2002 PBA season explained

2002 PBA season
Year:	2002
Duration:	February 10 – December 25, 2002
No Of Teams:	10
Tv:	Local: Viva TV (IBC) International: The Filipino Channel
Draft:	2002 PBA Draft
Top Pick:	Yancy de Ocampo
Picked By:	FedEx Express
Mvp:	Willie Miller
Conf1:	Governors Cup
Conf1 Link:	2002 PBA Governors Cup
Conf1 Champ:	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Conf1 Runner-Up:	Alaska Aces
Conf2:	Commissioner's Cup
Conf2 Link:	2002 PBA Commissioner's Cup
Conf2 Champ:	Batang Red Bull Thunder
Conf2 Runner-Up:	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Conf3:	All-Filipino Cup
Conf3 Link:	2002 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Conf3 Champ:	Coca-Cola Tigers
Conf3 Runner-Up:	Alaska Aces
Prevseason Link:	2001 PBA season
Prevseason Year:	2001
Nextseason Link:	2003 PBA season
Nextseason Year:	2003

The 2002 PBA season was the 28th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Board of governors

Company	Governor	Alternate Governor
		Joaquin Trillo
	Casiano Cabalan Jr.	Ira Daniel Maniquis
Photokina Marketing Corporation	George Chua	Manuel Mendoza
	Jose Bayani Baylon	Emmanuel Puno
Airfrieght 2100, Inc.	Angelito Alvarez
	Francisco Alejo III	Ely Capacio
	Manuel Encarnado	Ariel Magno
	Alberto Malapit
Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation	Roberto Kanapi
	Victorico Vargas	Al Panlilio

The league revised its season calendar to accommodate the participation of its players for the upcoming 2002 Asian Games. The Governors' Cup became the first conference of the season while the All-Filipino became the third and final conference.
The pool for the national team were divided into two teams: Selecta-RP and Hapee-RP. Both teams participated for the Governors' Cup. The teams were later merged to form the final lineup of the national team in the Commissioner's Cup, retaining the Selecta-RP branding.
Talk 'N Text coach Bill Bayno was fined PHP200,000 after publicly criticizing the league and its official.^[1] This came after Bayno branded the league as "San Miguel Basketball Association" and charged the league officials are favoring the four SMC-owned teams (San Miguel Beermen, Barangay Ginebra Kings, Coca Cola Tigers and Purefoods TJ Hotdogs).^[2]
This was the last season in which the Commissioner's and Governors Cup were disputed before the tournaments were reinstated in the 2010–11 season. They were replaced in 2003 by the Invitational and Reinforced Conferences in 2003, and eventually the Fiesta Conference in 2004 after the league reduced the number of conferences in a PBA season to two.

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

style= width="45%"	Team	style= width="55%"	Muse
Alaska Aces	Pia Guanio
Batang Red Bull Thunder	Assunta de Rossi and Alessandra de Rossi
Barangay Ginebra Kings	Rica Peralejo
Coca-Cola Tigers	Thalia Parks and Yeng Serrano
FedEx Express	Patricia Coronado
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	Zorayda Andam
San Miguel Beermen	Anna Shire
Shell Turbo Chargers	LJ Moreno
Sta. Lucia Realtors	Juliet Duncan
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	Cheska Garcia

Most Valuable Player: Willie Miller (Red Bull)
Rookie of the Year: Ren-Ren Ritualo (FedEx)
Sportsmanship Award: Paolo Mendoza (Sta. Lucia)
Most Improved Player: Rob Duat (Alaska)
Defensive Player of the Year: Davonn Harp (Red Bull)
Mythical Five
- Willie Miller (Red Bull)
- Davonn Harp (Red Bull)
- Jeffrey Cariaso (Coca-Cola)
- Victor Pablo (Talk 'N Text)
- Don Allado (Alaska)
Mythical Second Team
- Asi Taulava (Talk 'N Text)
- Gilbert Demape (Talk 'N Text)
- Nic Belasco (San Miguel)
- Kerby Raymundo (Purefoods)
- Rey Evangelista (Purefoods)
All Defensive Team
- Davonn Harp (Red Bull)
- Chris Jackson (Shell)
- Rudy Hatfield (Coca-Cola)
- Jeffrey Cariaso (Coca-Cola)
- Rey Evangelista (Purefoods)

GP	W	L	PCT	Best finish
47	31	16	.659	Champion
47	30	17	.638	Champion
47	27	20	.574	Runner-up
49	26	23	.530	Semifinalist
59	31	28	.525	Runner-up
43	22	21	.511	Champion
35	17	18	.485	Quarterfinalist
33	14	19	.424	Quarterfinalist
32	10	22	.312	Quarterfinalist
30	8	22	.266	Eliminations