2002 San Miguel Beermen season

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

2002 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coachSiot Tanquingcen
Jong Uichico
Owner(s)San Miguel Corporation
Governor's Cup results
Record9–10
(47.4%)
Place8th seed
Playoff finishSemis (lost to Alaska)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record9–8
(52.9%)
Place4th seed
Playoff finishSemis (lost to Red Bull)
All-Filipino Cup results
Record8–5
(61.5%)
Place2nd seed
Playoff finishSemis (lost to Coca-Cola)
San Miguel Beermen seasons

Draft pick
Main article: 2002 PBA Draft

Transactions
Players Added

Via Draft

  • Alvin Castro

Via Trade

 Players Lost

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

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. [1]

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
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 1 Philippines Victoria, Emmanuel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda
F 2 Philippines Gahol, Bryan (A) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Philippines
F 3 United States Belasco, Nic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Notre Dame (OH)
C 4 United States Peña, Dorian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Coppin State
C 5 Philippines Padilla, Ronilo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Cebu
F 7 Philippines Mustre, Michael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran
F/C 10 Philippines Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) National-U
F 15 Philippines Lago, Dwight 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle
G 17 Philippines Racela, Olsen 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Ateneo
G 21 Philippines Mente, Joey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Lyceum
F/C 22 Philippines Gamboa, Arnold 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Far Eastern
G 31 Philippines Castro, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle
G 34 Philippines Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Cebu
F/C 44 Philippines Carmona, June 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UPHSD
G 6 & 42 United States Strothers, Lamont (G) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Christopher Newport
F 40 United States Bennett, Mario (G) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Arizona State
F/C 26 United States Hill, Keith (G) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Shippensburg
C 30 United States Tate, Jermaine (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Cincinnati
G/F 23 United States Flint, Damon (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Cincinnati
G/F 32 United States Seals, Shea (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Tulsa
F/C 00 United States Long, Art (C) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Cincinnati
F 40 United States Mott, Terquin (C) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Coppin State
F 32 United States Duat, Robert (T) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines 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 Injured

Eliminations (Won games)
Date Opponent Score Venue (Location)
March 5FedEx79–75Philsports Arena
March 10Shell76–72Ynares Center
March 22Red Bull89–67(Lipa City, Batangas)
March 31Brgy.Ginebra74–56Araneta Coliseum
April 16RP-Hapee76–67Philsports Arena [2]
June 29Coca Cola83–75Cuneta Astrodome
July 5Purefoods81–58(Iloilo City)
July 16Brgy.Ginebra93–82Cuneta Astrodome
July 26Shell93–70Ynares Center
July 28FedEx85–73Araneta Coliseum [3]
August 3Talk 'N Text84–72Cuneta Astrodome
October 20FedEx94–71Araneta Coliseum
November 3Alaska64–63Araneta Coliseum
November 17Purefoods81–66Araneta Coliseum [4]
November 22Talk 'N Text82–79 OTPhilsports Arena
November 24Coca Cola94–86 2OTAraneta Coliseum
November 30Shell62–54Ynares Center

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

References
  1. "SMB-Red Bull tiff nets P.4-M fines". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  2. "SMB ousts Hapee-RP". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  3. "SMB routs FedEx, Advances". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  4. "SMB dumps Purefoods". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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