1994 Swift Mighty Meaties season

1994 Swift Mighty Meaties Swift Mighty Meaties Yeng Guiao Derrick Pumaren (Governors' Cup) All Filipino Cup 13 11 4th Semifinals Commissioner's Cup 12 11 3rd Semifinals Governor's Cup 15 11 2nd Runner-up RFM Corporation Elmer Yanga 1993 1995 The 1994 Swift Mighty Meaties season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Draft picks 1994 PBA draft RoundPickPlayerCollege13 Emmanuel VictoriaSan Beda Occurrences When Swift lost to Coney Island, 89–101, at the start of the semifinal round of the All-Filipino Cup on April 19,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=amYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3624%2C2521198 Coney Island slams Swift Manila Standard the players and coaching staff feel bad about the loss and vowed to shaved their heads if they lose again, the Swift players responded as the Mighty Meaties won five in a row to clinch a playoff for the finals berth. On May 6, the San Miguel Beermen ended their winning streak with a 97–87 victory. In their last semifinal outing against Coney Island on May 8, the Swift players and coaching staff showed up in bald-headed and scored a 92–84 victory over the Ice Cream Stars. The defending Commissioner's Cup champions bring back Ronnie Thompkins and he led Swift to four straight wins until he got suspended for two games in an incident involving him and Pepsi Mega's Rey Cuenco.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o58VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3729%2C677460 Thompkins, Cuenco pay dearly for fight Manila Standard Swift lost two of their first three games in the Commissioner's Cup semifinals with Thompkins being injured and was replaced following Swift's loss to San Miguel on August 9. Thompkins' replacement was Stan Rose, a 1993 CBA first-round draft pick. Rose played only one game and scored 31 points in Swift's 105–103 win over Shell, he was sent home in favor of their former import Bernard Thompson. Coach Yeng Guiao resigned from his coaching position with Swift after the Commissioner's Cup and moved over to the Pepsi Mega camp as both teams swapped coaches. Pepsi Mega coach Derrick Pumaren becomes the new head coach of Swift beginning the Governor's Cup. Notable dates July 3: Swift rolled over lackluster Pepsi Mega, 96–90, and jumped to the solo lead in the Commissioner's Cup with their fourth straight victory. Import Ronnie Thompkins registered the first triple-double of the conference with 21 points, 14 rebounds and 16 assists.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o58VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5960%2C559950 Meaties zap Megas, keep winning run Manila Standard July 5: With import Ronnie Thompkins serving the first of his two-game suspensions, the defending champions rose to the occasion in carving out a 108–106 win over Tondeña 65 Rhum that showed up with the sweet-shooting new import Mitchell Wiggins, who debut with 62 points but hardly got local support. The victory by Swift preserve an unblemished slate of five wins without a loss.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pJ8VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5543%2C826784 Crippled Swift bucks Tondeña 65 Manila Standard October 14: Import Jay Edwards scored 69 points and shot 13 triples as Swift defeated Tondeña 65 Rhum, 135–124.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JaMxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2QoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3636%2C2566526 Pepsi edges Shell, puts one foot in semifinals Manila Standard Runner-up finish Swift had enlisted the services of Jay Edwards as their import in the Governor's Cup. Edwards played six games and put in fine numbers. However, the ballclub decided to replace him with Herb Jones. The Mighty Meaties played the Alaska Milkmen in the Governor's Cup finals and they lost in the championship series in six games. 1994 PBA Governors Cup Finals Roster Swift Mighty Meaties 1994 4 Bonel Balingit C 6 9 Visayas PHI 8 Al Solis G 5 11 Visayas PHI 9 Boybits Victoria G 5 11 San Beda PHI 10 Enrique Reyes F 6 4 Ateneo PHI 11 Nelson Asaytono F 6 3 Manila PHI 13 Elpidio Villamin F 6 2 PHI 14 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 UE PHI 15 Juancho Estrada G 5 11 Adamson PHI 16 Teroy Albarillo G 5 10 Mindanao PHI 18 Vergel Meneses F 6 3 JRU PHI 24 Richard Bognot F 6 4 PHI 35 Zaldy Realubit C 6 6 USJ-R PHI PHI Derrick Pumaren PHI Gabby Velasco PHI Arturo Valenzona Recruited imports NameTournamentNo.Pos.Ht.CollegeDuration Ronnie Thompkins Commissioner's Cup 44 Center-Forward 6"5' Fort Hays State June 19 to August 9 Stan Rose 3 Forward 6"4' Weber State August 14 (one game) Bernard Thompson 34 Center-Forward 6"4' Fresno State August 19–26 Jay Edwards Governors Cup 3 Guard 6"3' University of Indiana September 29 to October 14 Herb Jones 34 Forward-Center 6"2' University of Cincinnati October 16 to December 18 References Category:Pop Cola Panthers seasons Swift