San Miguel-Team Pilipinas

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.

San Miguel-Team Pilipinas basketball team
LeaguesPhilippine 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
Location Philippines
Team colorsBlue, white and red
Head coachChot Reyes
Championships2005 Brunei Cup
2006 Brunei Cup
WebsiteSan Miguel Corporation

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

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

Scout:
  Tim Cone,   Norman Black,   Jong Uichico,   Ryan Gregorio
  Binky Favis
Manager:   Robert Non
IL= Injured list RL= Reserve list   San Miguel


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