2015–16 Barako Bull Energy season
Head coachKoy Banal
Owner(s)Energy Food and Drinks, Inc.
Philippine Cup results
Record5–6
(45.5%)
Place8th
Playoff finishQuarterfinalist
(lost to GlobalPort in one game with twice-to-win disadvantage in Phase 1)
Commissioner's Cup results
Record0–0  
PlaceDNP
Playoff finishDNP
Governors' Cup results
Record0–0  
PlaceDNP
Playoff finishDNP
Barako Bull Energy seasons

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.

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

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

Barako Bull Energy roster
PlayersCoaches
S
Pos.#POBNameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY–MM–DD)From
G/F 1 Canada Forrester, James 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1989–09–03 Arellano
G 2 United States Urbiztondo, Josh 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–02–27 Fresno Pacific
G 6 Philippines Monfort, Emman 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 132 lb (60 kg) 1989–07–02 Ateneo
G/F 7 Philippines Intal, JC (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1983–11–18 Ateneo
G 8 Philippines Garcia, RR Injured 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1990–01–12 Far Eastern
G 11 Philippines Fortuna, Jeric 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1991–11–25 UST
F/C 12 Philippines Caperal, Prince 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–06–12 Arellano
G 17 Germany Knuttel, Jens (IN) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 169 lb (77 kg) 1989–09–17 Far Eastern
F/C 20 Philippines Andrada, Yutien (R) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1990–11–18 De La Salle
G 26 Philippines Lanete, Chico 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1979–08–01 Lyceum
F 28 United States Wilson, Willy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1980–01–30 De La Salle
F/C 34 Philippines Miranda, Michael (R) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–12–12 San Sebastian
G 42 Philippines Sorongon, Paul 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1985–12–12 Philippines
F 45 Philippines Baracael, Mac 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1985–04–14 Far Eastern
C 88 Australia Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1975–03–13 Eastern Michigan
F 91 Philippines Brondial, Rodney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990–11–20 Adamson
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  • Philippines Raymond Rodriguez


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (R) Rookie
  • (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Alaska Aces 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] — Advance to semifinals
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 2 .818[lower-alpha 1] —
3 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 8 3 .727 1 Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
5 GlobalPort Batang Pier 7 4 .636[lower-alpha 2] 2
6 TNT Tropang Texters 6 5 .545 3
7 NLEX Road Warriors 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 4 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8 Barako Bull Energy 5 6 .455[lower-alpha 3] 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. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 San Miguel
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 GlobalPort
  3. 1 2 Head-to-head record: NLEX 1–0 Barako Bull

Game log

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (1st phase)Quarterfinals (2nd phase)
(Single elimination)		Semifinals
(Best-of-7)		Finals
(Best-of-7)
(#3 twice to beat)
3Rain or Shine95
2San Miguel4
10Blackwater90
3Rain or Shine1043Rain or Shine2
(#6 twice to beat)
6TNT89
6TNT90
2San Miguel4
7NLEX88
1Alaska3
(#4 twice to beat)
4Barangay Ginebra92*
1Alaska4
9Star89
4Barangay Ginebra835GlobalPort1
(#5 twice to beat)
5GlobalPort84*
5GlobalPort94
8Barako Bull85

*Game went into overtime

Transactions

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

References

  1. ↑ PBA Board OKs sale of Barako Bull, PBA.inquirer.net, January 20, 2016
  2. ↑ TnT nets Rosario in 3-team trade; SMB acquires Heruela, philstar.com, August 25, 2015
  3. ↑ Ryan Araña ends up at San Miguel in three-team deal; Barako gets Ronald Pascual, spin.ph, September 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ Mick Pennisi back with Barako after trade as Star exceeds Fil-foreign player limit, spin.ph, September 19, 2015
  5. ↑ Joe Devance reunited with Tim Cone as Ginebra, Barako Bull, Star, GlobalPort figure in four-team deal Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, interaksyon.com, September 28, 2015
  6. ↑ Talk 'N Text acquires Dylan Ababou from Barako in exchange for future second-round pick Karlo Sacamos, spin.ph, October 8, 2015
  7. ↑ "Cruz, Maierhofer trade places". pba.inquirer.net. pba.inquirer.net. October 13, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ Giongco, Mark. "Ginebra sends Brondial, 2nd round pick to Barako for Cruz". Retrieved November 16, 2015.
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