San Miguel Alab Pilipinas

San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
2017–18 San Miguel Alab Pilipinas season
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
Tanduay Alab
"Alab Pilipinas" (top) and "Tanduay Alab Pilipinas" (bottom) logos

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

San Miguel Alab Pilipinas roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 2 United States Philippines Urbiztondo, Josh 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 35 – (1983-02-27)27 February 1983 Fresno Pacific
F 10 Philippines Maierhofer, Rico 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 79 kg (174 lb) 32 – (1985-11-04)4 November 1985 De La Salle
F 3 United States Philippines Domingo, Lawrence 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 29 – (1989-04-11)11 April 1989 Easter New Mexico
F/C 34 Puerto Rico Balkman, Renaldo (WI) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 34 – (1984-06-14)14 June 1984 South Carolina
F/C Puerto Rico Ramos, Peter John (WI) 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in) 134 kg (295 lb) 33 – (1985-05-23)23 May 1985 Colegio Bautista de Caguas
F United States Philippines Tiongson, Caelan 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – (1992-05-07)7 May 1992
F United States Philippines Rosser, Brandon 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb)
G United States Philippines Alvano, Ethan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 77 kg (170 lb) Corona High School
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Charlie Dy
  • Philippines Dondon Monteverde
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (WI) World import
  • (AI) ASEAN heritage import
  • Injured

Head coaches

Name Tenure Totals Regular season Playoffs
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

SeasonTeam nameElimination roundPlayoffs
FinishWLPCTStageResults
2016–17Alab Pilipinas3rd/6119.550SemifinalsSingapore Slingers 2, Alab Pilipinas 0
2017–18San Miguel Alab Pilipinas3rd/9146.700Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals		Alab Pilipinas 2, Saigon Heat 0
Hong Kong Eastern 0, Alab Pilipinas 2
Alab Pilipinas 3, Mono Vampire 2
Total elimination round2515.6252 semifinals appearances
Total playoffs74.6361 Finals appearance
Total franchise3219.6271 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
Former

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Sykioco, Leif (17 October 2017). "Alab eyes better finish in bigger ABL". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (February 1, 2018). "Former champion returns to ABL as Alab Pilipinas backer". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ Terrado, Reuben (14 November 2016). "Alab Pilipinas makes ABL debut in home game against Singapore Slingers". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  7. 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
  8. 1 2 Riego, Norman Lee Benjamin (November 21, 2016). "Alab Pilipinas coming to a venue near you". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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