2002 San Miguel Beermen season

2002 San Miguel Beermen Siot Tanquingcen Jong Uichico Governor's Cup 5 6 N/A N/A Commissioner's Cup 9 8 4th seed Semis (lost to Red Bull) All-Filipino Cup 9 5 2nd seed Semis (lost to Coca-Cola) San Miguel Corporation Robert Non 2001 2003 The 2002 San Miguel Beermen season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Draft pick 2002 PBA draft Transactions Players Added Via draft Alvin Castro Via trade Bryan Gahol (From Alaska Aces in June 2002) Dondon Hontiveros (From defunct Tanduay Rhum Masters)Players Lost Via Free Agency Freddie Abuda (To Coca Cola Tigers; originally traded to Tanduay) Via Trade Robert Duat (To Alaska Aces in June 2002) National team Four members of the San Miguel Beermen namely Danny Seigle, Olsen Racela, two-time MVP Danny Ildefonso and newly acquired Dondon Hontiveros from the defunct Tanduay ballclub were chosen to comprised the 15-man lineup of the Philippine national team that will participate in the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea in October. SMB coach Jong Uichico was given the tasks to handle the nationals. Assistant coach Siot Tanquingcen takes over the coaching chores of the Beermen on an interim basis. During the Governor's Cup, Danny Seigle, Olsen Racela and Dondon Hontiveros played for Philippine team-Selecta while Danny Ildefonso played for Philippine team-Hapee Toothpaste. Occurrences The July 11 game between San Miguel and Red Bull at the Cuneta Astrodome had a bench-clearing incident in which 13 players of San Miguel and 11 from Red Bull were fined P10,000 by the Commissioner's office, the melee started during the third quarter when Beermen import Art Long threw a punch on Red Bull import Tony Lang, who retaliated with a shove, both imports were thrown out and when Lang was ushered out, he confronted the SMB import upon entering the locker room but was stopped by a female security officer.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=81o1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2936%2C28216943 SMB-Red Bull tiff nets P.4-M fines Philippine Daily Inquirer Danny Seigle never played a single game for the Beermen in the season after his stint with the national training pool when he suffered a torn right Achilles tendon. Roster San Miguel Beermen 2002 1 Emmanuel Victoria G 5 10 San Beda PHI 2 Bryan Gahol F 6 4 UP PHI A 3 Nic Belasco F 6 4 Notre Dame College USA 4 Dorian Peña C 6 6 Coppin State USA 5 Ronilo Padilla C 6 5 Cebu PHI 7 Michael Mustre F 6 1 Letran PHI 10 Danny Ildefonso FC 6 6 National-U PHI 15 Dwight Lago F 6 3 De La Salle PHI 17 Olsen Racela G 5 10 Ateneo PHI 21 Joey Mente G 5 10 Lyceum PHI 22 Arnold Gamboa FC 6 6 FEU PHI 31 Alvin Castro G 6 3 De La Salle PHI 34 Dondon Hontiveros G 6 2 Cebu PHI 44 June Carmona FC 6 6 UPHSD PHI 6 & 42 Lamont Strothers G 6 2 Christopher Newport USA G 40 Mario Bennett F 6 6 Arizona State USA G 26 Keith Hill basketball FC 6 9 Shippensburg USA G 30 Jermaine Tate C 6 9 Cincinnati USA C 23 Damon Flint GF 6 5 Cincinnati USA C 32 Shea Seals GF 6 5 Tulsa USA C 00 Art Long FC 6 9 Cincinnati USA C 40 Terquin Mott F 6 8 Coppin State USA C 32 Robert Duat F 6 4 Menlo USA Traded PHI Jong Uichico PHI Siot Tanquingcen PHI Arturo dela Cruz (G) Governor's Cup import (C) Commissioner's Cup import (A) Acquired via trade Eliminations (Won games) Date Opponent Score Venue (Location) March 5 FedEx 79–75 Philsports Arena March 10 Shell 76–72 Ynares Center March 22 Red Bull 89–67 (Lipa City, Batangas) March 31 Brgy.Ginebra 74–56 Araneta Coliseum April 16 RP-Hapee 76–67 Philsports Arena https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=21g1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=iyUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=764%2C7357760 SMB ousts Hapee-RP Philippine Daily Inquirer June 29 Coca Cola 83–75 Cuneta Astrodome July 5 Purefoods 81–58 (Iloilo City) July 16 Brgy.Ginebra 93–82 Cuneta Astrodome July 26 Shell 93–70 Ynares Center July 28 FedEx 85–73 Araneta Coliseum https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A1s1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1142%2C35350899 SMB routs FedEx, Advances Philippine Daily Inquirer August 3 Talk 'N Text 84–72 Cuneta Astrodome October 20 FedEx 94–71 Araneta Coliseum November 3 Alaska 64–63 Araneta Coliseum November 17 Purefoods 81–66 Araneta Coliseum https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=clY1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=eCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1810%2C1492046 SMB dumps Purefoods Philippine Daily Inquirer November 22 Talk 'N Text 82–79 OT Philsports Arena November 24 Coca Cola 94–86 2OT Araneta Coliseum November 30 Shell 62–54 Ynares Center #FFFFCC Governor's Cup #FFFF99 Commissioner's Cup #DDDDFF All-Filipino Cup References Category:San Miguel Beermen seasons San