# 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.
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.

## Roster
### 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.
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.

### Subtractions

| Pos. | No. | 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. | 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.

## Schedule and results
### UAAP games

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 | Location |
| 1 | Jul 28 • 4:00 pm | FEU Tamaraws | W 95–83 | 1–0 | Feihl (18) | Ninoy Aquino Stadium Manila |
| 2 | 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 | 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. :