# 2009–10 San Miguel Beermen season

The 2009–10 San Miguel Beermen season was the 35th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

## Key dates

* August 2: The 2009 PBA Draft took place in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Height | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 10 | James Sena | 6 ft. 5 in. | Center | Philippines | JRU |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Aces | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 11 | 7 | .611 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Burger King Whoppers | 6 | 12 | .333 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 4 | 14 | .222 | 9 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Bull Energy Boosters | 3 | 15 | .167 | 10 | |
| — | Smart Gilas (G) | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.5 | Guest team |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 2–0 San Miguel
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Purefoods 1–1 Barangay Ginebra; Purefoods 0, Barangay Ginebra 0; overall point differential: Purefoods +85, Barangay Ginebra +75
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Burger King 1–1, Coca-Cola; Burger King +10, Coca-Cola −10
* ↑ Smart Gilas's results do not count in the standings.

#### Game log
##### Eliminations

2010 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 14
Barangay Ginebra
93–86
Ildefonso (19)
Peña (15)
Racela (5)
Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
October 17
Alaska
74–85
Santos, Hontiveros (15)
Peña (13)
Custodio (5)
Panabo, Davao del Norte
0–2
3
October 21
Burger King
117–99
Santos (28)
Santos (18)
Racela (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
1–2
4
October 28
Talk 'N Text
100–90
Santos, Hontiveros (17)
Peña (10)
Custodio (7)
Araneta Coliseum
2–2 :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 4
Rain or Shine
93–77
Tugade (16)
Santos (9)
Custodio (4)
Araneta Coliseum
3–2
6
November 7
Sta. Lucia
88–69
Santos (21)
Peña (15)
Cortez (4)
Victorias City, Negros Occidental
4–2
7
November 11
Purefoods
92–76
Cortez (22)
Peña (11)
Villanueva (7)
Araneta Coliseum
5–2
8
November 15
Barako Bull
104–89
Santos (33)
Santos (8)
Villanueva (11)
Araneta Coliseum
6–2
9
November 21
Coca Cola
107–84
Hontiveros (17)
Eman (12)
Villanueva (5)
Cebu City
7–2
10
November 27
Smart Gilas
96–109
Ynares Center
11
November 29
Burger King
100–85
Santos (27)
Santos (12)
Villanueva (7)
Ynares Sports Arena
8–2 :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
December 4
Sta. Lucia
110–94
Hontiveros (21)
Santos (11)
Miranda (9)
Araneta Coliseum
9–2
13
December 9
Alaska
116–112 (OT)
Santos (24)
Santos (14)
Villanueva (7)
Araneta Coliseum
9–3
14
December 13
Purefoods
87–80
Santos, Hontiveros (18)
Peña (9)
Villanueva (6)
Araneta Coliseum
10–3
15
December 18
Rain or Shine
104–90
Seigle (20)
Santos (10)
Cortez (8)
Araneta Coliseum
11–3
16
December 20
Barangay Ginebra
91–86 (OT)
Villanueva (17)
Peña (12)
Villanueva, Cortez (4)
Araneta Coliseum
12–3 :
January
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
17
January 8
Barako Bull
94–85
Santos (29)
Santos (12)
Villanueva (10)
Cuneta Astrodome
13–3
18
January 13
Coca Cola
107–118
Santos (22)
Santos (11)
Cortez, Miranda (6)
Araneta Coliseum
13–4
19
January 16
Talk 'N Text
91–93
Cortez (20)
Washington (13)
Hontiveros (5)
Zamboanga City
13–5 :
2009–10 schedule :

##### Playoffs

2010 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :
Semifinals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 10
Purefoods
99–83
Washington, Hontiveros (17)
Washington (10)
Villanueva (6)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
February 12
Purefoods
84–103
Seigle (16)
Santos (12)
Cortez, 2 others (3)
Cuneta Astrodome
1–1
3
February 14
Purefoods
88–76
Washington, Hontiveros (15)
Santos (13)
Cortez (9)
Araneta Coliseum
2–1
4
February 17
Purefoods
84–97
Ildefonso (17)
Santos (11)
Villanueva (6)
Araneta Coliseum
2–2
5
February 19
Purefoods
82–94
Washington (21)
Peña (9)
Villanueva (6)
Araneta Coliseum
2–3
6
February 21
Purefoods
78–87
Santos (20)
Santos (8)
Villanueva (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–4 :
Battle for Third
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 10
Barangay Ginebra
95–88
Araneta Coliseum :
2009–10 schedule :

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 15 | 3 | .833 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | San Miguel Beermen | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | Derby Ace Llamados | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 9 | .500 | 6 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 7 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 8 | 10 | .444 | 7 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 8 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 5 | 13 | .278 | 10 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 9 | Air21 Express | 4 | 14 | .222 | 11 | Advance to wildcard round |
| 10 | Barako Energy Coffee Masters | 3 | 15 | .167 | 12 | |
* 1 2 Second seed playoff: San Miguel 88, Derby Ace 83
* 1 2 Fifth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 115, Rain or Shine 88

#### Game log
## Transactions
### Pre-season

| San Miguel Beermen | Players Added Via Draft James Sena Via Free Agency Michael Holper (From Coca-Cola) Via Trade Arwind Santos (From Burger King) Dennis Miranda (From Sta. Lucia) | Players Lost Via Free Agency Froilan Baguion Via Trade Marc Pingris (To Purefoods) Ken Bono (To Burger King) |

### Mid-season break

| March 8, 2010 | To Air21Mike Cortez | To San MiguelAlex Cabagnot |
| March 8, 2010 | To Sta. LuciaBonbon Custodio | To San MiguelJoseph Yeo |

### Fiesta Conference
#### Imports recruited

| Team | Player | Debuted | Final |
| San Miguel Beermen | Gabriel Freeman (1/1) | March 24, 2010 | August 18, 2010 |