2015–16 Alaska Aces season

2015–16 Alaska Aces (PBA) season

Head coach

Owner(s)

Alaska Milk Corporation

Philippine Cup results
Record	9–2 (.818)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Runners-up (lost to San Miguel, 3-4)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	7–4 (.636)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Runners-up (lost to Rain or Shine, 2-4)
Governors' Cup results
Record	6–5 (.545)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalists (lost to Barangay Ginebra in one game)
Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons
2014–15	2016–17

The 2015–16 Alaska Aces season is 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	SG	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	ADMU
4	42	Robin Roño	SG	Philippines	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	NU

Roster

Alaska Aces roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	POB	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
1.5 !G	2	USA !	Banchero, Chris	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1989–01–24	Seattle Pacific
4.0 !F	4	PHI !	Manuel, Vic	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	1987–06–18	PSBA
6.0 !C	7	PNG !	Thoss, Sonny	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1981–12–07	James Cook
4.0 !F	8	PHI !	Abueva, Calvin	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–02–04	San Sebastian
5.5 !F/C	9	PHI !	Baclao, Nonoy	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1987–06–15	Ateneo
5.5 !F/C	10	PHI !	Magat, Marion	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1989–10–22	National-U
2.5 !G/F	11	USA !	dela Rosa, Rome	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1990–12–11	San Beda
1.5 !G	17	PHI !	Exciminiano, Chris	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988–11–17	Far Eastern
4.0 !F	21	USA !	Vanlandingham, Josh (IN)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1984–01–22	Pacific Lutheran
1.5 !G	23	USA !	Galliguez, Abel (IN)	7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1990–04–14	John Brown
6.0 !C	26	PHI !	Eman, Samigue (IN)	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	1982–03–12	Mindanao
5.5 !F/C	30	USA !	Menk, Eric	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1974–08–24	Lake Superior State
1.5 !G	31	PHI !	Jazul, R.J.	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1986–04–11	Letran
4.0 !F	35	USA !	dela Cruz, Tony (C)	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1978–08–24	UC Irvine
1.5 !G	42	PHI !	Casio, JVee	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1986–09–01	De La Salle
2.5 !G/F	61	PHI !	Racal, Kevin	7000190500000000000♠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
(I) 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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Outright semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Outright 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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
6	TNT Tropang Texters	6	5	.545	3
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4
9	Star Hotshots	4	7	.364	5
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	6
11	Mahindra Enforcer	2	9	.182	7	Eliminated
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8	Eliminated

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
1 2 Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Rain or Shine	95
10	Blackwater	90
			3	Rain or Shine	104
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	TNT	89	3	Rain or Shine	2
6	TNT	90				2	San Miguel	4
7	NLEX	88
									2	San Miguel	4
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	Alaska	3
4	Barangay Ginebra	92*
9	Star	89				1	Alaska	4
			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	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1
6	Tropang TNT	6	5	.545	2
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Star Hotshots	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Mahindra Enforcer	4	7	.364	4	Eliminated
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5
12	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.
1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.

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^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2
4	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
5	Mahindra Enforcer	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
8	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5	Eliminated
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 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Meralco wins tiebreaker against Mahindra and Alaska via best head-to-head record. Meralco is 2–0; Mahindra is 1–1; Alaska is 0–2. Meralco then won the seeding playoff for 4th seed against Mahindra.
1 2 3 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and Phoenix by highest quotient. NLEX is 1.04; Rain or Shine is 1.03; Phoenix is 0.93. Phoenix then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against 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

↑ , pba.ph, July 19, 2016
↑ Alaska puts import Rob Dozier on injured list; Shane Edwards comes in as temporary replacement, 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. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
↑ Alaska taps banger, prolific scorer LaDontae Henton as import for Governors Cup, Snow Badua, spin.ph, June 14, 2016

Alaska Aces

Founded in 1986
Owned by Alaska Milk Corporation

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