2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The 2008 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 71st season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2008-09 began on July 5, 2008 and the host school for the season was the University of the Philippines who were celebrating their centennial year.

UST finished fifth at the end of the double-round eliminations. They won six games against eight losses. Two of their games went into overtime. The first was an 86–80 win over the Adamson Falcons in the first round, and the other was a 69–74 loss to the FEU Tamaraws in the second round.

The Tigers' second round losses to FEU and to the De La Salle Green Archers meant that they needed to win their last two games to at least tie the UE Red Warriors to gain a playoff for the fourth and final seed heading into the final four. They were fifth in the standings at 5 wins and 7 losses, while UE was fourth with a 7–5 win-loss record. They were also hoping for the Red Warriors to lose their remaining two games for a playoff to happen.

The game resulted to a two-point loss for UST. The Tigers had struggled throughout the game with errors and inconsistencies. The opponent had led by 22 points at the end of three quarters. Head coach Pido Jarencio got ejected, but in a display of grit and determination, UST fought back and tried to chip away at UE's lead, resulting a 24–1 run. The Tigers who got eliminated ended up scoring 35 points in the fourth quarter.

Season 70 MVP Jervy Cruz was included in the Mythical team selection during the presentation of awards for Season 71. He had played the entire season while nursing a hamstring injury and even led the MVP race at the end of the double-round eliminations with 75.07 statistical points, as well as a double-double average of 19.8 points scored and 13.7 rebounds per game. He has led the league in rebounds since his first playing year in Season 69. The MVP award eventually went to Ateneo's Rabeh Al-Hussaini who was second in running with 71.14 statistical points.

The Growling Tigers was the season's top rebounding team with a 48.4 per game average.
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