San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | |||
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Leagues | ASEAN Basketball League | ||
Founded | 2016 | ||
History |
Alab Pilipinas (2016–2017) Tanduay Alab Pilipinas (2017–2018) San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (2018–present) | ||
Arena | Various | ||
Team colors |
Red, Blue, White | ||
Head coach | Jimmy Alapag | ||
Championships |
1 (2018) |
Alab Pilipinas (under the corporate name Pilipinas Basketball Club, Inc. or PBCI) is a Filipino basketball team currently playing in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) as San Miguel Alab Pilipinas under the sponsorship of San Miguel Corporation.
The team is owned and managed by the sports talent management firm, Virtual Playground, headed by talent agents Dondon Monteverde and Charlie Dy.[1] Alab Pilipinas is the fourth Philippine team to play in the ABL.[1] Alab is a Tagalog word that translates as "blaze" in English.
It previously played as Alab Pilipinas during the 2016-2017 ABL season as the fourth ABL team from the Philippines, and as Tanduay Alab Pilipinas under the sponsorship of Tanduay Distillers, Inc. from November 2017 to January 2018.
History
Alab Pilipinas is the fourth Filipino professional basketball team in the ABL, succeeding Pilipinas MX3 Kings who only played one season in the league. They were officially announced as a member of the ABL in September 2016.[2] The team was formed by Charlie Dy and Dondon Montiverde. Six of its original players are ABL veterans who had previously played for the Champion team San Miguel in the 2013 ABL season.
The team staged their home games in venues located in Biñan, Laguna, Cebu, and Davao during the entire duration of their first season.[1] They organized several basketball clinics together with the local government units as part of the basketball grassroots development program.[3]
The team became sponsored by liquor brand Tanduay and played as Tanduay-Alab Pilipinas[4] from November 2017 to January 2018. On February 1, 2018, San Miguel Corporation took over as the team's sponsor and was renamed San Miguel Alab Pilipinas. The sudden separation with Tanduay came about reportedly due to differences between the two parties in the handling of the team.[5]
Roster
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Head coaches
Name | Tenure | Totals | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||
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G | W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | G | W | L | PCT | ||
Mac Cuan | November 29, 2016 – March 26, 2017 | 22 | 11 | 11 | .500 | 20 | 11 | 9 | .550 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
Jimmy Alapag | November 19, 2017 - present | 29 | 21 | 8 | .724 | 20 | 14 | 6 | .700 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 |
Totals | 51 | 32 | 19 | .627 | 40 | 25 | 15 | .625 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .636 |
Team results
Season | Team name | Elimination round | Playoffs | ||||
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Finish | W | L | PCT | Stage | Results | ||
2016–17 | Alab Pilipinas | 3rd/6 | 11 | 9 | .550 | Semifinals | Singapore Slingers 2, Alab Pilipinas 0 |
2017–18 | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas | 3rd/9 | 14 | 6 | .700 | Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals | Alab Pilipinas 2, Saigon Heat 0 Hong Kong Eastern 0, Alab Pilipinas 2 Alab Pilipinas 3, Mono Vampire 2 |
Total elimination round | 25 | 15 | .625 | 2 semifinals appearances | |||
Total playoffs | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1 Finals appearance | |||
Total franchise | 32 | 19 | .627 | 1 championship |
Home arena
Unlike other teams in the ABL, Alab Pilipinas doesn't have a primary venue. Instead, it tours around the Philippines, mostly in the Mega Manila, with select games elsewhere.
The team hosted all but one of their 2018 ABL Playoffs games at the Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex in Santa Rosa, Laguna.
- Current
- Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
- Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
- Baliuag Star Arena, Baliuag, Bulacan
- Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex, Santa Rosa, Laguna
- Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal
- University of Southeastern Philippines Gym Davao City
- Former
- Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna[6][7]
- Olivarez College Gym, Parañaque[7][8]
- Davao City Recreation Center, Davao City[8]
See also
- San Miguel Beermen (ABL), basketball team owned by the San Miguel Corporation that played in the ABL.
References
- 1 2 3 Terrado, Reuben (August 6, 2016). "Monteverde-Dy tandem to field Philippine representative in coming ABL season". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
- ↑ Badua, Snow (September 24, 2016). "Jimmy Alapag eyed as playing coach of Alab ng Pilipinas in ABL, says source". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
- ↑ Dy, Richard (August 6, 2016). "New Philippine ball club joins ABL for 2017 season". Fox Sports Asia. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
- ↑ Sykioco, Leif (17 October 2017). "Alab eyes better finish in bigger ABL". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ↑ Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (February 1, 2018). "Former champion returns to ABL as Alab Pilipinas backer". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- ↑ Terrado, Reuben (14 November 2016). "Alab Pilipinas makes ABL debut in home game against Singapore Slingers". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
- 1 2 Terrado, Reuben. "Untitled". Twitter. Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
Alab Pilipinas will play home games in Binan, Sta Rosa, Olivarez College gym, and Davao.#ABL @aseanbasketball | @reubensports
- 1 2 Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (November 21, 2016). "Alab Pilipinas coming to a venue near you". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved November 22, 2016.