San Miguel-Team Pilipinas

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San Miguel-Team Pilipinas basketball team
Leagues Philippine Basketball Association
Founded2005
HistorySan Miguel Beer
2005–2007
San Miguel-Magnolia
2005–2007
San Mig Coffee
2005–2007
Purefoods Carne Norte Supremo
2005–2007
ArenaNone
LocationFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Team colorsBlue, white and red
Head coach Chot Reyes
Championships2005 Brunei Cup
2006 Brunei Cup
Website San Miguel Corporation

San Miguel-Team Pilipinas was the basketball team that represented the Philippines in international competitions from 2005 to 2007. The team was organized by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) during the period when the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP), the national sport association for basketball, was suspended by FIBA. The team was sponsored by San Miguel Corporation. San Miguel-Team Pilipinas was succeeded in 2009 by Powerade-Team Pilipinas, sponsored by Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc.

The team represented the country in the 2005 FIBA Asia Champions Cup (fifth), the Las Vegas Global Hoop Summit (most exciting performing team), the William Jones Cup (third), and the 2005 Shell Rimula-Sultan Cup of Brunei (Champion). The team was bannered by Asi Taulava, Rommel Adducul, and Ren-Ren Ritualo. The Philippines was suspended by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) due to political conflict between leaders of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP).

In 2006, it finished sixth in the William Jones Cup and fourth in the Al-Emadi International Basketball Tournament, held at Doha, Qatar. The team has recently played in a goodwill series against Lebanon and won the Shell Rimula-Sultan Cup title in Brunei for the second year in a row.

After the FIBA suspension of the BAP was lifted in February 2007, the team underwent intensive training in the United States training camp that was attended before by NBA players. During the said training trip, they also played some tune up games with some NCAA teams. Next stop for San Miguel–Team Pilipinas was the FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2007 held in Tehran, Iran. They played mostly against Arab teams that have two imports while they played without an import. After playing 8 games in 8 days, they finished 4th place in the tourney, a creditable showing as all the other teams played with imports.

List of Players

Pos.No.PlayerSchool
SG 4 Mark Caguioa Flag of the United States.svg Glendale
PF/C 5 Danny Seigle Flag of the United States.svg Wagner
PG 6 Jimmy Alapag Flag of the United States.svg CSU San Bernardino
SG 7 Dondon Hontiveros Flag of the Philippines.svg University of Cebu
C 8 Asi Taulava Flag of the United States.svg BYU–Hawaii
PF/C 9 Ranidel de Ocampo Flag of the Philippines.svg St. Francis of Assisi
PF 10 Enrico Villanueva Flag of the Philippines.svg Ateneo de Manila
PF/C 11 Mick Pennisi Flag of the United States.svg Eastern Michigan
PF 12 Kerby Raymundo Flag of the Philippines.svg San Juan de Letran
PG 13 Jayjay Helterbrand Flag of the United States.svg Kentucky State
SG/SF 14 Ren-Ren Ritualo Flag of the Philippines.svg De La Salle
PF/SF 15 Tony dela Cruz Flag of the United States.svg UC Irvine
Pos.No.PlayerSchool
PF/C RL Rommel Adducul Flag of the Philippines.svg San Sebsatian
PF RL Rudy Hatfield Flag of the United States.svg UM–Dearborn
PF/C IL Rafi Reavis Flag of the United States.svg Coppin State
SF RL Niño Canaleta Flag of the Philippines.svg UE
SF RL Kelly Williams Flag of the United States.svg Oakland
SG RL Gabe Norwood Flag of the United States.svg George Mason
PositionName/s
Head coach: Flag of the Philippines.svg   Chot Reyes
Assistants: Flag of the Philippines.svg Aboy Castro, Flag of the Philippines.svg Nash Racela
Consultants:

Scout:
Flag of the United States.svg Tim Cone, Flag of the United States.svg Norman Black, Flag of the Philippines.svg Jong Uichico, Flag of the Philippines.svg Ryan Gregorio
Flag of the Philippines.svg Binky Favis
Manager: Flag of the Philippines.svg Robert Non
IL= Injured list RL= Reserve list Flag of the Philippines.svg San Miguel

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