2015–16 Blackwater Elite season

Blackwater Elite
2015–16 Blackwater Elite season
Head coach	Leo Isaac
Owner(s)	Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	3–8 ; (.273)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist ; (Lost to Rain or Shine in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	3–8 ; (.273)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Governors' Cup results
Record	0–0
Place	TBD
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Blackwater Elite seasons

The 2015—16 Blackwater Elite season is the 2nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

2015

August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
1	9	Art dela Cruz	SF	Philippines	Hapee Fresh Fighters	San Beda
2	13	Almond Vosotros	SG		Cebuana Lhuillier Gems	DLSU
3	23	Jason Melano	SF		Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	St. Francis of Assisi
4	34	Keith Agovida	SF		Keramix Mixers	Arellano
5	43	Jawhar Purdy	SG	United States	Wang's Basketball Couriers	Cal State Stanislaus
6	48	Christian Palma	SF	Philippines	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	Arellano
7	51	Mon Abundo	PG	Philippines	Café France Bakers	CEU
8	54	Randy Dilay	SG	United States	Tanduay Light Rhum Masters	Dominican (IL)

Roster

Blackwater Elite roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
G	7000100000000000000♠1	Cañada, Jerick (IN)	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	156 lb (71 kg)	1988–05–27	Adamson
G	7000200000000000000♠2	Miranda, Denok	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1982–07–14	Far Eastern
G	7000400000000000000♠4	Reyes, Raphy	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1987–12–01	UE
G	7000500000000000000♠5	Tiongson, Juami	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1991–02–05	Ateneo
G	7000600000000000000♠6	Lastimosa, Carlo	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	1990–09–03	St. Benilde
C	7000700000000000000♠7	Erram, J.P.	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	1989–07–07	Ateneo
G	7000800000000000000♠8	Pinto, Nard John	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1990–10–15	Arellano
G	7001120000000000000♠12	Sumang, Shej Roi	7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1990–12–12	UE
F/C	7001150000000000000♠15	Sena, James	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1988–08–31	José Rizal
F	7001160000000000000♠16	Melano, Jason	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1990–10–18	St. Francis of Assisi
F/C	7001170000000000000♠17	Golla, Frank	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	290 lb (132 kg)	1990–01–17	Ateneo
G/F	7001210000000000000♠21	Gamalinda, Riego	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	184 lb (83 kg)	1986–05–25	San Beda
F	7001250000000000000♠25	dela Cruz, Arthur	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1992–05–09	San Beda
F	7001260000000000000♠26	Cervantes, Reil (C)	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1986–08–16	Far Eastern
F	7001270000000000000♠27	Eguilos, Jaymo	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	1986–08–27	Far Eastern
F/C	7001320000000000000♠32	Pascual, Kyle	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1990–04–13	San Beda
G/F	–	Pascual, Ronald (IN)	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	196 lb (89 kg)	1988–06–23	San Sebastian

Head coach

Leo Isaac

Assistant coach(es)

Aris Dimaunahan (1st Assistant)
Rodil Sablan
Bong Ramos
Patrick Aquino
Junjie Ablan
Tylon Darjuan

Team manager

Johnson Martines

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

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	9	2	.818^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Outright semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Outright semifinals
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2
6	TNT Tropang Texters	6	5	.545	3
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4
9	Star Hotshots	4	7	.364	5
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	6
11	Mahindra Enforcer	2	9	.182	7	Eliminated
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8	Eliminated

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 Alaska wins tiebreaker against San Miguel via head-to-head record.
1 2 Ginebra wins tiebreaker against GlobalPort via head-to-head record.
1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)			Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (One-game playoff)			Semifinals (Best-of-7)			Finals (Best-of-7)
	(#3 twice to beat)
3	Rain or Shine	95
10	Blackwater	90
			3	Rain or Shine	104
	(#6 twice to beat)		6	TNT	89	3	Rain or Shine	2
6	TNT	90				2	San Miguel	4
7	NLEX	88
									2	San Miguel	4
	(#4 twice to beat)								1	Alaska	3
4	Barangay Ginebra	92*
9	Star	89				1	Alaska	4
			4	Barangay Ginebra	83	5	GlobalPort	1
	(#5 twice to beat)		5	GlobalPort	84*
5	GlobalPort	94
8	Barako Bull	85

*Game went into overtime

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

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	Meralco Bolts	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Alaska Aces	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1
5	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	7	4	.636^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1
6	Tropang TNT	6	5	.545	2
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Star Hotshots	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	Mahindra Enforcer	4	7	.364	4	Eliminated
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5
11	Phoenix Fuel Masters	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5
12	GlobalPort Batang Pier	3	8	.273^{[lower-alpha 4]}	5

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.
1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	TNT KaTropa	10	1	.909	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	8	3	.727^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2
4	Meralco Bolts	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
5	Mahindra Enforcer	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	Alaska Aces	6	5	.545^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
8	Phoenix Fuel Masters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5
9	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	5	6	.455^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5	Eliminated
10	GlobalPort Batang Pier	4	7	.364	6
11	Star Hotshots	2	9	.182	8
12	Blackwater Elite	1	10	.091	9

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.
1 2 3 Meralco wins tiebreaker against Mahindra and Alaska via best head-to-head record. Meralco is 2–0; Mahindra is 1–1; Alaska is 0–2. Meralco then won the seeding playoff for 4th seed against Mahindra.
1 2 3 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and Phoenix by highest quotient. NLEX is 1.04; Rain or Shine is 1.03; Phoenix is 0.93. Phoenix then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Rain or Shine.

Transactions

Trades

Off-season

August 7, 2015^[1]

To Blackwater

Mike Cortez
James Sena
(from Meralco)

To Meralco

Jimmy Alapag
(from Talk 'N Text via Blackwater)

To Talk 'N Text

Larry Rodriguez (from Blackwater)

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
Commissioner's Cup	M. J. Rhett^[2]	February 10 (vs. TNT)	April 10 (vs. Rain or Shine)	3–8
Governors' Cup	Eric Dawson^[3]	July 16 (vs. NLEX)	August 21 (vs. Mahindra)	1–5
	No regular import	August 17 (vs. Meralco), August 28 (vs. Alaska)		0–2
	Keala King^[4]	September 7 (vs. Phoenix)	September 18 (vs. San Miguel)	0–3
	Imad Qahwash*^[5]	July 29 (vs. Rain or Shine)	August 28 (vs. Alaska)	0–6

References

↑ Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.
↑ Isaac likens Blackwater import MJ Rhett to Chris Bosh , Richard Dy, The Philippine Star, January 9, 2016
↑ Leo Isaac thrilled as Blackwater taps ex-Meralco import Eric Dawson for Governors Cup, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, May 30, 2016
↑ Blackwater brings in new import Keala King to replace injured Eric Dawson, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, September 1, 2016
↑ Penang Chief Minister Cup 2016 Mini-Preview

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[table_hth_BAR0.78386238626384-3] 1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Barako Bull via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_SMB0.22304545958668-4] 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Meralco via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_ALA0.22304545958668-5] 1 2 3 Alaska wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine via best head-to-head record. Alaska is 2–0; Barangay Ginebra is 1–1; Rain or Shine is 0–2.

[table_hth_NLEX0.22304545958668-6] 1 2 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Star via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_BWE0.22304545958668-7] 1 2 3 Blackwater wins tiebreaker against Phoenix and GlobalPort by greatest quotient. Blackwater with 1.04; Phoenix with 0.99; GlobalPort with 0.98.

[table_hth_BGSM0.24707092542531-8] 1 2 San Miguel wins tiebreaker against Barangay Ginebra via head-to-head record.

[table_hth_ALA0.24707092542531-9] 1 2 3 Meralco wins tiebreaker against Mahindra and Alaska via best head-to-head record. Meralco is 2–0; Mahindra is 1–1; Alaska is 0–2. Meralco then won the seeding playoff for 4th seed against Mahindra.

[table_hth_NLEX0.24707092542531-10] 1 2 3 NLEX wins tiebreaker against Rain or Shine and Phoenix by highest quotient. NLEX is 1.04; Rain or Shine is 1.03; Phoenix is 0.93. Phoenix then won the seeding playoff for 8th seed against Rain or Shine.

[rappler-11] Ganglani, Naveen (August 7, 2015). "Jimmy Alapag to come out of retirement, will join Meralco after trade". rappler.com. Retrieved August 8, 2015.

[12] Isaac likens Blackwater import MJ Rhett to Chris Bosh , Richard Dy, The Philippine Star, January 9, 2016

[13] Leo Isaac thrilled as Blackwater taps ex-Meralco import Eric Dawson for Governors Cup, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, May 30, 2016

[14] Blackwater brings in new import Keala King to replace injured Eric Dawson, Gerry Ramos, spin.ph, September 1, 2016

[15] Penang Chief Minister Cup 2016 Mini-Preview

Blackwater Elite
Founded in 2014 Owned by Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc.
Franchise	Franchise Expansion Draft All-time roster Draft history Seasons
Administration	Owner Dioceldo Sy
Head coaches	Leo Isaac Bong Ramos
Retired numbers	11
Seasons (4)	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18