaraws
End of R2 of eliminations		 L 73–84 8–6 Cruz (13) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
Playoff for fourth seed: 1–0
Game Date • TimeSeedOpponentResultSeriesHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Sep 17 • 3:00 pm FEU Tamaraws W 80–69 1–0
(9–6)		 Cruz (17) Cruz (14) Cuan (8) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
Final Four: 0–1
Game Date • TimeSeedOpponentResultSeriesHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Sep 23 • 3:00 pm (#4) (#1) Ateneo Blue Eagles L 64–69 0–1
(9–7)		 Cruz (17) Cruz (16) Cuan (5) Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.
Source: inboundPASS

Postseason tournament

Postseason game log
2007 Philippine Collegiate Championship: 2–2
Game Date • TimeOpponentResultRecordHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
1 Nov 12 • 2:00 pm Mapúa Cardinals
Round of 16		 W 91–90 1–0 Allera (25) St. Placid Gym
Manila
2 Nov 19 • 4:00 pm San Beda Red Lions
Elite Eight		 W 88–84 2–0 Cruz (21) The Arena
San Juan
3 Nov 26 • 4:00 pm Ateneo Blue Eagles
Final Four		 L 66–92 2–1 Ababou (22) The Arena
San Juan
4 Nov 28 • 2:00 pm STI Olympians
Battle for 3rd place		 L 81–87OT 2–2 Cruz (21) The Arena
San Juan
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in UTC+08:00.

UAAP statistics

Awards

Name Award Date Ref.
Jervy Cruz Season MVP 7 Oct 2007 [8]
Mythical team
PSBank Maaasahan Award
Japs Cuan KFC Assist Delivery Award
Francis Allera Player of the Week 19–22 Jul 2007 [10]
Khasim Mirza Player of the Week 2–5 Aug 2007 [11]
23–26 Aug 2007 [12]

References

  1. ↑ "UAAP all set to open 70th season on July 7". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2 Jul 2007.
  2. ↑ Cordero, Abac. "Warriors cap historic sweep over Archers". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 14 Sep 2007.
  3. ↑ Cordero, Abac. "Wounded Tigers stay in the hunt". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 18 Sep 2007.
  4. ↑ Cordero, Abac. "Eagles have landed – almost". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 24 Sep 2007.
  5. ↑ Cordero, Abac. "Tigers on a roll, clip Eagles' wings". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 5 Aug 2007.
  6. ↑ "La Salle suspended for 1 year, banned from all UAAP events". GMA News Online. Retrieved 21 Apr 2006.
  7. ↑ Payo, Jasmine. "Tigers beat Archers at last". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 12 Aug 2007.
  8. 1 2 "UST's Jervy Cruz is UAAP Season 70 basketball MVP". GMA News Online. Retrieved 7 Oct 2007.
  9. ↑ Ramos, Gerry. "Cruz has come a long way". People's Journal. Retrieved 6 Oct 2007.
  10. 1 2 Payo, Jasmine. "Allera puts Tigers back in the hunt". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 24 Jul 2007.
  11. 1 2 "UST's Mirza is UAAP Player of the Week". GMA News Online. Retrieved 7 Aug 2007.
  12. 1 2 "UST's Mirza gets 2nd citation". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 29 Aug 2007.
  13. ↑ "UST Tigers' Duncil to join PBA draft". GMA News Online. Retrieved 29 Jun 2007.
  14. ↑ "2 birth certificates cost MVP Duncil his UST postt". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2 Jul 2007.
  15. ↑ "Duncil leaves the lair… turns professional". The Varsitarian. Retrieved 30 Jun 2007.
  16. ↑ Payo, Jasmine (17 Aug 2007). "Eagles try to stop skid tomorrow". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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