2002 San Miguel Beermen season

2002 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Siot Tanquingcen Jong Uichico
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
Governor's Cup results Record 9–10 (.474) Place 4th Playoff finish Semifinals Commissioner's Cup results Record 9–8 (.529) Place 3rd Playoff finish Semifinals All-Filipino Cup results Record 8–5 (.615) Place 3rd Playoff finish Semifinals Stats @ PBA-Online.net San Miguel Beermen seasons 2001 2003

The 2002 San Miguel Beermen season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft pick

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	College
2	18	Alvin Castro	6"3'	G	La Salle

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, tasks to handle the nationals is San Miguel head coach Jong Uichico, 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, won by the Thunder, 78-73, saw 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, both teams got hold off the incident and emptied their benches.

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 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Victoria, Emmanuel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda College F 2 Gahol, Bryan (A) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) State U F 3 Belasco, Nic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Notre Dame College C 4 Peña, Dorian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Coppin State C 5 Padilla, Ronilo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Cebu F 7 Mustre, Michael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College F/C 10 Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) National University F 15 Lago, Dwight 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle G 17 Racela, Olsen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Ateneo de Manila G 21 Mente, Joey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Lyceum F/C 22 Gamboa, Arnold 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Far Eastern G 31 Castro, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle G 34 Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Cebu F/C 44 Carmona, June 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UPHSD G 6 / 42 Strothers, Lamont (G) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Christopher Newport F 40 Bennett, Mario (G) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Arizona State F/C 26 Hill, Keith (G) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Shippensburg C 30 Tate, Jermaine (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Cincinnati G/F 23 Flint, Damon (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Cincinnati G/F Seals, Shea (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Tulsa F/C 00 Long, Art (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Cincinnati F Mott, Terquin (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Coppin State F 32 Duat, Robert (T) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo College	Head coach Siot Tanquingcen Jong Uichico Assistant coach(es) Arturo dela Cruz Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (G) Governor's Cup import (C) Commissioner's Cup import (A) Acquired via trade (T) Traded Injured

Elimination round

Games won

Date	Opponent	Score	Top scorer	Venue (Location)
March 5	FedEx	79-75	Mario Bennett (25 pts)	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	Nick Belasco (20 pts)	Philsports Arena [1]
June 29	Coca Cola	83-75		Cuneta Astrodome
July 5	Purefoods	81-58	Shea Seals (26 pts)	(Iloilo City)
July 16	Brgy.Ginebra	93-82		Cuneta Astrodome
July 26	Shell	93-70		Ynares Center
July 28	FedEx	85-73	Shea Seals (26 pts)	Araneta Coliseum [2]
August 3	Talk 'N Text	84-72		Cuneta Astrodome
October 20	FedEx	94-71	Dorian Pena (24 pts)	Araneta Coliseum
November 3	Alaska	64-63		Araneta Coliseum
November 17	Purefoods	81-66	Dondon Hontiveros (24 pts)	Araneta Coliseum [3]
November 22	Talk 'N Text	82-79 OT		Philsports Arena
November 24	Coca Cola	94-86 2OT	Pena (24 pts), Belasco (24 pts)	Araneta Coliseum
November 30	Shell	62-54		Ynares Center

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

References

1. SMB ousts Hapee-RP, Philippine Daily Inquirer
2. SMB routs FedEx, Advances, Philippine Daily Inquirer
3. SMB dumps Purefoods, Philippine Daily Inquirer