The 1994 San Miguel Beermen season was the 20th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Draft picks RoundPickPlayerCollege215 Mike OttoFEU
11th championship San Miguel won their first three games of the season and had the best won-loss record in the eliminations of the All-Filipino Cup, with eight wins and two losses. The Beermen made it to the finals first and went on to play the Coney Island Ice Cream Stars for the All-Filipino Cup crown, as the two teams battled for the All-Filipino supremacy for the third straight year. San Miguel regained the championship over the defending champions Coney Island, winning in six games to become the first team in the 1990s era to win two consecutive titles since the same San Miguel team won the Grandslam in 1989. An added incentive to their finals victory was the right to represent the Philippines for the Asian Games basketball gold, as well as being seeded into the semifinal round of the season-ending Governor's Cup.
Occurrences After winning over the Swift Mighty Meaties in Game One of their series for third place in the Commissioner's Cup, the San Miguel Beermen forfeited the third-place trophy and requested the PBA to allow them to carry the national team colors for the remaining games as part of their tune-up in preparation for the upcoming Hiroshima Asian Games in October. The Beermen began playing with amateur cagers Marlou Aquino, Dennis Espino, Kenneth Duremdes, Jeffrey Cariaso, Edward Joseph Feihl and Bryant Punzalan joining the Philippine team.
Roster
Transactions Trades Off-seasonTo Coney Island Bong RavenaTo San Miguel Beermen Kevin Ramas
Additions Player Signed Former team Rudolf Belmonte June 1994 N/A Freddie Abuda November 1994 Purefoods
Recruited imports NameTournamentNo.Pos.Ht.CollegeDuration Billy Thompson Commissioner's Cup 7 Forward 6"5' University of Louisville June 17–21 Billy Martin 7 Forward 6"5' Georgetown University June 28 to August 5 Eric Martin 4 Forward-Ccnter 6"5' University of Cincinnati August 9–26 Kenny Travis Governors' Cup 21 Guard-forward 6"1' New Mexico State October 29 to December 4
Asian Games
The 1994 Philippines men's national basketball team competed in the 1994 Asian Games. The team placed fourth, behind host team Japan.
PosNo.PlayerPBA teamPF4Alvin PatrimonioPurefoods HotdogsPG5Franz PumarenSan Miguel BeermenPG6Ato AgustinSan Miguel BeermenSF/PF7Rey EvangelistaPurefoods HotdogsG/F8 Allan Caidic Presto TivoliG/F9Kenneth DuremdesPBLPF10Alvin TengSan Miguel BeermenC11Dong PolisticoSan Miguel BeermenPG12Johnny AbarrientosAlaska MilkmenC13Marlou AquinoPBLPG14Hector CalmaSan Miguel BeermenC15Jerry CodineraPurefoods Hotdogs
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