1986 Alaska Milkmen season

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1986   Alaska Milkmen season
Head coachTony Vasquez
Cesar Jota
General ManagerJoel Aquino
Owner(s) Holland Milk Products, Inc.
Reinforced Conference results
Record1113
(45.8%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
All-Filipino Conference results
Record46
(40%)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Open Conference results
Record510
(33.3%)
Place6th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Alaska Milkmen seasons
1987  

1986 was the first season of the franchise Alaska Milkmen in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

New team

Alaska Milk was accepted as a new member of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) that entered its 12th season. The league maintains a six-team field, following the leave of absence by the Magnolia club, one of the three founding members of the PBA. Alaska acquired players Marte Saldaña, Rudy Distrito and Noli Banate from Magnolia. They signed up Magnolia coach Norman Black to a one-year contract as part of their coaching staff and import for the Third Conference. The other players that were acquired by the latest club were Alejo Alolor, Frankie Lim and Teddy Alfarero from Great Taste. Arnie Tuadles and Ricky Relosa came from Ginebra and Dennis Abbatuan from Shell. The rookies were Rey Cuenco, the first overall draft pick, Naning Valenciano and Rey Ramos.

The club's first head coach was former Atenean Tony Vasquez. In their very first conference, the Milkmen's imports were former best import winner Donnie Ray Koonce, who last played in the PBA three years ago in 1983, and Jerry Lee Eaves.

Occurrences

After leading Alaska to a fourth-place finish in the first conference, coach Tony Vasquez was replaced by assistant coach Cesar Jota. He was supposed to begin the All-Filipino Conference to handle De La Salle-Zobel in their UAAP debut season. Starting the second round of eliminations in the third conference, the Milkmen welcomed back Tony Vasquez from the bench, but his return was spoiled by Alaska's 111–114 loss to Manila Beer on October 19. Two more outings and the coaching job was resumed by former San Bedan, Cesar Jota following Vasquez's sudden passing. [1]

Donnie Ray Koonce teamed up with Norman Black in the Open (3rd) Conference. Koonce was replaced by Keith Morrison after playing five games.

Won-loss records vs Opponents

TeamWinLoss1st (Reinforced)2nd (All-Filipino)3rd (Open)
Ginebra4104-60-20–2
Great Taste171-30-10–3
Magnolia11N/AN/A1-1
Manila Beer241-11-10–2
Shell723-11-13–0
Tanduay352-20-11–2
RP-Magnolia20N/A2-0N/A
Total202911-134-65-10

Roster

1986 Alaska Milkmen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
F 2 Flag of the Philippines.svg Alolor, Alejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Visayas
G 4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Lim, Frankie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda
G 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Saldaña, Marte 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern
C 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Banate, Noli 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Mindanao
F 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Valenciano, Ludovico 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) USLS
F 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Balani, Woodrow 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
F 11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Tuadles, Arnie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Visayas
F/C 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Cuenco, Reynaldo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle Araneta
F 13 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ramos, Reynaldo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) TUA
C 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Alfarero, Teodicio 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle
F 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
F 23 Flag of the Philippines.svg Abbatuan, Dennis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) José Rizal
G 44 Flag of the Philippines.svg Distrito, Rudy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
Head coach
  • Flag of the Philippines.svg Tony Vasquez
  • Flag of the Philippines.svg Cesar Jota
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Imports

TournamentName#HeightFrom
1986 PBA Reinforced Conference Donnie Ray Koonce 306 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UNC Charlotte
Jerry Eaves 316 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Louisville
1986 PBA Open Conference Norman Black 246 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Saint Joseph's University
Donnie Ray Koonce 306 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UNC Charlotte
Keith Morrison 256 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Washington State

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References

  1. "Ginebra, Great Taste clash tonight".