1994 Alaska Milkmen season

1994   Alaska Milkmen season
Head coach	Tim Cone
General Manager	Joaqui Trillo
Owner	Wilfred Steven Uytengsu
All-Filipino Cup results
Record	13–10 (56.5%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Commissioner's Cup results
Record	15–9 (62.5%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Finals
Governors Cup results
Record	17–9 (65.4%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions
Alaska Milkmen seasons
←  1993 1995  →

The 1994 Alaska Milkmen season was the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	College
1	5	Edward Juinio	UP
1	6	Merwin Castelo	San Beda College
2	13	Cris Bolado	NU

Notable dates

March 6: The Milkmen unravelled an array of quality rookies in their first win of the regular season as they clipped Shell Rimula-X, 119–95, in the second game of the opening double-header. The win was Alaska's 11th straight after sweeping all their pre-season games, including the Guam Invitationals. ^[1]

July 19: Alaska weathered a brief uprising by Swift late in the third quarter and leaned on import Marques Bragg and playmaker Johnny Abarrientos in the final period to post a 94–84 victory and put the Milkmen on top of the Commissioners Cup standings with their sixth triumph in eight games. ^[2]

Finals' return

After three seasons and a total of seven conferences on non-finals appearance, the Alaska Milkmen return to the championship series in the Commissioner's Cup. Their import, the imposing Marques Bragg, help the Milkmen top the eliminations with nine wins and two losses and emerge with the league-best 14-5 won-loss record after the semifinal round. Alaska lost to Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs in the title series in five games.

Main article: 1994 PBA Commissioner's Cup finals

2nd championship

For the first time in five years, the Milkmen gambled on a new import Sean Gay in the third conference instead of Sean Chambers. Alaska lost two of their first three games in the Governor's Cup with Gay and the team decided to bring back old-hand Chambers to replaced him. ^[3]

The Milkmen for the second straight conference are back in the championship round, this time against the Swift Mighty Meaties, Sean Chambers led Alaska to their second PBA title by winning over Swift in six games.

Main article: 1994 PBA Governors Cup finals

Roster

1994 Alaska Milkmen roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 4 Merwin Castelo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda G 5 Gilbert Reyes 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Ateneo G/F 6 Jojo Lastimosa 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) USJ–R G 7 Roehl Gomez 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu G/F 9 Johnedel Cardel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle C 12 Dickie Bachmann 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle G 14 Johnny Abarrientos 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Far Eastern F 16 Bong Hawkins 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UPHSD C 24 Cris Bolado 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) National-U C 32 Poch Juinio 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) UP Diliman F 34 Stevenson Solomon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Sebastian C 50 Alex Araneta 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Ateneo F 54 Dondon Ampalayo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) USJ–R

Head coach Tim Cone Assistant coach(es) Joel Banal Aric del Rosario Team manager Joaquin Trillo Legend (C) Team captain Injured

Recruited imports

Name	Tournament	No.	Pos.	Ht.	College	Duration
Marques Bragg	Commissioner's Cup	25	Forward-Center	6"5'	Providence College	June 19 to September 9
Sean Gay	Governors Cup	13	Guard-Forward	6"1'	Texas Tech University	September 29 to October 4
Sean Chambers		20	Forward	6"1'	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	October 7 to December 18

References

1. "How the teams will fare". Manila Standard.
2. "Win over Swift puts Alaska up". Manila Standard.
3. "Old hand lifts Alaska past SLR". Manila Standard.