2000 Sta. Lucia Realtors season

2000 Sta. Lucia Realtors season
Head coach	Norman Black
All-Filipino Cup results Record 7–9 (.438) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Commissioner's Cup results Record 11–8 (.579) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Governor's Cup results Record 4–6 (.400) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Stats @ PBA-Online.net Sta. Lucia Realtors seasons 1999 2001

The 2000 Sta.Lucia Realtors season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College
1	1	Paolo Mendoza	Philippines	UP-Diliman
1	10	Randy Lopez	Philippines	St.Benilde

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Paolo Mendoza [1] Via Free Agency Angelo David (From the MBA; played for Sta.Lucia in 1997) Anastacio Mendoza (From Mobiline) Chris Tan (Undrafted) Rob Wainwright (From the MBA) Via Trade Benito Cheng (From Barangay Ginebra Kings) Marlou Aquino (From Barangay Ginebra Kings) [2]

Players Lost Via Expansion Draft Ato Agustin (Taken by Red Bull) Via Free Agency Eugene Quilban Via Trade Aramis Calpito (To Barangay Ginebra Kings) Jun Limpot (To Barangay Ginebra Kings)

Finals stint

Under new head coach Norman Black, who moved from Pop Cola to Sta.Lucia at the beginning of the season, the Realtors played in the PBA championship series for the first time in their 8-year history during the Commissioner's Cup, losing to the San Miguel Beermen in five games.

Roster

Sta. Lucia Realtors roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Tan, Chris 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) De La Salle G 4 Santiago, Gerardo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Mapua G 5 Magsanoc, Ronnie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) State U C 7 Del Rosario, Richard 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) De La Salle G 8 Mendoza, Paolo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) State U G/F 11 Francisco, Gerard 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST C 13 Aquino, Marlou 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Adamson F 15 Falcasantos, Expedito 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Cebu F/C 16 Espino, Dennis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UST F 17 Orquillas, Michael 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Cebu F 18 Cheng, Benny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua G Mendoza, Anastacio 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FEU G 33 Wainwright, Rob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Solano College C 38 David, Angelo 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) FEU F 2 Sesay, Ansu (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Mississippi G/F 3 Temple, Joe (G) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of San Diego G/F Fontaine, Isaac (G) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Washington State	Head coach Norman Black Assistant coach(es) Franz Pumaren Adonis Tierra Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (C) Commissioner's Cup import (G) Governor's Cup import Injured

Elimination round

Games won

DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE	TOP SCORER	VENUE (Location)
February 23	Pop Cola	83-73 [3]	Marlou Aquino (17)	Philsports Arena
February 27	Red Bull	89-90 OT *		Araneta Coliseum
March 5	Shell	80-75		Araneta Coliseum
March 18	Red Bull	*		Davao City
March 24	Brgy.Ginebra	67-54	Dennis Espino (15)	Philsports Arena
April 16	Mobiline	88-84 [4]	Marlou Aquino (24)	Araneta Coliseum
June 25	Shell	94-83 [5]	Ansu Sesay (29)	Araneta Coliseum
July 1	Mobiline	94-68	Ansu Sesay (30)	Lipa City, Batangas
July 7	Red Bull	89-88		Philsports Arena
July 22	San Miguel	75-69		Ynares Center
July 26	Sunkist	75-70		Philsports Arena
August 2	Tanduay	79-76		Philsports Arena
October 4	Mobiline	80-77		Philsports Arena
October 8	Brgy.Ginebra	99-93		Araneta Coliseum
October 20	Shell	82-69 [6]	Joe Temple (19)	Araneta Coliseum
November 19	Pop Cola	105-86		Araneta Coliseum

_{(*) loss was reversed and change to a win}

      All-Filipino Cup
      Commissioner's Cup
      Governor's Cup

References

1. Mendoza inks P8-M deal with SLR
2. Aquino-Limpot swap inked
3. Sta.Lucia spanks Pop Cola
4. Espino, Aquino power Sta.Lucia past Mobiline
5. New import powers Sta.Lucia past Shell
6. Realtors dump Shell, share Governors lead