2015 FEU Tamaraws basketball team

American college basketball season

2015 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball

PCCL National Champions

UAAP Season 78 Men's Basketball, Champions

Conference| UAAP
Record| 14–4 (11–3 Elimination Round)
Head coach|

* Nash Racela (3rd year)

Assistant coach| Eric Gonzales, Josh Reyes, Gilbert Lao, and Johnny Abarrientos
Captain| Rey Mark Belo

Seasons

<- 2014

2016 ->

The 2015 FEU Tamaraws Men's Basketball team represented Far Eastern University during the University Athletic Association of the Philippines' 78th season in men's basketball division. The Tamaraws were led by their third year coach Nash Racela.

The Tamaraws won the UAAP Season 78 finals after defeating the UST Growling Tigers in 3 games, their first title since 2005 and 20th title overall. It was also the final season for 6 players, namely Mike Tolomia, Mike Belo, Roger Pogoy, Russel Escoto, Achie Inigo and Alfrancis Tamsi.[1]

## Off season

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### Departures

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Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes

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Carl Bryan Cruz | 4 | PF | 6'3" | 185 | 5th | Quezon City | Graduated
Aurel Jason David | 11 | PG | 5'8" | 145 | 1st | Vancouver | Returned to Vancouver
Jeson Delfinado | 9 | SG | 5'11" | 155 | 2nd | Davao City | Relegated to Team B
Augus Denila | 11 | PG |  |  | 1st | Iloilo City | Relegated to Team B
Anthony Hargrove | 15 | C | 6'5" | 210 | 3rd | Newark, New Jersey | Graduated
Joel Christian Lee Yu | 20 | SG | 5'9" | 155 | 2nd | Cebu City | Relegated to Team B
Reeve Ugsang | 21 | PF | 6'4" | 180 | 1st | Baybay, Leyte | Transferred to SWU

## Roster

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FEU Tamaraws roster

Players | Coaches
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PG | 4  |  | Trinidad, Jose Allen C.  | 5'9" (1.75m)  | 1st  | Orange Coast
SG | 5  |  | Tamsi, Francis M.  | 6'0" (1.83m)  | 4th  | Bohol Institute of Technology - Jagna
F/C | 6  |  | Jose, Raymar A.  | 6'4" (1.93m)  | 4th  | Arellano
SG | 7  |  | Dennison, Ron Marvis C.  | 5'9" (1.75m)  | 3rd  | UV
PF | 8  |  | Escoto, Russel  | 6'5" (1.96m)  | 4th  | FEU Diliman
PF | 9  |  | Ebona, Kevin Barkley C.  | 6'4" (1.93m)  | 1st  | Cebu-IT
PG | 10  |  | Comboy III, Wendelino T.  | 6'0" (1.83m)  | 1st  | FEU Diliman
SF | 11  |  | Holmqvist, Steve S.  | 6'3" (1.91m)  | 1st  | –
F | 12  |  | Belo, Rey Mark G. (C) | 6'4" (1.93m)  | 4th  | SMA-Midsayap
SG | 13  |  | Tolomia, Mike S.  | 5'11" (1.8m)  | 5th  | FEU Diliman
SG | 15  |  | Arong, Monbert D.  | 5'11" (1.8m)  | 1st  | USP
SF | 16  |  | Pogoy, Roger Ray  | 6'2" (1.88m)  | 5th  | Cebu
C | 17  |  | Orizu, Prince I.  | 6'8" (2.03m)  | 2nd  | Ikeja HS
PG | 18  |  | Iñigo, Achie  | 5'9" (1.75m)  | 4th  | Letran
C | 20  |  | Holmqvist, Ken S.  | 6'10" (2.08m)  | 1st  | –
F | 21  |  | Escoto, Richard D.  | 6'3" (1.91m)  | 2nd  | FEU Diliman

Head coach

*   * Nash Racela

Assistant coach(es)

*   * Johnny Abarrientos
*   * Joshua Vincent Reyes
*   * Eric Gonzales
*   * Gilbert Lao
*   * Richard Anthony Ticzon

Team manager

*   * Mark Molina
*   * Anton Montinola

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* Injured

### Rotation

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Pos.  | Starting 5  | Bench 1  | Bench 2  | Bench 3  |

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C | Prince Orizu  | Raymar Jose  | Ken Holmqvist  |  |
PF | Russel Escoto  | Richard Escoto  | Kevin Barkley Ebona  |  |
SF | Rey Mark Belo  | Roger Ray Pogoy  | Steve Holmqvist  |  |
SG | Ron Dennison  | Monbert Arong  | Francis Tamsi  | Wendelino Comboy  |
PG | Mike Tolomia  | Achie Inigo  | Joe Allen Trinidad  |  |

### Players' Statistics

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Player  | GP  | MPG  | PPG  | RPG  | APG  | SPG  | BPG

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Rey Mark Belo | 12  | 26.17  | 13.33  | 6.17  | 2.42  | 0.58  | 1.08
Mike Tolomia | 12  | 24.83  | 12.42  | 5.08  | 4.42  | 0.17  | 0.17
Roger Ray Pogoy | 12  | 20.17  | 11.00  | 3.83  | 1.67  | 0.58  | 1.08
Raymar Jose | 12  | 21.33  | 8.08  | 8.83  | 1.08  | 0.25  | 0
Russel Escoto | 12  | 20.08  | 6.92  | 5  | 0.58  | 0.17  | 0.83
Achie Iñigo | 12  | 21.08  | 5.58  | 3.25  | 2.33  | 0.5  | 0.33
Monbert Arong | 12  | 15.83  | 5.5  | 3.33  | 0.92  | 0.08  | 0.08
Price Orizu | 12  | 14.42  | 4.25  | 4.75  | 0.00  | 0.00  | 0.83
Francis Tamsi | 12  | 11.08  | 4.25  | 0.92  | 0.42  | 0.67  | 0.08
Joe Allen Trinidad | 12  | 6.42  | 1.33  | 0.75  | 0.92  | 0.08  | 0.00
Ron Dennison | 10  | 9.30  | 1.30  | 1.50  | 0.60  | 0.00  | 0.20
Richard Escoto | 12  | 6.75  | 1.25  | 1.25  | 0.17  | 0.08  | 0.17
Wendelino Comboy III | 7  | 3.14  | 0.57  | 0.86  | 0.14  | 0.00  | 0.00
Ken Holmqvist | 7  | 2.43  | 0.43  | 0.71  | 0.00  | 0.00  | 0.00
Kevin Barkley Ebona | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-
Steve Holmqvist | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-  | \-

Source: PBA-Online.net

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## Schedule

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Date
time, TV  | Rank# | Opponent# | Result  | Record  | High points  | High rebounds  | High assists  | Site (attendance)
city, state

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UAAP Season 78 First Round
September 6*
4:00 pm |  | Ateneo | W 88–64 | 1-0
|  19 – Pogoy |  10 – Jose |  6 – Tolomia | Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay, Philippines
September 9*
4:00 pm |  | UST | L 71-72 | 1-1
|  17 – Belo |  10 – Jose |  5 – Tolomia | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
September 13*
4:00 pm |  | La Salle | W 93-75 | 2-1
|  20 – Tolomia |  9 – Orizu |  5 – Tolomia | Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay, Philippines
September 20*
4:00 pm |  | State U | W 75-58 | 3-1
|  11 – Tied |  13 – Jose |  4 – Tied | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
September 23*
2:00 pm |  | UE | W 92-81 | 4-1
|  24 – Belo |  11 – Jose |  8 – Tolomia | Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay, Philippines
September 27*
4:00 pm |  | Adamson | W 64-60 | 5-1
|  11 – Russel Escoto |  10 – Belo |  - – - | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
October 7*
4:00 pm |  | National | W 64-60 | 6-1
|  19 – Tolomia |  - – - |  - – - | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
UAAP Season 78 Second Round
October 11*
11:00 am |  | Ateneo | W 66-61 | 7-1
|  12 – Belo |  13 – Jose |  3 – Inigo | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
October 14*
4:00 pm |  | State U | W 68-57 | 8-1
|  17 – Pogoy |  12 – Belo |  3 – Tolomia | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
October 11*
4:00 pm |  | UE | W 71-67 | 9-1
|  16 – Belo |  8 – Pogoy |  - – - | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
October 28*
4:00 pm |  | Adamson | W 82-69 | 10-1
|  13 – Russel Escoto |  7 – Jose |  - – - | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
November 7*
4:00 pm |  | UST | L 76-85 | 10-2
|  17 – Tolomia |  9 – Belo |  3 – Inigo | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
November 14*
4:00 pm |  | NU | L 68-70 | 10-3
|  23 – Tolomia |  12 – Orizu |  5 – Inigo | Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay, Philippines
November 18*
4:00 pm |  | La Salle | W 71-68 | 11-3
|  13 – Arong |  16 – Orizu |  2 – Tied | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
UAAP Season 78 Final Four
November 21*
3:00 pm |  | Ateneo | W 76-74 | 1-0
|  16 – Pogoy |  9 – Belo |  2 – Tied | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
UAAP Season 78 Finals
November 25*
4:00 pm |  | UST | W 75-64 | 1-0
|  15 – Pogoy |  13 – Belo |  3 – Tied | Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay, Philippines
November 28*
4:00 pm |  | UST | L 56-62 | 1-1
|  16 – Belo |  11 – Belo |  6 – Tolomia | Smart Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
December 2*
4:00 pm |  | UST | W 67-62[3] | 2-1
|  23 – Belo |  8 – Belo and Escoto |  3 – Tolomia | Mall of Asia Arena
Pasay, Philippines

*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Philippine Time.

## References

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1. ^ Terrado, Reuben (18 December 2015). "Belo, Tolomia, Pogoy rejoin FEU teammates, bolster Phoenix side in PBA D-League". Spin.ph. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
2. ^ "Far Eastern University Tamaraws Player Statistics :: PBA-Online!". Archived from the original on 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
3. ^ Ganglani, Naveen (2 December 2015). "FEU avoids meltdown, wins first UAAP title in 10 years". Rappler.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

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FEU Tamaraws 2015–16 UAAP Men's Basketball Champions

* 4 Joe Allen Trinidad
* 5 Alfrancis Tamsi
* 6 Raymar Jose
* 7 Ron Dennison
* 8 Russel Escoto
* 9 Barkley Eboña
* 10 Wendel Comboy
* 11 Steve Holmqvist
* 12 Mac Belo (Finals MVP)
* 13 Mike Tolomia
* 15 Monbert Arong
* 16 Roger Pogoy
* 17 Prince Orizu
* 18 Achie Iñigo
* 20 Ken Holmqvist
* 21 Richard Escoto
* Coach Nash Racela
* Assistant(s) Johnny Abarrientos
* Josh Reyes
* Eric Gonzales
* Gilbert Lao
* Richard Anthony Ticzon

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* 2016
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