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2015–16 Alaska Aces season

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

Main article: 2015 PBA draft
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. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 2 United States Chris Banchero 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–01–24 Seattle Pacific
F 4 Philippines Vic Manuel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1987–06–18 PSBA
C 7 Papua New Guinea Sonny Thoss 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981–12–07 James Cook
F 8 Philippines Calvin Abueva 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–02–04 San Sebastian
F/C 9 Philippines Nonoy Baclao 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–06–15 Ateneo
F/C 10 Philippines Marion Magat 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–10–22 National-U
F 11 United States Rome dela Rosa 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1990–12–11 San Beda
G 17 Philippines Chris Exciminiano 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–11–17 Far Eastern
F 18 Philippines Jaypee Mendoza (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1990–11–06 San Beda
G/F 21 United States Josh Vanlandingham (IN) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1984–01–22 Pacific Lutheran
G 23 United States Abel Galliguez (IN) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1990–04–14 John Brown
G/F 25 Philippines Dondon Hontiveros 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1977-06-01 Cebu
C 26 Philippines Samigue Eman (IN) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 239 lb (108 kg) 1982–03–12 Mindanao
F/C 30 United States Eric Menk 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1974–08–24 Lake Superior State
G 31 Philippines R.J. Jazul 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1986–04–11 Letran
F 35 United States Tony dela Cruz (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1978–08–24 UC Irvine
G 42 Philippines JVee Casio 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1986–09–01 De La Salle
F 61 Philippines Kevin Racal 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–05–16 Letran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager


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 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] —
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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. ^ 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)
3Rain or Shine95
2San Miguel4
10Blackwater90
3Rain or Shine1043Rain or Shine2
(#6 twice to beat)
6TNT89
6TNT90
2San Miguel4
7NLEX88
1Alaska3
(#4 twice to beat)
4Barangay Ginebra92*
1Alaska4
9Star89
4Barangay Ginebra835GlobalPort1
(#5 twice to beat)
5GlobalPort84*
5GlobalPort94
8Barako Bull85

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

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(best-of-5)		Finals
(best-of-7)
(#1 twice-to-beat)
1San Miguel99103
8Star10899
1San Miguel1
(best-of-3)
5Rain or Shine3
4Barangay Ginebra0
5Rain or Shine2
5Rain or Shine4
(#2 twice-to-beat)
3Alaska2
2Meralco104
7NLEX97
2Meralco2
(best-of-3)
3Alaska3
3Alaska2
6TNT1

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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 San Miguel
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.039, Mahindra 1.017, Alaska 0.950; fourth seed playoff: Meralco 104–99 Mahindra
  3. ^ 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

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-5)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#1 twice to beat)
1TNT136
8Phoenix124
1TNT1
(#4 twice to beat)
4Meralco3
4Meralco105
5Mahindra82
4Meralco2
(#2 twice to beat)
3Barangay Ginebra4
2San Miguel114
7NLEX110
2San Miguel2
(#3 twice to beat)
3Barangay Ginebra3
3Barangay Ginebra109
6Alaska104

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 United States LaDontae Henton[4] July 17 (vs. Meralco) September 23 (vs. Ginebra) 6–6

References

  1. ^ [1], pba.ph, July 19, 2016
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Alaska taps banger, prolific scorer LaDontae Henton as import for Governors Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 14, 2016