UST Growling Tigers basketball

UST Growling Tigers
UST Growling Tigers
	2024 UST Growling Tigers basketball team
University	University of Santo Tomas
Founded	1920
History	UST Glowing Goldies (1924–1992); UST Golden Tigers (1992–1993); UST Growling Tigers (1993–present)
Head coach	Pido Jarencio
Location	Manila
Nickname	Growling Tigers
Colors	Gold, black, and white;
UAAP Champions (18)
	1939; 1940; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1955; 1959; 1964; 1967; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 2006;
UAAP Final Four
	1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2007; 2009; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2015; 2019;
NCAA Champions
	1930
Offseason Tournament Champions
	Philippine Collegiate Champions League; 2012

The UST Growling Tigers basketball is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Santo Tomas. The school has won 19 basketball titles including one in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). They are one of the winningest teams in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) with 18 championships, the last coming in 2006 during Pido Jarencio's rookie year of coaching. Jarencio returned as the team's head coach after ten years since resigning in 2013. He formally replaced Bal David on February 3, 2023.^[2]^[3]

^ University of Santo Tomas Visual Identity Manual (PDF). March 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
^ "Jarencio open to coaching UST "if position is vacant"". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 16 Dec 2016.
^ Agcaoili, Lance. "Pido Jarencio back as UST Growling Tigers coach". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 3 Feb 2023.