2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season

The 2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season was the 14th and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). After the Philippine Cup the franchise was sold to Phoenix Petroleum and renamed as the Phoenix Fuel Masters which played its first tournament in the Commissioner's Cup.

2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season
Head coach	Koy Banal
General Manager	Raymond Rodriguez
Owner(s)	Energy Food and Drinks, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record	5–6 (45.5%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinalist (lost to GlobalPort in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Barako Bull Energy seasons
← 2014–15

Key dates

2015

• August 23: The 2015 PBA draft took place in Midtown Atrium, Robinson Place Manila.

2016

• January 20: The PBA approved the sale of the Barako Bull franchise to Phoenix Petroleum Philippines.^[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 2015 PBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	PBA D-League team	College
2	19	Kris Rosales	SG	United States	Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants	Hope International
2	21	Michael Miranda	C	Philippines	Wang's Basketball Couriers	San Sebastian
3	27	Yutien Andrada			Café France Bakers	DLSU
4	38	John Ray Alabanza	PF		MJM M-Builders	UE

Roster

2015–16 Barako Bull Energy roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 1 James Forrester 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1989–09–03 Arellano G 2 Josh Urbiztondo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–27 Fresno Pacific G 6 Emman Monfort 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 132 lb (60 kg) 1989–07–02 Ateneo F 7 JC Intal (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–11–18 Ateneo G 8 RR Garcia  5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990–01–12 Far Eastern G 11 Jeric Fortuna 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1991–11–25 UST F/C 12 Prince Caperal 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–06–12 Arellano G 17 Jens Knuttel (IN) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 169 lb (77 kg) 1989–09–17 Far Eastern F/C 20 Yutien Andrada (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1990–11–18 De La Salle G 26 Chico Lanete 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1979–08–01 Lyceum F 28 Willy Wilson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980–01–30 De La Salle F/C 34 Michael Miranda (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–12–12 San Sebastian G 42 Paul Sorongon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1985–12–12 Philippines F 45 Mac Baracael 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1985–04–14 Far Eastern C 88 Mick Pennisi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1975–03–13 Eastern Michigan F 91 Rodney Brondial 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–11–20 Adamson	Head coach Koy Banal (Mapúa) Assistant coach(es) Arturo Dela Cruz (San Sebastian) Jigs Mendoza (Philippines) Paolo Rivero (Adamson) Team manager Raymond Rodriguez Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Aces	9	2	.818[a]	—	Advance to semifinals
2	San Miguel Beermen	9	2	.818[a]	—
3	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636[b]	2
5	GlobalPort Batang Pier	7	4	.636[b]	2
6	TNT Tropang Texters	6	5	.545	3
7	NLEX Road Warriors	5	6	.455[c]	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Barako Bull Energy	5	6	.455[c]	4
9	Star Hotshots	4	7	.364	5
10	Blackwater Elite	3	8	.273	6
11	Mahindra Enforcer	2	9	.182	7
12	Meralco Bolts	1	10	.091	8

Source: PBA.ph
Notes:

1. Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
2. Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
3. Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarterfinals (1st phase) (Higher seeds twice-to-beat)					Quarterfinals (2nd phase) (Single elimination)					Semifinals (Best-of-7)					Finals (Best-of-7)
	3	Rain or Shine	95
											2	San Miguel	4
	10	Blackwater	90
						3	Rain or Shine	104			3	Rain or Shine	2
						6	TNT	89
	6	TNT	90
																2	San Miguel	4
	7	NLEX	88
																1	Alaska	3
	4	Barangay Ginebra	92*
											1	Alaska	4
	9	Star	89
						4	Barangay Ginebra	83			5	GlobalPort	1
						5	GlobalPort	84*
	5	GlobalPort	94
	8	Barako Bull	85

*Game went into overtime

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Trades

Pre-season

August 25, 2015 [2]	To Barako Bull Jens Knuttel Emman Monfort Josh Urbiztondo	To Barangay Ginebra Nico Salva 2016 1st round pick
To Barako Bull Jeric Fortuna	To San Miguel Brian Heruela

September 17, 2015[3]	To Barako Bull Ronald Pascual (from San Miguel)	To Rain or Shine 2016 2nd round pick (from Barako Bull)	To San Miguel Ryan Araña (from Rain or Shine via Barako Bull)

September 19, 2015 [4]
To Barako Bull Mick Pennisi	To Star 2017 2nd round pick
September 28, 2015 [5]	To Barako Bull Mac Baracael Prince Caperal	To Barangay Ginebra Joe Devance (via Barako Bull)
To GlobalPort Dorian Peña	To Star Jake Pascual Ronald Pascual
October 8, 2015[6]	To Barako Bull 2016 second round pick	To Talk 'N Text Dylan Ababou
October 13, 2015[7]	To Barako Bull Jervy Cruz	To GlobalPort Rico Maierhofer

Philippine Cup

November 16, 2015[8]	To Barako Bull Rodney Brondial 2018 2nd round pick	To Barangay Ginebra Jervy Cruz