2002–03 Philippine Basketball League season

2002–03 PBL season November 4, 2002 – June 19, 2003 9 Solar Sports (NBN) Rommel Adducul Gary David Challenge Cup 2002-03 PBL Challenge Cup Welcoat Paints Dazz Sunkist-Unity Cup 2003 PBL Unity Cup Hapee Toothpaste Viva Mineral Water 2001-02 2003-04 The 2002–03 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL). 2002-03 Challenge Cup Team standings Group A Win Loss Coach Welcoat Paints 9 2 Leo Austria Dazz Dishwashing 7 4 Junel Baculi Blu Detergent 7 4 Leo Isaac LBC-Batangas 7 4 Nash Racela Group B Win Loss Coach ICTSI-La Salle 8 4 Franz Pumaren Montaña Jewels 6 6 Ronnie Dojillo John-O 5 7 Dong Vergeire Cheeseballs-Shark 3 9 Jing Ruiz / Philip Cezar Sunkist-Pampanga 2 10 Boyzie Zamar Welcoat Paintmasters is the top team in the eliminations and will enjoy a twice-to-beat advantage against the fourth finisher in the crossover semis. Welcoat will meet the winner of ICTSI and LBC-Batangas. Blu Detergent and Dazz finished with identical 7-4 won-loss cards and will play in the other crossover semis.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UlU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2953%2C18368557 Archers test Blades; Blu confronts Dazz Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Crossover semifinals #eee January 13 Pasig Sports Center, Pasig recap ICTSI-La Salle |score1=79 LBC-Batangas 39 January 13 Pasig Sports Center, Pasig OT Dazz |score1=85 Blu Detergent 83 #eee January 16 Makati Coliseum, Makati recap LBC-Batangas |score1=91 ICTSI-La Salle 84 January 18 Pasig Sports Center, Pasig Welcoat Paints |score1=84 LBC-Batangas 65 #eee January 18 Pasig Sports Center, Pasig Dazz |score1=73 Blu Detergent 65 Welcoat and Dazz had a twice-to-beat advantage against the two other semifinalist and they made it to the championship round.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WFU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1926%2C20567272 Welcoat faces Dazz in finals Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Finals #eee January 23 Quezon Convention Center, Lucena City OT recap Welcoat Paints |score1=77 Dazz 68 January 25 La Salle Centrum, Lipa City recap Welcoat Paints |score1=65 Dazz 63 #eee January 27 Pasig Sports Center, Pasig OT Welcoat Paints |score1=80 Dazz 71 Welcoat wins series, 3-0 Comebacking Welcoat Paintmasters completed a three-game sweep over Dazz. Coach Leo Austria now won three PBL titles, two of which came when he was a Shark Energy Drink mentor. The Welcoat franchise won their fifth PBL championship, and all their series victories were via sweeps.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YVU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=fCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2734%2C24521885 Welcoat completes sweep Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Individual awards Most Valuable Player: Rommel Adducul (Welcoat) Sportsmanship Award: Alex Compton (LBC-Batangas) Most Improved Player Award: Paul Artadi (Welcoat) Top Newcomer: Mark Cardona (ICTSI-La Salle) Finals MVP: Rommel Adducul and Ronald Tubid (Welcoat) Mythical First Team Rommel Adducul (Welcoat) Eddie Laure (Welcoat) Ronald Tubid (Welcoat) Aries Dimaunahan (Blu) Mark Cardona (ICTSI-La Salle) 2003 Sunkist-Unity Cup Semifinal standings Win Loss PCT Hapee Toothpaste 5 1 .833 Viva Mineral Water 4 2 .667 Montaña Jewels 3 3 .500 John-O 0 6 .000 Two new teams joined the league, replacing Cheeseballs-Shark and Sunkist-Pampanga, these are Viva Mineral Water, coach by Koy Banal, and Nutrilicious, handled by Monel Kallos. Hapee (formerly Dazz) and Viva Mineral Water advances to the championship after the double-round semifinals among the top four teams in the eliminations.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=w1k1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1160%2C1973454 Hapee, Viva triumph, seal PBL Cup title showdown Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive Finals #eee June 7 Quezon Convention Center, Lucena City recap Hapee Toothpaste 57 Viva Mineral Water |score2=64 June 10 Pasig Sports Center, Pasig recap Hapee Toothpaste |score1=52 Viva Mineral Water 43 #eee June 14 Pasig Sports Center, Pasig recap Hapee Toothpaste 56 Viva Mineral Water |score2=58 June 17 Pasig Sports Center, Pasig recap Hapee Toothpaste |score1=80 Viva Mineral Water 65 #eee June 19 Pasig Sports Center, Pasig Hapee Toothpaste |score1=64 Viva Mineral Water 62 Hapee wins series, 3-2 Hapee Toothpaste won their first title since the 1996 Reinforced Conference, denying Viva Mineral Water a championship in their very first try. Hapee mentor Junel Baculi won his sixth title as a coach.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0Vk1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2519%2C10297470 Hapee cops crown Philippine Daily Inquirer - Google News Archive References External links www.philippinebasketball.ph Category:Philippine Basketball League seasons League League PBL