2012–13 Barako Bull Energy Cola season

The 2012–13 Barako Bull Energy Cola is the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2012–13 Barako Bull Energy Cola season
Head coach	Bong Ramos
Owner(s)	Energy Food and Drinks Inc. (a Lina Group of Companies subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	4–10 (.286)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	5–9 (.357)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	4–5 (.444)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (defeated by Meralco in one game)
Barako Bull Energy Cola seasons

Key dates

• August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.
• September 5: Energy Food & Drinks, Inc., owners of the Barako Bull Energy franchise announced that they will rename their team as the Barako Bull Energy Cola starting this season.[1]
• November 14: Bong Ramos replaces Junel Baculi as the head coach for the Barako Bull Energy Cola [2]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	2	Dave Marcelo	F/C	Philippines	San Beda
2	5	Lester Alvarez	G	Philippines	Adamson
2	6	Emman Monfort	G	Philippines	Ateneo de Manila
2	8	Woody Co	F	Philippines	State
3	3	Ryan Boado	G	United States	Houston
4	1	Kokoy Hermosisima	G	Philippines	National

Roster

Barako Bull Energy Cola roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From PG 1 Cruz, Celino 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) FEU C 4 Peña, Dorian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Coppin State G 5 Weinstein, Shawn 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 186 lb (84 kg) St. Edward PG 6 Monfort, Emman 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 132 lb (60 kg) Ateneo G/F 7 Intal, JC 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Ateneo G 8 Buenafe, Ronjay 6 ft 0.5 in (1.84 m) 200 lb (91 kg) EAC F/C 10 Marcelo, Dave (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 227 lb (103 kg) San Beda F/C 14 Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Ateneo F/C 15 Bulawan, Gilbert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) San Sebastian F 32 Jensen, Keith (R) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) NYU PF 42 Seigle, Danny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wagner G/F 45 Espiritu, Elmer 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) UE G 80 Macapagal, Mark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) SSC-R C 88 Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Eastern Michigan	Head coach Bong Ramos (Mapúa) Assistant coach(es) Rajko Toroman Leo Angelo Pujante Jonas Jaime Mendoza Team manager Raffy Casyao Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Philippine Cup

Standings

{{2012–13 PBA Philippine Cup standings|team=BBE}}

Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 October 3 Air21 90–87 Tubid (19) Villanueva (14) Anthony (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 Boxscores 2 October 10 Petron Blaze 89–98 Urbiztondo (17) Kramer, Anthony (10) Josh Urbiztondo (7) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–1 Boxscores 3 October 14 Alaska 86–102 Villanueva (22) Villanueva (17) Urbiztondo (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–2 Boxscores 4 October 19 Barangay Ginebra 92–82 Anthony (21) Villanueva (8) Urbiztondo, Villanueva (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–2 Boxscores 5 October 24 Talk 'N Text 76–79 Villanueva (16) Villanueva, Kramer (7) Najorda, Urbiztondo (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–3 Boxscores 6 October 28 San Mig Coffee 91–92 Tubid (17) Pennisi (9) Urbiztondo (8) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–4 Boxscores 7 October 31 Meralco 86–99 Kramer, Urbiztondo (14) Villanueva (11) Tubid (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–5 Boxscores
November Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 8 November 4 GlobalPort 95–94 Tubid (19) Anthony (13) Urbiztondo (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–5 Boxscore 9 November 9 Air21 85–86 Tubid (24) Anthony (12) Urbiztondo, Anthony, Villanueva (4) Cuneta Astrodome 3–6 Boxscore 10 November 16 San Mig Coffee 73–93 Tubid (17) Ballesteros (9) Yap (4) Ynares Center 3–7 Boxscore 11 November 24 Petron Blaze 83–93 Seigle (16) Kramer (21) Urbiztondo (4) Lucena City 3–8 Boxscore 12 November 30 Meralco 73–85 Tubid (20) Kramer (18) Cruz (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–9 Boxscore
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 13 December 2 Barangay Ginebra 83–79 Tubid (18) Kramer (22) Yap (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 4–9 Boxscore 14 December 7 Rain or Shine 101–116 Seigle (21) Kramer (13) Anthony (5) Mall of Asia Arena 4–10 Boxscore
2012–13 schedule

Commissioner's Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	11	3	.786	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	9	5	.643	2
3	Petron Blaze Boosters	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	San Mig Coffee Mixers	8	6	.571[lower-alpha 1]	3
5	Meralco Bolts	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
6	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Air21 Express	6	8	.429	5
9	Barako Bull Energy Cola	5	9	.357	6
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	2	12	.143	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
2. Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

Game log

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
February Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 1 February 8 San Mig Coffee 79–75 Brock (18) Brock (12) J. Villanueva (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 1–0 boxscore 2 February 10 GlobalPort 98–88 (OT) Brock (25) Brock (18) J. Villanueva (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–0 boxscore 3 February 17 Alaska 73–77 Urbiztondo (15) Brock (15) J. Villanueva (4) Smart Araneta Coliseum 2–1 boxscore 4 February 22 Air21 91–86 Brock (23) Brock (15) Urbiztondo (5) Mall of Asia Arena 3–1 boxscore 5 February 27 Barangay Ginebra 72–93 Brock, Urbiztondo (16) Brock (14) Urbiztondo (6) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–2 boxscore
March Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 6 March 3 Petron Blaze 78–91 Brock (20) Brock (24) J. Villanueva (5) Smart Araneta Coliseum 3–3 boxscore 7 March 9 Talk 'N Text 98–101 Pennisi (19) Brock (12) Urbiztondo (7) Legaspi City, Albay 3–4 boxscore 8 March 13 Meralco Smart Araneta Coliseum 9 March 20 Rain or Shine Smart Araneta Coliseum 10 March 24 Barangay Ginebra Smart Araneta Coliseum 11 March 31 San Mig Coffee Mall of Asia Arena
April Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location/Attendance Record 12 April 7 Petron Blaze Smart Araneta Coliseum 13 April 12 Rain or Shine Smart Araneta Coliseum 14 April 14 GlobalPort Mall of Asia Arena
2012–13 schedule

Governors' Cup

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Petron Blaze Boosters	8	1	.889	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Mig Coffee Mixers	6	3	.667	2
3	Meralco Bolts	5	4	.556[lower-alpha 1]	3
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	4	.556[lower-alpha 1]	3
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Barako Bull Energy	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
7	Alaska Aces	4	5	.444[lower-alpha 2]	4
8	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	5
9	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	5
10	Air21 Express	3	6	.333[lower-alpha 3]	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine
2. Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99
3. Head-to-head quotient: Talk 'N Text 1.05, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Air21 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 110–102 Talk 'N Text

Transactions

Pre-season

August 20, 2012[3][4]	To Barako Bull Sean Anthony	To B-Meg 2012 1st round pick (Aldrech Ramos)

August 31, 2012[5]	To Barako Bull Enrico Villanueva	To Barangay Ginebra Willie Miller
September 11, 2012[6]	To Barako Bull Jason Ballesteros	To Meralco Carlo Sharma Sunday Salvacion
September 21, 2012[7]	To Barako Bull Josh Urbiztondo	To San Mig Coffee 2013 1st round pick Wesley Gonzales

Commissioner's Cup

January 22, 2013[8]	To Barako Bull Alex Mallari Jojo Duncil 2014 1st round pick	To Petron Blaze Ronald Tubid

January 22, 2013[8]	To Barako Bull JC Intal Jonas Villanueva Aldrech Ramos	To San Mig Coffee Mixers Alex Mallari Leo Najorda Lester Alvarez 2014 1st round pick (originally from Petron Blaze)

January 22, 2013[9]	To Barako Bull Mac Baracael	To Alaska Aldrech Ramos

January 22, 2013[9]	To Barako Bull Allein Maliksi	To Barangay Ginebra Mac Baracael

April 18, 2013[10]	To Barako Bull Keith Jensen 2015 2nd round pick (from GlobalPort)	To Barangay Ginebra Josh Urbiztondo

June 10, 2013[11]	To Barako Bull Jared Dillinger	To Talk 'N Text Sean Anthony

June 10, 2013[11]	To Barako Bull Ronjay Buenafe Gilbert Bulawan	To Meralco Jared Dillinger Don Allado

June 10, 2013[12]	To Barako Bull Elmer Espiritu	To Barangay Ginebra 2013 2nd round pick (from Talk 'N Text)

August 12, 2013[13]	To Barako Bull Dorian Peña 2013 2nd round pick (from Barangay Ginebra)	To Petron Blaze Doug Kramer

Governors' Cup

August 12, 2013[14]	To Barako Bull Wesley Gonzales Chris Pacana 2017 2nd round pick	To San Mig Coffee Allein Maliksi

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Evan Brock	February 8 (vs. San Mig Coffee)	March 31 (vs. San Mig Coffee)	4–7
	DJ Mbenga	April 7 (vs. Petron)	April 14 (vs. GlobalPort)	1–2
Governors' Cup	Mike Singletary	August 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	September 25 (vs. Meralco)	4–6

References

1. ‘Manong Brigade’ no more, Beth Celis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 5, 2012
2. Ramos new Barako Bull head coach; Baculi headed for Globalport?, PBA.ph, November 14, 2012
3. BOOSTERS GROW STRONGER, PBA.ph, August 19, 2012
4. Vic Manuel to make up for loss of Sean Anthony, says Mikee Romero Archived 2012-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 19, 2012
5. Alaska nabs Casio, Hontiveros, Ginebra gets Tenorio, GlobalPort gets Miller in monster 5-team deal Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, August 31, 2012
6. Barako Bull acquires ‘project’ Ballesteros from Meralco for Salvacion, Sharma Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 11, 2012
7. San Mig Coffee sends Urbiztondo to Barako Bull for first round pick Archived 2012-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, September 21, 2012
8. PBA approves of Tubid to Petron and Barako Bull-San Mig Coffee multiplayer trade, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 22, 2013
9. Barako Bull trades with Alaska, Ginebra approved by PBA Archived 2013-01-25 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, January 22, 2013
10. Ginebra boosts backcourt with acquisition of Urbiztondo in time for playoffs, Snow Badua, spin.ph, April 17, 2013
11. PBA approves trade: Dillinger, Allado to Meralco, Buenafe to Barako Bull, Anthony to Talk ‘N Text Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, June 10, 2013
12. GlobalPort deals Japeth Aguilar to Ginebra, acquires Jay Washington from Petron, Carlo Pamintuan, GMA News Online, June 11, 2013
13. Petron officially acquires Doug Kramer, sends Dorian Peña back to Barako Bull Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 12, 2013
14. PBA approves Allein Maliksi trade from Barako to San Mig Coffee as Alaska coach Luigi Trillo fumes Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Rey Joble, InterAKTV, August 16, 2013