2002 San Miguel Beermen season

The 2002 San Miguel Beermen season was the 28th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft pick

Transactions

National team

Four members of the San Miguel Beermen namely; Danny Seigle, Olsen Racela, two-time MVP Danny Ildefonso and newly acquired Dondon Hontiveros from the defunct Tanduay ballclub were chosen to comprised the 15-man lineup of the Philippine national team that will participate in the Asian Games in Busan, South Korea in October, tasks to handle the nationals is San Miguel head coach Jong Uichico, assistant coach Siot Tanquingcen takes over the coaching chores of the beermen on an interim basis. During the Governor's Cup, Danny Seigle, Olsen Racela and Dondon Hontiveros played for Philippine team-Selecta while Danny Ildefonso played for Philippine team-Hapee Toothpaste.

Occurrences

The July 11 game between San Miguel and Red Bull at the Cuneta Astrodome, won by the Thunder, 78-73, saw a bench-clearing incident in which 13 players of San Miguel and 11 from Red Bull were fined P10,000 by the Commissioner's office, the melee started during the third quarter when beermen import Art Long threw a punch on Red Bull import Tony Lang, who retaliated with a shove, both imports were thrown out, and when Lang was ushered out, he confronted the SMB import upon entering the locker room but was stopped by a female security officer, both teams got hold off the incident and emptied their benches.

Danny Seigle never played a single game for the beermen in the season after his stint with the national training pool when he suffered a torn right Achilles tendon.

Roster

San Miguel Beermen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 1.5 !G 1 PHI ! Victoria, Emmanuel 7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda College 4.0 !F 2 PHI ! Gahol, Bryan (A) 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) State U 4.0 !F 3 USA ! Belasco, Nic 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Notre Dame College 6.0 !C 4 USA ! Peña, Dorian 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Coppin State 6.0 !C 5 PHI ! Padilla, Ronilo 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Cebu 4.0 !F 7 PHI ! Mustre, Michael 7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College 5.5 !F/C 10 PHI ! Ildefonso, Danny 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) National University 4.0 !F 15 PHI ! Lago, Dwight 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle 1.5 !G 17 PHI ! Racela, Olsen 7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Ateneo de Manila 1.5 !G 21 PHI ! Mente, Joey 7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Lyceum 5.5 !F/C 22 PHI ! Gamboa, Arnold 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Far Eastern 1.5 !G 31 PHI ! Castro, Alvin 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle 1.5 !G 34 PHI ! Hontiveros, Dondon 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Cebu 5.5 !F/C 44 PHI ! Carmona, June 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UPHSD 1.5 !G 6 / 42 USA ! Strothers, Lamont (G) 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Christopher Newport 4.0 !F 40 USA ! Bennett, Mario (G) 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Arizona State 5.5 !F/C 26 USA ! Hill, Keith (G) 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Shippensburg 6.0 !C 30 USA ! Tate, Jermaine (C) 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Cincinnati 2.5 !G/F 23 USA ! Flint, Damon (C) 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Cincinnati 2.5 !G/F USA ! Seals, Shea (C) 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Tulsa 5.5 !F/C 00 USA ! Long, Art (C) 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Cincinnati 4.0 !F USA ! Mott, Terquin (C) 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Coppin State 4.0 !F 32 USA ! Duat, Robert (T) 7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo College	Head coach Siot Tanquingcen Jong Uichico Assistant coach(es) Arturo dela Cruz Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (G) Governor's Cup import (C) Commissioner's Cup import (A) Acquired via trade (T) Traded Injured

Elimination round

Games won

  Governor's Cup
  Commissioner's Cup
  All-Filipino Cup

References