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2016–17 Alaska Aces (PBA) season
Head coachAlex Compton
Owner(s)Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record7–4
(63.6%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra with twice-to-beat advantage)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record4–7
(36.4%)
Place9th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record3–8
(27.3%)
Place9th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons

The 2016–17 Alaska Aces season was the 31st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2016

  • October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Main article: 2016 PBA draft

Special draft

Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
Carl Bryan Cruz F  Philippines Cafe France Bakers FEU


Regular draft

Alaska passed in the regular draft. They originally owned one second round and two third round picks.

Roster

Alaska Aces roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 0 United States Enciso, Simon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–02–12 Notre Dame de Namur
G 2 United States Banchero, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–01–24 Seattle Pacific
F 4 Philippines Manuel, Vic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1987–06–18 PSBA
C 7 Papua New Guinea Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981–12–07 James Cook
F 8 Philippines Abueva, Calvin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1988–02–04 San Sebastian
F/C 9 Philippines Baclao, Nonoy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–06–15 Ateneo
F/C 10 Philippines Magat, Marion 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–10–22 National-U
F 11 Philippines Pascual, Jake 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–11–11 San Beda
G 17 Philippines Exciminiano, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–11–17 Far Eastern
F 18 Philippines Mendoza, Jaypee 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1990–11–09 San Beda
F 21 Philippines Cruz, Carl Bryan (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1991–08–21 Far Eastern
G 23 United States Galliguez, Abel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1990–04–14 John Brown
G/F 25 Philippines Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1977–06–01 Cebu
F 35 United States dela Cruz, Tony (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1978–08–24 UC Irvine
G 42 Philippines Casio, JVee 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1986–09–01 De La Salle
G/F 61 Philippines Racal, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–05–16 Letran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Richard Bachmann[a]


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 Injured

Roster

  • a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 10 1 .909 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636[a] 3
3 Star Hotshots 7 4 .636[a] 3 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 TNT KaTropa 6 5 .545[b] 4
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 6 5 .545[b] 4
6 Phoenix Fuel Masters 6 5 .545[b] 4
7 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545[b] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455[c] 5
9 Blackwater Elite 5 6 .455[c] 5
10 Mahindra Floodbuster 3 8 .273[d] 7
11 Meralco Bolts 3 8 .273[d] 7
12 NLEX Road Warriors 2 9 .182 8
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Star
  2. ^ a b c d Head-to-head quotient: TNT 1.09, GlobalPort 1.00, Phoenix 0.96, Barangay Ginebra 0.94.
  3. ^ a b Eighth seed playoff: Rain or Shine 103–80 Blackwater
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Mahindra 1–0 Meralco

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 7–4
November: 0–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 November 25 NLEX L 97–99 (OT) Carl Bryan Cruz (20) Carl Bryan Cruz (14) RJ Jazul (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum
 0–1
December : 3–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
2 December 3 San Miguel L 88–93 JVee Casio (20) Carl Bryan Cruz (7) Chris Banchero (9) Smart Araneta Coliseum
 0–2
3 December 7 GlobalPort W 95–84 Calvin Abueva (22) Calvin Abueva (11) Chris Banchero (8) Mall of Asia Arena
 1–2
4 December 14 Meralco W 81–79 Vic Manuel (22) Vic Manuel (10) Abueva, Banchero (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum
 2–2
5 December 18 Barangay Ginebra W 101–86 RJ Jazul (16) Jake Pascual (8) Banchero, Galliguez (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum
 3–2
6 December 23 TNT L 100–109 Calvin Abueva (18) Calvin Abueva (12) Calvin Abueva (4) PhilSports Arena
 3–3
January : 3–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 January 11 Star W 97–90 (OT) Vic Manuel (25) Calvin Abueva (9) Chris Banchero (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum
 4–3
8 January 15 Blackwater L 100–103 Abueva, Casio (23) Calvin Abueva (14) Casio, Jazul (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum
 4–4
9 January 22 Mahindra W 107–91 Vic Manuel (20) Calvin Abueva (10) JVee Casio (6) PhilSports Arena 5–4
10 January 27 Phoenix W 106–85 Vic Manuel (21) Vic Manuel (7) Casio, Jazul (6) Cuneta Astrodome
 6–4
February : 1–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
11 February 1 Rain or Shine W 94–89 JVee Casio (25) Vic Manuel (12) five players (2) Cuneta Astrodome
 7–4
2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-7)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1San Miguel98
8Rain or Shine91
1San Miguel4
(best-of-3)
4TNT3
4TNT2
5GlobalPort0
1San Miguel4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
7Barangay Ginebra1
2Alaska8197
7Barangay Ginebra85108
7Barangay Ginebra4
(best-of-3)
3Star3
3Star2
6Phoenix0
This box:

Game log

2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–2
Quarterfinals: 0–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 February 5 Barangay Ginebra L 81–85 Calvin Abueva (20) Calvin Abueva (10) JVee Casio (5) Ynares Center
 0–1
2 February 7 Barangay Ginebra L 97–108 Calvin Abueva (29) Calvin Abueva (13) JVee Casio (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum
 0–2
2016–17 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 9 2 .818[a] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[a] —
3 Star Hotshots 9 2 .818[a] — Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 TNT KaTropa 8 3 .727 1
5 Meralco Bolts 7 4 .636 2
6 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 5 6 .455 4
7 Phoenix Fuel Masters 4 7 .364[b] 5 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 GlobalPort Batang Pier 4 7 .364[b] 5
9 Alaska Aces 4 7 .364[b] 5
10 Mahindra Floodbuster 3 8 .273 6
11 Blackwater Elite 2 9 .182[c] 7
12 NLEX Road Warriors 2 9 .182[c] 7
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.117, San Miguel 0.990, Star 0.903
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.127, Alaska 1.116, GlobalPort 0.791; eighth seed playoff: GlobalPort 107–106 Alaska
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 NLEX

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 4–7
March: 3–0
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 March 18 GlobalPort W 107–79 Cory Jefferson (28) Cory Jefferson (14) Simon Enciso (6) Cuneta Astrodome 1–0
2 March 22 Blackwater W 109–95 Cory Jefferson (28) Cory Jefferson (15) Simon Enciso (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0
3 March 29 Mahindra W 98–92 Cory Jefferson (30) Cory Jefferson (11) Simon Enciso (5) Mall of Asia Arena 3–0
April : 1–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 April 2 Rain or Shine W 105–102 Cory Jefferson (41) Cory Jefferson (13) JVee Casio (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–0
5 April 8 Meralco L 91–99 Cory Jefferson (32) Cory Jefferson (13) Simon Enciso (3) Mall of Asia Arena 4–1
6 April 21 Phoenix L 86–94 Cory Jefferson (31) Cory Jefferson (13) Simon Enciso (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–2
All-Star Break
May : 0–5
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 May 7 Barangay Ginebra L 102–103 Cory Jefferson (25) Cory Jefferson (18) Simon Enciso (10) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–3
8 May 20 TNT L 110–119 Cory Jefferson (29) Abueva, Jefferson (7) Chris Banchero (5) Ibalong Centrum for Recreation 4–4
9 May 24 NLEX L 92–100 Cory Jefferson (36) Cory Jefferson (20) Banchero, Enciso (3) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–5
10 May 27 San Miguel L 97–109 Cory Jefferson (23) Cory Jefferson (13) Chris Banchero (8) Ynares Center 4–6
11 May 31 Star L 98–102 (OT) Calvin Abueva (22) Cory Jefferson (13) Chris Banchero (7) Cuneta Astrodome 4–7
2016–17 schedule

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1Barangay Ginebra96
8GlobalPort85
1Barangay Ginebra1
(best-of-3)
4TNT3
4TNT2
5Meralco1
4TNT2
(#2 twice-to-beat)
2San Miguel4
2San Miguel115
7Phoenix96
2San Miguel3
(best-of-3)
3Star1
3Star2
6Rain or Shine0
This box:

Game log

2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–1
8th seed playoff: 0–1
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 June 4 GlobalPort L 106–107 Cory Jefferson (32) Cory Jefferson (16) Chris Exciminiano (4) Mall of Asia Arena 0–1
2016–17 schedule

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team
 W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Meralco Bolts 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 TNT KaTropa 8 3 .727[a] 1
3 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 8 3 .727[a] 1
4 Star Hotshots 7 4 .636[b] 2
5 NLEX Road Warriors 7 4 .636[b] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 San Miguel Beermen 7 4 .636[b] 2
7 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 7 4 .636[b] 2
8 Blackwater Elite 5 6 .455 4
9 Alaska Aces 3 8 .273[c] 6
10 GlobalPort Batang Pier 3 8 .273[c] 6
11 Phoenix Fuel Masters 2 9 .182 7
12 Kia Picanto 0 11 .000 9
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Talk 'N Text 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
  2. ^ a b c d Head to-head quotient: Star 1.04, NLEX 1.01, San Miguel 0.99, Rain or Shine 0.96
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 GlobalPort

Game log

2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 3–8
July: 0–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 July 19 NLEX L 104–112 LaDontae Henton (27) Calvin Abueva (14) Chris Banchero (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–1
2 July 22 Phoenix L 93–95 LaDontae Henton (30) LaDontae Henton (10) Abueva, Enciso (5) Mall of Asia Arena 0–2
3 July 28 Star L 92–101 LaDontae Henton (34) Chris Banchero (7) Chris Banchero (6) Ynares Center 0–3
August : 0–3
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
4 August 4 TNT L 106–107 LaDontae Henton (42) LaDontae Henton (22) four players (2) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–4
5 August 23 Blackwater L 106–111 (2OT) LaDontae Henton (31) LaDontae Henton (10) Casio, Mendoza (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 0–5
6 August 26 Barangay Ginebra L 80–94 Calvin Abueva (22) Calvin Abueva (13) JVee Casio (4) Hoops Dome 0–6
September: 3–2
Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
7 September 2 San Miguel W 90–79 LaDontae Henton (36) LaDontae Henton (15) JVee Casio (7) Angeles University Foundation Sports Arena 1–6
8 September 8 GlobalPort W 101–88 LaDontae Henton (36) LaDontae Henton (21) Casio, Enciso (5) Mall of Asia Arena 2–6
9 September 10 Kia W 102–94 Calvin Abueva (26) Calvin Abueva (15) Casio, Henton (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–6
10 September 15 Meralco L 78–106 LaDontae Henton (23) Calvin Abueva (11) five players (2) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–7
11 September 20 Rain or Shine L 82–112 LaDontae Henton (20) LaDontae Henton (7) Baclao, Enciso (4) Ynares Center 3–8
2016–17 schedule

Transactions

Trades

Recruited imports

Conference Name Country Number Debuted Last game Record
Commissioner's Cup Cory Jefferson United States 34 March 18
(vs. GlobalPort)		 June 4
(vs. GlobalPort)		 4–8
Governors' Cup LaDontae Henton United States 19 July 19
(vs. NLEX)		 September 20
(vs. Rain or Shine)		 3–8

Awards

Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Vic Manuel Philippine Cup Player of the Week December 19, 2016 [1]
Sonny Thoss Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week April 3, 2017 [2]

References

  1. ^ "Player of the Week: Vic Manuel provides muscle to Aces' surge". Inquirer.net. December 19, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "PBA Player Of The Week: Who Else But Sonny Thoss". pba.ph. April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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