1994 PBA season

20th PBA season February 2023 January 2023 1994 PBA season Pba1994.png March 6 – December 18, 1994 8 Vintage Sports (PTV) 1994 PBA Draft Noli Locsin Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) All-Filipino Cup 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup San Miguel Beermen Coney Island Ice Cream Stars Commissioner's Cup 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Alaska Milkmen Governors Cup 1994 PBA Governors Cup Alaska Milkmen Swift Mighty Meaties 1993 PBA season 1993 1995 PBA season 1995 The 1994 PBA season was the 20th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Season highlights PBA Commissioner Rey Marquez steps down and Deputy Commissioner Jun Bernardino succeeded Marquez as the new PBA Commissioner. The PBA has decided to send the All-Filipino Cup champions to the Hiroshima Asian Games in their continuing support to help the country in its quest to win the Asian basketball gold.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YZMVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4woEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6218%2C805521 PBA spreads its wings Manila Standard The San Miguel Beermen earned the right to represent team Philippines by winning the All-Filipino championship over Coney Island. Amateur standouts Marlou Aquino, Kenneth Duremdes, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso join the RP-San Miguel team. With injuries still hounding the San Miguel-RP Team in their preparation, Purefoods' stalwarts Alvin Patrimonio and Jerry Codiñera, who led the hotdogs to the Commissioner's Cup title, volunteered to play for the Philippine flag, the PBA change its original format in the Governor's Cup, as Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs were seeded, along with San Miguel in the semifinal round, the league gave national coach Norman Black a free hand to pick one more player from Purefoods and he chooses rookie Rey Evangelista, the Alaska Milkmen also release Johnny Abarrientos to the national team with no conditions, three of the five amateur cagers practicing with the team, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso were dropped from the roster.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q64mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KAsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5945%2C2509890 RP five gets boost Manila Standard The Philippine Team salvaged fourth place, losing their final game against Japan for the bronze medal. Purefoods forward Alvin Patrimonio became the first back-to-back winner of the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award since William Adornado won it during the league's first two seasons. Patrimonio won his third MVP trophy, tying Bogs Adornado' three MVP awards. Opening ceremonies The muses for the participating teams are as follows: Team Muse Alaska Milkmen Coney Island Ice Cream Stars Mikee Cojuangco Pepsi Mega Bottlers San Miguel Beermen Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers Sta. Lucia Realtors Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters Anjanette Abayari Champions All-Filipino Cup: San Miguel Beermen Commissioner's Cup: Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Governors Cup: Alaska Milkmen Team with best win–loss percentage: Alaska Milkmen (45–28, .616) Best Team of the Year: Purefoods TJ Hotdogs (2nd) All-Filipino Cup 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs 5 (3) Swift Mighty Meaties 2–3 (4) Alaska Milkmen 93–97 105–102 115–118 87–84 76–90 |} Finals 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals 7 (1) San Miguel Beermen 4–2 (2) Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 95–99 108–95 87–77 93–84 86–97 85–74 — |} Best Player of the Conference: Jerry Codiñera (Coney Island) Commissioner's Cup 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs San Miguel Beermen forfeited third place in favor of the Swift Mighty Meaties. Finals 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals 7 (1) Alaska Milkmen 1–4 (2) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 92–97 79–84 89–92 91–90 79–94 ⁠— ⁠— |} Best Player of the Conference: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Best Import of the Conference: Ken Redfield (Purefoods) Governors' Cup 1994 PBA Governors' Cup Elimination round elimsstandings Semifinal round semisstandings Third place playoffs 5 (3) Pepsi Mega Bottlers 3–1 (4) Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 91–102 105–102 119–105 110–105 — |} Finals 1994 PBA Governors' Cup finals 7 (1) Alaska Milkmen 4–1 (2) Swift Mighty Meaties 85–89 119–111 92–87 90–85 108–123 114–92 ⁠— |} Best Player of the Conference: Vergel Meneses (Sunkist) Best Import of the Conference: Ronnie Coleman (Pepsi) Awards Most Valuable Player: Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Rookie of the Year: Boybits Victoria (Swift) Sportsmanship Award: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) Most Improved Player: Bong Hawkins (Alaska) Defensive Player of the Year: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) Mythical Five: Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Ato Agustin (San Miguel) Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) Alvin Patrimonio (Purefoods) Vergel Meneses (Swift) Mythical Second Team: Boybits Victoria (Sunkist) Allan Caidic (San Miguel) Benjie Paras (Shell) Bong Hawkins (Alaska) Nelson Asaytono (Swift) All Defensive Team: Jerry Codiñera (Purefoods) Glenn Capacio (Purefoods) Johnny Abarrientos (Alaska) Alvin Teng (San Miguel) Bong Hawkins (Alaska) Awards given by the PBA Press Corps Coach of the Year: Tim Cone (Alaska) Mr. Quality Minutes: Merwin Castelo (Alaska) Executive of the Year: Elmer Yanga (Swift) Special Award (Outstanding Freshman Season): Rey Evangelista Referee of the Year: Ernesto de Leon Board of Governors Jun Bernardino (Commissioner) Ruben Cleofe (Secretary) Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (chairman, General Milling Corp.) Jose Concepcion III (Vice-chairman, Republic Flour Mills Corp.) Nazario Avendaño (Treasurer, San Miguel Corp.) Renato Buhain (Purefoods Corp.) Edgardo Viron Cruz (Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.) Vicente Santos (Sta. Lucia Realty and Development, Inc) Moro Lorenzo (Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Inc) Bernabe Navarro (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc) Cumulative standings main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 45 27 Alaska Milkmen PEP 20 25 Pepsi Mega Bottlers PF 37 26 Coney Island Ice Cream Stars / Purefoods TJ Hotdogs SMB 30 24 San Miguel Beermen SHL 20 30 Shell Rimula X SLR 11 28 Sta. Lucia Realtors SWI 37 32 Swift Mighty Meaties TON 12 20 Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters C C C F 3rd SF X SF Best finish after gold Champions silver Finalist #CD7F32 Third place green1 Semifinalist blue1 Quarterfinalist red1 Elimination round Elimination round main WL percentage no no 1 none complete ALA 21 10 Alaska Milkmen PEP 12 19 Pepsi Mega Bottlers PF 14 7 Coney Island Ice Cream Stars / Purefoods TJ Hotdogs SMB 14 7 San Miguel Beermen SHL 14 17 Shell Rimula X SLR 10 21 Sta. Lucia Realtors SWI 17 14 Swift Mighty Meaties TON 12 19 Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters Playoffs main WL wins no no 1 none complete ALA 24 17 Alaska Milkmen PEP 8 6 Pepsi Mega Bottlers PF 23 19 Coney Island Ice Cream Stars / Purefoods TJ Hotdogs SMB 16 17 San Miguel Beermen SHL 6 13 Shell Rimula X SLR 1 7 Sta. Lucia Realtors SWI 20 18 Swift Mighty Meaties TON 0 1 Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters References PBA