1994 PBA Season - Season Highlights

Season Highlights

• PBA Commissioner Rey Marquez steps down, Deputy Commissioner Jun Bernardino succeeded Marquez as the new PBA Commissioner.
• The PBA has decided to send the All-Filipino Cup champions to the Hiroshima Asian Games in their continuing support to help the country in its quest to win the Asian basketball gold.
• The San Miguel Beermen earned the right to represent team Philippines by winning the All-Filipino championship over Coney Island. Amateur standouts Marlou Aquino, Kenneth Duremdes, Dennis Espino, Edward Feihl and Jeffrey Cariaso join the RP-San Miguel team.
• With injuries still hounding the San Miguel-RP Team in their preparation, Purefoods' stalwarts Alvin Patrimonio and Jerry Codinera, who had just gave the hotdogs the Commissioner's Cup title, volunteered to play for the Philippine flag, the PBA change its original format in the Governor's Cup, as Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs were seeded, along with San Miguel in the semifinal round, the PBA then gave national coach Norman Black a free hand to pick one more player from Purefoods and he chooses rookie Rey Evangelista, the Alaska milkmen also release Johnny Abarrientos to the national team, with no conditions. three of the five amateur cagers practicing with the team, Espino, Feihl and Cariaso were dropped from the roster.
• The Philippine Team salvaged fourth place, losing their final game against Japan for the Bronze Medal.