2002 Alaska Aces season

2002 Alaska Aces season
Head coach	Tim Cone
Governor's Cup results Record 13–11 (.542) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Commissioner's Cup results Record 9–9 (.500) Place 4th Playoff finish Semifinals All-Filipino Cup results Record 9–8 (.529) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Stats @ PBA-Online.net Alaska Aces seasons 2001 2003

The 2002 Alaska Aces season was the 17th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	College
1	6	Miguel Noble	6"5'	F	Utica College

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Miguel Noble Via Free Agency Jojo Lastimosa (From defunct Pop Cola Panthers) Philip Newton (Undrafted rookie) Alvin Teng Via Trade Robert Duat (From San Miguel Beermen in June 2002) EJ Feihl (From Barangay Ginebra Kings in June 2002)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Kenny Evans (To Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) Via Trade Bryan Gahol (To San Miguel Beermen in June 2002) James Walkvist (To Barangay Ginebra Kings in June 2002)

Finals stint

The Alaska Aces made it to the finals twice in the 2002 season, lost to Purefoods TJ Hotdogs in seven games for the Governor's Cup title, after placing fourth in the Commissioner's Cup, the Aces reach the All-Filipino Cup finals with a 2-1 series win over top-seeded Red Bull Thunder in their best-of-three semifinals, Alaska went on to play the Coca Cola Tigers in the championship, the Aces lost in four games to the first-year ballclub in the best-of-five finals series.

Roster

Alaska Aces roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Newton, Philip 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F 2 Peek, Ali 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Saint Mary's F 3 Yap, Glen Peter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson F 5 Duat, Rob (A) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo College G 6 Lastimosa, Jojo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Jose-Recoletos G 7 Ordonio, Jon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Master's College C 8 Allado, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) De La Salle G 9 Santos, Rodney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian F 10 Reyes, Eric 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo de Manila G 11 Ticzon, Richie 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Ateneo de Manila F 18 Teng, Alvin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Arellano University G/F 19 Duremdes, Kenneth 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson F 31 Arigo, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Tampa C 32 Feihl, EJ (A) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson F 41 Noble, Miguel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Utica College F 32 Riley, Ron (G) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Arizona State F Head, James (G) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Eastern Michigan F/C 42 Dobbins, Muntrelle (G) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Arkansas-Little Rock G/F 23 Carawell, Chris (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Duke University F/C 3 Williams, Ajani (C) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Eastern Michigan F 21 Gahol, Bryan (T) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) State U C 22 Walkvist, James (T) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Richard Bachmann Gilbert Reyes Luigi Trillo Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (G) Governor's Cup imports (C) Commissioner's Cup imports (A) Acquired via trade (T) Traded Injured

Elimination round

Games won

Date	Opponent	Score	Top scorer	Venue (Location)
February 15	Brgy.Ginebra	68-63	Ron Riley (20 pts)	Centrodome (Malolos, Bulacan)
February 21	RP-Selecta	56-52	Ron Riley (26 pts)	Makati Coliseum [1]
March 2	Red Bull	81-58	Ron Riley (28 pts)	Cuneta Astrodome
March 21	RP-Hapee	68-61	Muntrelle Dobbins (19 pts)	Makati Coliseum
April 13	Shell	83-55		Philsports Arena
April 21	San Miguel	74-58		Araneta Coliseum
June 20	San Miguel	77-69	Chris Carawell (25 pts)	Cuneta Astrodome
June 30	Purefoods	83-79		Araneta Coliseum
July 6	FedEx	82-73	Chris Carawell (20 pts)	Araneta Coliseum [2]
July 27	Brgy.Ginebra	80-63		Ynares Center
August 2	Coca Cola	73-72		Philsports Arena
August 4	RP-Selecta	84-59	Ajani Williams (24 pts)	Araneta Coliseum
October 23	Shell	69-67	John Arigo (21 pts)	Philsports Arena
November 8	FedEx	85-84		Cuneta Astrodome
November 16	Coca Cola	85-68		(Dumaguete City)
November 22	Brgy.Ginebra	79-75	Ali Peek (22 pts)	Philsports Arena [3]
November 30	Sta.Lucia	67-57	Kenneth Duremdes (16 pts)	Ynares Center

  Governor's Cup
  Commissioner's Cup
  All-Filipino Cup

References

1. Alaska trips Selecta-RP 5, Philippine Daily Inquirer
2. Duat, Arigo wax hot as Aces rip Express, Philippine Daily Inquirer
3. Aces edge Kings, near semis, Philippine Daily Inquirer