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2017 FEU Tamaraws basketball team

The 2017 FEU Tamaraws Men's Basketball Team represented Far Eastern University during the University Athletic Association of the Philippines' 80th season in men's basketball division. The Tamaraws were led by their rookie head coach Olsen Racela who replaced his brother Nash, who took over professional team TNT KaTropa in the Philippine Basketball Association.

2017 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball
ConferenceUAAP
Record8-8 (7-7 Elimination Round)
Head coach
  • Olsen Racela (1st season)
Assistant coachEric Gonzales, Ryan Betia, Gilbert Lao, and Johnny Abarrientos
CaptainRon Dennison
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →

The Tamaraws were looking to reclaim the crown this season as they had an experienced lineup led by ex-Ateneo Blue Eagles Hubert Cani, Arvin Tolentino and Filipino-American Jasper Parker.

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Monbert Arong 12 SG 6'0" - Senior Cebu City, Cebu Graduated and playing for Cignal Hawkeyes in the PBA D-League[1]
Raymar Jose 6 PF 6'4" - Senior Cebu City, Cebu Graduated and playing for Cignal Hawkeyes in the PBA D-League[2]
Ken Holmqvist 18 C 6'8" - Junior Oslo, Norway Opted not to return[3]
Steve Holmqvist 11 SF 6'4" - Junior Oslo, Norway Opted not to return[4]

Current roster

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FEU Tamaraws roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Height Year High School
SF 0   Escoto, Richard D. 6'4" (1.93m) 4th FEU Diliman
SG 1   Nunag, Joseph Gerald L. 6'0" (1.83m) 2nd Rangitoto HS
F 2   Stockton, Alec 6'3" (1.91m) 1st Pacific High School
G 3   Parker, Jasper 5'10" (1.78m) 1st Sunny Hills High School
PG 4   Trinidad, Jose Allen C. 5'11" (1.8m) 3rd Orange Coast
PG 5   Iñigo, Alejandrino 5'9" (1.75m) 4th-transfer San Beda
SG 7   Dennison, Ron Marvis C. (C) 5'11" (1.8m) 5th UV
PF 8   Ebona, Kevin Barkley C. 6'5" (1.96m) 3rd Cebu-IT
SF 9   Bayquin, Kim Lee 6'3" (1.91m) 3rd-transfer Chiang Kai Shek
PG 10   Comboy III, Wendelino T. 6'0" (1.83m) 3rd FEU Diliman
F 13   Tolentino, Arvin 6'4" (1.93m) 3rd-Transfer San Beda
PF 15   Bienes, Brandrey G. 6'5" (1.96m) 2nd FEU Diliman
C 17   Orizu, Prince I. 6'9" (2.06m) 2nd Ikeja High School
PG 18   Cani, Hubert 5'11" (1.8m) 2nd-transfer NU
PF 20   Tuffin, Kenneth James D. 6'4" (1.93m) 2nd St Patrick's College
G 21   Ramirez, RJ 6'0" (1.83m) 1st Humber
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  •   Mark Molina
  •   Anton Montinola
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  •   Injured
Updated: 2017–05–08

Team Depth Chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Prince Orizu Kevin Ebona
PF Ken Tuffin Richard Escoto Brandrey Bienes
SF Ron Dennison Arvin Tolentino Kim Lee Bayquin
SG Jojo Trinidad Wendell Comboy RJ Ramirez Alec Stockton
PG Axel Inigo Jasper Parker Hubert Cani Joseph Nunag

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
UAAP Season 80 First Round
September 10*
4:00 pm 		La Salle L 90–95[5]  0-1
  21 – Dennison   10 – Orizu   4 – Dennison  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
September 13*
2:00 pm 		East W 90–83[6]  1-1
  16 – Dennison   16 – Orizu   6 – Iñigo  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
September 14*
4:00 pm 		Ateneo L 82–94[7]  1-2
  12 – Comboy   5 – Tied   5 – Parker  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
September 23*
2:00 pm 		UST W 78-65[8]  2-2
  15 – Tied   10 – Tolentino   5 – Parker  Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
September 27*
2:00 pm 		NU W 90-83[9]  3-2
  23 – Tolentino   8 – Tied   4 – Comboy  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
October 1*
2:00 pm 		UP W 78-59[10]  4-2
  16 – Dennison   14 – Orizu   4 – Parker  Smart Araneta Coliseum 
Quezon City, Philippines
October 7*
4:00 pm 		Adamson       Mall of Asia Arena 
Pasay, Philippines
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Philippine Time.

Player stats

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
Player GP MPG PPG DRPG ORPG RPG APG SPG BPG TPG
Ron Dennison 2 22.67 18.50 4.00 1.50 5.50 3.50 1.50 0.50 2.00
Prince Orizu 2 27.00 13.50 9.00 4.00 13.00 1.00 0.50 1.00 1.00
Arvin Tolentino 2 10.00 9.00 4.50 1.00 5.50 0.50 0.00 0.50 2.50
Richard Escoto 2 14.50 8.00 1.00 0.50 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 1.50
Wendell Comboy 2 21.00 7.50 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.50 0.50 0.00 1.50
RJ Ramirez 1 14.00 7.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 2.00
Axel Iñigo 2 23.00 6.50 1.00 0.50 1.50 4.50 0.00 0.00 2.00
Ken Tuffin 2 23.00 6.00 3.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 1.50
Barkley Eboña 2 6.50 5.50 1.50 1.50 3.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00
Jasper Parker 2 13.00 5.50 2.50 0.00 2.50 3.50 0.00 0.00 2.00
Hubert Cani 2 13.00 3.50 1.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 0.50 0.00 2.50
Joe Allen Trinidad 2 13.50 3.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 0.50 0.00 2.50
Brandrey Bienes 2 3.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 0.00 0.00 0.00
Joseph Nunag 1 5.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 0.50 1.00
Kim Lee Bayquin 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Alec Stockton 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Statistics by PBA-Online.net [11]

References

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  1. ^ "Dropped by Tanduay, Monbert Arong finds new D-League home at Cignal-San Beda".
  2. ^ "Raymar Jose takes act to PBA D-League, signs with Cignal at end of ABL season".
  3. ^ "Holmqvist brothers leave FEU - Tiebreaker Times". tiebreakertimes.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-06.
  4. ^ "Holmqvist brothers leave FEU - Tiebreaker Times". tiebreakertimes.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-06.
  5. ^ "La Salle survives FEU to start UAAP title defense". 10 September 2017.
  6. ^ "UAAP: Tams trample Warriors for first win".
  7. ^ "Ateneo downs FEU for 3-0 start". 17 September 2017.
  8. ^ "FEU sends UST reeling to fourth straight loss". 23 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Arvin Tolentino's career-high tows FEU past National U for first win streak - Tiebreaker Times". Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  10. ^ "FEU Tamaraws extend win run to three with rout of UP Maroons".
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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