2009–10 San Miguel Beermen season

The 2009–10 San Miguel Beermen season is the 35th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2009-10 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Siot Tanquincen
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record	13–5 (.722)
Place	1st (tied)
Playoff finish	Semifinals (lost to Purefoods, 4-2)
Place	2nd (tied)
Playoff finish	Runner-up (lost to Alaska, 2-4)
San Miguel Beermen seasons

Key dates

• August 2: The 2009 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	James Sena			Philippines	JRU

Roster

San Miguel Beermen roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 3 Villanueva, Jonas 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) FEU F/C 4 Peña, Dorian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Coppin State G 5 Cabagnot, Alex 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Hawaii-Hilo G/F 7 Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) UC F/C 10 Ildefonso, Danny 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) NU G/F 15 Tugade, Lordy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) NU G 17 Racela, Olsen (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Ateneo G 18 Yeo, Joseph 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) De La Salle F 23 Washington, Jay  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Eckerd F 29 Santos, Arwind 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) FEU G 32 Miranda, Dennis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) FEU F/C 34 Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Eastern Michigan F 42 Seigle, Danny  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wagner F/C 45 Holper, Michael 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) San Diego State G 88 Calaguio, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 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 (I) Import Injured

Philippine Cup

Standings

{{2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=SMB}}

Eliminations

2010 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 October 14 Barangay Ginebra 93-86 Ildefonso (19) Peña (15) Racela (5) Araneta Coliseum 0–1 2 October 17 Alaska 74-85 Santos, Hontiveros (15) Peña (13) Custodio (5) Panabo, Davao del Norte 0–2 3 October 21 Burger King 117-99 Santos (28) Santos (18) Racela (5) Cuneta Astrodome 1–2 4 October 28 Talk 'N Text 100-90 Santos, Hontiveros (17) Peña (10) Custodio (7) Araneta Coliseum 2–2
November Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 5 November 4 Rain or Shine 93-77 Tugade (16) Santos (9) Custodio (4) Araneta Coliseum 3–2 6 November 7 Sta. Lucia 88-69 Santos (21) Peña (15) Cortez (4) Victorias City, Negros Occidental 4–2 7 November 11 Purefoods 92-76 Cortez (22) Peña (11) Villanueva (7) Araneta Coliseum 5–2 8 November 15 Barako Bull 104-89 Santos (33) Santos (8) Villanueva (11) Araneta Coliseum 6–2 9 November 21 Coca Cola 107-84 Hontiveros (17) Eman (12) Villanueva (5) Cebu City 7–2 10 November 27 Smart Gilas 96-109 Ynares Center 11 November 29 Burger King 100-85 Santos (27) Santos (12) Villanueva (7) Ynares Sports Arena 8–2
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 12 December 4 Sta. Lucia 110-94 Hontiveros (21) Santos (11) Miranda (9) Araneta Coliseum 9–2 13 December 9 Alaska 116-112 (OT) Santos (24) Santos (14) Villanueva (7) Araneta Coliseum 9–3 14 December 13 Purefoods 87-80 Santos, Hontiveros (18) Peña (9) Villanueva (6) Araneta Coliseum 10–3 15 December 18 Rain or Shine 104-90 Seigle (20) Santos (10) Cortez (8) Araneta Coliseum 11–3 16 December 20 Barangay Ginebra 91-86 (OT) Villanueva (17) Peña (12) Villanueva, Cortez (4) Araneta Coliseum 12–3
January Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 17 January 8 Barako Bull 94-85 Santos (29) Santos (12) Villanueva (10) Cuneta Astrodome 13–3 18 January 13 Coca Cola 107-118 Santos (22) Santos (11) Cortez, Miranda (6) Araneta Coliseum 13–4 19 January 16 Talk 'N Text 91-93 Cortez (20) Washington (13) Hontiveros (5) Zamboanga City 13–5
2009–10 schedule

Playoffs

2010 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Semifinals Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 February 10 Purefoods 99-83 Washington, Hontiveros (17) Washington (10) Villanueva (6) Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 February 12 Purefoods 84-103 Seigle (16) Santos (12) Cortez, 2 others (3) Cuneta Astrodome 1–1 3 February 14 Purefoods 88-76 Washington, Hontiveros (15) Santos (13) Cortez (9) Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 February 17 Purefoods 84-97 Ildefonso (17) Santos (11) Villanueva (6) Araneta Coliseum 2–2 5 February 19 Purefoods 82-94 Washington (21) Peña (9) Villanueva (6) Araneta Coliseum 2–3 6 February 21 Purefoods 78-87 Santos (20) Santos (8) Villanueva (5) Cuneta Astrodome 2–4
Battle for Third Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 February 10 Barangay Ginebra 95-88 Araneta Coliseum
2009–10 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	15	3	.833	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	13	5	.722[lower-alpha 1]	2
3	Derby Ace Llamados	13	5	.722[lower-alpha 1]	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Alaska Aces	11	7	.611	4
5	Barangay Ginebra Kings	9	9	.500[lower-alpha 2]	6
6	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	9	.500[lower-alpha 2]	6	Advance to wildcard round
7	Coca-Cola Tigers	8	10	.444	7
8	Sta. Lucia Realtors	5	13	.278	10
9	Air21 Express	4	14	.222	11
10	Barako Energy Coffee Masters	3	15	.167	12

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Second seed playoff: San Miguel 88, Derby Ace 83
2. Fifth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 115, Rain or Shine 88

Transactions

Pre-season

San Miguel Beermen

Players Added Via Draft James Sena Via Free Agency Michael Holper (From Coca-Cola) Via Trade Arwind Santos (From Burger King) [1] Dennis Miranda (From Sta. Lucia)

Players Lost Via Free Agency Froilan Baguion Via Trade Marc Pingris (To Purefoods) Ken Bono (To Burger King)

Mid-season break

March 8, 2010	To Air21 Mike Cortez	To San Miguel Alex Cabagnot
March 8, 2010	To Sta. Lucia Bonbon Custodio	To San Miguel Joseph Yeo

Imports recruited

Team	Player	Debuted	Final
San Miguel Beermen	Gabriel Freeman (1/1)	March 24, 2010	August 18, 2010

References

1. Burger King ships do-it-all forward Santos to San Miguel, GMA News Online