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Roger Pogoy
Roger Ray Bacusma Pogoy (born June 16, 1992) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He won a championship in high school then played for Far Eastern University, where he won a championship in his final year there.
Pogoy was then drafted by TNT in the 2016 PBA draft from the national team training pool. He was named Rookie of the Year in 2017. He became a five-time PBA All-Star, a Mythical Team member in 2019, and a four-time PBA champion.
He has also represented the Philippines national team in international competitions. He first played for the national team in the SEABA Stankovic Cup in 2016. Since then, he has played in two FIBA World Cups (2019 and 2023) and other tournaments at the Asian and Southeast Asian levels. At the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, he won a silver medal.
Pogoy grew up in Talisay, Cebu, as the youngest of two brothers and two sisters and was taught basketball by his father, who was a former basketball player in Mindanao turned seaman. Although he didn't play basketball in grade school, he played it at summer camps and at local courts.
Pogoy started getting recognition for his basketball skills at the Salazar Institute of Technology but dropped out of the school. In his first year of high school, he got a scholarship from the University of Visayas, where he trained as a Team B player by waking up at 4 am for 5 am practices and was mentored by Rudy Enterina, a former PBA player. During this time, he frequently played computer games such as Counter-Strike, which affected his grades and caused him to skip practices. After a talk with his father made him acknowledge that his grades were suffering and that he needed to improve his discipline, he transferred to the University of Cebu (UC).
At UC, Pogoy first played for their Under-16 team in the inaugural season of the CYBL in 2008. He eventually became a star for the UC Junior Webmasters that year, leading them to a CESAFI juniors title and claiming the Finals MVP award. He then joined the Tamaraws after his father read about the FEU tryouts in Cebu in the local newspaper and encouraged him to try out.
Pogoy first played for the FEU Tamaraws in UAAP Season 74 in 2011. The Tamaraws made it to the finals that year but lost to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in two games. In Season 75 (2012), Pogoy had a game where he scored 17 points and 13 rebounds. The team finished fifth, with a win–loss record of 9–5. Pogoy returned for Season 76 (2013). They lost in the Final Four to the De La Salle Green Archers. In the season 77 finals in 2014, Pogoy scored 10 of his 14 points in the third quarter to help the Tamaraws win Game 1. They eventually lost in three games to the NU Bulldogs.
In his first four years at FEU, Pogoy often spent more time on the bench as players like Terrence Romeo, RR Garcia and JR Cawaling received more playing time. He got frustrated and told his parents and high school coach that he wanted to go home. His parents convinced him to stay, so he kept working. Coach Nash Racela then made him dormmates with teammate Mac Belo, who influenced him to be even more disciplined.
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Roger Pogoy
Roger Ray Bacusma Pogoy (born June 16, 1992) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the TNT Tropang 5G of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He won a championship in high school then played for Far Eastern University, where he won a championship in his final year there.
Pogoy was then drafted by TNT in the 2016 PBA draft from the national team training pool. He was named Rookie of the Year in 2017. He became a five-time PBA All-Star, a Mythical Team member in 2019, and a four-time PBA champion.
He has also represented the Philippines national team in international competitions. He first played for the national team in the SEABA Stankovic Cup in 2016. Since then, he has played in two FIBA World Cups (2019 and 2023) and other tournaments at the Asian and Southeast Asian levels. At the 2021 Southeast Asian Games, he won a silver medal.
Pogoy grew up in Talisay, Cebu, as the youngest of two brothers and two sisters and was taught basketball by his father, who was a former basketball player in Mindanao turned seaman. Although he didn't play basketball in grade school, he played it at summer camps and at local courts.
Pogoy started getting recognition for his basketball skills at the Salazar Institute of Technology but dropped out of the school. In his first year of high school, he got a scholarship from the University of Visayas, where he trained as a Team B player by waking up at 4 am for 5 am practices and was mentored by Rudy Enterina, a former PBA player. During this time, he frequently played computer games such as Counter-Strike, which affected his grades and caused him to skip practices. After a talk with his father made him acknowledge that his grades were suffering and that he needed to improve his discipline, he transferred to the University of Cebu (UC).
At UC, Pogoy first played for their Under-16 team in the inaugural season of the CYBL in 2008. He eventually became a star for the UC Junior Webmasters that year, leading them to a CESAFI juniors title and claiming the Finals MVP award. He then joined the Tamaraws after his father read about the FEU tryouts in Cebu in the local newspaper and encouraged him to try out.
Pogoy first played for the FEU Tamaraws in UAAP Season 74 in 2011. The Tamaraws made it to the finals that year but lost to the Ateneo Blue Eagles in two games. In Season 75 (2012), Pogoy had a game where he scored 17 points and 13 rebounds. The team finished fifth, with a win–loss record of 9–5. Pogoy returned for Season 76 (2013). They lost in the Final Four to the De La Salle Green Archers. In the season 77 finals in 2014, Pogoy scored 10 of his 14 points in the third quarter to help the Tamaraws win Game 1. They eventually lost in three games to the NU Bulldogs.
In his first four years at FEU, Pogoy often spent more time on the bench as players like Terrence Romeo, RR Garcia and JR Cawaling received more playing time. He got frustrated and told his parents and high school coach that he wanted to go home. His parents convinced him to stay, so he kept working. Coach Nash Racela then made him dormmates with teammate Mac Belo, who influenced him to be even more disciplined.
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