2017–18 Alaska Aces season

The 2017–18 Alaska Aces season is the 32nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

2017–18 Alaska Aces (PBA) season
Head coachAlex Compton
Owner(s)Alaska Milk Corporation
Philippine Cup results
Record7–4
(.636)
Place3rd
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist (lost to NLEX, 0–2)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record8–3
(.727)
Place2nd
Playoff finishSemifinalist (Lost to San Miguel, 1–3)
Governors' Cup results
Record8–3
(.727)
Place3rd
Playoff finishRunner-up (Lost to Magnolia, 2–4)
Alaska Aces (PBA) seasons

Key dates

2017
  • October 29: The 2017 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.[1]

Draft picks
Main article: 2017 PBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality PBA D-League team College
1 5 Jeron Teng F/G Flying V Thunder La Salle
2 6 Davon Potts G Cignal HD Hawkeyes San Beda


Roster
Alaska Aces roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G 0 Enciso, Simon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1991–02–12 Notre Dame de Namur
G 4 Banchero, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1989–01–24 Seattle Pacific
C 7 Thoss, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1981–12–07 James Cook
F/C 9 Baclao, Nonoy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1987–06–15 Ateneo
F/C 10 Magat, Marion 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1989–10–22 National-U
F 11 Pascual, Jake 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–11–11 San Beda
G/F 12 Teng, Jeron (R) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1994–03–21 De La Salle
G/F 13 Pascual, Ronald (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1988–06–23 San Sebastian
G 17 Exciminiano, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1988–11–17 Far Eastern
F 21 Cruz, Carl Bryan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1991–08–21 Far Eastern
G 23 Galliguez, Abel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1990–04–14 John Brown
G 26 Potts, Davon (R) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 166 lb (75 kg) 1992–12–27 San Beda
F/C 32 Andrada, Yutien 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1990–11–18 De La Salle
G 42 Casio, JVee (C) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1986–09–01 De La Salle
G/F 61 Racal, Kevin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1991–05–16 Letran
F 87 Manuel, Vic 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 201 lb (91 kg) 1987–06–18 PSBA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Richard Bachmann [a]


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

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Magnolia Hotshots 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Alaska Aces 7 4 .636 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 2
5 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 2
6 NLEX Road Warriors 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 2
7 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 TNT KaTropa 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
9 Phoenix Fuel Masters 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
10 Blackwater Elite 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 3
11 Meralco Bolts 4 7 .364 4
12 Kia Picanto 1 10 .091 7
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: San Miguel 1–0 Magnolia
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.03, Rain or Shine 1.02, NLEX 0.95
  3. Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.14, Phoenix 1.00, TNT 0.97, Blackwater 0.89; #8 seed playoff: TNT defeated Phoenix

Game log
2018 PBA Philippine Cup game log
Total: 7–4
December: 0–2
January : 5–0
February : 2–2

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 San Miguel 106    
  8 TNT 93    
            1 San Miguel 4    
    (Best-of-3)       4 Barangay Ginebra 1  
  4 Barangay Ginebra 2  
  5 Rain or Shine 0    
    1 San Miguel 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     2 Magnolia 1
  2 Magnolia 86    
  7 GlobalPort 79    
            2 Magnolia 4
    (Best-of-3)     6 NLEX 2    
  3 Alaska 0  
  6 NLEX 2    

Game log
2018 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log
Total: 0–2
Quarterfinals: 0–2

Commissioner's Cup

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
3 TNT KaTropa 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1 Best-of-three quarterfinals
4 Meralco Bolts 7 4 .636 2
5 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 3
6 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 3
7 Magnolia Hotshots 6 5 .545[lower-alpha 2] 3 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 GlobalPort Batang Pier 5 6 .455 4
9 Columbian Dyip 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 3] 5
10 Phoenix Fuel Masters 4 7 .364[lower-alpha 3] 5
11 NLEX Road Warriors 2 9 .182 7
12 Blackwater Elite 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head to head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 TNT
  2. Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.07, San Miguel 1.02, Magnolia 0.92
  3. Head-to-head record: Columbian 1–0 Phoenix

Game log
2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log
Total: 8–3
April: 1–1
May : 3–0
June : 3–2
July : 1–0

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 Rain or Shine 113 103  
  8 GlobalPort 114 97  
            1 Rain or Shine 1    
    (Best-of-3)       5 Barangay Ginebra 3  
  4 Meralco 0  
  5 Barangay Ginebra 2    
    5 Barangay Ginebra 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     6 San Miguel 2
  2 Alaska 89    
  7 Magnolia 78    
            2 Alaska 1
    (Best-of-3)     6 San Miguel 3    
  3 TNT 0  
  6 San Miguel 2    

Game log
2018 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log
Total: 2–3
Quarterfinals: 1–0
Semifinals: 1–3

Governors' Cup

Standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 9 2 .818 — Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2 Phoenix Fuel Masters 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
3 Alaska Aces 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
4 Magnolia Hotshots 8 3 .727[lower-alpha 1] 1
5 Blackwater Elite 7 4 .636 2 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
6 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545 3
7 Meralco Bolts 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 2] 4
8 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 2] 4
9 TNT KaTropa 4 7 .364 5
10 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 3 8 .273 6
11 NorthPort Batang Pier 2 9 .182 7
12 Columbian Dyip 1 10 .091 8
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss[2]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head quotient: Phoenix 1.011, Alaska 1.006, Magnolia 0.982
  2. Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 NLEX

Game log
2018 PBA Governors' Cup game log
Total: 8–3
August: 3–0
September: 0–1
October: 5–2

Bracket
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals
(Best-of-5)		     Finals
(Best-of-7)
    (#1 twice-to-beat)                        
  1 Barangay Ginebra 111    
  8 NLEX 75    
            1 Barangay Ginebra 1    
    (#4 twice-to-beat)       4 Magnolia 3  
  4 Magnolia 103  
  5 Blackwater 99    
    4 Magnolia 4
    (#2 twice-to-beat)     3 Alaska 2
  2 Phoenix 74 103  
  7 Meralco 90 108*  
            7 Meralco 1
    (#3 twice-to-beat)     3 Alaska 3    
  3 Alaska 96  
  6 San Miguel 85    

*Game went into overtime.

Game log
2018 PBA Governors' Cup playoffs game log
Total: 4–1
Quarterfinals: 1–0
Semifinals: 3–1
Finals: 0–0
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation/AttendanceSeries
1 December 5 Magnolia Mall of Asia Arena –
2 December 7 Magnolia Smart Araneta Coliseum –
3 December 9 Magnolia Ynares Center –
4 December 12 Magnolia Smart Araneta Coliseum –
5* December 14 Magnolia Smart Araneta Coliseum –
6* December 16 Magnolia –
7* December 19 Magnolia –

Transactions

Pre season
December
December 15, 2017[3] To Alaska
2019 2nd round pick		 To Phoenix
Jaypee Mendoza

Governor's Cup
August
August 7, 2018 [4] To Alaska
Karl Dehesa
2019 first round draft pick		 To Phoenix
Calvin Abueva

Recruited imports
ConferenceNameCountryNumberDebutedLast gameRecord
Commissioner's CupAntonio Campbell30April 27
(vs. Rain or Shine)		June 24
(vs. Barangay Ginebra)		7–3
Diamon Simpson34July 6
(vs. Phoenix)		July 22
(vs. San Miguel)		3–3
Governors' CupMike Harris52August 24
(vs. Meralco)		12–4

Awards
Recipient Award Date awarded Ref.
Vic Manuel Philippine Cup Player of the Week February 5, 2018 [5]
JVee Casio February 27, 2018 [6]
Vic Manuel Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week May 14, 2018 [7]
June 12, 2018 [8]
Simon Enciso Governors' Cup Player of the Week August 27, 2018 [9]
Chris Banchero October 22, 2018 [10]
Mike Harris Governors' Cup Best Import of the Conference December 12, 2018 [11]

References
  1. San Miguel nets Standhardinger, PBA.ph, October 29, 2017
  2. "ALL ABOUT THE PBA QUOTIENT".
  3. Alaska-Phoenix trade, pba.ph, December 15, 2017.
  4. "Alaska sends Abueva to Phoenix for Dehesha and 2019 first round pick". PBA.ph. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  5. "Vic Manuel earns Player of the Week citation". PBA.ph. February 5, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  6. "Casio sparkles in absence of other key Aces". PBA.ph. February 27, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  7. "A fit and healthy Vic Manuel keeps Alaska soaring". PBA.ph. May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  8. "A fitting birthday gift for Vic Manuel". PBA.ph. June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  9. "Simon Enciso steps up at the right time".
  10. "Chris Banchero stands tall for Alaska as playoff race intensifies".
  11. "PBA: Alaska's Mike Harris wins Best Import".
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