# 2012–13 Barako Bull Energy season

The 2012–13 Barako Bull Energy was the 11th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Formerly known as Barako Bull Energy Cola in the Philippine Cup and Commissioner's Cup.

## Key dates

* August 19: The 2012 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Midtown Mall, Manila.
* 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 starting this season.
* November 14: Bong Ramos replaces Junel Baculi as the head coach for the Barako Bull Energy Cola

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 2 | 2 | Dave Marcelo | F/C | Philippines | San Beda |
| 2 | 5 | Lester Alvarez | G | Philippines | Adamson |
| 2 | 6 | Emman Monfort | G | Philippines | Ateneo de Manila |
| 2 | 8 | Woody Co | F | Philippines | State |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Boado | G | United States | Houston |
| 4 | 1 | Kokoy Hermosisima | G | Philippines | National |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 12 | 2 | .857 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Alaska Aces | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 6 | 8 | .429 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Air21 Express | 5 | 9 | .357 | 7 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 4 | 10 | .286 | 8 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 1 | 13 | .071 | 11 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–1 Meralco (Meralco +4)

#### Game log

2013 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 3
Air21
90–87
Tubid (19)
Villanueva (14)
Anthony (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
Boxscores
2
October 10
Petron Blaze
89–98
Urbiztondo (17)
Kramer, Anthony (10)
Josh Urbiztondo (7)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–1
Boxscores
3
October 14
Alaska
86–102
Villanueva (22)
Villanueva (17)
Urbiztondo (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–2
Boxscores
4
October 19
Barangay Ginebra
92–82
Anthony (21)
Villanueva (8)
Urbiztondo, Villanueva (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–2
Boxscores
5
October 24
Talk 'N Text
76–79
Villanueva (16)
Villanueva, Kramer (7)
Najorda, Urbiztondo (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–3
Boxscores
6
October 28
San Mig Coffee
91–92
Tubid (17)
Pennisi (9)
Urbiztondo (8)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–4
Boxscores
7
October 31
Meralco
86–99
Kramer, Urbiztondo (14)
Villanueva (11)
Tubid (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–5
Boxscores :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
8
November 4
GlobalPort
95–94
Tubid (19)
Anthony (13)
Urbiztondo (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–5
Boxscore
9
November 9
Air21
85–86
Tubid (24)
Anthony (12)
Urbiztondo, Anthony, Villanueva (4)
Cuneta Astrodome
3–6
Boxscore
10
November 16
San Mig Coffee
73–93
Tubid (17)
Ballesteros (9)
Yap (4)
Ynares Center
3–7
Boxscore
11
November 24
Petron Blaze
83–93
Seigle (16)
Kramer (21)
Urbiztondo (4)
Lucena City
3–8
Boxscore
12
November 30
Meralco
73–85
Tubid (20)
Kramer (18)
Cruz (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–9
Boxscore :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
13
December 2
Barangay Ginebra
83–79
Tubid (18)
Kramer (22)
Yap (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
4–9
Boxscore
14
December 7
Rain or Shine
101–116
Seigle (21)
Kramer (13)
Anthony (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
4–10
Boxscore :
2012–13 schedule :

## Commissioner's Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Alaska Aces | 11 | 3 | .786 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Meralco Bolts | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Air21 Express | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6 | |
| 10 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 2 | 12 | .143 | 9 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Petron 2–0 San Mig
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Meralco 1.01, TNT 1.00, Barangay Ginebra 0.99

#### Game log

2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup game log :
February
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 8
San Mig Coffee
79–75
Brock (18)
Brock (12)
J. Villanueva (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
1–0
boxscore
2
February 10
GlobalPort
98–88 (OT)
Brock (25)
Brock (18)
J. Villanueva (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–0
boxscore
3
February 17
Alaska
73–77
Urbiztondo (15)
Brock (15)
J. Villanueva (4)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
2–1
boxscore
4
February 22
Air21
91–86
Brock (23)
Brock (15)
Urbiztondo (5)
Mall of Asia Arena
3–1
boxscore
5
February 27
Barangay Ginebra
72–93
Brock, Urbiztondo (16)
Brock (14)
Urbiztondo (6)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–2
boxscore :
March
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
6
March 3
Petron Blaze
78–91
Brock (20)
Brock (24)
J. Villanueva (5)
Smart Araneta Coliseum
3–3
boxscore
7
March 9
Talk 'N Text
98–101
Pennisi (19)
Brock (12)
Urbiztondo (7)
Legaspi City, Albay
3–4
boxscore
8
March 13
Meralco
Smart Araneta Coliseum
9
March 20
Rain or Shine
Smart Araneta Coliseum
10
March 24
Barangay Ginebra
Smart Araneta Coliseum
11
March 31
San Mig Coffee
Mall of Asia Arena :
April
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
12
April 7
Petron Blaze
Smart Araneta Coliseum
13
April 12
Rain or Shine
Smart Araneta Coliseum
14
April 14
GlobalPort
Mall of Asia Arena :
2012–13 schedule :

## Governors' Cup
### Eliminations
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | San Mig Coffee Mixers | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Meralco Bolts | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Barako Bull Energy | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Alaska Aces | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Meralco 1–0 Rain or Shine
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: GlobalPort 1.01, Barako Bull 1.00, Alaska 0.99
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Talk 'N Text 1.05, Barangay Ginebra 1.00, Air21 0.96; eighth seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 110–102 Talk 'N Text

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

| August 20, 2012 | To Barako BullSean Anthony | To B-Meg2012 1st round pick (Aldrech Ramos) |
| August 31, 2012 | To Barako BullEnrico Villanueva | To Barangay GinebraWillie Miller |
| September 11, 2012 | To Barako BullJason Ballesteros | To MeralcoCarlo Sharma Sunday Salvacion |
| September 21, 2012 | To Barako BullJosh Urbiztondo | To San Mig Coffee2013 1st round pick Wesley Gonzales |

#### Commissioner's Cup

| January 22, 2013 | To Barako BullAlex Mallari Jojo Duncil 2014 1st round pick | To Petron BlazeRonald Tubid |
| January 22, 2013 | To Barako BullJC Intal Jonas Villanueva Aldrech Ramos | To San Mig Coffee MixersAlex Mallari Leo Najorda Lester Alvarez 2014 1st round pick (originally from Petron Blaze) |
| January 22, 2013 | To Barako BullMac Baracael | To AlaskaAldrech Ramos |
| January 22, 2013 | To Barako BullAllein Maliksi | To Barangay GinebraMac Baracael |
| April 18, 2013 | To Barako BullKeith Jensen 2015 2nd round pick (from GlobalPort) | To Barangay GinebraJosh Urbiztondo |
| June 10, 2013 | To Barako BullJared Dillinger | To Talk 'N TextSean Anthony |
| June 10, 2013 | To Barako BullRonjay Buenafe Gilbert Bulawan | To MeralcoJared Dillinger Don Allado |
| June 10, 2013 | To Barako BullElmer Espiritu | To Barangay Ginebra2013 2nd round pick (from Talk 'N Text) |
| August 12, 2013 | To Barako BullDorian Peña 2013 2nd round pick (from Barangay Ginebra) | To Petron BlazeDoug Kramer |

### Governors' Cup

| August 12, 2013 | To Barako BullWesley Gonzales Chris Pacana 2017 2nd round pick | To San Mig CoffeeAllein Maliksi |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | Evan Brock | February 8 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | March 31 (vs. San Mig Coffee) | 4–7 |
| Commissioner's Cup | DJ Mbenga | April 7 (vs. Petron) | April 14 (vs. GlobalPort) | 1–2 |
| Governors' Cup | Mike Singletary | August 15 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | September 25 (vs. Meralco) | 4–6 |