2007–08 Magnolia Beverage Masters season

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

2007–08 Magnolia Beverage Masters season
Head coach	Siot Tanquingcen
General Manager	Hector Calma
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
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
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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

2007–08 Magnolia Beverage Masters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Mike Cortez 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) De La Salle F 2 Gabby Espinas 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Philippine Christian G 3 Jonas Villanueva 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Far Eastern C 4 Dorian Peña 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Coppin State G 7 Dondon Hontiveros 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Cebu F/C 10 Danny Ildefonso 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) National-U G/F 15 Wesley Gonzales 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Ateneo F 16 Marc Pingris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) PSBA G 17 Olsen Racela 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Ateneo G/F 18 Lordy Tugade 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) National-U C 21 Samigue Eman 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 239 lb (108 kg) Mindanao F 41 Ken Bono 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Adamson F 42 Danny Seigle 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wagner G 88 Chris Calaguio 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Letran C 40 Jameel Watkins (I) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Georgetown C 52 Amal McCaskill (I) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 244 lb (111 kg) Marquette

Head coach Siot Tanquingcen Assistant coach(es) Pido Jarencio Biboy Ravanes Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

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[1]

March 27, 2008	To Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants Enrico Villanueva	To Magnolia Beverage Masters Marc Pingris[2]

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