2016–17 Alaska Aces season
Appearance
2016–17 Alaska Aces season | |
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Head coach | Alex Compton |
General Manager | Dickie Bachmann |
Owner(s) | Alaska Milk Corporation |
Philippine Cup results | |
Record | 7–4 (63.6%) |
Place | 2nd |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinalist (lost to Barangay Ginebra with twice-to-beat advantage) |
Commissioner's Cup results | |
Record | 4–7 (36.4%) |
Place | 9th |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Governors' Cup results | |
Record | 3–8 (27.3%) |
Place | 9th |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Alaska Aces seasons | |
The 2016–17 Alaska Aces season was the 31st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Key dates
[edit]2016
[edit]- October 30: The 2016 PBA draft took place at Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.
Draft picks
[edit]Special draft
[edit]Player | Position | Nationality | PBA D-League team | College |
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Carl Bryan Cruz | F | ![]() |
Cafe France Bakers | FEU |
Regular draft
[edit]Alaska passed in the regular draft. They originally owned one second round and two third round picks.
Roster
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- a also serves as Alaska's board governor.
Philippine Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | San Miguel Beermen | 10 | 1 | .909 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | Alaska Aces | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | |
3 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636[a] | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | TNT KaTropa | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
6 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | |
7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 6 | 5 | .545[b] | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
9 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455[c] | 5 | |
10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 7 | |
11 | Meralco Bolts | 3 | 8 | .273[d] | 7 | |
12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182 | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
Notes:
Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Philippine Cup game log Total: 7–4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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November: 0–1
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December
: 3–2
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January
: 3–1
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February
: 1–0
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2016–17 schedule |
Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 98 | ||||||||||||
8 | Rain or Shine | 91 | ||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
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4 | TNT | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | TNT | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 | GlobalPort | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
(#2 twice-to-beat) | ||||||||||||||
7 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Alaska | 81 | 97 | |||||||||||
7 | Barangay Ginebra | 85 | 108 | |||||||||||
7 | Barangay Ginebra | 4 | ||||||||||||
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3 | Star | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Star | 2 | ||||||||||||
6 | Phoenix | 0 | ||||||||||||
Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterfinals: 0–2
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2016–17 schedule |
Commissioner's Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | |
3 | Star Hotshots | 9 | 2 | .818[a] | — | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
4 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727 | 1 | |
5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2 | |
6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
7 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 4 | 7 | .364[b] | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
8 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 7 | .364[b] | 5 | |
9 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 7 | .364[b] | 5 | |
10 | Mahindra Floodbuster | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
11 | Blackwater Elite | 2 | 9 | .182[c] | 7 | |
12 | NLEX Road Warriors | 2 | 9 | .182[c] | 7 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
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Game log
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | |||||||||||
(#1 twice-to-beat) | |||||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 96 | |||||||||||
8 | GlobalPort | 85 | |||||||||||
1 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | |||||||||||
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4 | TNT | 3 | |||||||||||
4 | TNT | 2 | |||||||||||
5 | Meralco | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | TNT | 2 | |||||||||||
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2 | San Miguel | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 115 | |||||||||||
7 | Phoenix | 96 | |||||||||||
2 | San Miguel | 3 | |||||||||||
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3 | Star | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Star | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | Rain or Shine | 0 | |||||||||||
Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Commissioner's Cup playoffs game log Total: 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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8th seed playoff: 0–1
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2016–17 schedule |
Governors' Cup
[edit]Eliminations
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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1 | Meralco Bolts | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
2 | TNT KaTropa | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
3 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
4 | Star Hotshots | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
5 | NLEX Road Warriors | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
6 | San Miguel Beermen | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
7 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
8 | Blackwater Elite | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4 | |
9 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 8 | .273[c] | 6 | |
10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 3 | 8 | .273[c] | 6 | |
11 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 2 | 9 | .182 | 7 | |
12 | Kia Picanto | 0 | 11 | .000 | 9 |
Source: PBA.ph
Notes:
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Game log
[edit]2017 PBA Governors' Cup game log Total: 3–8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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July: 0–3
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August
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September: 3–2
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2016–17 schedule |
Transactions
[edit]Trades
[edit]Recruited imports
[edit]Conference | Name | Country | Number | Debuted | Last game | Record |
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Commissioner's Cup | Cory Jefferson | ![]() |
34 | March 18 (vs. GlobalPort) |
June 4 (vs. GlobalPort) |
4–8 |
Governors' Cup | LaDontae Henton | ![]() |
19 | July 19 (vs. NLEX) |
September 20 (vs. Rain or Shine) |
3–8 |
Awards
[edit]Recipient | Award | Date awarded | Ref. |
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Vic Manuel | Philippine Cup Player of the Week | December 19, 2016 | [1] |
Sonny Thoss | Commissioner's Cup Player of the Week | April 3, 2017 | [2] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Player of the Week: Vic Manuel provides muscle to Aces' surge". Inquirer.net. December 19, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ "PBA Player Of The Week: Who Else But Sonny Thoss". pba.ph. April 3, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.