The 2002 Philippine Team-Hapee Toothpaste is one of the two teams which sponsored a national pool that played in the
2002 PBA Governors' Cup
The 2002 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2002 Samsung-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2002 PBA season. It started on February 10 and ended on May 26, 2002. The t ...
as part of the league's continued support to the
Philippine men's national basketball team
The Philippines men's national basketball team ( fil, Pambansang koponan ng basketbol ng Pilipinas), commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas, is the basketball team representing the Philippines. The team is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipi ...
that will compete in the
2002 Asian Games
The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002ë…„ 아시아 경기대회/2002ë…„ 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, ì œ14회 아시아 경기대회/ì œ14회 아시안 ê² ...
in
Busan
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,
South Korea
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. A total of 30 players were picked and divided into two groups.
National team coach
Jong Uichico
Joseph Enrique Uichico (born July 15, 1962), better known as Jong Uichico, is a Filipino professional basketball coach who last coached the Bataan Risers in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. Uichico is a former Philippine national team Y ...
serves as the monitoring body on the overall progress of the two training squads. The Hapee team were composed of 14 PBA players and one player, Rommel Adducul, from the
MBA
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.
Roster
References
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2002 PBA season by team
Philippines men's national basketball team