2014–15 Alaska Aces season

2014-15 Alaska Aces (PBA) season
Head coach	Alex Compton
Owner(s)	Alaska Milk Corporation

Philippine Cup results
Record	8–3 (.727)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Runner-up vs. San Miguel 3-4
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–6 (.455)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (Lost to Purefoods Star in two games)
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 (.727)
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

2014

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

Draft picks

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

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	EvCC
G	17	Exciminiano, Ping	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1988-11-17	FEU
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	UC
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	La Salle

Head coach

Alex Compton (Cornell)

Assistant coach(es)

Team manager

Dickie Bachmann ^[a] (La Salle)

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

y – clinched outright semifinals, x – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-beat advantage w – clinched quarterfinals with twice-to-win disadvantage, e – eliminated

v t e 2014–15 PBA Philippine Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y– San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818	—	1.101
2	y– Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	2	.818	—	0.908
3	x– Alaska Aces	8	3	.727	1	1.020
4	x– Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	1	0.980
5	x– Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	6	5	.545	3	1.074
6	x– Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	3	1.056
7	w– Purefoods Star Hotshots	6	5	.545	3	0.877
8	w– GlobalPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4
9	w– Barako Bull Energy	4	7	.364	5	1.057
10	w– NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364	5	0.946
11	e– Kia Sorento	1	10	.091	8
12	e– Blackwater Elite	0	11	.000	9

Game log

2013–14 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 City	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

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Alaska	82
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	Meralco	69	3	Alaska	4
6	Meralco	77				2	Rain or Shine	2
7	Purefoods Star	65
									3	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	San Miguel	4
4	Talk 'N Text	105
9	Barako Bull	76				1	San Miguel	4
			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

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, x – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

v t e 2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	—	1.025
2	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	—	1.010
3	x–Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727	—	0.969
4	x–NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545	2	1.171
5	x–Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	2	0.854
6	x–Alaska Aces	5	6	.455	3	1.021
7	w–Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455	3	1.019
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	0.960
9	e–San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364	4	1.011
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	4	0.995
11	e–Kia Carnival	4	7	.364	4	0.994
12	e–Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

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

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y- Alaska Aces	8	3	.727	—	1.065
2	y- San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727	—	0.939
3	y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636	1	1.063
4	y- GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636	1	0.941
5	w- Star Hotshots	6	5	.545	2	1.315
6	w- Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545	2	0.761
7	w- Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455	3	1.125
8	w- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	1.000
9	e- Kia Carnival	5	6	.455	3	0.954
10	e- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	5	6	.455	3	0.929
11	e- NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	e- Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice to beat)
1	Alaska	114
8	Barangay 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

Transactions

Trades

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

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

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↑ 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, interaksyon.com, March 14, 2015

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

[2] Alaska trades Gabby Espinas to GlobalPort for Noy Baclao, interaksyon.com, March 14, 2015

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v t e Alaska Aces
Founded in 1986 Owned by the Alaska Milk Corporation
The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season
Administration	Owner: Wilfred Steven Uytengsu Board Governor/Team Manager: Dickie Bachmann
Coaches	Vasquez Jota Canson Valenzona Adornado Cone Banal Trillo Compton
Championships (14)	1991 Third 1994 Governors 1995 Governors 1996 All-Filipino 1996 Commissioner's 1996 Governors 1997 Governors 1998 All-Filipino 1998 Commissioner's 2000 All-Filipino 2003 Invitational 2007 Fiesta 2010 Fiesta 2013 Commissioner's
Runner-up finishes (16)	1987 All-Filipino 1987 Reinforced 1990 Third 1994 Commissioner's 1995 All-Filipino 1995 Commissioner's 1997 Commissioner's 1999 Governors 2002 Governors 2002 All-Filipino 2008-09 Philippine 2009-10 Philippine 2014–15 PBA Philippine 2015 Governors' 2015–16 PBA Philippine 2016 Commissioner's
Retired jerseys	6 Lastimosa 14 Abarrientos 16 Hawkins 20 Chambers 22 Cariaso 33 Adornado
Seasons (30)	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16
Culture and lore	1996 Grand Slam 4th Quarter Man "Flying A" "The Hawk" Captain Marbel "The Jet" "The Boss" "Skyrus" "The Beast" "Mr. 100%" Alaska–San Miguel rivalry "TDLC" "The Arsenal"

2014–15 Alaska Aces season

Contents

Key dates

2014

Draft picks

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Bracket

Game log

Transactions

Trades

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