In the 14-game UAAP men's basketball tournament, the Tigers play from twice to thrice weekly against the seven other member collegiate teams in the course of the two round-robin elimination games from early September until mid-November.

[12][13] An experimental sports meet among the triumvirate of UP, UST and National University called the "Big Three" and formed in 1930, arose from the schools' dissatisfaction with the NCAA's plan to incorporate the league with the Bureau of Commerce.

[14][15] Apart from the Big Three League, the Goldies also competed in the National Open Championship and tournaments organized by the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation where they won titles in 1935, 1937, 1940, and 1941.

[17][18][19] The postwar resumption of the UAAP in 1946 after a five-year absence saw the Glowing Goldies record their first undefeated season when they won all six of their games to claim their third straight championship.

In the deciding match, UST was leading towards the end of regulation when a power outage struck the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, forcing play to stop.

[22][23] Redemption came early for UST when they won the 1951 National Open Championships in January after defeating the San Miguel Braves team of their former coach Chito Calvo, 47–41 in the Finals.

UST was back to their winning ways when they dethroned NU for the UAAP title and then claimed the National Intercollegiate Championship in the postseason after beating University of the Visayas, 76–66.

It was another close game with a series of one-point lead changes until the final ten seconds when the Goldies' Romeo Ramos was fouled by an FEU defender while driving to the basket.

UE's Jaworski, Nat Canson, Fernando Paseos, and UST's Florencio, team captain Manuel Tan, and Ceferino dela Paz were the recipients of the ban for throwing fists and elbows during the altercation.

He had only managed to steer the team to a fifth-place finish that year, and despite a turnaround season in 1976 where they ended up as third placers, four of the Goldies' senior players left to play in the MICAA after a rumored falling-out with the coaching staff.

Edmund Yee, Ricky Valero, and Danny Calsado led the Goldies with their balanced scoring, but it was the team's 18 steals that carried UST to victory.

They won eight straight games, with one coming from a reversal of their 10-point first round loss to La Salle after Green Archer Noli Locsin was declared ineligible by the board.

Feihl unfortunately fell ill in the middle of the season and UST went on to lose all their remaining games for an 8–6 record and a tie at fourth place with FEU in the standings.

[78] The Growling Tigers met La Salle in the 1994 UAAP Finals for the first time since their overtime loss in the 1948 National Open Championship title match.

They overcame UE's twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals and had to force a deciding Game 3 in the Finals against La Salle to win their third back-to-back title since the 1948–49 and 1952–53 seasons.

UST featured a rookie-laden roster, but among the players were four junior MVPs in Alwyn Espiritu, Derick Hubalde, Marvin Ortiguerra, and Emmerson Oreta.

The team's inconsistency carried over to the second round and brought them the same fourth-place result at 8 wins and 6 losses for another tie with UE, who they defeated in the playoff for the fourth semifinal slot, 65–61.

He was also able to force a La Salle turnover by stealing off Mon Jose, however, he failed to pass to the unguarded Cyrus Baguio and opted to take the shot himself.

The Tigers' back-to-back wins over Adamson and the front-running Ateneo to start the second round gave the team a resurgence at the Final Four, but went on to lose crucial games against NU, La Salle and FEU.

[105][106][107][108][109] When Parado's contract expired in February 2006, UST hired Pido Jarencio, their former star player who had made a name for himself in the Philippine Basketball Association.

Team captain Dylan Ababou was named MVP and scoring leader of the season, while Jeric Teng won the Rookie of the year award.

The Tigers finished second at the end of eliminations with a 10–4 record, but were swept in their championship series by the Ateneo Blue Eagles, making their opponents five-peat champions of the tournament.

Controversies hounded the team immediately after the 2015 season ended which prompted Dela Cruz to step down and be replaced by Boy Sablan, who was a teammate of Pido Jarencio in the 1980s.

During the elimination rounds, the Tigers' key players suffered injuries with Steve Akomo getting a concussion and CJ Cansino tearing his left ACL, causing both to bow out of the 2018 season.

Ayo resigned amid ongoing investigations by the school, the UAAP, the Commission on Higher Education, and the Games and Amusements Board on possible health protocols and quarantine violations that may have been committed by the group.

In the aftermath, 12 of the 16 players from the 2019 team transferred to other schools, with Cansino going to UP, the trio of Rhenz Abando, Brent Paraiso and Ira Bataller to Letran, and Mark Nonoy and Deo Cuajao to La Salle.

[155] The belatedly-run 84th season of the UAAP began in the second semester of the 2021–22 school year in March 2022, and even as training and preparations for the tournament had been ongoing since Manansala took over the team in October 2020, the composition of their roster could not immediately be finalized due to player transfers.

[169][170][171] Bal David earlier stepped down after only a six-month tenure, paving the way for Pido Jarencio's return as the Growling Tigers' head coach.

In the early part of the 2016, the Growling Tigers management investigated UST head coach Bong dela Cruz for the alleged involvement in game-fixing.

A report from sports news website Fastbreak states from a source that the management disbanded the men's basketball team due to game-fixing and sell-out games allegations.