The 2003 Batang Red Bull Thunder season was the fourth 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

Occurrences

Red Bull Barako were tied with FedEx at 3–1 in the Group A standings of the Invitational Conference and 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. The TNT players went to the extent of shooting on the Red Bull's goal while enjoying the lead in the closing seconds.^[1]

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 clothesline on Phone Pal Jimmy Alapag with the outcome of the game beyond doubt, Torion's actions serve him an eight-month suspension.^[2]

Roster

Red Bull Barako roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 3 Torion, Jimwell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SCSIT F 4 Harp, Davonn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Kutztown 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) 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 G/F 12 Hizon, Vince 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo G 13 Villoria, Anton 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Letran F/C 14 Villanueva, Enrico 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Ateneo F 15 Tugade, Lordy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) National-U 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 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) Connecticut	Head coach Yeng Guiao Assistant coach(es) Roehl Nadurata Rudy Hines Joshua Villapando Alfredo Amador Tony Chua Andy Jao Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Game results

References