2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season

The 2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season was the 34th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Siot Tanquingcen
Philippine Cup results
Record	15–15 (.500)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals (lost to TNT 4–2)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Brgy.Ginebra 4–3)
San Miguel Beermen seasons

Key dates

• August 30: The 2008 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
• September 1: The free agency period started.

Draft picks

Roster

San Miguel Beermen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 1 Cortez, Mike 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) De La Salle PG 3 Villanueva, Jonas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg) FEU C 4 Peña, Dorian 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Coppin State G 5 Custodio, Bonbon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 190 lb (86 kg) UE SG 7 Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) UC PF 10 Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) NU G/F 15 Gonzales, Wesley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Ateneo F 16 Pingris, Marc 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) PSBA PG 17 Racela, Olsen (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Ateneo G/F 18 Tugade, Lordy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) NU C 21 Eman, Samigue 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 239 lb (108 kg) Mindanao SF 23 Washington, Jay 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Eckerd College SF 25 Freeman, Gabriel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Mesa CC PG 27 Baguion, Froilan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 150 lb (68 kg) NU C 34 Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Eastern Michigan PF 41 Bono, Ken 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Adamson SF 42 Seigle, Danny  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wagner College SG 88 Calaguio, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Letran	Head coach Siot Tanquingcen (UST) Assistant coach(es) Gee Abanilla (De La Salle) Pido Jarencio (UST) Freddie Abuda (UC) Biboy Ravanes (UC) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C	Dorian Peña	Marc Pingris
PF	Jay Washington	Lordy Tugade
SF	Gabe Freeman	Danny Ildefonso
SG	Dondon Hontiveros	Jonas Villanueva
PG	Mike Cortez	Olsen Racela

Philippine Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	12	6	.667	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	11	7	.611	1
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	10	8	.556[lower-alpha 1]	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	10	8	.556[lower-alpha 1]	2
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	10	8	.556[lower-alpha 1]	2
6	San Miguel Beermen	9	9	.500	3	Advance to wildcard round
7	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	8	10	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
8	Air21 Express	8	10	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
9	Coca-Cola Tigers	7	11	.389	5
10	Red Bull Barako	5	13	.278	7

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +16, Rain or Shine −3, Sta. Lucia −13
2. Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0, Air21

Game log

2009 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 October 5 Alaska 84-85 Custodio (14) Cuneta Astrodome 0–1 2 October 10 Purefoods 111-98 Hontiveros (15) Cuneta Astrodome 1–1 3 October 15 Rain or Shine 89-82 Hontiveros (17) Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 October 17 Talk 'N Text 84-77 Washington (21) Araneta Coliseum 3–1 5 October 22 Brgy.Ginebra 118-89 Tugade (21) Araneta Coliseum 4–1 6 October 25 Red Bull 113-114 Hontiveros (21) Gingoog City 4–2 7 October 30 Sta.Lucia 89-71 Tugade (19) Ynares Sports Arena 5–2
November Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 8 November 5 Air21 130-129 (2OT) Hontiveros (25) Washington (13) Araneta Coliseum 6–2 9 November 12 Coca Cola 89-86 Pennisi (18) Cuneta Astrodome 7–2 10 November 15 Alaska 85-91 Custodio (20) 7–3 11 November 19 Sta.Lucia Araneta Coliseum 7–4 12 November 23 Purefoods 83-84 Tugade (18) Cuneta Astrodome 7–5 13 November 26 Air21 98-78 Araneta Coliseum 8–5 14 November 30 Talk 'N Text 80-85 Tugade (20) Singapore Indoor Stadium 8–6
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 15 December 6 Red Bull 89-84 [1] Washington (24) Cuneta Astrodome 9–6 16 December 12 Coca Cola 91-105 Araneta Coliseum 9–7 17 December 17 Rain or Shine 92-93 Hontiveros (24) Araneta Coliseum 9–8 18 December 20 Brgy.Ginebra 82-87 Batangas City 9–9
2008–09 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	11	3	.786	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3	Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
4	Burger King Whoppers	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4	One-game playoff in the wildcard round
6	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
8	Coca-Cola Tigers	6	8	.429[lower-alpha 3]	5
9	Alaska Aces	6	8	.429[lower-alpha 3]	5	Twice-to-win in the wildcard round
10	Barako Bull Energy Boosters	2	12	.143	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine
2. Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10
3. Eighth seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska

Awards and records

References

1. San Miguel trips Red Bull@GMA News Online