2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season

2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season
2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Siot Tanquingcen
Philippine Cup results
Record	15–15 ; (50%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals; (lost to TNT 4–2)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions; (Defeated Brgy.Ginebra 4–3)
San Miguel Beermen seasons
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season was the 34th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 30: The 2008 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
September 1: The free agency period started.

Draft picks

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
PG	1	Cortez, Mike	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	De La Salle
PG	3	Villanueva, Jonas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	FEU
C	4	Peña, Dorian	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Coppin State
G	5	Custodio, Bonbon	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	UE
SG	7	Hontiveros, Dondon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	UC
PF	10	Ildefonso, Danny	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	NU
G/F	15	Gonzales, Wesley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Ateneo
F	16	Pingris, Marc	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	PSBA
PG	17	Racela, Olsen (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Ateneo
G/F	18	Tugade, Lordy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	NU
C	21	Eman, Samigue	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	Mindanao
SF	23	Washington, Jay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Eckerd College
SF	25	Freeman, Gabriel	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Mesa CC
PG	27	Baguion, Froilan	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	NU
C	34	Pennisi, Mick	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Eastern Michigan
PF	41	Bono, Ken	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Adamson
SF	42	Seigle, Danny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Wagner College
SG	88	Calaguio, Chris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Letran

Head coach

Siot Tanquingcen (UST)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Dorian Peña	Marc Pingris
PF	Jay Washington	Lordy Tugade
SF	Gabe Freeman	Danny Ildefonso
SG	Dondon Hontiveros	Jonas Villanueva
PG	Mike Cortez	Olsen Racela

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	12	6	.667	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	11	7	.611	1	Advance to semifinals
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	10	8	.556^[a]	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	10	8	.556^[a]	2
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	10	8	.556^[a]	2
6	San Miguel Beermen	9	9	.500	3	Advance to wildcard round
7	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	8	10	.444^[b]	4
8	Air21 Express	8	10	.444^[b]	4
9	Coca-Cola Tigers	7	11	.389	5
10	Red Bull Barako	5	13	.278	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +16, Rain or Shine −3, Sta. Lucia −13
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Air21

Game Log

2009 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 5	Alaska	84-85	Custodio (14)	Cuneta Astrodome	0–1
2	October 10	Purefoods	111-98	Hontiveros (15)	Cuneta Astrodome	1–1
3	October 15	Rain or Shine	89-82	Hontiveros (17)	Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	October 17	Talk 'N Text	84-77	Washington (21)	Araneta Coliseum	3–1
5	October 22	Brgy.Ginebra	118-89	Tugade (21)	Araneta Coliseum	4–1
6	October 25	Red Bull	113-114	Hontiveros (21)	Gingoog City	4–2
7	October 30	Sta.Lucia	89-71	Tugade (19)	Ynares Sports Arena	5–2

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	Location Attendance	Record
8	November 5	Air21	130-129 (2OT)	Hontiveros (25)	Washington (13)	Araneta Coliseum	6–2
9	November 12	Coca Cola	89-86	Pennisi (18)		Cuneta Astrodome	7–2
10	November 15	Alaska	85-91	Custodio (20)			7–3
11	November 19	Sta.Lucia				Araneta Coliseum	7–4
12	November 23	Purefoods	83-84	Tugade (18)		Cuneta Astrodome	7–5
13	November 26	Air21	98-78			Araneta Coliseum	8–5
14	November 30	Talk 'N Text	80-85	Tugade (20)		Singapore Indoor Stadium	8–6

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
15	December 6	Red Bull	89-84 ^[1]	Washington (24)	Cuneta Astrodome	9–6
16	December 12	Coca Cola	91-105		Araneta Coliseum	9–7
17	December 17	Rain or Shine	92-93	Hontiveros (24)	Araneta Coliseum	9–8
18	December 20	Brgy.Ginebra	82-87		Batangas City	9–9

2008–09 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	11	3	.786	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	6	.571^[a]	3	Advance to semifinals
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	6	.571^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
4	Burger King Whoppers	8	6	.571^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	7	7	.500^[b]	4	Knockout in the wildcard round
6	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	7	7	.500^[b]	4
7	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500^[b]	4
8	Coca-Cola Tigers	6	8	.429^[c]	5
9	Alaska Aces	6	8	.429^[c]	5	Twice-to-win in the wildcard round
10	Barako Bull Energy Boosters	2	12	.143	9	Twice-to-win in the wildcard round

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10
^ ^a ^b Eighth seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska

Game Log

Playoffs

Statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FGM	Field-goal made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	FG%	Field-goal percentage
3PM	3-point field-goal made	3PA	3-point field-goal attempts	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage
FTM	Free-throw made	FTA	Free-throw attempts	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	TOT	Turnovers per game	PPG	Points per game

Philippine Cup

Awards and records

Awards

Records

References

^ San Miguel trips Red Bull@GMA News Online

[table_hth_BGK0.046945707894371-1] Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +16, Rain or Shine −3, Sta. Lucia −13

[table_hth_A210.046945707894371-2] Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Air21

[table_hth_BGK0.43284218266273-4] Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_PF0.43284218266273-5] Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10

[table_hth_ALA0.43284218266273-6] Eighth seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska

[3] San Miguel trips Red Bull@GMA News Online

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Founded in 1975 Owned by San Miguel Brewery, Inc., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation Formerly the Royal Tru Orangemen, Gold Eagle Beermen, Magnolia Ice Cream Makers, Magnolia Beverage Masters and Petron Blaze Boosters
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Championships (29)	1979 Open 1982 Invitational 1987 Reinforced 1988 Open 1988 Reinforced 1989 Open 1989 All-Filipino 1989 Reinforced 1992 All-Filipino 1993 Governors' 1994 All-Filipino 1999 Commissioner's 1999 Governors' 2000 Commissioner's 2000 Governors' 2001 All-Filipino 2005 Fiesta 2009 Fiesta 2011 Governors' 2014–15 Philippine 2015 Governors' 2015–16 Philippine 2016–17 Philippine 2017 Commissioner's 2017–18 Philippine 2019 Philippine 2019 Commissioner's 2022 Philippine 2023–24 Commissioner's
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