1994 Swift Mighty Meaties season

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1994 Swift Mighty Meaties season
Head coachYeng Guiao
Derrick Pumaren
Owner(s)RFM Corporation
All Filipino Cup results
Record13–11
(.542)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Commissioner's Cup results
Record12–11
(.522)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Governor's Cup results
Record15–11
(.577)
Place2nd
Playoff finishFinals
Swift Mighty Meaties seasons
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The 1994 Swift Mighty Meaties season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Off-season transactions[]

TRANSACTIONS
Emmanuel Victoria Drafted Rookie, 3rd overall pick
Cadel Mosqueda Free agent; signed with Pepsi Mega
Terry Saldaña Free agent; signed with Shell

Occurrences[]

When Swift lost to Coney Island, 89-101, at the start of the semifinal round of the All-Filipino Cup on April 19,[1] the players and coaching staff feel bad about the loss and vowed to shaved their heads if they lose again, the Swift players responded as the Mighty Meaties won five in a row to clinch a playoff for the finals berth. On May 6, the San Miguel Beermen ended their winning streak with a 97-87 victory. In their last semifinal outing against Coney Island on May 8, the Swift players and coaching staff showed up in bald-headed and scored a 92-84 victory over the Ice Cream Stars.

The defending Commissioner's Cup champions bring back Ronnie Thompkins and he led Swift to four straight wins until he got suspended for two games in an incident involving him and Pepsi Mega's Rey Cuenco.[2]

Swift lost two of their first three games in the Commissioner's Cup semifinals with Thompkins being injured and was replaced following Swift's loss to San Miguel on August 9. Thompkins' replacement was Stan Rose, a 1993 CBA first round draft pick. Rose played only one game and scored 31 points in Swift's 105-103 win over Shell, he was sent home in favor of their former import Bernard Thompson.

Coach Yeng Guiao resigned from his coaching position with Swift after the Commissioner's Cup and moved over to the Pepsi Mega camp as both teams swapped coaches. Pepsi Mega coach Derrick Pumaren becomes the new head coach of Swift beginning the Governor's Cup.

Notable dates[]

July 3: Swift rolled over lackluster Pepsi Mega, 96-90, and jumped to the solo lead in the Commissioner's Cup with their fourth straight victory. Import Ronnie Thompkins registered the first triple-double of the conference with 21 points, 14 rebounds and 16 assists.[3]

July 5: With import Ronnie Thompkins serving the first of his two-game suspensions, the defending champions rose to the occasion in carving out a 108-106 win over Tondeña 65 Rhum that showed up with the sweet-shooting new import Mitchell Wiggins, who debut with 62 points but hardly got local support. The victory by Swift preserve an unblemished slate of five wins without a loss.[4]

October 14: Import Jay Edwards scored 69 points and shot 13 triples as Swift defeated Tondeña 65 Rhum, 135-124.[5]

Runner-up finish[]

Swift had enlisted the services of Jay Edwards as their import in the Governor's Cup. Edwards played six games and put in fine numbers. However, the ballclub decided to replaced him with Herb Jones. The Mighty Meaties played the Alaska Milkmen in the Governor's Cup finals and they lost in the championship series in six games.

Main article: 1994 PBA Governors Cup Finals

Roster[]

ROSTER # POS HT COLLEGE
Bonel Balingit 4 Center 6"9' University of Visayas (Juniors)
Al Solis 8 Guard 5"11' University of Visayas
Boybits Victoria 9 Guard-Forward 5"11' San Beda College
Eric Reyes 10 Forward 6”4’ Ateneo de Manila
Nelson Asaytono 11 Forward 6”3’ University of Manila
Elpidio Villamin 13 Forward-Center 6"3'
Rudy Distrito 14 Guard 5'11" University of the East
Juancho Estrada 15 Guard 6"1' Adamson University
Teroy Albarillo 16 Guard 5”9’ University of Mindanao
Vergel Meneses 18 Forward 6"2' Jose Rizal College
Richard Bognot 24 Forward 6"3'
Zaldy Realubit 35 Center 6"5' University of San Jose Recoletos
Commissioner's Cup import 44 Center-Forward 6"5' Fort Hays State University
Commissioner's Cup import 3 Forward 6"4' Weber State University
Bernard Thompson Commissioner's Cup import 34 Center-Forward 6"4' Fresno State University
Jay Edwards Governor's Cup import 3 Guard 6"3' University of Indiana
Herb Jones Governor's Cup import 34 Forward-Center 6"2' University of Cincinnati

Assistant coach: Roehl Nadurata, replaced by Gabby Velasco / Arturo Valenzona Team Manager: Elmer Yanga

References[]

  1. ^ "Coney Island slams Swift". Manila Standard.
  2. ^ "Thompkins, Cuenco pay dearly for fight". Manila Standard.
  3. ^ "Meaties zap Megas, keep winning run". Manila Standard.
  4. ^ "Crippled Swift bucks Tondeña 65". Manila Standard.
  5. ^ "Pepsi edges Shell, puts one foot in semifinals". Manila Standard.
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