1994 PBA season

The 1994 PBA season was the 20th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1994 PBA season
1994 PBA season
DurationMarch 6, 1994 – December 18, 1994
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Vintage Sports (PTV)
Draft
Top draft pickNoli Locsin
Picked byTondeña 65 Rhum Masters
Conferences
All-Filipino Cup championsSan Miguel Beermen
  Runners-upConey Island Ice Cream Stars
Commissioner's Cup championsPurefoods TJ Hotdogs
  Runners-upAlaska Milkmen
Governors Cup championsAlaska Milkmen
  Runners-upSwift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
Awards
Season MVPAlvin Patrimonio
Seasons

Season highlights

  • PBA Commissioner Rey Marquez steps down and Deputy Commissioner Jun Bernardino succeeded Marquez as the new PBA Commissioner.
  • The PBA has decided to send the All-Filipino Cup champions to the Hiroshima Asian Games in their continuing support to help the country in its quest to win the Asian basketball gold. [1]
  • The San Miguel Beermen earned the right to represent team Philippines by winning the All-Filipino championship over Coney Island. Amateur standouts Marlou Aquino, Kenneth Duremdes, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso join the RP-San Miguel team.
  • With injuries still hounding the San Miguel-RP Team in their preparation, Purefoods' stalwarts Alvin Patrimonio and Jerry Codiñera, who led the hotdogs to the Commissioner's Cup title, volunteered to play for the Philippine flag, the PBA change its original format in the Governor's Cup, as Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs were seeded, along with San Miguel in the semifinal round, the league gave national coach Norman Black a free hand to pick one more player from Purefoods and he chooses rookie Rey Evangelista, the Alaska Milkmen also release Johnny Abarrientos to the national team with no conditions, three of the five amateur cagers practicing with the team, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso were dropped from the roster.[2]
  • The Philippine Team salvaged fourth place, losing their final game against Japan for the Bronze Medal.
  • Purefoods forward Alvin Patrimonio became the first back-to-back winner of the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award since William Adornado won it during the league's first two seasons. Patrimonio won his third MVP trophy, tying Bogs Adornado' three MVP awards.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team Muse
Alaska Milkmen
Coney Island Ice Cream Stars Mikee Cojuangco
Pepsi Mega Bottlers
San Miguel Beermen
Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers
Sta. Lucia Realtors
Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters Anjanette Abayari

Champions

All-Filipino Cup

Elimination round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 San Miguel Beermen 8 2 .800 Advance to semifinals
2 Coney Island Ice Cream Stars 7 3 .700 1
3 Alaska Milkmen 6 4 .600 2
4 Sta. Lucia Realtors 6 4 .600 2
5 Swift Mighty Meaties 5 5 .500 3
6 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers 3 7 .300 5
7 Pepsi Mega Bottlers 3 7 .300 5
8 Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters 2 8 .200 6
Source:

Semifinal round

Finals results

Commissioner's Cup

Elimination round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Milkmen 9 2 .818 Advance to semifinals
2 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 7 4 .636 2
3 San Miguel Beermen 6 5 .545 3
4 Swift Mighty Meaties 6 5 .545 3
5 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers 6 5 .545 3
6 Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters 5 6 .455 4
7 Sta. Lucia Realtors 3 8 .273 6
8 Pepsi Mega Bottlers 2 9 .182 7
Source:

Semifinal round

Finals results

Governors' Cup

Elimination round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Pepsi Mega Bottlers 7 3 .700 Advance to semifinals
2 Alaska Milkmen 6 4 .600 1
3 Swift Mighty Meaties 6 4 .600 1
4 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers 5 5 .500[lower-alpha 1] 2
5 Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters 5 5 .500[lower-alpha 1] 2
6 Sta. Lucia Realtors 1 7 .125 5
Source:
Notes:
  1. Semifinal berth playoff: Shell 125–123 Tondeña 65 (OT)

Semifinal round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Milkmen 7 3 .700 Advance to the Finals
2 Swift Mighty Meaties 7 3 .700
3 Pepsi Mega Bottlers 5 5 .500 2 Proceed to third-place playoffs
4 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 4 6 .400 3
5 San Miguel Beermen 4 6 .400 3
6 Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers 3 7 .300 4
Source:

Finals results

Individual awards

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

  • Coach of the Year: Tim Cone (Alaska)
  • Mr. Quality Minutes: Merwin Castelo (Alaska)
  • Executive of the Year: Elmer Yanga (Swift)
  • Special Award (Outstanding Freshman Season): Rey Evangelista
  • Referee of the Year: Ernesto de Leon

Board of Governors

  • Emilio Bernardino (Commissioner)
  • Ruben Cleofe (Secretary)
  • Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Chairman, General Milling Corp.)
  • Jose Concepcion III (Vice-Chairman, Republic Flour Mills Corp.)
  • Nazario Avendaño (Treasurer, San Miguel Corp.)
  • Renato Buhain (Purefoods Corp.)
  • Edgardo Viron Cruz (Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.)
  • Vicente Santos (Sta. Lucia Realty and Development, Inc)
  • Luis Lorenzo, Sr (Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Inc)
  • Bernabe Navarro (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc)

Cumulative standings

TeamGPWLPCT
Alaska Milkmen734528.616
Coney Island Ice Cream Stars / Purefoods TJ Hotdogs633726.588
Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs734033.547
San Miguel Beermen573126.544
Pepsi Mega Bottlers351322.444
Shell Rimula X Turbo Chargers502030.400
Tondeña 65 Rhum Masters321220.375
Sta. Lucia Realtors391128.282

References

  1. "PBA spreads its wings". Manila Standard.
  2. "RP five gets boost". Manila Standard.
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