1994 Alaska Milkmen season

Alaska Milkmen
1994 Alaska Milkmen season
Head coach	Tim Cone
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	13–10 ; (.565)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	15–9 ; (.625)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Finals
Governors Cup results
Record	17–9 ; (.654)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Finals
Alaska Milkmen seasons

The 1994 Alaska Milkmen season was the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Edward Juinio ^{Drafted Rookie}
Merwin Castelo ^{Drafted Rookie}
Cris Bolado ^{Drafted Rookie}

Notable dates

March 6: The Milkmen unravelled an array of quality rookies in their first win of the regular season as they clipped Shell Rimula-X, 119-95, in the second game of the opening double-header. The win was Alaska's 11th straight after sweeping all their pre-season games, including the Guam Invitationals. [1]

July 19: Alaska weathered a brief uprising by Swift late in the third quarter and leaned on import Marques Bragg and playmaker Johnny Abarrientos in the final period to post a 94-84 victory and put the Milkmen on top of the Commissioners Cup standings with their sixth triumph in eight games. [2]

Return to the finals

The Alaska Milkmen advances to the finals series for the first time in three years in the Commissioner's Cup. The Milkmen top the eliminations with nine wins and two losses and emerge with the league-best 14-5 won-loss record after the semifinal round. The Milkmen lost to Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs in the title series in five games.

2nd title

For the first time in five years, the Milkmen gambled on a new import Sean Gay in the third conference instead of Sean Chambers. Alaska lost two of their first three games in the Governor's Cup and the team decided to bring back old-hand Chambers to replace Gay. [3] The Milkmen for the second straight conference are back in the championship round this time against the Swift Mighty Meaties, Sean Chambers led Alaska to their second PBA title and their first since they last won back in 1991, winning over Swift in six games.

Roster

ROSTER	#	POS	HT	COLLEGE
Merwin Castelo	4	Guard	6"1'	San Beda College
Gilbert Reyes, Jr	5	Guard	5"8'	Ateneo de Manila
Jojo Lastimosa	6	Guard-Forward	6"0'	University of San Jose Recoletos
Rodesendo Gomez	7	Guard	6"0'	Cebu Central Colleges
Johnedel Cardel	9	Forward	6"0'	De La Salle University
Richard Bachmann	12	Center-Forward	6"5'	De La Salle University
Johnny Abarrientos	14	Guard	5"8'	Far Eastern University
Rene Hawkins	16	Forward	6"3'	Perpetual Help College of Rizal
Cris Bolado	24	Center	6"5'	National University
Edward Juinio	32	Center	6"5'	University of the Philippines
Stevenson Solomon	34	Center-Forward	6"4'	San Sebastian College
Alejandro Araneta	50	Center	6"6'	Ateneo de Manila
Dondon Ampalayo	54	Forward	6"3'	University of San Jose Recoletos
Marques Bragg ^{Commissioner's Cup import}	25	Forward-Center	6"5'	Providence College
Sean Gay ^{Governor's Cup import}	13	Guard-Forward	6"1'	Texas Tech University
Sean Chambers ^{Governor's Cup import}	20	Forward	6"1'	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

_{Assistant coaches: Joel Banal / Aric Del Rosario Team Manager: Joaquin Trillo}

References

"How the teams will fare". Manila Standard.
"Win over Swift puts Alaska up". Manila Standard.
"Old hand lifts Alaska past SLR". Manila Standard.

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[1] "How the teams will fare". Manila Standard.

[2] "Win over Swift puts Alaska up". Manila Standard.

[3] "Old hand lifts Alaska past SLR". Manila Standard.