2000 Tanduay Rhum Masters season

2000 Tanduay Rhum Masters season
Head coach	Alfrancis Chua
All-Filipino Cup results Record 15–5 (.750) Place 3rd Playoff finish Semifinals Commissioner's Cup results Record 7–8 (.467) Place 4th Playoff finish Semifinals Governor's Cup results Record 6–5 (.545) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Stats @ PBA-Online.net Tanduay Rhum Masters seasons 1999 2001

The 2000 Tanduay Rhum Masters season was the 2nd season of the franchise (under a new owner) in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College
2	16	Allan Yu	Philippines

Transactions

Players Added Via Draft Pick Allan Yu Via Free Agency Rudy Hatfield (From the MBA) Dondon Hontiveros (From the MBA) Via Trade Jeffrey Cariaso (From Mobiline Phone Pals; three-team trade) Zaldy Realubit (From Pop Cola during the Governor's Cup for two second round picks)

Players Lost Via Trade Mark Telan (To Shell Velocity)

Occurrences

Tanduay went on to sweep the Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs, 3-0, in their Best-of-five semifinal series during the All-Filipino Cup, but the Rhum Masters saw their victories in Games 2 and 3 forfeited when they let Fil-Sham Sonny Alvarado play, despite repeated warnings by the PBA because of Alvarado's fake citizenship papers and the ordered deportation by the Bureau of Immigration. The fiasco went to court after Tanduay secured a restraining order from the Makati court, postponing two playing dates. The Rhum Masters finally withdrew their legal challenge and accepted the penalties from the Commissioner's Office assessed on the ballclub. The Rhum Masters are now down 1-2 against Purefoods in their semifinal series and lost their chance for a finals berth following a 71-72 overtime loss to the Hotdogs in Game 4. ^[1]

Roster

Tanduay Rhum Masters roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 1 Webb, Jason 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) De La Salle F 6 Yu, Allan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) MLQU G 7 Hontiveros, Dondon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Cebu G 9 Rubi, Jomer 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) UPHSD F 11 Jose, Bobby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) UST F/C 15 Alvarado, Sonny 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Texas G 16 Bughao, Derrick 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) University of Visayas F 20 Gallent, Jorge 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FEU G/F 22 Gayoso, Jayvee 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Manila G 25 Jarencio, Pido 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UST G 28 Cariaso, Jeffrey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sonoma State F/C 30 Menk, Eric 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Lake Superior C 33 Cantonjos, Chris 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) UST F 34 Hatfield, Rudy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Michigan-Dearborn C 35 Realubit, Zaldy (A) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) San Jose-Recoletos F 24 Clark, Joe Ira (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) University of Texas G/F Bell, Maurice (G) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Louisiana-Monroe	Head coach Alfrancis Chua Assistant coach(es) Angelito Esguerra Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (C) Commissioner's Cup import (G) Governor's Cup import (A) Acquired from Pop Cola Injured

Elimination round

Games won

DATE	OPPONENT	SCORE	TOP SCORER	VENUE (Location)
February 23	Mobiline	80-65		Philsports Arena
February 26	Pop Cola	100-72	Sonny Alvarado (24)	Dumaguete City
March 1	Shell	86-79		Philsports Arena
March 5	Alaska	82-65 [2]	Sonny Alvarado (26)	Araneta Coliseum
March 10	Red Bull	106-88 [3]	Menk (34), Alvarado (33)	Philsports Arena
March 15	Sta.Lucia	104-76		Philsports Arena
March 26	Brgy.Ginebra	89-72	Eric Menk (27)	Araneta Coliseum
March 31	Sta.Lucia	83-70 [4]	Eric Menk (45)	Philsports Arena
April 15	Brgy.Ginebra	110-79		San Fernando, Pampanga
April 19	San Miguel	84-62		Araneta Coliseum
April 28	Shell	88-81		Philsports Arena
May 3	Purefoods	87-75		Philsports Arena
June 28	Alaska	84-74		Philsports Arena
July 2	San Miguel	64-59		Araneta Coliseum
July 15	Brgy.Ginebra	96-85 [5]	Rudy Hatfield (24)	Laoag City
July 21	Purefoods	100-82		Philsports Arena
July 23	Shell	85-69	Cariaso (17), Hatfield (17)	Araneta Coliseum
October 13	Sta.Lucia	87-80		Philsports Arena
October 15	Shell	100-93	Rudy Hatfield (23)	Araneta Coliseum
October 22	Brgy.Ginebra	103-96		Araneta Coliseum
October 27	Pop Cola	93-90	Jeffrey Cariaso (27)	Araneta Coliseum
November 15	San Miguel	84-82		Araneta Coliseum
November 19	Purefoods	97-87 [6]	Maurice Bell (40)	Araneta Coliseum

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

References

1. P5-M Tanduay fine over Alvarado case
2. Tanduay blasts Alaska for 4th win
3. Tanduay scores 5th straight win
4. Menk scores 45 points as Tanduay routs SLR
5. Tanduay beats Ginebra
6. Tanduay upends Purefoods