2003 Batang Red Bull Thunder season

2003 Batang Red Bull season
Head coach	Yeng Guiao
All-Filipino Cup results Record 15–6 (.714) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Invitational Cup results Record 3–3 (.500) Place 4th Playoff finish Semifinals Reinforced Conference results Record 12–4 (.750) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Stats @ PBA-Online.net Batang Red Bull seasons 2002

The 2003 Batang Red Bull Thunder season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Red Bull Barako Coffee Drink starting the Invitational Conference.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Height	Position	College
1	7	Enrico Villanueva	6"5'	F/C	Ateneo
2	14	Cyrus Baguio	6"2'	G/F	UST
2	17	Rysal Castro	6"7'	C	FEU

Occurrences

Red Bull Barako were tied with FedEx at 3-1 in the Group A standings of the Invitational Conference, gain the last berth in the crossover semifinals by way of a controversial ending in their game against Talk 'N Text, which the Phone Pals won 88-87, but needed to win by 8 points, went to the extent of shooting on the Red Bull's goal while enjoying the lead in the closing seconds.

In the Reinforced Conference best-of-three quarterfinals series against Talk 'N Text, Red Bull lost in the deciding third game where guard Jimwell Torion put in a vicious clothsline on Phone Pal Jimmy Alapag with the outcome of the game beyond doubt, Torion's actions serve him an 8-month suspension. ^[1]

Notes

All-Filipino Cup: Won 10 of their first 11 games of the season. ^[2] The Thunder were on a 9-game winning streak before suffering back-to-back losses to Talk 'N Text and FedEx. ^[3]

Reinforced Conference: Import Ramel Lloyd scored 43 points in leading Red Bull to a 100-92 win over FedEx in the opening game of the third conference in Baguio City on August 30, ^[4] the Barakos lost their next two games and Lloyd was replaced by Scott Burrell, an eight-year NBA veteran and member of the 1998 NBA champion Chicago Bulls. ^[5] Red Bull went on a 10-game winning streak since Burrell replaces Lloyd as the team's import. ^[6]

Roster

Red Bull Barako roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 3 Torion, Jimwell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SCSIT F 4 Harp, Davonn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Kutztown University G 5 Robinson, Topex 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Sebastian F 7 Pennisi, Mick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Eastern Michigan F 8 Asaytono, Nelson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Manila F 10 Valenzuela, Junthy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SCSIT G 11 Miller, Willie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Letran College G/F 12 Hizon, Vince 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Manila G 13 Villoria, Anton 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Letran College F/C 14 Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Ateneo de Manila F 15 Tugade, Lordy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) National University F 16 Se, Homer 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Sebastian F 20 Reyes, Edmund 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G/F 23 Baguio, Cyrus 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UST C Castro, Rysal 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Far Eastern F Velez, Erwin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Letran College G Lloyd, Ramel (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Long Beach State C Burrell, Scott (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) University of Connecticut	Head coach Yeng Guiao Assistant coach(es) Roehl Nadurata Rudy Hines Joshua Villapando Alfredo Amador Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (I) Import Injured

References

1. Phone Pals oust Barakos
2. Red Bull whips Coke
3. Purefoods fights for life vs Red Bull
4. Lloyd fires 43 as Barako tops FedEx
5. Red Bull greets Burrell with big win over SLR
6. Barakos whip Pals for No.10