2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season

San Miguel Beermen
2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach	Leo Austria
Owner(s)	San Miguel Brewery, Inc. ; (a San Miguel Corporation subsidiary)
Philippine Cup results
Record	9–2 ; (.818)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Alaska, 4–3)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	4–7 ; (.364)
Place	9th
Playoff finish	eliminated
Governors' Cup results
Record	8–3 ; (.727)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Champions (Defeated Alaska, 4-0)
San Miguel Beermen seasons

The 2014–15 San Miguel Beermen season was the 40th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 2: Leo Austria was named as the head coach of the San Miguel Beermen. Coach Biboy Ravanes was demoted to assistant coach and active consultant Todd Purves will have a minimal role with the team. ^[1]
August 24: The 2014 PBA Draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	3	Ronald Pascual	SF	Philippines	NLEX (D-League)	SSC

Rosters

San Miguel Beermen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G/F	7000300000000000000♠3	Lutz, Chris	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1985-02-11	Marshall
F/C	7000400000000000000♠4	Reyes, Jay-R	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1984-07-16	UP
G	7000500000000000000♠5	Cabagnot, Alex	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1982-12-08	Hawaii-Hilo
G	7000600000000000000♠6	Ross, Chris	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1985-03-08	Marshall
G	7001110000000000000♠11	Fortuna, Jeric	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1991-11-25	UST
G/F	7001130000000000000♠13	Lassiter, Marcio	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1987-05-16	Cal State Fullerton
C	7001150000000000000♠15	Fajardo, June Mar	7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	268 lb (122 kg)	1989-11-17	Cebu
F	7001210000000000000♠21	Omolon, Nelbert	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1980-06-30	PCU
F	7001230000000000000♠23	Pascual, Ronald	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1988-06-23	San Sebastian
F	7001270000000000000♠27	Espinas, Gabby	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1982-01-03	PCU
F	7001290000000000000♠29	Santos, Arwind (C)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1981-06-10	FEU
F	7001330000000000000♠33	Semerad, David	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1991-04-25	San Beda
G/F	7001710000000000000♠71	Tubid, Ronald	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1981-10-15	UE
C	7001950000000000000♠95	De Ocampo, Yancy	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1980-03-11	Saint Francis of Assisi

Head coach

Leo Austria (Lyceum)

Assistant coach(es)

Peter Martin (San Sebastian)
Biboy Ravanes (Cebu)
Boyzie Zamar (UE)
Dayong Mendoza
Ato Agustin (Lyceum)
Jorge Gallent (FEU)
Siot Tanquingcen (UST)

Team manager

Gee Abanilla (La Salle)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(IN) Inactive
(S) Suspended
(R) Rookie

Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Alaska	82
10	NLEX	78
			3	Alaska	87
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	Meralco	69	2	Rain or Shine	2
6	Meralco	77				3	Alaska	4
7	Purefoods Star	65
									3	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	San Miguel	4
4	Talk 'N Text	105
9	Barako Bull	76				1	San Miguel	4
			4	Talk 'N Text	83	4	Talk 'N Text	0
	(#5 twice to beat)		5	Barangay Ginebra	67
5	Barangay Ginebra	95
8	GlobalPort	78

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, x – clinched best-of-3 quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

2015 PBA Commissioner's Cup
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y–Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	—	1.025
2	y–Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	8	3	.727	—	1.010
3	x–Purefoods Star Hotshots	8	3	.727	—	0.969
4	x–NLEX Road Warriors	6	5	.545	2	1.171
5	x–Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545	2	0.854
6	x–Alaska Aces	5	6	.455	3	1.021
7	w–Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455	3	1.019
8	w–Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	0.960
9	e–San Miguel Beermen	4	7	.364	4	1.011
10	e–GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	4	0.995
11	e–Kia Carnival	4	7	.364	4	0.994
12	e–Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	5

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice-to-beat)
1	Rain or Shine	92
8	Barangay Ginebra	91
			1	Rain or Shine	3
	(Best-of-3)		5	Meralco	0
4	NLEX	0
5	Meralco	2
						1	Rain or Shine	3
	(#2 twice-to-beat)					2	Talk 'N Text	4
2	Talk 'N Text	127
7	Barako Bull	97
			2	Talk 'N Text	3
	(Best-of-3)		3	Purefoods Star	1
3	Purefoods Star	2
6	Alaska	0

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

y – clinched twice to beat in the quarterfinals, w – clinched twice to win in the quarterfinals, e – eliminated

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Tie
1	y- Alaska Aces	8	3	.727	—	1.065
2	y- San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727	—	0.939
3	y- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636	1	1.063
4	y- GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636	1	0.941
5	w- Star Hotshots	6	5	.545	2	1.315
6	w- Barako Bull Energy	6	5	.545	2	0.761
7	w- Meralco Bolts	5	6	.455	3	1.125
8	w- Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	5	6	.455	3	1.000
9	e- Kia Carnival	5	6	.455	3	0.954
10	e- Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	5	6	.455	3	0.929
11	e- NLEX Road Warriors	3	8	.273	5
12	e- Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	7

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals (Best-of-5)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#1 twice to beat)
1	Alaska	114
8	Ginebra	108
				1	Alaska	3
	(#4 twice to beat)			5	Star	0
4	GlobalPort	73	94
5	Star	126	101
							1	Alaska	0
	(#2 twice to beat)						2	San Miguel	4
2	San Miguel	99	102
7	Meralco	106	86
				2	San Miguel	3
	(#3 twice to beat)			3	Rain or Shine	1
3	Rain or Shine	134**
6	Barako Bull	132

*Game went into overtime^[a]

^a The number of asterisks denotes the number of overtime(s) occurred.

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

July 25, 2014^[2]

To NLEX

2015 1st round pick

To San Miguel

2016 1st round pick

Draft day

August 24, 2014^[3]

To San Miguel

Ronald Pascual (first round pick, from Barako)
2016 first round pick (from Barako)

To Barako Bull

Jojo Duncil
Chico Lanete
Gab Banal (second round pick, from San Miguel)

Philippine Cup

November 11, 2014^[4]	To San Miguel Jeric Fortuna	To Barako Bull Paolo Hubalde
December 10, 2014^[5]	To San Miguel Alex Cabagnot	To GlobalPort Sol Mercado 2018 and 2019 second round picks

Commissioner's Cup

February 3, 2015^[6]

To San Miguel

JR Reyes (from Barangay Ginebra)

To Barako Bull

Justin Chua (from San Miguel)
2017 1st round pick
(from San Miguel)

To Barangay Ginebra

Dorian Peña (from Barako Bull)
2015 2nd round pick (from Barako Bull)

April 6, 2015 ^[7]	To San Miguel Billy Mamaril (from Ginebra)	To Barako Bull Energy Rico Maierhofer
April 6, 2015 ^[7]
To San Miguel Yancy de Ocampo Gabby Espinas	To GlobalPort Billy Mamaril Doug Kramer

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	Ronald Roberts	February 4 (vs Kia)	February 17 (vs Alaska)	0–4
Commissioner's Cup	Arizona Reid	February 21 (vs Meralco)	March 24 (vs GlobalPort)	4–3
Governors' Cup	Arizona Reid	May 6 (vs Kia)	July 17 (vs Alaska)	16–5

References

↑ Leo Austria named new San Miguel Beermen head coach, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, August 2, 2014
↑ NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, inquirer.net, July 25, 2014
↑ San Miguel acquires No. 3 pick from Barako Bull, selects Ronald Pascual, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014
↑ Jeric Fortuna reunites with SMB coach Austria as PBA approves trade with Paolo Hubalde, Richard Dy, spin.ph, December 12, 2014
↑ Alex Cabagnot returns to San Miguel Beer, Sol Mercado back with GlobalPort in revised trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, December 10, 2014
↑ PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015.
↑ Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015

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[1] Leo Austria named new San Miguel Beermen head coach, Naveen Ganglani, Rappler, August 2, 2014

[2] NLEX busy on trading floor; Yeo to Ginebra, inquirer.net, July 25, 2014

[3] San Miguel acquires No. 3 pick from Barako Bull, selects Ronald Pascual, Rey Joble, interaksyon.com, August 24, 2014

[4] Jeric Fortuna reunites with SMB coach Austria as PBA approves trade with Paolo Hubalde, Richard Dy, spin.ph, December 12, 2014

[5] Alex Cabagnot returns to San Miguel Beer, Sol Mercado back with GlobalPort in revised trade deal, Snow Badua, spin.ph, December 10, 2014

[6] PEÑA MOVES TO GINEBRA IN 3-TEAM TRADE, PBA.ph, February 3, 2015.

[7] Ginebra, SMB, GlobalPort, Barako Bull swap players in four-team trade, interaksyon.com, April 6, 2015

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