1993 San Miguel Beermen season

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1993   San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach Norman Black
Owner(s) San Miguel Corporation
All Filipino Cup results
Record159
(62.5%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishRunner-up
Commissioner's Cup results
Record1410
(58.3%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Governor's Cup results
Record176
(73.9%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
San Miguel Beermen seasons
  1992
1994  

The 1993 San Miguel Beermen season was the 19th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayer
215Rodolfo Abad
3Nicasio Serafica

Runner-up finish

The entry of Allan Caidic to the already-talented lineup of San Miguel Beermen reunites him with his former NCC teammates Samboy Lim, Hector Calma, Franz Pumaren and Yves Dignadice. Along with last season's Most Valuable Player (MVP) Ato Agustin, the Beermen now formed a threesome combo with Caidic, Lim and Agustin and were installed as heavy favorites to bag the All-Filipino crown.

On March 2, Allan Caidic debut in San Miguel uniform as the star studded Beermen prevailed over Coney Island (formerly Purefoods), 106-98. As expected, San Miguel finish on top of the eliminations with eight wins and two defeats, losing only to newcomer Sta.Lucia Realtors and to Coney Island in the last playing date of the elimination round. The Beermen are tied with Swift after the round-robin quarterfinals among five teams with 10 wins and four losses. They advanced into the final playoffs with Coney Island by winning over Sta.Lucia Realtors, three games to one, in their best-of-five semifinal series. In the All-Filipino Cup championship rematch, the Beermen lost in six games to the equally talented Coney Island Ice Cream Stars.

10th PBA title

Kenny Travis return for the Governor's Cup and scored 49 points in San Miguel's 129-107 win over Sta.Lucia in the opening game on September 26. [1] The Beermen nip Swift, 112-110, in their next game on October 1 in an early clash of top favorites. San Miguel finish with the best record in the eliminations with eight wins and two losses, they dropped their first two games in the semifinals, but won their next four assignments and assured itself of a first finals berth with their 12th win in 16 games, winning over Swift for the third time in the conference, 95-89 on November 23. [2]

San Miguel battled the Swift Mighty Meaties, who were looking for their second straight title in the season, for the Governor's Cup crown. Behind eventual best import winner Kenny Travis, which got the better of his match-up with the high-scoring Tony Harris, the Beermen surprisingly won the finals series in just five games and clinch their 10th PBA title.

Roster

San Miguel Beermen roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G/F 1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ravena, Bong 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
C 4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Tomacruz, Julian 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UST
G 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pumaren, Franz 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
G 6 Flag of the Philippines.svg Agustin, Ato 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Lyceum
G 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Abad, Rodolfo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Southwestern-U
F 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Caidic, Allan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
F 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Lim, Samboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran
F/C 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Teng, Alvin 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Arellano
G/F 11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu
F/C 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dignadice, Yves 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) STI WNU
G 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Calma, Hector 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson
F 18 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dela Cruz, Art 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian
C 19 Flag of the Philippines.svg Fernandez, Ramon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Carlos
C 20 Flag of the Philippines.svg Polistico, Adriano 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Letran
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Flag of the Philippines.svg Eddie Veneracion

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

Transactions

Additions

PlayerSignedFormer team
Allan Caidic Off-seasonPresto
Adriano PolisticoOff-seasonAlaska
Rodolfo AbadJune 1993N/A

Recruited imports

NameConferenceNo.Pos.Ht.CollegeDuration
Pat Durham Commissioner's Cup23Center-Forward6"5' Colorado State University June 15 to September 3
Kenny Travis Governors Cup21Guard-Forward6"1' New Mexico State University September 26 to December 14

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References

  1. "SMB blasts SLR". Manila Standard.
  2. "San Miguel wallops Swift, gains final". Manila Standard.