2003 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season

2003 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs season
Head coach	Ryan Gregorio
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	5–13 (27.8%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Mabuhay Cup results
Record	0–4 (0%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Reinforced Conference results
Record	4–10 (28.6%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs seasons

The 2003 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 16th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	College
1	6	Billy Mamaril	6"6'	F	Bakersfield
3	24	Jenkins Mesina	6"3'	F	San Beda

Main article: 2003 PBA Draft

Occurrences

• Coach Eric Altamirano steps down and was replaced by Ryan Gregorio, who steered the hotdogs to a title last season.
• Ronnie Magsanoc retires from active playing to concentrate on assisting the head coach on the Purefoods bench.

Notes

Reinforced Conference: The Hotdogs could only scored one victory in six starts during the third conference with Harold Arceneaux as their import. He was replaced by Lenny Cooke, who debut with 49 points but Purefoods still lost to FedEx, 105-121 on October 3. The Hotdogs dropped further to 1-win, 8-losses, before scoring back-to-back victories.

Roster

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 2 Yee, Richard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST F 4 Mamaril, Billy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Bakersfield G 6 Fernandez, Boyet 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) San Agustin F 7 Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G 8 Demape, Gilbert 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) CIT-University G Echavez, Edgar 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Misamis Institute F 10 Victoria, Mark 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern F 16 Patrimonio, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua C 21 Raymundo, Kerby 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Letran College G 26 Santos, Rodney 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian C 33 Cantonjos, Chris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UST G 40 Castillo, Noy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Citadel C 52 Seigle, Andy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) New Orleans F 55 Mesina, Jenkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College F Magtulis, Ronald 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern F 1 Arceneaux, Harold (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weber State G/F 32 Cooke, Lenny (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Northern Valley

Head coach Ryan Gregorio Assistant coach(es) Ronnie Magsanoc Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (I) Import Injured

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Billy Mamaril Jenkins Mesina Via Free Agency Gilbert Demape (From Talk 'N Text Phone Pals) Egay Echavez Ronald Magtulis (From Barangay Ginebra Kings) Rodney Santos (From Alaska Aces)

Players Lost Via Retirement Ronnie Magsanoc Via Free Agency Bonel Balingit Jolly Escobar Roger Yap (To FedEx Express)