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1986 Alaska Milkmen season

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1986 Alaska Milkmen season
Head coachTony Vasquez
Cesar Jota
General ManagerJoel Aquino
Owner(s)Holland Milk Products, Inc.
Reinforced Conference results
Record11–13
(45.8%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
All-Filipino Conference results
Record4–6
(40%)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Open Conference results
Record5–10
(33.3%)
Place6th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Alaska Milkmen seasons
1987 →

1986 was the first season of the franchise Alaska Milkmen in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

New team

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Alaska Milk was accepted as a new member of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) that entered its 12th season. The league maintains a six-team field, following the leave of absence by the Magnolia club, one of the three founding members of the PBA. Alaska acquired players Marte Saldaña, Rudy Distrito and Noli Banate from Magnolia. They signed up Magnolia coach Norman Black to a one-year contract as part of their coaching staff and import for the Third Conference. The other players that were acquired by the latest club were Alejo Alolor, Frankie Lim and Teddy Alfarero from Great Taste. Arnie Tuadles and Ricky Relosa came from Ginebra and Dennis Abbatuan from Shell. The rookies were Rey Cuenco, the first overall draft pick, Naning Valenciano and Rey Ramos.

The club's first head coach was former Atenean Tony Vasquez. In their very first conference, the Milkmen's imports were former best import winner Donnie Ray Koonce, who last played in the PBA three years ago in 1983, and Jerry Lee Eaves.

Occurrences

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After leading Alaska to a fourth-place finish in the first conference, coach Tony Vasquez was replaced by assistant coach Cesar Jota. He was supposed to begin the All-Filipino Conference to handle De La Salle-Zobel in their UAAP debut season. Starting the second round of eliminations in the third conference, the Milkmen welcomed back Tony Vasquez from the bench, but his return was spoiled by Alaska's 111–114 loss to Manila Beer on October 19. Two more outings and the coaching job was resumed by former San Bedan, Cesar Jota following Vasquez's sudden passing. [1]

Donnie Ray Koonce teamed up with Norman Black in the Open (3rd) Conference. Koonce was replaced by Keith Morrison after playing five games.

Won-loss records vs Opponents

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Team Win Loss 1st (Reinforced) 2nd (All-Filipino) 3rd (Open)
Ginebra 4 10 4-6 0-2 0-2
Great Taste 1 7 1-3 0-1 0-3
Magnolia 1 1 N/A N/A 1-1
Manila Beer 2 4 1-1 1-1 0-2
Shell 7 2 3-1 1-1 3-0
Tanduay 3 5 2-2 0-1 1-2
RP-Magnolia 2 0 N/A 2-0 N/A
Total 20 29 11-13 4-6 5-10

Roster

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1986 Alaska Milkmen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 2 Philippines Alolor, Alejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Visayas
G 4 Philippines Lim, Frankie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda
G 7 Philippines Saldaña, Marte 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern
C 8 Philippines Banate, Noli 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Mindanao
F 9 Philippines Valenciano, Ludovico 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) USLS
F 10 Philippines Balani, Woodrow 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
F 11 Philippines Tuadles, Arnie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Visayas
F/C 12 Philippines Cuenco, Reynaldo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle Araneta
F 13 Philippines Ramos, Reynaldo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) TUA
C 14 Philippines Alfarero, Teodicio 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) De La Salle
F 15 Philippines Relosa, Ricky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
F 23 Philippines Abbatuan, Dennis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) José Rizal
G 44 Philippines Distrito, Rudy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
Head coach
  • Philippines Tony Vasquez
  • Philippines Cesar Jota
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured Injured

Imports

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Tournament Name # Height From
1986 PBA Reinforced Conference Donnie Ray Koonce 30 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UNC Charlotte
Jerry Eaves 31 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Louisville
1986 PBA Open Conference Norman Black 24 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Saint Joseph's University
Donnie Ray Koonce 30 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UNC Charlotte
Keith Morrison 25 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Washington State

References

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  1. ^ "Ginebra, Great Taste clash tonight".