2015–16 Alaska Aces season

2015–16 Alaska Aces season
2015–16 Alaska Aces season
Head coach	Alex Compton
General Manager	Dickie Bachmann
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	9–2 ; (81.8%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Runner-up ; (lost to San Miguel, 3–4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–4 ; (63.6%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Runner-up ; (lost to Rain or Shine, 2–4)
Governors' Cup results
Record	6–5 ; (54.5%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (lost to Barangay Ginebra in one game)
Alaska Aces seasons

The 2015–16 Alaska Aces season was the 30th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2015

August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	11	Kevin Racal	SF	Philippines	Hog's Breath Cafe Razorbacks	Letran
2	18	Marion Magat	C	Philippines	Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	NU
	20	Jaypee Mendoza	SF	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	San Beda
	22	Abel Galliguez	PG	United States	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	John Brown
3	33	Nico Elorde		Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	ADMU
4	42	Robin Roño		Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	NU

Roster

2015–16 Alaska Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	2	Chris Banchero	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989–01–24	Seattle Pacific
F	4	Vic Manuel	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	1987–06–18	PSBA
C	7	Sonny Thoss	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981–12–07	James Cook
F	8	Calvin Abueva	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–02–04	San Sebastian
F/C	9	Nonoy Baclao	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987–06–15	Ateneo
F/C	10	Marion Magat	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1989–10–22	National-U
F	11	Rome dela Rosa	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990–12–11	San Beda
G	17	Chris Exciminiano	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–11–17	Far Eastern
F	18	Jaypee Mendoza (IN)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	1990–11–06	San Beda
G/F	21	Josh Vanlandingham (IN)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1984–01–22	Pacific Lutheran
G	23	Abel Galliguez (IN)	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1990–04–14	John Brown
G/F	25	Dondon Hontiveros	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1977-06-01	Cebu
C	26	Samigue Eman (IN)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	1982–03–12	Mindanao
F/C	30	Eric Menk	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1974–08–24	Lake Superior State
G	31	R.J. Jazul	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–11	Letran
F	35	Tony dela Cruz (C)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1978–08–24	UC Irvine
G	42	JVee Casio	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1986–09–01	De La Salle
F	61	Kevin Racal	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–05–16	Letran

Head coach

Alex Compton

Assistant coach(es)

Louie Alas (1st Assistant)
Topex Robinson
Jeffrey Cariaso
Monch Gavieres
Franco Atienza

Team manager

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

Roster

^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^[b]	2
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^[b]	2
6	TNT Tropang Texters	6	5	.545	3
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^[c]	4
9	Star Hotshots	4	7	.364	5
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	6
11	Mahindra Enforcer	2	9	.182	7
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals (1st phase) (Higher seeds twice-to-beat)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (Single elimination)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)



3	Rain or Shine	95
						2	San Miguel	4
10	Blackwater	90
			3	Rain or Shine	104	3	Rain or Shine	2

			6	TNT	89
6	TNT	90
									2	San Miguel	4
7	NLEX	88
									1	Alaska	3


4	Barangay Ginebra	92*
						1	Alaska	4
9	Star	89
			4	Barangay Ginebra	83	5	GlobalPort	1

			5	GlobalPort	84*
5	GlobalPort	94

8	Barako Bull	85

*Game went into overtime

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^[a]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^[b]	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^[b]	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^[b]	1
6	Tropang TNT	6	5	.545	2
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Star Hotshots	5	6	.455^[c]	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Mahindra Enforcer	4	7	.364	4
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273^[d]	5
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	8	.273^[d]	5
12	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^[d]	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket


Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#1 twice-to-beat)

1	San Miguel	99	103

8	Star	108	99
				1	San Miguel	1
(Best-of-3)
				5	Rain or Shine	3
4	Barangay Ginebra		0

5	Rain or Shine		2
							5	Rain or Shine	4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
							3	Alaska	2
2	Meralco		104

7	NLEX		97
				2	Meralco	2
(Best-of-3)
				3	Alaska	3
3	Alaska		2

6	TNT		1

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^[a]	2
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^[a]	2
4	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^[b]	4
5	Mahindra Enforcer	6	5	.545^[b]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^[b]	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^[c]	5
8	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^[c]	5
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^[c]	5
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	6
11	Star Hotshots	2	9	.182	8
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

Bracket


Quarterfinals (Top 4 twice-to-beat)			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)



1	TNT	136

8	Phoenix	124
			1	TNT	1

			4	Meralco	3
4	Meralco	105

5	Mahindra	82
						4	Meralco	2

						3	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	San Miguel	114

7	NLEX	110
			2	San Miguel	2

			3	Barangay Ginebra	3
3	Barangay Ginebra	109

6	Alaska	104

Transactions

Trades

Governors' Cup

July 13, 2016^[1]

To Phoenix

Cyrus Baguio

To Alaska

2017 and 2018 second round picks

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	No Import	February 19 (vs. Blackwater)		0–1
	Shane Edwards^[2]	February 24 (vs. TNT)	April 8 (vs. Meralco)	6–3
	Robert Dozier^[3]	April 15 (vs. NLEX)	May 18 (vs. Rain or Shine)	8–7
Governors' Cup	LaDontae Henton^[4]	July 17 (vs. Meralco)	September 23 (vs. Ginebra)	6–6

References

^ [1], pba.ph, July 19, 2016
^ Alaska puts import Rob Dozier on injured list; Shane Edwards comes in as temporary replacement Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAksyon.com, February 23, 2016
^ "Alaska loses 20-point lead but recovers in time to beat NLEX, keep top-two hopes alive". Sports5. InterAksyon.com. April 10, 2016. Archived from the original on June 22, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
^ Alaska taps banger, prolific scorer LaDontae Henton as import for Governors Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 14, 2016

[table_hth_ALA0.022502188115615-1] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_BGSM0.022502188115615-2] Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.022502188115615-3] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

[table_hth_SMB0.91703228043254-4] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.91703228043254-5] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84

[table_hth_NLEX0.91703228043254-6] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BWE0.91703228043254-7] Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

[table_hth_BGSM0.12651555851405-8] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Barangay Ginebra

[table_hth_ALA0.12651555851405-9] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra

[table_hth_NLEX0.12651555851405-10] Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.04, Rain or Shine 1.03, Phoenix 0.93; eighth seed playoff: Phoenix 105–94 Rain or Shine

[11] [1], pba.ph, July 19, 2016

[12] Alaska puts import Rob Dozier on injured list; Shane Edwards comes in as temporary replacement Archived 2016-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAksyon.com, February 23, 2016

[13] "Alaska loses 20-point lead but recovers in time to beat NLEX, keep top-two hopes alive". Sports5. InterAksyon.com. April 10, 2016. Archived from the original on June 22, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.

[14] Alaska taps banger, prolific scorer LaDontae Henton as import for Governors Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 14, 2016

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