2014–15 Alaska Aces season

2014–15 Alaska Aces (PBA) season
2014–15 Alaska Aces (PBA) season
Head coach	Alex Compton
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (72.7%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Runner-up vs. San Miguel 3–4
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 ; (45.5%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (lost to Purefoods Star in two games)
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (72.7%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Runner-up vs. San Miguel 0–4
Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Alaska Aces season was the 29th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates edit

2014 edit

August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks edit

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	5	Chris Banchero	G	United States	Boracay Rum Waves	SPU
2	1	Rome dela Rosa	F	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	SBC
2	4	Junjun Alas	C	Philippines	Café France Bakers	Letran

Roster edit

Alaska Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	2	Banchero, Chris (R)	6 ft 0.25 in (1.84 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1989-01-24	Seattle Pacific
G/F	3	Baguio, Cyrus	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980-08-19	UST
F	4	Manuel, Vic	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	1987-06-18	PSBA
C	7	Thoss, Sonny	6 ft 8.5 in (2.04 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981-12-07	James Cook
F	8	Abueva, Calvin	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-02-04	San Sebastian
F/C	9	Baclao, Nonoy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1987-06-15	Ateneo
G/F	11	dela Rosa, Rome (R)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990-12-11	San Beda
F	15	Vanlandingham, Josh (IN)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1984-01-22	Everett CC
G	17	Exciminiano, Ping	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-11-17	Far Eastern
F/C	21	Bugia, Paolo (IN)	6 ft 5.75 in (1.97 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1981-01-19	Ateneo
G/F	25	Hontiveros, Dondon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1977-06-01	Cebu
C	26	Eman, Samigue	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	1982-03-12	Mindanao
F/C	30	Menk, Eric	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	1974-08-24	Lake Superior State
G	31	Jazul, RJ	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 11 in (1.80 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1986-09-01	De La Salle

Head coach

Alex Compton (Cornell)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Dickie Bachmann^[a] (De La Salle)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie
(3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team

Injured

Roster

^a also serves as Alaska's board governor.

Philippine Cup edit

Eliminations edit

Standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

Game log edit

2015 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October 2014

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 22	Purefoods	93–73	Abueva (21)	Thoss (13)	Hontiveros (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	1–0	[1]
2	October 28	Talk 'N Text	100–98	Abueva (26)	Abueva (22)	Abueva (3)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	2–0	[2]
3	October 31	Meralco	105–64	Manuel (17)	three players (6)	Banchero (8)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	3–0	[3]

November 2014

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
4	November 5	San Miguel	66–63	Baguio (13)	Abueva (18)	four players (2)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	4–0	[4]
5	November 11	Kia	85–75	Abueva (23)	Abueva (20)	Casio (5)	Cuneta Astrodome	5–0	[5]
6	November 14	Blackwater	69–56	Menk (14)	Abueva (18)	Abueva (5)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–0	[6]
7	November 19	Barako Bull Energy	78–85	Abueva (16)	Abueva (12)	Abueva (7)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	6–1	[7]
8	November 22	GlobalPort	87–84	Abueva (19)	Thoss (8)	Thoss, Casio (3)	Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan Gym, Cagayan de Oro	7–1	[8]
9	November 28	NLEX	90–84	Hontiveros (21)	Abueva (19)	Abueva (4)	Smart Araneta Coliseum	8–1	[9]

December 2014

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location Attendance	Record
10	December 2	Ginebra					Mall of Asia Arena
11	December 5	Rain or Shine					Smart Araneta Coliseum (tentative)

2014–15 schedule

Playoffs edit

Bracket edit


Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (Single elimination)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)

(#3 twice to beat)

3	Alaska	82
						2	Rain or Shine	2
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87	3	Alaska	4
(#6 twice to beat)
			6	Meralco	69
6	Meralco	77
									3	Alaska	3
7	Purefoods Star	65
									1	San Miguel	4
(#4 twice to beat)

4	Talk 'N Text	105
						1	San Miguel	4
9	Barako Bull	76
			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 edit

Eliminations edit

Standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	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:

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

Game log edit

Playoffs edit

Bracket edit


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 edit

Eliminations edit

Standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	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:

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

Bracket edit


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.

Game log edit

Transactions edit

Trades edit

Pre-draft

August 11, 2014^[1]

To Alaska

Eric Menk

To GlobalPort

2014 second round picks (Prince Caperal, 17th overall)
(John Pinto, 19th overall)

Commissioner's Cup

March 14, 2015^[2]

To Alaska

Nonoy Baclao
Globalport's 2017 first round pick

To GlobalPort

Gabby Espinas
Alaska's 2017 first round pick

Recruited imports edit

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	D.J. Covington	February 3 (vs Purefoods)	February 17 (vs San Miguel)	2–2
Commissioner's Cup	Damion James	February 20 (vs Rain or Shine)	March 27 (vs Purefoods, Semifinals)	3–6
Governors' Cup	Romeo Travis	May 5 (vs Blackwater)	July 17 (vs San Miguel, Finals)	12–7

References edit

^ Alaska acquires Eric Menk from GlobalPort for 2nd round picks, Solar Sports Desk, August 12, 2014 Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
^ Alaska trades Gabby Espinas to GlobalPort for Noy Baclao Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, March 14, 2015

[table_hth_ROS0.38530008047135-1] Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Rain or Shine

[table_hth_ALA0.38530008047135-2] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Talk 'N Text

[table_hth_BGSM0.38530008047135-3] Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, Meralco 1.06, Purefoods Star 0.89

[table_hth_BAR0.38530008047135-4] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 NLEX

[table_hth_ROS0.63929511170801-5] Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.025, Talk 'N Text 1.010, Purefoods 0.969

[table_hth_MER0.63929511170801-6] Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Meralco

[table_hth_ALA0.63929511170801-7] Head-to-head quotient: Alaska 1.021, Barako Bull 1.019, Barangay Ginebra 0.960

[table_hth_GP0.63929511170801-8] Head-to-head quotient: San Miguel 1.011, GlobalPort 0.995, Kia 0.994

[table_hth_ALA0.96828870613514-9] Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel

[table_hth_GP0.96828870613514-10] Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 GlobalPort

[table_hth_BAR0.96828870613514-11] Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–0 Star

[table_hth_BGSM0.96828870613514-12] Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.13, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Kia 0.95, Talk 'N Text 0.93

[13] Alaska acquires Eric Menk from GlobalPort for 2nd round picks, Solar Sports Desk, August 12, 2014 Archived February 21, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

[14] Alaska trades Gabby Espinas to GlobalPort for Noy Baclao Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, March 14, 2015

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