The 2012–13 Barako Bull Energy Cola was the 11th season of the franchise in the

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(PBA).

Key dates

*August 19: The

2012 PBA Draft The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event held at Robinson's Midtown Mall in Ermita, Manila on August 19, 2012 which allowed PBA teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. Draft lottery The lottery determin ...

took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall,

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. *September 5: Energy Food & Drinks, Inc., owners of the Barako Bull Energy franchise announced that they will rename their team as the

Barako Bull Energy Cola The Barako Bull Energy were a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002 as the FedEx Express. From its first season until 2005, the team was dubbed as the FedEx Express before changing to Air21 Express. From the 2009 PBA Fies ...

starting this season. *November 14: Bong Ramos replaces

Junel Baculi Edmundo "Junel" Baculi is a Filipino head basketball coach who formerly coached GlobalPort Batang Pier in the PBA. In the PBL, he also coached the Hapee-PCU Dolphins and had many titles. Prior to coaching, Baculi played varsity basketball for t ...

as the head coach for the Barako Bull Energy Cola Ramos new Barako Bull head coach; Baculi headed for Globalport?, PBA.ph, November 14, 2012
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Draft picks

Roster

Philippine Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

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, 90–87 , Tubid (19) , Villanueva (14) ,

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, 89–98 ,

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(17) , Kramer,

(10) ,

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, 86–102 , Villanueva (22) , Villanueva (17) ,

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, 92–82 ,

(21) , Villanueva (8) ,

, Villanueva (4) ,

, 2–2 ,
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, 76–79 , Villanueva (16) , Villanueva, Kramer (7) , Najorda,

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Boxscores
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, 86–99 , Kramer,

(14) , Villanueva (11) , Tubid (4) ,

, 2–5 ,
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, 85–86 , Tubid (24) ,

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, Villanueva (4) ,

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, 3–7 ,
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, 83–93 , Seigle (16) , Kramer (21) ,

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, 73–85 , Tubid (20) , Kramer (18) ,

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, 83–79 , Tubid (18) , Kramer (22) ,

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, 4–10 ,
Boxscore

Commissioner's Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

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, 1–0 ,
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, - bgcolor="#bbffbb" , 2 , February 10 , GlobalPort , 98–88 (OT) , Brock (25) , Brock (18) , J. Villanueva (6) ,

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, 91–86 , Brock (23) , Brock (15) ,

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, 72–93 , Brock,

(16) , Brock (14) ,

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, 78–91 , Brock (20) , Brock (24) , J. Villanueva (5) ,

, 3–3 ,
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, 98–101 , Pennisi (19) , Brock (12) ,

(7) , Legaspi City,

Albay Albay,

Governors' Cup

Eliminations

Standings

Game log

Transactions

Trades

Pre-season

Commissioner's Cup

Governors' Cup

Recruited imports

References

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