# 2011–12 Barako Bull Energy season

The 2011–12 Barako Bull Energy was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was previously known as the Air21 Express during the 2010–11 season.

## Key dates

* August 28: The 2011 PBA Draft took place in Robinson's Place Ermita, Manila.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 8 | Allein Maliksi | G/F | Philippines | UST |
| 1 | 10 | Dylan Ababou | G/F | Philippines | UST |
| 2 | 19 | Kenneth Acibar | F | Philippines | UE |
| 2 | 20 | Paul Sorongan | G | Philippines | UP Diliman |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | B-Meg Llamados | 10 | 4 | .714 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 10 | 4 | .714 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 5 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2 | Best-of-three quarterfinals |
| 7 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Powerade Tigers | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 3 | 11 | .214 | 7 | |
| 10 | Shopinas.com Clickers | 0 | 14 | .000 | 10 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: B-Meg 1–1 Talk 'N Text (B-Meg +8)
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Petron +8, Barangay Ginebra +1, Rain or Shine −9
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Barako Bull 1–1 Powerade (Barako Bull +35)

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | (#1 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 1 | B-Meg | 88 | 123 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Powerade | 97 | 131* | | | | | | |
| 8 | Powerade | 97 | 131* | 8 | Powerade | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 8 | Powerade | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 5 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra | Barangay Ginebra | 0 | 5 | Rain or Shine | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Rain or Shine | Rain or Shine | 2 | | | | 8 | Powerade | 1 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 8 | Powerade | 1 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text | Talk 'N Text | 81 | | | | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 |
| 7 | Barako Bull | Barako Bull | 79 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Barako Bull | Barako Bull | 79 | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 2 | Talk 'N Text | 4 | | | |
| (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | (best-of-3) | 3 | Petron Blaze | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Petron Blaze | Petron Blaze | 2 | 3 | Petron Blaze | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Meralco | Meralco | 0 | | | | | | |
*Game went into overtime
* view
* talk

### Quarterfinals
#### Talk 'N Text vs. Barako Bull

* December 14
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 81, Barako Bull Energy 79 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series in one game ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 7 | 2 | .778 | — | Advance to semifinals |
| 2 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1 | Advance to semifinals |
| 3 | B-Meg Llamados | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Alaska Aces | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Powerade Tigers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3 | |
| 8 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | |
| 9 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4 | |
* 1 2 Second seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 93–84 B-Meg
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.04, Meralco 1.01, Powerade 0.95; sixth seed playoff: Meralco 102–98 Powerade
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: Rain or Shine 1.12, Petron 1.11, Air21 0.80

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Alaska | 1 | 5 | Barako Bull | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Barako Bull | 2 | | | | 1 | Talk 'N Text | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | B-Meg | 4 |
| | | | 2 | Barangay Ginebra | 1 | | | |
| 3 | B-Meg | 2 | 3 | B-Meg | 3 | | | |
| 6 | Meralco | 1 | | | | | | |
* view
* talk

### Quarterfinals
#### Alaska–Barako Bull series

* April 1
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 4
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 8
Alaska Aces 85, Barako Bull Energy 106 :
* Barako Bull wins series, 2–1 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

### Semifinals
#### Talk 'N Text–Barako Bull series

* April 10
* Ynares Center, Antipolo
* April 12
* Ynares Center, Antipolo
* April 14
* Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
* April 16
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* April 18
Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 101, Barako Bull Energy 90 :
* Talk 'N Text wins series, 3-2 ||
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

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

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Semifinal round |
| 2 | B-Meg Llamados | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Semifinal round |
| 3 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 5 | Petron Blaze Boosters | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Semifinal round |
| 6 | Meralco Bolts | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | Semifinal round |
| 7 | Powerade Tigers | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | |
| 8 | Barako Bull Energy Cola | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4 | |
| 9 | Alaska Aces | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 | |
| 10 | Air21 Express | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Talk 'N Text +18, Barangay Ginebra 0, Petron −18
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Meralco +11, Barako Bull +8, Powerade −18; sixth seed playoffs: Powerade 99–95 Barako Bull, Meralco 94–86 Powerade
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Alaska 1–0 Air21

#### 6th-seed playoffs

* July 3
* KO game
* Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

## Transactions
### Pre-season
#### Trades

| August 28, 2011 | To Barako Bull2011 1st round pick (Dylan Ababou) Mick Pennisi Sunday Salvacion future draft picks | To Petron Blaze2011 1st round pick (Chris Lutz) Dondon Hontiveros Carlo Sharma |
| September 6, 2011 | To Barako BullDon Allado (from B-Meg) future second round pick (from B-Meg) | To B-MegMark Barroca (from Shopinas.com) | To Shopinas.comElmer Espiritu(from Barako Bull) Brian Ilad (from B-Meg) |

### Philippine Cup
#### Trades

| November 16, 2011 | To Barako BullJimbo Aquino (from Barangay Ginebra) 2012 2nd round pick (from Barangay Ginebra) 2013 1st round pick (from Barangay Ginebra) | To Barangay GinebraRico Maierhofer (from B-Meg) Allein Maliksi (from Barako Bull) | To B-MegYancy de Ocampo (from Barangay Ginebra) 2012 2nd round pick (from Barako Bull) |
| January 27, 2012 | To Barako BullRonald Tubid (from Ginebra) Reil Cervantes (from Ginebra) 2014 2nd round draft pick (from Ginebra) | To B-MegJC Intal (from Ginebra) 2012 2nd round pick (from Barako Bull) | To Barangay GinebraKerby Raymundo (from B-Meg) Dylan Ababou (from Barako Bull) |

### Commissioner's Cup
#### Trades

| March 20, 2012 | To Barako BullMarc Agustin | To PetronChico Lanete |
| May 1, 2012 | To Barako BullDoug Kramer | To PoweradeJondan Salvador 2012 second round pick |
| May 1, 2012 | To Barako BullCelino Cruz Carlo Sharma | To Petron BlazeDorian Pena |

### Recruited imports

| Tournament | Name | Debuted | Last game | Record |
| Commissioner's Cup | DerMarr Johnson | February 10 (vs. Alaska) | February 23 (vs. Rain or Shine) | 1–3 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Rodney White | March 2 (vs. Powerade) | March 25 (vs. Barangay Ginebra) | 3-2 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Reggie Okosa | April 1 (vs. Alaska) | April 1 (vs. Alaska) | 1–0 |
| Commissioner's Cup | Gabe Freeman | April 4 (vs. Alaska) | April 18 (vs. Talk 'N Text) | 3–4 |
| Governors Cup | Jamine Peterson | May 25 (vs. Powerade) | June 1 (vs. B-Meg) | 1–2 |
| Governors Cup | LeRoy Hickerson | June 8 (vs. Petron Blaze) | July 3 (vs. Powerade) | 3–4 |