2003 Alaska Aces season

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2003   Alaska Aces season
Head coach Tim Cone
Owner(s) Wilfred Uytengsu
All-Filipino Cup results
Record1413
(51.9%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemis (lost to TNT)
Invitational Cup results
Record111
(91.7%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
Reinforced Conference results
Record611
(35.3%)
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishQF (lost to Sta.Lucia)
Alaska Aces seasons
  2002
2004–05  

The 2003 Alaska Aces season was the 18th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Draft picks

Transactions

Players Added

Via Draft

  • Mike Cortez [1]
  • Brandon Cablay [2]
  • Stephen Padilla

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

  • Don Camaso (From Talk 'N Text; traded their 10th pick to TNT)
  • Eugene Tejada (Drafted by Sta.Lucia; the Aces traded their pick Leo Bat-Og in exchange)
Players Lost

Via Retirement

  • Jojo Lastimosa

Via Free Agency

Via Trade

Occurrences

During the Invitational Cup, shooting guard Jon Ordonio was placed on the reserve list upon orders by the management. Ordonio was one of the five foreign-breed players whom the senate recommended for deportation upon investigation on the so-called Fil-Shams.

Championship

The Alaska Aces won the Invitational Championship for their 11th PBA title as they exact revenge over the Coca-Cola Tigers, the team that beat them for the All-Filipino crown last year. The Aces won the best-of-three title series, two games to one. Alaska was the sixth entry among PBA teams qualified to play in the second conference Invitationals that featured guest foreign teams. They were on a nine-game winning streak going into Game One of the final playoffs.

Roster

2003 Alaska Aces roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
F 3 Flag of the United States.svg Tejada, Eugene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Chabot
F 5 Flag of the United States.svg Duat, Robert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo
G 7 Flag of the United States.svg Ordonio, Jon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Master's
F 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Allado, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) De La Salle
G 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Padilla, Stephen 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Visayas
F 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg del Rosario, Richard 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle
G 11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Cortez, Mike 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle
G 13 Flag of the Philippines.svg Castro, Alvin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle
F 20 Flag of the Philippines.svg Camaso, Don 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)Metro Manila College
G 24 Flag of the United States.svg Cablay, Brandon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Vanguard
F 31 Flag of the United States.svg Arigo, John  (C)6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Tampa
C 32 Flag of the Philippines.svg Feihl, Edward Joseph 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson
C 34 Flag of the United States.svg Peek, Ali 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Saint Mary's
F 41 Flag of the United States.svg Noble, Miguel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Utica
G 23 Flag of the United States.svg Carrawell, Chris  (I)6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Duke
G 22 Flag of the United States.svg Fontaine, Isaac  (I)6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Washington State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Import
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Game results

All-Filipino Cup

DateOpponentScoreTop scorerVenueLocation
February 23Sta.Lucia91–82Arigo (16 pts)Araneta ColiseumQuezon City
March 2Talk 'N Text96–78Camaso (17 pts)Araneta ColiseumQuezon City
March 7Brgy.Ginebra95–91Peek (24 pts)Ynares CenterAntipolo City
March 9Shell85–80Araneta ColiseumQuezon City
March 15FedEx86–90Bago City
March 19San Miguel76–81Philsports ArenaPasig
March 26Red Bull79–95Makati ColiseumMakati City
March 30Coca-Cola86–77Araneta ColiseumQuezon City
April 4FedEx95–93Philsports ArenaPasig
April 9Brgy.GinebraPhilsports ArenaPasig
April 13PurefoodsPhilsports ArenaPasig
April 23Sta.Lucia90–94Philsports ArenaPasig
April 26San Miguel69–78Ynares CenterAntipolo City
April 30Talk 'N Text88–89Makati ColiseumMakati City
May 4Shell83–89Araneta ColiseumQuezon City
May 10Red Bull82–92Tagbilaran, Bohol
May 18Coca-Cola87–90Araneta ColiseumQuezon City
May 25Purefoods90–85Arigo (29 pts)Araneta ColiseumQuezon City

  Win
  Win via OT
  loss
  loss via OT

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