2007–08 Magnolia Beverage Masters season

2007–08 Magnolia Beverage Masters season
Head coach	Siot Tanquingcen
Philippine Cup results
Record	10–10 (50%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals (lost to Red Bull)
Fiesta Conference results
Record	14–14 (50%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals (lost to Air21)
Magnolia Beverage Masters seasons

The 2007–08 Magnolia Beverage Masters season was the 33rd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Key dates

August 19: The 2007 PBA Draft took place at Market! Market! in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

Draft picks

Main article: 2007 PBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Samigue Eman	6"9'	Center	Philippines	Mindanao
1	9	Jonas Villanueva	6"0'	Guard	Philippines	FEU

Roster

Magnolia Beverage Masters roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 1 Cortez, Mike 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) De La Salle F 2 Espinas, Gabby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Philippine Christian G 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 7 Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Cebu F/C 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 G 17 Racela, Olsen 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 F 41 Bono, Ken 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Adamson F 42 Seigle, Danny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wagner G 88 Calaguio, Chris 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Letran C 40 Watkins, Jameel (I) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Georgetown C 52 McCaskill, Amal (I) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Marquette	Head coach Siot Tanquingcen Assistant coach(es) Pido Jarencio Biboy Ravanes Nash Racela Aboy Castro Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Philippine Cup

Game log

2008 PBA Philippine Cup game log
October Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 14 Air21 121–112 Seigle (28) Araneta Coliseum 1–0 2 October 21 Sta.Lucia 101–96 Seigle, Hontiveros (18) Araneta Coliseum 2–0 3 October 26 Purefoods 90–93 Tugade (23) Araneta Coliseum 2–1 4 October 28 Coca Cola 89–78 Tugade (21) Araneta Coliseum 3–1
November Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 3 Talk 'N Text 94–100 Seigle (26) Muntinlupa 3–2 6 November 9 Alaska 112–108 Seigle (20) Ynares Center 4–2 7 November 16 Welcoat 93–95 Hontiveros (24) Cuneta Astrodome 4–3 8 November 18 Brgy.Ginebra 101–90 Tugade (34) Araneta Coliseum 5–3 9 November 23 Red Bull 95–107 Araneta Coliseum 5–4 10 November 30 Purefoods 108–86 Calaguio (22) Ynares Center 6–4
December Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 11 December 2 Talk 'N Text 96–93 Hontiveros (26) Ynares Center 7–4 12 December 8 Red Bull 88–94 Seigle (20) Cavite City 7–5 13 December 12 Coca Cola 108–114 Tenorio (23) Araneta Coliseum 7–6 14 December 16 Brgy.Ginebra 100–115 Seigle (19) Araneta Coliseum 7–7 15 December 22 Alaska 104–92 Tugade (30) Cagayan de Oro 8–7 16 December 28 Air21 Araneta Coliseum 9–7
January Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 17 January 6 Sta.Lucia 77–99 Araneta Coliseum 9–8 18 January 11 Welcoat 96–84 Seigle (32) Araneta Coliseum 10–8
2007–08 schedule

Fiesta Conference

Game log

2008 PBA Fiesta Conference game log
April Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 April 2 Purefoods 126–127 (2OT) Hontiveros (29) Araneta Coliseum 0–1 2 April 6 Sta.Lucia 86–88 Watkins (20) Ynares Center 0–2 3 April 11 Alaska 89–81 Racela (18) Seigle (18) Araneta Coliseum 1–2 4 April 13 Talk 'N Text 91–86 Araneta Coliseum 2–2 5 April 20 Brgy.Ginebra 95–92 Watkins (20) Watkins (19) Araneta Coliseum 3–2 6 April 30 Welcoat 101–108 Watkins (26) Araneta Coliseum 3–3
May Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 May 3 Red Bull 102–95 Tugade (22) Lipa City, Batangas 4–3 8 May 9 Coca Cola 92–106 Tugade (23) Araneta Coliseum 4–4 9 May 16 Purefoods 88–81 Seigle (27) Araneta Coliseum 5–4 10 May 21 Air21 90–96 Watkins (29) Ynares Center 5–5 11 May 28 Brgy.Ginebra 76–87 Watkins (22) Araneta Coliseum 5–6 12 May 31 Talk 'N Text 84–82 Tugade (29) Puerto Princesa 6–6
June Game Date Opponent Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 13 June 4 Welcoat 94–86 Racela (20) Araneta Coliseum 7–6 14 June 8 Red Bull 75–84 Araneta Coliseum 7–7 15 June 13 Sta.Lucia 80–74 McCaskill (16) Cuneta Astrodome 8–7 16 June 20 Coca Cola 81–77 Tugade (14) Cuneta Astrodome 9–7 17 June 25 Air21 88–90 Araneta Coliseum 9–8 18 June 29 Alaska 80–79 Cortez (18) Araneta Coliseum 10–8
2007–08 schedule

Transactions

Trades

March 23, 2008

To Alaska Aces LA Tenorio, Larry Fonacier

To Magnolia Beverage Masters Mike Cortez, Ken Bono

March 27, 2008

To Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants Enrico Villanueva

To Magnolia Beverage Masters Marc Pingris

Three-team trade

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Chester Tolomia	March 2008	Coca Cola Tigers

Subtractions

Player	Traded	New team
Willy Wilson	March 2008	Barangay Ginebra Kings