2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season

The 2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season was the 34th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

September 1: The

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	From
PG	1	Cortez, Mike	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	De La Salle
PG	3	Villanueva, Jonas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Far Eastern
C	4	Peña, Dorian	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Coppin State
G	5	Custodio, Bonbon	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	UE
SG	7	Hontiveros, Dondon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Cebu
PF	10	Ildefonso, Danny	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	National-U
G/F	15	Gonzales, Wesley	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Ateneo
F	16	Pingris, Marc	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	PSBA
PG	17	Racela, Olsen (C)	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Ateneo
G/F	18	Tugade, Lordy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	National-U
C	21	Eman, Samigue	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	239 lb (108 kg)	Mindanao
SF	23	Washington, Jay	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Eckerd
SF	25	Freeman, Gabriel	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Mesa CC
PG	27	Baguion, Froilan	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	National-U
C	34	Pennisi, Mick	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Eastern Michigan
PF	41	Bono, Ken	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Adamson
SF	42	Seigle, Danny	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Wagner
SG	88	Calaguio, Chris	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Letran

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	12	6	.667	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	11	7	.611	1	Advance to semifinals
3	Barangay Ginebra Kings	10	8	.556^[a]	2	Advance to quarterfinals
4	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	10	8	.556^[a]	2
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	10	8	.556^[a]	2
6	San Miguel Beermen	9	9	.500	3	Advance to wildcard round
7	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	8	10	.444^[b]	4
8	Air21 Express	8	10	.444^[b]	4
9	Coca-Cola Tigers	7	11	.389	5
10	Red Bull Barako	5	13	.278	7

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +16, Rain or Shine −3, Sta. Lucia −13
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Air21

2009 PBA Philippine Cup game log

October

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
1	October 5	Alaska	84–85	Custodio (14)	Cuneta Astrodome	0–1
2	October 10	Purefoods	111–98	Hontiveros (15)	Cuneta Astrodome	1–1
3	October 15	Rain or Shine	89–82	Hontiveros (17)	Araneta Coliseum	2–1
4	October 17	Talk 'N Text	84–77	Washington (21)	Araneta Coliseum	3–1
5	October 22	Brgy.Ginebra	118–89	Tugade (21)	Araneta Coliseum	4–1
6	October 25	Red Bull	113–114	Hontiveros (21)	Gingoog	4–2
7	October 30	Sta.Lucia	89–71	Tugade (19)	Ynares Sports Arena	5–2

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	High rebounds	Location Attendance	Record
8	November 5	Air21	130–129 (2OT)	Hontiveros (25)	Washington (13)	Araneta Coliseum	6–2
9	November 12	Coca Cola	89–86	Pennisi (18)		Cuneta Astrodome	7–2
10	November 15	Alaska	85–91	Custodio (20)			7–3
11	November 19	Sta.Lucia				Araneta Coliseum	7–4
12	November 23	Purefoods	83–84	Tugade (18)		Cuneta Astrodome	7–5
13	November 26	Air21	98–78			Araneta Coliseum	8–5
14	November 30	Talk 'N Text	80–85	Tugade (20)		Singapore Indoor Stadium	8–6

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Record
15	December 6	Red Bull	89–84 ^[1]	Washington (24)	Cuneta Astrodome	9–6
16	December 12	Coca Cola	91–105		Araneta Coliseum	9–7
17	December 17	Rain or Shine	92–93	Hontiveros (24)	Araneta Coliseum	9–8
18	December 20	Brgy.Ginebra	82–87		Batangas City	9–9

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	San Miguel Beermen	11	3	.786	—	Advance to semifinals
2	Barangay Ginebra Kings	8	6	.571^[a]	3	Advance to semifinals
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	6	.571^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
4	Burger King Whoppers	8	6	.571^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round
5	Sta. Lucia Realtors	7	7	.500^[b]	4	Single-elimination in the wildcard round
6	Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants	7	7	.500^[b]	4
7	Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters	7	7	.500^[b]	4
8	Coca-Cola Tigers	6	8	.429^[c]	5
9	Alaska Aces	6	8	.429^[c]	5	Twice-to-win in the wildcard round
10	Barako Bull Energy Boosters	2	12	.143	9	Twice-to-win in the wildcard round

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10
^ ^a ^b Eighth seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska