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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1758118436827UAAP87 MBB - Forthsky Padrigao-6818.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="UST Growling Tigers star Forthsky Padrigao. Photo from UAAP Media."/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">UST Growling Tigers star Forthsky Padrigao. <em>Photo from UAAP Media.</em></span></span></span>MANILA — University of Santo Tomas will be sans one of its stars as it opens its UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball campaign this weekend.<br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/9/12/uaap-final-roar-padrigao-caba-ero-power-ust-s-season-88-hopes-0900"></a></div><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/basketball/2025/9/12/uaap-final-roar-padrigao-caba-ero-power-ust-s-season-88-hopes-0900"><strong>READ: Final Roar — Padrigao, Cabañero power UST&#x27;s Season 88 hopes</strong></a></div><p>The Growling Tigers, coming off their Season 87 Final 4 stint and a busy offseason, will settle their score against defending champions University of the Philippines in a semifinals rematch, but they will be without prized playmaker Forthsky Padrigao.</p><p>“The suspension results from two unsportsmanlike fouls he was assessed during the Season 87 Final 4 game against UP on November 30, 2024,” the league announced Wednesday.</p><p>“Receiving both a Category 1 and Category 2 unsportsmanlike foul results in an automatic ejection, followed by a one-game suspension,” the league added.</p><p>Fortunately for Padrigao, even with the suspension, he will still be eligible for individual awards in Season 88 as the incident occurred in the previous season.</p><div>The UST-UP clash will be played at the Quadricentennial Pavilion on Sunday, September 21, at 4:30 p.m.<br/><br/><strong>RELATED VIDEO: <span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9rK_Vkqtcxc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong></div>

<p>University of Santo Tomas will be sans one of its stars as it opens its UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball campaign this weekend.</p>

University of Santo Tomas will be sans one of its stars as it opens its UAAP Season 88 men’s basketball campaign this weekend.

UAAP: UST's Padrigao remains eligible for individual awards despite 1-game suspension

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UAAP: UST's Padrigao remains eligible for individual awards despite 1-game suspension

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Published September 18, 2025 12:46 AM PHT

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