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
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

Head coach

Alex Compton

Assistant coach(es)

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 v t e	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)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (single elimination)			Semifinals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

(#3 twice to beat)

3	Rain or Shine	95
						2	San Miguel	4
10	Blackwater	90
			3	Rain or Shine	104	3	Rain or Shine	2
(#6 twice to beat)
			6	TNT	89
6	TNT	90
									2	San Miguel	4
7	NLEX	88
									1	Alaska	3
(#4 twice to beat)

4	Barangay Ginebra	92*
						1	Alaska	4
9	Star	89
			4	Barangay Ginebra	83	5	GlobalPort	1
(#5 twice to beat)
			5	GlobalPort	84*
5	GlobalPort	94

8	Barako Bull	85

*Game went into overtime

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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 v t e	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: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
^ ^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			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#1 twice to beat)

1	TNT	136

8	Phoenix	124
			1	TNT	1
(#4 twice to beat)
			4	Meralco	3
4	Meralco	105

5	Mahindra	82
						4	Meralco	2
(#2 twice to beat)
						3	Barangay Ginebra	4
2	San Miguel	114

7	NLEX	110
			2	San Miguel	2
(#3 twice to beat)
			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_ALA0.26867707132766-1] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_BGSM0.26867707132766-2] Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.26867707132766-3] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

[table_hth_SMB0.50690586422892-4] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.50690586422892-5] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.18, Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 0.84

[table_hth_NLEX0.50690586422892-6] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BWE0.50690586422892-7] Head-to-head quotient: Blackwater 1.04, Phoenix 0.99, GlobalPort 0.98

[table_hth_BGSM0.85964863973653-8] Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_ALA0.85964863973653-9] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra

[table_hth_NLEX0.85964863973653-10] 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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