2003 Alaska Aces season

2003 Alaska Aces season
Head coach Tim Cone
All-Filipino Cup results
Record 1413
(.519)
Place 3rd
Playoff finish 3
Invitational Cup results
Record 111
(.917)
Place 1st
Playoff finish 1
Reinforced Conference results
Record 611
(.353)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A

Stats @ PBA-Online.net
Alaska Aces seasons
2002

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

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Height Position College
1 1 Mike Cortez 6"0' G La Salle
1 5 Brandon Cablay 6"0' G Vanguard
2 20 Leo Bat-Og 6"4' F
3 29 Stephen Padilla 5"11' G Visayas

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

  • Rodney Santos (To Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)

Via Trade

Occurrences

During the Invitational Cup, 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, defeating the Coca Cola Tigers, 2-1 in their best-of-three finals series, the Aces were the sixth entry among PBA teams qualified to play in the second conference Invitationals that featured guest foreign teams, Alaska was on a 9-game winning streak going into Game 1 of the title series.

Roster

Alaska Aces roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 3 United States Tejada, Eugene style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Chabot College
F 5 United States Duat, Robert style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Menlo College
G 7 United States Ordonio, Jon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Master's College
C 8 Philippines Allado, Don style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) De La Salle
G 9 Philippines Padilla, Stephen style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) University of Visayas
C 10 Philippines Del Rosario, Richard style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle
G 11 Philippines Cortez, Mike style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) De La Salle
G 13 Philippines Castro, Alvin style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) De La Salle
F 20 Philippines Camaso, Don style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Metro Manila College
G 24 United States Cablay, Brandon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Vanguard University
F 31 United States Arigo, John style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Tampa
C 32 Philippines Feihl, Edward Joseph style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Adamson
F 34 United States Peek, Ali style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) St.Mary's
F 41 United States Noble, Miguel style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Utica College
G United States Carrawell, Chris (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Duke University
G 22 United States Fontaine, Isaac (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Washington State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Richard Bachmann
  • Philippines Gilbert Reyes



Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) - Import
  • Injured

References