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{{short description|Filipino basketball player and coach}}
{{for|the Chinese physicist known as T. Y. Tang|Tang Dingyuan}}
{{Philippine name|Uy|Tang}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
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| name            = TY Tang
| number          = 
| position        = 
| league          = 
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| nationality     = Filipino
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1984|9|25}}
| birth_place     = [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]
| height_ft       = 5 | height_in = 7
| weight_lbs      = 155
| high school     = [[Xavier School]] ([[San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan]])
| college         = [[De La Salle Green Archers basketball|De La Salle]]
| draft_year_pba  = 2008
| draft_round_pba = 2
| draft_pick_pba  = 12
| draft_team_pba  = [[Rain or Shine Elasto Painters]]
| career_start    = 2008
| career_end      = 2016
| career_position = [[Point guard]]
| years1 = 2008–2015   
| team1  = [[Rain or Shine Elasto Painters]]
| years2 = 2016
| team2  = [[Mighty Sports]]
| cyears1 =  2016–2021
| cteam1 = [[Benilde Blazers basketball|Benilde]]
| cyears2 =  2019–2021
| cteam2 = [[Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards]] (assistant)
| highlights      =
* [[List of Philippine Basketball Association champions|PBA champion]] ([[2012 PBA Governors' Cup|2012 Governors']])
*  [[University Athletic Association of the Philippines|UAAP]] champion ([[UAAP Season 70|2007]])
* 2× [[Philippine Basketball League|PBL]] champion (2007-08 V-Go Extreme, 2008 Lipovitan Amino)
* [[Philippine Basketball League|PBL]] Finals MVP (2007 V-Go Extreme Energy Drink Cup)
* [[Philippine Basketball League|PBL]] Mythical Second Team (2007-08 Season)
* [[Philippine Basketball League|PBL]] Most Prominent Player (2008 Lipovitan Amino)
| medaltemplates  = 
}}

'''Tyrone Conrad Uy "TY" Tang''' (born September 25, 1984) is a Filipino former professional [[basketball]] player and a current head coach. He last played for [[Mighty Sports]] of the [[Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League]] (PCBL). Tang played for the [[Rain or Shine Elasto Painters]] in the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] before retiring and then coming out of retirement to play in the PCBL. He was the twelfth overall pick in the [[2008 PBA Draft]] by the [[Rain or Shine Elasto Painters|Welcoat Dragons]]. He played point guard for the [[De La Salle Green Archers]] in college. He helped his team to a championship after top players like [[Renren Ritualo]], [[Mike Cortez]], [[Mark Cardona]] and [[Joseph Yeo]] graduated.

==High school and college career==

He was first known in his high school days as a prospect while playing for [[Xavier School]] and leading his team to many victories. Scouts were already eyeing him until he chose to play with the [[De La Salle Green Archers]] when he entered college. He did not live up to the expectations in his rookie year, averaging 1 point and 1 assist.  He had minimal contributions in the 2004 UAAP championship. In 2006 they were suspended for ineligible players. Following their suspension La Salle joined the Filoil Flying V Cup;Tang stunned all critics with his vastly improved game averaging 17 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.  In the UAAP he led the archers against the 14-0 [[UE Red Warriors]] to win the Championship. He averaged 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the playoffs.

==Professional career==

===Harbour Centre===

After leading the Archers in the Season 70 championship, he joined the [[Harbour Centre Batang Pier|Harbour Centre]] in the [[Philippine Basketball League|PBL]]. He had his career high on the opening game with 26 points against the [[Philippines men's national basketball team|RP Team]]. At the season's finals, his team found themselves the "underdog" against [[Hapee Complete Protectors|Hapee]], a team led by Fil-Am [[Gabe Norwood]]. He and [[Solomon Mercado]] led the team to an incredible come from behind-win against Hapee. Tang was adjudged the PBL Finals MVP for his performance and was included in the Mythical Second Team for the season. He also led the league in three-point shooting with 2.1 conversions per game and with a 35% shooting clip.

Tang was also part of the Harbour Centre that was the runner-up in the 2008 SEABA Champions Cup. Tang led his team in scoring averaging 18 points per game. Though they ended up losing to [[Indonesia]], it was their only loss in the tournament.

===Welcoat Dragons/Rain or Shine Elasto Painters===

On August 31, 2008, at the PBA Draft at [[Market! Market!]], Tyrone was drafted by the [[Rain or Shine Elasto Painters|Welcoat Dragons]] as the twelfth overall. He announced his retirement on August 25, 2015 to focus on his business career.<ref>[http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/ty-tang-announced-his-early-retirement-rain-or-shine TY Tang retires from PBA at age 30, citing need to focus on family business], Snow Badua, spin.ph, August 25, 2015</ref>

===Mighty Sports===

However, Tang came out of retirement and signed as a player of the new team, [[Mighty Sports]] in the [[Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/kiefer-ravena-ty-tang-to-join-new-pcbl-team-mighty-sports-joel-banal-named-commissioner|title=Kiefer Ravena, TY Tang to join new PCBL team Mighty Sports; Joel Banal named commissioner|newspaper=[[Interaksyon]]|last=Joble|first=Rey|date=March 3, 2016|accessdate=March 11, 2016}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
On November 23, 2016, [[Sports Interactive Network Philippines|Spin.ph]] reported that Tang will be appointed as the head coach of the [[Benilde Blazers|CSB Blazers]] in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)|NCAA]], following the resignation of former head coach Gabby Velasco at the end of Season 92 men's basketball tournament due to dismal performance of the team, where they only won a single game out of 18 outings.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/ncaa/news/former-rain-or-shine-guard-ty-tang-set-to-be-named-benilde-head-coa|title=Former Rain or Shine guard TY Tang set to be named Benilde coach in NCAA|publisher=[[Sports Interactive Network Philippines]]|last=Terrado|first=Reuben|date=November 23, 2016|accessdate=November 23, 2016}}</ref> Tang compiled a 23–31 record in three seasons while at CSB, including near misses in the playoffs in the final two seasons. Tang and his family migrated to Canada in 2021, ending his coaching career in the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Matthew |date=2021-09-11 |title=TY Tang migrates to Canada as CSB position now vacant |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/ty-tang-migrates-to-canada-as-csb-position-now-vacant/219094 |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=Tiebreaker Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

==PBA career statistics==
{{PBA player statistics legend}}
<ref>{{Cite web |title=TY Tang Player Profile - PBA-Online.net |url=http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Ty-Tang/184/ |website=PBA-Online.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214044312/http://www.pba-online.net/profile/Ty-Tang/184/ |archive-date=February 14, 2017 }}</ref>

===Season-by-season averages===
{{PBA player statistics start}}
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2008}}
| align=left| [[2008–09 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season|Rain or Shine]]
| 43 || '''20.2''' || .378 || .325 || .714 || '''2.3''' || 2.2 || .4 || .0 || '''7.3'''
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2009}}
| align=left| [[2009–10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season|Rain or Shine]]
| 39 || 15.9 || .349 || .323 || .480 || 1.4 || '''2.5''' || .3 || .0 || 4.0
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2010}}
| align=left| [[2010–11 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season|Rain or Shine]]
| 33 || 16.1 || '''.433''' || '''.339''' || .640 || 1.9 || 1.9 || '''.5''' || .0 || 5.6
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2011}}
| align=left| [[2011–12 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season|Rain or Shine]]
| 34 || 11.3 || .375 || .311 || '''.794''' || 1.2 || 1.3 || .4 || .0 || 3.9
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2012}}
| align=left| [[2012–13 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season|Rain or Shine]]
| '''51''' || 13.3 || .338 || .282 || .676 || 1.6 || 1.2 || .3 || .0 || 3.6
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2013}}
| align=left| [[2013–14 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season|Rain or Shine]]
| 45 || 9.4 || .322 || .290 || .720 || .9 || 1.1 || .4 || .0 || 3.0
|-
| align=left| {{pbay|2014}}
| align=left| [[2014–15 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters season|Rain or Shine]]
| 42 || 12.4 || .340 || .250 || .667 || 1.4 || 1.4 || .3 || .0 || 4.0
|-class=sortbottom
| align=center colspan=2 | Career
| 287 || 14.0 || .363 || .302 || .684 || 1.5 || 1.6 || .4 || .0 || 4.4
{{end}}

==Coaching record==
===Collegiate record===
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Season 
! rowspan="2" |Team
! colspan="5" |Elimination round!! colspan="5" | Playoffs
|-
!GP
!W!!L!!PCT!!Finish!!PG!!W!!L!!PCT!!Results
|-
|[[NCAA Season 93|2017]]
|[[Benilde Blazers basketball|CSB]]
|18|| 4 || 14 || .222 || 8th ||—
|—
|—
|—
|Eliminated
|-
|[[NCAA Season 94|2018]]
|[[Benilde Blazers basketball|CSB]]
|18|| 10 || 8 || .556 || 5th ||—
|—
|—
|—
|Eliminated
|-
|[[NCAA Season 95|2019]]
|[[Benilde Blazers basketball|CSB]]
|18|| 9 || 9 || .500 || 5th ||—
|—
|—
|—
|Eliminated
|-
! colspan="2" |Totals 
!54!! 23 !! 31 !! .425 !! – !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! .000 !! 0 championships
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://ubelt.com/uaap/mbb/player.aspx?id=187 Profile] at ubelt.com

{{De La Salle Green Archers 2007-2008 UAAP Men's Senior Basketball Champions}}
{{2008 PBA draft}}
{{Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 2012 PBA Governors Cup Champions}}

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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Filipino men's basketball players]]
[[Category:Filipino people of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:Point guards]]
[[Category:Rain or Shine Elasto Painters players]]
[[Category:Basketball players from Manila]]
[[Category:De La Salle Green Archers basketball players]]
[[Category:Rain or Shine Elasto Painters draft picks]]
[[Category:Benilde Blazers basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Filipino emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Mighty Sports players]]
[[Category:21st-century Filipino sportsmen]]