2012–13 Barako Bull Energy season explained

Team:	Barako Bull Energy
Pbayear:	2012–13
Coach:	Bong Ramos
1C-Name:	Philippine Cup
1C-Wins:	4
1C-Losses:	10
1C-Place:	9
1C-Playoffs:	Did not qualify
2C-Name:	Commissioner's Cup
2C-Wins:	5
2C-Losses:	9
2C-Place:	9
2C-Playoffs:	did not qualify
3C-Name:	Governors' Cup
3C-Wins:	4
3C-Losses:	5
3C-Place:	6
3C-Playoffs:	Quarterfinalist (defeated by Meralco in one game)
Owners:	Energy Food and Drinks Inc. (a Lina Group of Companies subsidiary)
Prevseason:	2011–12
Nextseason:	2013–14
Manager:	Raffy Casyao

The 2012–13 Barako Bull Energy was the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Formerly known as Barako Bull Energy Cola in the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup.

Key dates

• August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.
• September 5: Energy Food & Drinks, Inc., owners of the Barako Bull Energy franchise announced that they will rename their team as the Barako Bull Energy Cola starting this season.^[1]
• November 14: Bong Ramos replaces Junel Baculi as the head coach for the Barako Bull Energy Cola ^[2]

Draft picks

See main article: 2012 PBA Draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
2	2		F/C
2	5	Lester Alvarez	G
2	6	Emman Monfort	G		Ateneo de Manila
2	8		F		State
3	3		G		Houston
4	1	Kokoy Hermosisima	G		National

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Game log

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1| October 3| Air21| 90 - 87| Tubid (19)| Villanueva (14)| Anthony (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1 - 0| Boxscores|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 2| October 10| Petron Blaze| 89 - 98| Urbiztondo (17)| Kramer, Anthony (10)| Josh Urbiztondo (7)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1 - 1| Boxscores|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3| October 14| Alaska| 86 - 102| Villanueva (22)| Villanueva (17)| Urbiztondo (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1 - 2| Boxscores|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4| October 19| Barangay Ginebra| 92 - 82| Anthony (21)| Villanueva (8)| Urbiztondo, Villanueva (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2 - 2| Boxscores|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5| October 24| Talk 'N Text| 76 - 79| Villanueva (16)| Villanueva, Kramer (7)| Najorda, Urbiztondo (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2 - 3| Boxscores|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 6| October 28| San Mig Coffee| 91 - 92| Tubid (17)| Pennisi (9)| Urbiztondo (8)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2 - 4| Boxscores|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 7| October 31| Meralco| 86 - 99| Kramer, Urbiztondo (14)| Villanueva (11)| Tubid (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2 - 5| Boxscores|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 8| November 4| GlobalPort| 95 - 94| Tubid (19)| Anthony (13)| Urbiztondo (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 3 - 5| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 9| November 9| Air21| 85 - 86| Tubid (24)| Anthony (12)| Urbiztondo, Anthony, Villanueva (4)| Cuneta Astrodome| 3 - 6| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 10| November 16| San Mig Coffee| 73 - 93| Tubid (17)| Ballesteros (9)| Yap (4)| Ynares Center| 3 - 7| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf"| 11| November 24| Petron Blaze| 83 - 93| Seigle (16)| Kramer (21)| Urbiztondo (4)| Lucena City| 3 - 8| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf"| 12| November 30| Meralco| 73 - 85| Tubid (20)| Kramer (18)| Cruz (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 3 - 9| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 13| December 2| Barangay Ginebra| 83 - 79| Tubid (18) | Kramer (22)| Yap (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 4 - 9| Boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf"| 14| December 7| Rain or Shine| 101 - 116| Seigle (21)| Kramer (13)| Anthony (5)| Mall of Asia Arena| 4 - 10| Boxscore

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Game log

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 1| February 8| San Mig Coffee| 79 - 75| Brock (18)| Brock (12)| J. Villanueva (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 1 - 0| boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2| February 10| GlobalPort| 98 - 88 (OT)| Brock (25)| Brock (18)| J. Villanueva (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2 - 0| boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 3| February 17| Alaska| 73 - 77| Urbiztondo (15)| Brock (15)| J. Villanueva (4)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 2 - 1| boxscore|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 4| February 22| Air21| 91 - 86| Brock (23)| Brock (15)| Urbiztondo (5)| Mall of Asia Arena| 3 - 1| boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 5| February 27| Barangay Ginebra| 72 - 93| Brock, Urbiztondo (16)| Brock (14)| Urbiztondo (6)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 3 - 2| boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 6| March 3| Petron Blaze| 78 - 91| Brock (20)| Brock (24)| J. Villanueva (5)| Smart Araneta Coliseum| 3 - 3| boxscore|- bgcolor="#edbebf" | 7| March 9| Talk 'N Text| 98 - 101| Pennisi (19)| Brock (12)| Urbiztondo (7)| Legaspi City, Albay| 3 - 4| boxscore|- | 8| March 13| Meralco| | | | | Smart Araneta Coliseum| | |- | 9| March 20| Rain or Shine| | | | | Smart Araneta Coliseum| | |- | 10| March 24| Barangay Ginebra| | | | | Smart Araneta Coliseum| | |- | 11| March 31| San Mig Coffee| | | | | Mall of Asia Arena| | |- | 12| April 7| Petron Blaze| | | | | Smart Araneta Coliseum| | |- | 13| April 12| Rain or Shine| | | | | Smart Araneta Coliseum| | |- | 14| April 14| GlobalPort| | | | | Mall of Asia Arena| |

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Game log

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

August 20, 2012^[3] ^[4]

To Barako Bull Sean Anthony

To B-Meg 2012 1st round pick (Aldrech Ramos)

August 31, 2012^[5]	To Barako Bull Enrico Villanueva	To Barangay Ginebra Willie Miller
September 11, 2012^[6]	To Barako Bull Jason Ballesteros	To Meralco Carlo Sharma Sunday Salvacion
September 21, 2012^[7]	To Barako Bull Josh Urbiztondo	To San Mig Coffee 2013 1st round pick Wesley Gonzales

Commissioner's Cup

January 22, 2013^[8]

To Barako Bull Alex Mallari Jojo Duncil 2014 1st round pick

To Petron Blaze Ronald Tubid

January 22, 2013

To Barako Bull JC Intal Jonas Villanueva Aldrech Ramos

To San Mig Coffee Mixers Alex Mallari Leo Najorda Lester Alvarez 2014 1st round pick (originally from Petron Blaze)

January 22, 2013^[9]

To Barako Bull Mac Baracael

To Alaska Aldrech Ramos

January 22, 2013

To Barako Bull Allein Maliksi

To Barangay Ginebra Mac Baracael

April 18, 2013^[10]

To Barako Bull Keith Jensen 2015 2nd round pick (from GlobalPort)

To Barangay Ginebra Josh Urbiztondo

June 10, 2013^[11]

To Barako Bull Jared Dillinger

To Talk 'N Text Sean Anthony

June 10, 2013

To Barako Bull Ronjay Buenafe Gilbert Bulawan

To Meralco Jared Dillinger Don Allado

June 10, 2013^[12]

To Barako Bull Elmer Espiritu

To Barangay Ginebra 2013 2nd round pick (from Talk 'N Text)

August 12, 2013^[13]

To Barako Bull Dorian Peña 2013 2nd round pick (from Barangay Ginebra)

To Petron Blaze Doug Kramer

Governors' Cup

August 12, 2013^[14]

To Barako Bull Wesley Gonzales Chris Pacana 2017 2nd round pick

To San Mig Coffee Allein Maliksi

Recruited imports

Tournament	Name	Debuted	Last game	Record
		February 8 (vs. San Mig Coffee)	March 31 (vs. San Mig Coffee)	4–7
		April 7 (vs. Petron)	April 14 (vs. GlobalPort)	1–2
		August 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text)	September 25 (vs. Meralco)	4–6

Notes and References

1. http://sports.inquirer.net/61142/manong-brigade-no-more ‘Manong Brigade’ no more
2. http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1914 Ramos new Barako Bull head coach; Baculi headed for Globalport?, PBA.ph, November 14, 2012
3. http://www.pba.ph/news/entry/1773 BOOSTERS GROW STRONGER
4. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/vic-manuel-to-make-up-for-loss-of-sean-anthony-says-mikee-romero Vic Manuel to make up for loss of Sean Anthony, says Mikee Romero
5. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/alaska-nabs-casio-hontiveros-ginebra-gets-tenorio-globalport-gets-miller-in-monster-5-team-deal Alaska nabs Casio, Hontiveros, Ginebra gets Tenorio, GlobalPort gets Miller in monster 5-team deal
6. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/barako-bull-acquires-project-ballesteros-from-meralco-for-salvacion-sharma Barako Bull acquires ‘project’ Ballesteros from Meralco for Salvacion, Sharma
7. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/san-mig-coffee-sends-urbiztondo-to-barako-bull-for-first-round-pick San Mig Coffee sends Urbiztondo to Barako Bull for first round pick
8. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-approves-of-tubid-to-petron-and-barako-bull-san-mig-coffee-multiplayer-trade PBA approves of Tubid to Petron and Barako Bull-San Mig Coffee multiplayer trade
9. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/barako-bull-trades-with-alaska-ginebra-approved-by-pba Barako Bull trades with Alaska, Ginebra approved by PBA
10. http://www.spin.ph/sports/basketball/news/ginebra-boosts-backcourt-with-acquisition-of-urbiztondo-in-time-for-playoffs Ginebra boosts backcourt with acquisition of Urbiztondo in time for playoffs
11. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-approves-trade-dillinger-allado-to-meralco-buenafe-to-barako-bull-anthony-to-talk-n-text PBA approves trade: Dillinger, Allado to Meralco, Buenafe to Barako Bull, Anthony to Talk ‘N Text
12. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/312361/sports/basketball/pba-globalport-deals-japeth-aguilar-to-ginebra-acquires-jay-washington-from-petron GlobalPort deals Japeth Aguilar to Ginebra, acquires Jay Washington from Petron
13. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/petron-officially-acquires-doug-kramer-sends-dorian-pena-back-to-barako-bull Petron officially acquires Doug Kramer, sends Dorian Peña back to Barako Bull
14. http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/pba-approves-allein-maliksi-trade-from-barako-to-san-mig-coffee-as-alaska-coach-luigi-trillo-fumes PBA approves Allein Maliksi trade from Barako to San Mig Coffee as Alaska coach Luigi Trillo fumes