2001 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season

2001 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs season
Head coach	Eric Altamirano
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	8–8 (50%)
Place	4th seed
Playoff finish	QF (lost to Brgy.Ginebra)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	9–7 (56.3%)
Place	2nd seed
Playoff finish	Semis (lost to Red Bull)
Governors Cup results
Record	5–8 (38.5%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs seasons

The 2001 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs season was the 14th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Main article: 2001 PBA Draft

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Roger Yap Paul Guerrero Dino Manuel (Originally pick by Shell Turbo Chargers) Via Free Agency Mark Victoria (From Pop Cola) Ronnie Magsanoc (Signed in the Governor's Cup) Jolly Escobar (Signed in the Governor's Cup)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Jessie Cabanayan Braulio Lim Via Trade Dindo Pumaren (Shipped to Tanduay Rhum Masters in favor of a future draft pick)

Occurrences

Coach Eric Altamirano returns to the Purefoods bench as their head coach at the beginning of the season. Altamirano brings along Ryan Gregorio as his assistant coach. He replaces Derrick Pumaren, who decided to moved to another team and will handle the coaching chores for Tanduay Rhum Masters.

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 G 5 Magsanoc, Ronnie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) State U G 6 Fernandez, Boyet 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) University of San Agustin F 7 Evangelista, Rey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST C 11 Feihl, Edward Joseph 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson G 13 Yap, Roger 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Jose-Recoletos F 16 Patrimonio, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua Tech F 18 Guerrero, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Letran College F 19 Victoria, Mark Stevens 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern F/C Manuel, Dino 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Beda College G 24 Daep, Rommel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian College F 34 Escobar, Jolly 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UE G 40 Castillo, Noy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Citadel College C 52 Seigle, Andy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) New Orleans University F/C 15 Wood, David (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Nevada G/F 32 Brown, Derrick (G) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Providence College G 10 Pumaren, Dindo (M) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle	Head coach Eric Altamirano Assistant coach(es) Ryan Gregorio Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (C) Commissioner's Cup import (G) Governor's Cup import (M) Moved to Tanduay Injured

^{Team Manager: Rene Pardo}

Elimination round

Games won

DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE	TOP SCORER	VENUE (Location)
January 31	Tanduay	75-66		Philsports Arena
February 4	Alaska	95-77	Alvin Patrimonio (25)	Araneta Coliseum
February 21	Sta.Lucia	77-63	Noy Castillo (18)	Philsports Arena
March 16	Sta.Lucia	74-66		Araneta Coliseum
March 21	Red Bull	86-79	Patrimonio (21), Seigle (21)	Philsports Arena
March 25	San Miguel	79-71		Araneta Coliseum
March 30	Brgy.Ginebra	85-78	Noy Castillo (27)	Philsports Arena
April 6	Shell	81-72		Araneta Coliseum
June 15	Sta.Lucia	65-54	David Wood (25)	Philsports Arena
June 22	Pop Cola	89-82	David Wood (32)	Philsports Arena
June 27	Shell	97-79		Philsports Arena
June 30	Mobiline	94-89 *OT		Cuneta Astrodome
July 4	Alaska	85-76		Philsports Arena
July 18	Red Bull	85-75	Richard Yee (23)	Philsports Arena
September 8	Alaska			Ynares Center
September 21	Brgy.Ginebra	106-102		Araneta Coliseum
October 3	Red Bull	92-82		Araneta Coliseum
October 31	Sta.Lucia	127-118 *2OT		Philsports Arena
November 14	Red Bull	123-112		Philsports Arena

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