# 2009–10 Alaska Aces season

The 2009–10 Alaska Aces season was the 24th 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 | 6 | Mike Burtscher | 6'6" | Power forward | Switzerland | Clear Water |
| 2 | 16 | Sean Co | | Guard | Philippines | Mapúa |

## 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

2009–10 PBA Philippine Cup game log :
October
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 14
Barako Bull
99–82
Miller (19)
Miller (11)
Miller (12)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
October 17
San Miguel
85–74
Miller (25)
Miller (10)
Miller, Tenorio, dela Cruz (3)
Panabo, Davao del Norte
2–0
3
October 23
Coca Cola
100–79
Tenorio (17)
Miller, dela Cruz (10)
Tenorio, Hugnatan, dela Cruz (4)
Cuneta Astrodome
3–0
4
October 25
Barangay Ginebra
105–96
Hugnatan (26)
Thoss (10)
Cariaso (3)
Araneta Coliseum
4–0 :
November
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
5
November 4
Sta. Lucia
91–83
Miller (19)
Devance (11)
Tenorio (6)
Araneta Coliseum
5–0
6
November 6
Burger King
87–73
Miller (19)
Tenorio (10)
Cablay (5)
Cuneta Astrodome
6–0
7
November 13
Rain or Shine
81–86
Devance (24)
Miller (11)
Thoss (4)
Ynares Center
6–1
8
November 20
Talk 'N Text
110–106
Miller (20)
Miller, dela Cruz (7)
Tenorio (6)
Araneta Coliseum
7–1
9
November 22
Purefoods
101–87
Tenorio (24)
dela Cruz (7)
Tenorio, 2 others (4)
Araneta Coliseum
8–1
10
November 29
Barako Bull
99–88
Hugnatan (17)
Hugnatan (10)
Miller (11)
Ynares Sports Arena
9–1 :
December
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
11
December 9
San Miguel
122–116 (OT)
Tenorio (27)
Hugnatan (11)
Devance (7)
Araneta Coliseum
10–1
12
December 16
Talk 'N Text
119–113 (OT)
Miller (22)
Devance, Tenorio (8)
Tenorio (5)
Araneta Coliseum
11–1
13
December 20
Coca Cola
92–103
Miller (17)
Hugnatan (8)
Devance, Tenorio (4)
Araneta Coliseum
11–2 :
January
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
14
January 9
Barangay Ginebra
90–93
Miller (29)
dela Cruz (8)
Miller, Fonacier (4)
Batangas City
11–3
15
January 13
Sta. Lucia
85–77
Devance (17)
Thoss (14)
Hugnatan (6)
Araneta Coliseum
12–3
16
January 15
Purefoods
77–94
Devance (14)
Devance (8)
Miller (5)
Araneta Coliseum
12–4
17
January 20
Burger King
80–87
Miller (19)
Devance (11)
Devance (6)
Ynares Center
12–5
18
January 22
Rain or Shine
95–94
Miller (23)
Hugnatan, Thoss (11)
Tenorio (6)
Ynares Center
13–5 :
2009–10 schedule :

##### Playoffs

2010 PBA Philippine Cup playoffs game log :
Semifinals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 10
Barangay Ginebra
104–79
Thoss (21)
Devance (18)
Tenorio (6)
Araneta Coliseum
1–0
2
February 12
Barangay Ginebra
90–82
Miller (18)
dela Cruz (16)
Miller (7)
Cuneta Astrodome
2–0
3
February 14
Barangay Ginebra
91–88
Tenorio, dela Cruz (15)
dela Cruz (15)
Tenorio (4)
Araneta Coliseum
3–0
4
February 17
Barangay Ginebra
102–95
Tenorio (20)
Hugnatan (10)
Tenorio (10)
Araneta Coliseum
4–0 :
Finals
GameDateOpponentScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
February 24
Purefoods
77–81
Miller (23)
Thoss (14)
Hugnatan, Miller (4)
Araneta Coliseum
0–1
2
February 26
Purefoods
85–86
Tenorio (19)
Devance (10)
Miller, Tenorio (5)
Araneta Coliseum
0–2
3
February 28
Purefoods
78–79
Miller (20)
Devance (10)
Miller, Tenorio (5)
Araneta Coliseum
0–3
4
March 3
Purefoods
76–86
Thoss (19)
Thoss (12)
Tenorio (6)
Araneta Coliseum
0–4 :
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

| Alaska Aces | Players Added Via Draft Mike Burtscher Sean Co Via Free Agency Ariel Capus | Players Lost |

### Fiesta Conference
#### Trades

| April 28, 2010 | To AlaskaCyrus Baguio | To Barangay GinebraWillie Miller |

#### Imports recruited

| Team | Player | Debuted | Final |
| Alaska Aces | Diamon Simpson (1/1) | April 7, 2010 | August 18, 2010 |