The 1994 PBA season was the 20th season of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

(PBA).

Season highlights

*PBA Commissioner Rey Marquez steps down and Deputy Commissioner Jun Bernardino succeeded Marquez as the new PBA Commissioner. *The PBA has decided to send the All-Filipino Cup champions to the Hiroshima Asian Games in their continuing support to help the country in its quest to win the Asian basketball gold. *The San Miguel Beermen earned the right to represent team Philippines by winning the All-Filipino championship over Coney Island. Amateur standouts Marlou Aquino, Kenneth Duremdes, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso join the RP-San Miguel team. *With injuries still hounding the San Miguel-RP Team in their preparation, Purefoods' stalwarts Alvin Patrimonio and Jerry Codiñera, who led the hotdogs to the Commissioner's Cup title, volunteered to play for the Philippine flag, the PBA change its original format in the Governor's Cup, as Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs were seeded, along with San Miguel in the semifinal round, the league gave national coach Norman Black a free hand to pick one more player from Purefoods and he chooses rookie Rey Evangelista, the Alaska Milkmen also release Johnny Abarrientos to the national team with no conditions, three of the five amateur cagers practicing with the team, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso were dropped from the roster. *The Philippine Team salvaged fourth place, losing their final game against Japan for the Bronze Medal. *Purefoods forward Alvin Patrimonio became the first back-to-back winner of the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award since William Adornado won it during the league's first two seasons. Patrimonio won his third MVP trophy, tying Bogs Adornado' three MVP awards.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Champions

* All-Filipino Cup: San Miguel Beermen * Commissioner's Cup:

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots, or simply known as the Magnolia Hotshots, are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team is owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc., a subsidiary of San Migue ...

* Governors Cup:

Alaska Milkmen The Alaska Aces were a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC) and the owner of 14 PBA championships, tied with the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and ...

* Team with best win–loss percentage:

(45-28, .616) * Best Team of the Year:

(2nd)

All-Filipino Cup

Elimination round

Semifinal round

Third place playoffs

Finals

*Best Player of the Conference:

Jerry Codiñera Jerry Herman Codiñera (born November 14, 1966) is a Filipino coach and retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is the curre ...

( Coney Island)

Commissioner's Cup

Elimination round

Semifinal round

Third place playoffs

* San Miguel Beermen forfeited the third place playoffs in favor of the

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Finals

*Best Player of the Conference:

Alvin Patrimonio Alvin Dale Vergara Patrimonio (born November 17, 1966) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager for the Magnolia Hotshots. Patrimonio holds several PBA re ...

( Purefoods) *Best Import of the Conference: Ken Redfield ( Purefoods)

Governors' Cup

Elimination round

Semifinal round

Third place playoffs

Finals

*Best Player of the Conference:

Vergel Meneses Vergel Corpuz Meneses (born January 14, 1969) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player and a politician, serving as mayor of the municipality of Bulakan, Bulacan. He previously played in the Philippine Basketball Association and ser ...

( Sunkist) *Best Import of the Conference: Ronnie Coleman (

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)

Awards

* Most Valuable Player:

(Purefoods) * Rookie of the Year: Boybits Victoria (Swift) * Sportsmanship Award:

(Purefoods) * Most Improved Player:

Bong Hawkins Rene "Bong" Hawkins Jr. (born November 6, 1967) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is the son of character actor Rene Hawkins, Sr. PBA career Presto & Sta.Lucia A power forward wit ...

(Alaska) * Defensive Player of the Year:

(Purefoods) * Mythical Five: **

Johnny Abarrientos Johnny Abarrientos (born July 17, 1970) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a many-time member of the Philippine National team, and was the 1996 PBA Most Valuable Player, bec ...

(Alaska) ** Ato Agustin (San Miguel) **

(Purefoods) **

(Swift) * Mythical Second Team: **Boybits Victoria (Sunkist) **

Allan Caidic Allan Vito Flores Caidic (born June 15, 1963) is a Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is considered by many to be the greatest shooter the country has ever produced, thus, earning the mon ...

(San Miguel) **

Benjie Paras Venancio Johnson Paras Jr. (born October 2, 1968), better known as Benjie Paras, is a Filipino actor, comedian, and a retired professional basketball player who played for Shell Turbo Chargers and San Miguel Beermen of the Philippine Basketb ...

(Shell) **

(Alaska) **

Nelson Asaytono Nelson Asaytono (born January 25, 1967) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player who played for Purefoods, Swift/Sunkist/Pop Cola, San Miguel Beer, and Red Bull in the PBA during his 17-year career. Collegiate / Amateur career As ...

(Swift) * All Defensive Team: **

(Purefoods) **

Glenn Capacio Glenn Capacio (born May 15, 1964, in Palo, Leyte) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the former head coach of PBA team GlobalPort Batang Pier and was also the former head coach ...

(Purefoods) **

(Alaska) ** Alvin Teng (San Miguel) **

(Alaska)

Awards given by the PBA Press Corps

* Coach of the Year:

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(Alaska) * Mr. Quality Minutes: Merwin Castelo (Alaska) * Executive of the Year: Elmer Yanga (Swift) * Special Award (Outstanding Freshman Season): Rey Evangelista * Referee of the Year: Ernesto de Leon

Board of Governors

Jun Bernardino Emilio "Jun" Bernardino, Jr. (November 9, 1947 – March 24, 2007) was the fifth commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was elected as commissioner of the league in 1994 and retired in 2002. He served as the commissioner ...

(Commissioner) * Ruben Cleofe (Secretary) * Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Chairman, General Milling Corp.) * Jose Concepcion III (Vice-Chairman, Republic Flour Mills Corp.) * Nazario Avendaño (Treasurer, San Miguel Corp.) * Renato Buhain (Purefoods Corp.) * Edgardo Viron Cruz (Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.) * Vicente Santos (Sta. Lucia Realty and Development, Inc) * Moro Lorenzo (Pepsi Cola Products Philippines, Inc) * Bernabe Navarro (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc)

Cumulative standings

References

{{PBA seasons