# 2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season

The 2008–09 San Miguel Beermen season was the 34th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* August 30: The 2008 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.
* September 1: The free agency period started.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 8 | Bonbon Custodio | 5 ft. 11 in. | Point guard | Philippines | East |

## Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench |
| C | Dorian Peña | Marc Pingris |
| PF | Jay Washington | Lordy Tugade |
| SF | Gabe Freeman | Danny Ildefonso |
| SG | Dondon Hontiveros | Jonas Villanueva |
| PG | Mike Cortez | Olsen Racela |

## Philippine Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Aces | 12 | 6 | .667 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 11 | 7 | .611 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Air21 Express | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 7 | 11 | .389 | 5 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Red Bull Barako | 5 | 13 | .278 | 7 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Barangay Ginebra +16, Rain or Shine −3, Sta. Lucia −13
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Purefoods 2–0 Air21

#### Game log

2009 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 5
Alaska
84–85
Custodio (14)
Cuneta Astrodome
0–1
2
October 10
Purefoods
111–98
Hontiveros (15)
Cuneta Astrodome
1–1
3
October 15
Rain or Shine
89–82
Hontiveros (17)
Araneta Coliseum
2–1
4
October 17
Talk 'N Text
84–77
Washington (21)
Araneta Coliseum
3–1
5
October 22
Brgy.Ginebra
118–89
Tugade (21)
Araneta Coliseum
4–1
6
October 25
Red Bull
113–114
Hontiveros (21)
Gingoog
4–2
7
October 30
Sta.Lucia
89–71
Tugade (19)
Ynares Sports Arena
5–2 :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 5
Air21
130–129 (2OT)
Hontiveros (25)
Washington (13)
Araneta Coliseum
6–2
9
November 12
Coca Cola
89–86
Pennisi (18)
Cuneta Astrodome
7–2
10
November 15
Alaska
85–91
Custodio (20)
7–3
11
November 19
Sta.Lucia
Araneta Coliseum
7–4
12
November 23
Purefoods
83–84
Tugade (18)
Cuneta Astrodome
7–5
13
November 26
Air21
98–78
Araneta Coliseum
8–5
14
November 30
Talk 'N Text
80–85
Tugade (20)
Singapore Indoor Stadium
8–6 :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
15
December 6
Red Bull
89–84
Washington (24)
Cuneta Astrodome
9–6
16
December 12
Coca Cola
91–105
Araneta Coliseum
9–7
17
December 17
Rain or Shine
92–93
Hontiveros (24)
Araneta Coliseum
9–8
18
December 20
Brgy.Ginebra
82–87
Batangas City
9–9 :
2008–09 schedule :

## Fiesta Conference
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round |
| 4 | Burger King Whoppers | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the wildcard round |
| 5 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Knockout in the wildcard round |
| 6 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Knockout in the wildcard round |
| 7 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Knockout in the wildcard round |
| 8 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5 | Knockout in the wildcard round |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 2 | 12 | .143 | 9 | Twice-to-win in the wildcard round |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Rain or Shine +15, Barangay Ginebra −7, Burger King −8; second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 114–71 Rain or Shine
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Sta. Lucia +7, Purefoods +3, Talk 'N Text −10
* 1 2 Eighth seed playoff: Coca-Cola 81–74 Alaska