2014–15 Alaska Aces season

2014–15 Alaska Aces season
2014–15 Alaska Aces season
Head coach	Alex Compton
General Manager	Dickie Bachmann
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (72.7%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Runner-up vs. San Miguel 3–4
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (lost to Purefoods Star in two games)
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (72.7%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Runner-up vs. San Miguel 0–4
Alaska Aces seasons
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Alaska Aces season was the 29th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2014

August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	5	Chris Banchero	G	United States	Boracay Rum Waves	SPU
2	1	Rome dela Rosa	F	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	SBC
2	4	Junjun Alas	C	Philippines	Café France Bakers	Letran

Roster

2014–15 Alaska Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	2	Banchero, Chris (R)	6 ft 0.25 in (1.84 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1989-01-24	Seattle Pacific
G/F	3	Baguio, Cyrus	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980-08-19	UST
F	4	Manuel, Vic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1987-06-18	PSBA
C	7	Thoss, Sonny	6 ft 8.5 in (2.04 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981-12-07	James Cook
F	8	Abueva, Calvin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-02-04	San Sebastian
F/C	9	Baclao, Nonoy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1987-06-15	Ateneo
G/F	11	dela Rosa, Rome (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990-12-11	San Beda
F	15	Vanlandingham, Josh (IN)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1984-01-22	Everett CC
G	17	Exciminiano, Ping	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-11-17	Far Eastern
F/C	21	Bugia, Paolo (IN)	6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1981-01-19	Ateneo
G/F	25	Hontiveros, Dondon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1977-06-01	Cebu
C	26	Eman, Samigue	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1982-03-12	Mindanao
F/C	30	Menk, Eric	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1974-08-24	Lake Superior State
G	31	Jazul, RJ	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986-04-11	Letran
F	35	dela Cruz, Tony (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1978-08-24	UC Irvine
G	42	Casio, JVee	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1986-09-01	De La Salle

Head coach

Alex Compton (Cornell)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Dickie Bachmann^[a] (De La Salle)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(CI) Commissioner's Cup Import
(GI) Governors' Cup Import
(EI) EASL Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[b]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	TNT Tropang Texters	8	3	.727^[b]	1
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[c]	3
6	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[c]	3
7	Purefoods Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	Barako Bull Energy	4	7	.364^[d]	5
10	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364^[d]	5
11	Kia Sorento	1	10	.091	8
12	Blackwater Elite	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2015 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October 2014

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 22	Purefoods	93–73	Abueva (21)	Thoss (13)	Hontiveros (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0	[1]
2	October 28	Talk 'N Text	100–98	Abueva (26)	Abueva (22)	Abueva (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0	[2]
3	October 31	Meralco	105–64	Manuel (17)	three players (6)	Banchero (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–0	[3]

November 2014

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 5	San Miguel	66–63	Baguio (13)	Abueva (18)	four players (2)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–0	[4]
5	November 11	Kia	85–75	Abueva (23)	Abueva (20)	Casio (5)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–0	[5]
6	November 14	Blackwater	69–56	Menk (14)	Abueva (18)	Abueva (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–0	[6]
7	November 19	Barako Bull Energy	78–85	Abueva (16)	Abueva (12)	Abueva (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–1	[7]
8	November 22	GlobalPort	87–84	Abueva (19)	Thoss (8)	Thoss, Casio (3)	Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan Gym, Cagayan de Oro	7–1	[8]
9	November 28	NLEX	90–84	Hontiveros (21)	Abueva (19)	Abueva (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	8–1	[9]

December 2014

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
10	December 2	Ginebra					Mall of Asia Arena
11	December 5	Rain or Shine					Smart Araneta Coliseum (tentative)

2014–15 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination)			Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#3 twice to beat)

3	Alaska	82
						2	Rain or Shine	2
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87	3	Alaska	4
(#6 twice to beat)
			6	Meralco	69
6	Meralco	77
									3	Alaska	3
7	Purefoods Star	65
									1	San Miguel	4
(#4 twice to beat)

4	Talk 'N Text	105
						1	San Miguel	4
9	Barako Bull	76
			4	Talk 'N Text	83	4	Talk 'N Text	0
(#5 twice to beat)
			5	Barangay Ginebra	67
5	Barangay Ginebra	95

8	GlobalPort	78

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^[b]	2
5	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[b]	2
6	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455^[c]	3
7	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364^[d]	4
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364^[d]	4
11	Kia Carnival	4	7	.364^[d]	4
12	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals			Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	Rain or Shine	92

8	Barangay Ginebra	91
			1	Rain or Shine	3
(best-of-3)
			5	Meralco	0
4	NLEX	0

5	Meralco	2
						1	Rain or Shine	3
(#2 twice-to-beat)
						2	Talk 'N Text	4
2	Talk 'N Text	127

7	Barako Bull	97
			2	Talk 'N Text	3
(best-of-3)
			3	Purefoods Star	1
3	Purefoods Star	2

6	Alaska	0

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	1
4	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^[b]	1
5	Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^[c]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545^[c]	2
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455^[d]	3
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^[d]	3
9	Kia Carnival	5	6	.455^[d]	3
10	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^[d]	3
11	NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (best-of-5)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#1 twice to beat)

1	Alaska		114

8	Ginebra		108
				1	Alaska	3
(#4 twice to beat)
				5	Star	0
4	GlobalPort	73	94

5	Star	126	101
							1	Alaska	0
(#2 twice to beat)
							2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	99	102

7	Meralco	106	86
				2	San Miguel	3
(#3 twice to beat)
				3	Rain or Shine	1
3	Rain or Shine		134**

6	Barako Bull		132

*Game went into overtime^[a]

^a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

Game log

Transactions

Trades

Pre-draft

August 11, 2014^[1]

To Alaska

Eric Menk

To GlobalPort

2014 second round picks (Prince Caperal, 17th overall)
(John Pinto, 19th overall)

Commissioner's Cup

March 14, 2015^[2]

To Alaska

Nonoy Baclao
Globalport's 2017 first round pick

To GlobalPort

Gabby Espinas
Alaska's 2017 first round pick

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	D.J. Covington	February 3 (vs Purefoods)	February 17 (vs San Miguel)	2–2
Commissioner's Cup	Damion James	February 20 (vs Rain or Shine)	March 27 (vs Purefoods, Semifinals)	3–6
Governors' Cup	Romeo Travis	May 5 (vs Blackwater)	July 17 (vs San Miguel, Finals)	12–7

References

^ Alaska acquires Eric Menk from GlobalPort for 2nd round picks, Solar Sports Desk, August 12, 2014 Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ Alaska trades Gabby Espinas to GlobalPort for Noy Baclao Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, March 14, 2015

[table_hth_ROS0.86562027310283-1] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.86562027310283-2] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text

[table_hth_BGSM0.86562027310283-3] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89

[table_hth_BAR0.86562027310283-4] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_ROS0.69198152129165-5] Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969

[table_hth_MER0.69198152129165-6] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.69198152129165-7] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960

[table_hth_GP0.69198152129165-8] Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

[table_hth_ALA0.04595558766553-9] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_GP0.04595558766553-10] Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.04595558766553-11] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.04595558766553-12] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

[13] Alaska acquires Eric Menk from GlobalPort for 2nd round picks, Solar Sports Desk, August 12, 2014 Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[14] Alaska trades Gabby Espinas to GlobalPort for Noy Baclao Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, March 14, 2015

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