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 record	8–6
Head coach	Aric del Rosario (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Mady Tabora
Captain	Billy 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

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 Januario del Rosario Assistant coach(es) Amadito Tabora Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Depth chart

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

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

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

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

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

UAAP games

Further information: UAAP Season 53

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 The team's 80–90 loss to La Salle was overturned after the league ruled Green Archer Noli Locsin to be ineligible.

Postseason tournament

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.