Those were the days indeed ...... of my 5 years in Engg, I got to see 4 UST championships live (4-peat).
The lone year which I didnt see a championship (well aside from my Pay High years) was when UST lost a heart-breaker to FEU ....... I was there in the ADMU gym during that game against FEU. IIRC it was Abbarientos' last year & even then, he was spectacular.
As I've posted before, UST has actually stayed the course as far as recruitment goes ...... they still get most of their players from Pampanga & nearby areas ..... Aric Del Rosario country.
It's just the other elite programs went a few notches higher with their recruitments e.g. DLSU Filams, ADMU Filams, ADMU strategic pirating (e.g. Baclao, Slaughter, etc), DLSU cornering the recent RP Youth Team, etc
^ Fully agree with post ...... DLSU doesnt have that creative & clutch backcourt, unlike years back.
They (and NU) still have an outside chance though of stealing the 4th spot from UST.