1986 Alaska Milkmen season

1986 Alaska Milkmen Tony Vasquez Cesar Jota Reinforced Conference 11 13 4th Semifinals All-Filipino Conference 4 6 5th Quarterfinals Open Conference 5 10 6th Quarterfinals Holland Milk Products, Inc. Joel Aquino 1987 The 1986 Alaska Milkmen season was the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). New team Alaska Milk was accepted as a new member of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) that entered its 12th season. The league maintains a six-team field, following the leave of absence by the Magnolia club, one of the three founding members of the PBA. Alaska acquired players Marte Saldaña, Rudy Distrito and Noli Banate from Magnolia. They signed Magnolia coach Norman Black to a one-year contract as part of their coaching staff and import for the Third Conference. The other players acquired by the latest club were Alejo Alolor, Frankie Lim and Teddy Alfarero from Great Taste. Arnie Tuadles and Ricky Relosa came from Ginebra and Dennis Abbatuan from Shell. The rookies were Rey Cuenco, the first overall draft pick, Naning Valenciano and Rey Ramos. The club's first head coach was former Atenean Tony Vasquez. In their very first conference, the Milkmen's imports were former best import winner Donnie Ray Koonce, who last played in the PBA three years previously in 1983, and Jerry Lee Eaves. Occurrences After leading Alaska to a fourth-place finish in the first conference, coach Tony Vasquez was replaced by assistant coach Cesar Jota. He was supposed to begin the All-Filipino Conference to handle De La Salle-Zobel in their UAAP debut season. Starting the second round of eliminations in the third conference, the Milkmen welcomed back Tony Vasquez from the bench, but his return was spoiled by Alaska's 111–114 loss to Manila Beer on October 19. Two more outings and the coaching job was resumed by former San Bedan, Cesar Jota following Vasquez's sudden passing.http://rpbasketballphotos.blogspot.com/2012/11/1986-pba-open-newspaper-clips.html Ginebra, Great Taste clash tonight Donnie Ray Koonce teamed up with Norman Black in the Open (3rd) Conference. Koonce was replaced by Keith Morrison after playing five games. Won-loss records vs opponents Team Win Loss 1st (Reinforced) 2nd (All-Filipino) 3rd (Open) Ginebra 4 10 4-6 0-2 0–2 Great Taste 1 7 1-3 0-1 0–3 Magnolia 1 1 N/A N/A 1-1 Manila Beer 2 4 1-1 1-1 0–2 Shell 7 2 3-1 1-1 3–0 Tanduay 3 5 2-2 0-1 1–2 RP-Magnolia 2 0 N/A 2-0 N/ATotal 20 29 11-13 4-6 5-10 Roster n Alaska Milkmen 1986 #C70309 #FFFFFF #FFFFFF #C70309 2 Alejo Alolor F 6 1 Visayas PHI 4 Frankie Lim G 5 11 San Beda PHI 7 Marte Saldaña G 5 11 FEU PHI 8 Noli Banate C 6 5 Mindanao PHI 9 Ludovico Valenciano F 6 1 USLS PHI 10 Woodrow Balani F 6 0 Visayas PHI 11 Arnie Tuadles F 6 1 Visayas PHI 12 Reynaldo Cuenco Rey Cuenco FC 6 4 De La Salle Araneta PHI 13 Reynaldo Ramos F 6 1 TUA PHI 14 Teodicio Alfarero Teddy Alfarero C 6 4 De La Salle PHI 15 Ricky Relosa F 6 3 Mapua PHI 23 Dennis Abbatuan F 6 2 JRU PHI 44 Rudy Distrito G 5 11 UE PHI PHI Tony Vasquez PHI Cesar Jota PHI Norman Black Imports Tournament Name # Height From 1986 PBA Reinforced Conference Donnie Ray Koonce 30 6 3 UNC Charlotte Jerry Eaves 31 6 3 University of Louisville 1986 PBA Open Conference Norman Black 24 6 5 Saint Joseph's University Donnie Ray Koonce 30 6 3 UNC Charlotte Keith Morrison 25 6 3 Washington State References Category:Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons Alaska