2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season

2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season
2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Leo Austria
Owner(s)	San Miguel Brewery, Inc. ; (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	9–2 ; (.818)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Alaska, 4–3)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (.364)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	eliminated
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (.727)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Alaska, 4-0)
San Miguel Beermen seasons
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season was the 40th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates[]

August 2: Leo Austria was named as the head coach of the San Miguel Beermen. Coach Biboy Ravanes was demoted to assistant coach and active consultant will have a minimal role with the team. ^[1]
August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	3	Ronald Pascual	SF	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	SSC

Rosters[]

San Miguel Beermen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G/F	3	Lutz, Chris	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1985-02-11	Marshall
F/C	4	Reyes, Jay-R	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1984-07-16	UP
G	5	Cabagnot, Alex	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1982-12-08	Hawaii-Hilo
G	6	Ross, Chris	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1985-03-08	Marshall
G	11	Fortuna, Jeric	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1991-11-25	UST
G/F	13	Lassiter, Marcio	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987-05-16	Cal State Fullerton
C	15	Fajardo, June Mar	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	1989-11-17	Cebu
F	21	Omolon, Nelbert	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1980-06-30	PCU
F	23	Pascual, Ronald	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1988-06-23	San Sebastian
F	27	Espinas, Gabby	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1982-01-03	PCU
F	29	Santos, Arwind (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1981-06-10	FEU
F	33	Semerad, David	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991-04-25	San Beda
G/F	71	Tubid, Ronald	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1981-10-15	UE
C	95	De Ocampo, Yancy	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1980-03-11	Saint Francis of Assisi

Head coach

Leo Austria (Lyceum)

Assistant coach(es)

(San Sebastian)
Biboy Ravanes (Cebu)
(UE)
Ato Agustin (Lyceum)
Jorge Gallent (FEU)
Siot Tanquingcen (UST)

Team manager

Gee Abanilla (La Salle)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
3	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[b]	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	TNT Tropang Texters	8	3	.727^[b]	1
5	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545^[c]	3
6	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[c]	3
7	Purefoods Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	Barako Bull Energy	4	7	.364^[d]	5
10	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364^[d]	5
11	Kia Sorento	1	10	.091	8
12	Blackwater Elite	0	11	.000	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 87–79 Rain or Shine
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 100–98 Talk 'N Text
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 98–87 NLEX

Game log[]

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Alaska	82
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	Meralco	69	2	Rain or Shine	2
6	Meralco	77				3	Alaska	4
7	Purefoods Star	65
									3	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	San Miguel	4
4	Talk 'N Text	105
9	Barako Bull	76				1	San Miguel	4
			4	Talk 'N Text	83	4	Talk 'N Text	0
	(#5 twice to beat)		5	Barangay Ginebra	67
5	Barangay Ginebra	95
8	GlobalPort	78

Commissioner's Cup[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Tropang TNT	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545^[b]	2
5	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[b]	2
6	Alaska Aces	5	6	.455^[c]	3
7	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364^[d]	4
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364^[d]	4
11	Kia Carnival	4	7	.364^[d]	4
12	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

Game log[]

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	Rain or Shine	92
8	Barangay Ginebra	91
			1	Rain or Shine	3
	(Best-of-3)		5	Meralco	0
4	NLEX	0
5	Meralco	2
						1	Rain or Shine	3
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					2	Talk 'N Text	4
2	Talk 'N Text	127
7	Barako Bull	97
			2	Talk 'N Text	3
	(Best-of-3)		3	Purefoods Star	1
3	Purefoods Star	2
6	Alaska	0

Governors' Cup[]

Eliminations[]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	1
4	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^[b]	1
5	Star Hotshots	6	5	.545^[c]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545^[c]	2
7	Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455^[d]	3
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455^[d]	3
9	Kia Carnival	5	6	.455^[d]	3
10	TNT KaTropa	5	6	.455^[d]	3
11	NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

Game log[]

Playoffs[]

Bracket[]

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice to beat)
1	Alaska	114
8	Ginebra	108
				1	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)			5	Star	0
4	GlobalPort	73	94
5	Star	126	101
							1	Alaska	0
	(#2 twice to beat)						2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	99	102
7	Meralco	106	86
				2	San Miguel	3
	(#3 twice to beat)			3	Rain or Shine	1
3	Rain or Shine	134**
6	Barako Bull	132

*Game went into overtime^[a] ^a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Pre-season[]

July 25, 2014^[2]

To NLEX

2015 1st round pick

To San Miguel

2016 1st round pick

Draft day[]

August 24, 2014^[3]

To San Miguel

Ronald Pascual (first round pick, from Barako)
2016 first round pick (from Barako)

To Barako Bull

Jojo Duncil
Chico Lanete
Gab Banal (second round pick, from San Miguel)

Philippine Cup[]

November 11, 2014^[4]	To San Miguel Jeric Fortuna	To Barako Bull Paolo Hubalde
December 10, 2014^[5]	To San Miguel Alex Cabagnot	To GlobalPort Sol Mercado 2018 and 2019 second round picks

Commissioner's Cup[]

February 3, 2015^[6]

To San Miguel

JR Reyes (from Barangay Ginebra)

To Barako Bull

Justin Chua (from San Miguel)
2017 1st round pick
(from San Miguel)

To Barangay Ginebra

Dorian Peña (from Barako Bull)
2015 2nd round pick (from Barako Bull)

April 6, 2015 ^[7]	To San Miguel Billy Mamaril (from Ginebra)	To Barako Bull Energy Rico Maierhofer
April 6, 2015 ^[7]	To San Miguel Yancy de Ocampo Gabby Espinas	To GlobalPort Billy Mamaril Doug Kramer

Recruited imports[]

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Ronald Roberts	February 4 (vs Kia)	February 17 (vs Alaska)	0–4
Commissioner's Cup	Arizona Reid	February 21 (vs Meralco)	March 24 (vs GlobalPort)	4–3
Governors' Cup	Arizona Reid	May 6 (vs Kia)	July 17 (vs Alaska)	16–5

References[]

^ Leo Austria named new San Miguel Beermen head coach, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, August 2, 2014
^ NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, inquirer.net, July 25, 2014
^ San Miguel acquires No. 3 pick from Barako Bull, selects Ronald Pascual, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
^ Jeric Fortuna reunites with SMB coach Austria as PBA approves trade with Paolo Hubalde, Richard Dy, spin.ph, December 12, 2014
^ Alex Cabagnot returns to San Miguel Beer, Sol Mercado back with GlobalPort in revised trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, December 10, 2014
^ PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015.
^ Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015

[table_hth_ROS0.67351137319278-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 87–79 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.67351137319278-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 100–98 Talk 'N Text

[table_hth_BGSM0.67351137319278-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89

[table_hth_BAR0.67351137319278-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 98–87 NLEX

[table_hth_ROS0.9464226760652-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969

[table_hth_MER0.9464226760652-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.9464226760652-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960

[table_hth_GP0.9464226760652-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

[table_hth_ALA0.52577346401558-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_GP0.52577346401558-11] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.52577346401558-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.52577346401558-13] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

[1] Leo Austria named new San Miguel Beermen head coach, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, August 2, 2014

[14] NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, inquirer.net, July 25, 2014

[15] San Miguel acquires No. 3 pick from Barako Bull, selects Ronald Pascual, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014

[16] Jeric Fortuna reunites with SMB coach Austria as PBA approves trade with Paolo Hubalde, Richard Dy, spin.ph, December 12, 2014

[17] Alex Cabagnot returns to San Miguel Beer, Sol Mercado back with GlobalPort in revised trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, December 10, 2014

[18] PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015.

[19] Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade Archived 2015-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015

[1]

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[a]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]