2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season

2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season
2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Siot Tanquingcen
General Manager	Hector Calma
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	15–15 (50%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals; (lost to TNT 4–2)
Fiesta Conference results
Record	19–8 (70.4%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions; (Defeated Brgy.Ginebra 4–3)
San Miguel Beermen seasons
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season was the 34th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 30: The 2008 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.
September 1: The free agency period started.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	8	Bonbon Custodio	5 ft. 11 in.	Point guard	Philippines	East

Roster

2008–09 San Miguel Beermen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
PG	1	Cortez, Mike	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	De La Salle
PG	3	Villanueva, Jonas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Far Eastern
C	4	Peña, Dorian	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Coppin State
G	5	Custodio, Bonbon	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	UE
SG	7	Hontiveros, Dondon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Cebu
PF	10	Ildefonso, Danny	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	National-U
G/F	15	Gonzales, Wesley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Ateneo
F	16	Pingris, Marc	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	PSBA
PG	17	Racela, Olsen (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Ateneo
G/F	18	Tugade, Lordy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	National-U
C	21	Eman, Samigue	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	Mindanao
SF	23	Washington, Jay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Eckerd
SF	25	Freeman, Gabriel	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Mesa CC
PG	27	Baguion, Froilan	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	National-U
C	34	Pennisi, Mick	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Eastern Michigan
PF	41	Bono, Ken	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Adamson
SF	42	Seigle, Danny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Wagner
SG	88	Calaguio, Chris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Letran

Head coach

Siot Tanquingcen (UST)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Dorian Peña	Marc Pingris
PF	Jay Washington	Lordy Tugade
SF	Gabe Freeman	Danny Ildefonso
SG	Dondon Hontiveros	Jonas Villanueva
PG	Mike Cortez	Olsen Racela

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	12	6	.667	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	11	7	.611	1	Advance to semifinals
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	10	8	.556^[a]	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	10	8	.556^[a]	2
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	10	8	.556^[a]	2
6	San Miguel Beermen	9	9	.500	3	Advance to wildcard round
7	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	8	10	.444^[b]	4
8	Air21 Express	8	10	.444^[b]	4
9	Coca-Cola Tigers	7	11	.389	5
10	Red Bull Barako	5	13	.278	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +16, Rain or Shine −3, Sta. Lucia −13
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Air21

Game log

2009 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 5	Alaska	84–85	Custodio (14)	Cuneta Astrodome	0–1
2	October 10	Purefoods	111–98	Hontiveros (15)	Cuneta Astrodome	1–1
3	October 15	Rain or Shine	89–82	Hontiveros (17)	Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	October 17	Talk 'N Text	84–77	Washington (21)	Araneta Coliseum	3–1
5	October 22	Brgy.Ginebra	118–89	Tugade (21)	Araneta Coliseum	4–1
6	October 25	Red Bull	113–114	Hontiveros (21)	Gingoog	4–2
7	October 30	Sta.Lucia	89–71	Tugade (19)	Ynares Sports Arena	5–2

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	Location Attendance	Record
8	November 5	Air21	130–129 (2OT)	Hontiveros (25)	Washington (13)	Araneta Coliseum	6–2
9	November 12	Coca Cola	89–86	Pennisi (18)		Cuneta Astrodome	7–2
10	November 15	Alaska	85–91	Custodio (20)			7–3
11	November 19	Sta.Lucia				Araneta Coliseum	7–4
12	November 23	Purefoods	83–84	Tugade (18)		Cuneta Astrodome	7–5
13	November 26	Air21	98–78			Araneta Coliseum	8–5
14	November 30	Talk 'N Text	80–85	Tugade (20)		Singapore Indoor Stadium	8–6

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
15	December 6	Red Bull	89–84 ^[1]	Washington (24)	Cuneta Astrodome	9–6
16	December 12	Coca Cola	91–105		Araneta Coliseum	9–7
17	December 17	Rain or Shine	92–93	Hontiveros (24)	Araneta Coliseum	9–8
18	December 20	Brgy.Ginebra	82–87		Batangas City	9–9

2008–09 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	11	3	.786	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	6	.571^[a]	3	Advance to semifinals
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	6	.571^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
4	Burger King Whoppers	8	6	.571^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	7	7	.500^[b]	4	Knockout in the wildcard round
6	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	7	7	.500^[b]	4
7	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500^[b]	4
8	Coca-Cola Tigers	6	8	.429^[c]	5
9	Alaska Aces	6	8	.429^[c]	5	Twice-to-win in the wildcard round
10	Barako Bull Energy Boosters	2	12	.143	9	Twice-to-win in the wildcard round

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10
^ ^a ^b Eighth seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska

Awards and records

Awards

Records

References

^ San Miguel trips Red Bull@GMA News Online

[table_hth_BGK0.028920729192403-1] Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +16, Rain or Shine −3, Sta. Lucia −13

[table_hth_A210.028920729192403-2] Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Air21

[table_hth_BGK0.54808514031958-4] Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_PF0.54808514031958-5] Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10

[table_hth_ALA0.54808514031958-6] Eighth seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska

[3] San Miguel trips Red Bull@GMA News Online

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2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season

Key dates

Draft picks

Roster

Depth chart

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Fiesta Conference

Eliminations

Standings

Awards and records

Awards

Records

References

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