For Chris Camus, the feeling is mutual. After exhausting all of his playing years in the UAAP, the Fil-am from Southern California notes one thing that he would miss from the collegiate ranks.
When the UST Growling Tigers entered their dugout for their first appearance in the Filoil Flying V Hanes Premier Preseason Cup at the Arena in San Juan last April 18, a lanky 6-foot-4 forward was noticeably missing.
Another season, another failed mission. Still, you can’t say these UST Growling Tigers did not try. Given up as Eagle fodder after a pair of blowout losses to Ateneo, UST fought tooth-and-nail in the Final Four—running on little else but faith.
If season 74 of the UAAP could be scripted, University of Santo Tomas would’ve fought tooth and nail for authorship and wrote it so that the Tigers would win the most glamorous varsity basketball crown in the country to highlight the school’s celebration of its 400th anniversary.
Flaunting steely resolve down the stretch, University of Santo Tomas powered past Far Eastern University, 77-73, Thursday in the 74th UAAP men’s basketball tournament.
If there’s one reason the UST GrowlingTigers want to roar loudly in Season 74 of the UAAP, it’s because the school is celebrating its quadricentennial anniversary.
