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58-621: He served as the panelist on UAAP coverage in ABS-CBN Sports occasionally and was also a game analyst for Radyo 92.3 News FM. Ritualo is the son of former PBA player Florendo Ritualo Sr. and Maria Yasoña de Ramos of Lumban, Laguna . Aside from his father, he also looked up to PBA and NBA greats such as Alvin Patrimonio and Michael Jordan. He first started out as a guard for the San Beda Red Cubs . In his time there, he won

116-584: A PBA All-Star Selection (scoring five straight triples in the quarter) against Dominique Wilkins'-led NBA Generations. On August 27, 2010, he scored 54 points during the 2010 NBA Asia Basketball Challenge held at Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City . He also defeated Glen Rice , 7–5 in a three-point shooting contest. Their team won 177–167. He was formally an assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel under coach Tim Cone in

174-734: A PBA All-Star Selection but had a dismal display in the PBA Centennial Cup . They went to a tough United States midwest tour and won the William Jones Cup in Taiwan . In the Asian Games, the nationals easily won their group stage but lost in the semi-final and settled for third after beating Kazakhstan in their final game. In 1999, Caidic became the playing coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings after

232-509: A career with 594 three-point conversions after scoring 9 triples in Tivoli's 125–142 loss to Pepsi. One month later, on November 21, 1991, Caidic sets the PBA all-time records of the most points in a single game by a homegrown Filipino player (79 points), the most points in a single half (53 points), the most points in a single quarter (37 points), the most three-point field goals made and attempts in

290-659: A championship and was co-Finals MVP. Ritualo chose not to play for San Beda in college, choosing instead to play for the De La Salle Green Archers . He was also recruited by UP . He first played for La Salle in 1997. He earned Rookie of the Year honors as he became known for his ability to shoot beyond the arc. The Archers lost to the FEU Tamaraws in the Finals. In 1998, La Salle hired Franz Pumaren ,

348-572: A former Green Archer and 12-year PBA veteran, to be its new head coach. Their roster lost MVP Mark Telan , but had players such as Dino Aldeguer, Don Allado , Alvin Castro, Willy Wilson , and Francis Zamora , who would play key roles for that team's title run. That season, the Archers had a 13–1 record in the elimination round, eventually beating the Tamaraws for Ritualo's first UAAP championship. It

406-404: A game (17/27 triples), the most three-point field goals made in a quarter (8 triples) and the most consecutive three-point field goals made in a single game (8 triples), to lead Presto Tivoli against Ginebra San Miguel . His performance remains as one of the greatest individual performances in the PBA history. What makes it more remarkable is that while he was playing in the court, his wife Millote

464-581: A limited role for the team as the Centennial Rhum Masters took a runner-up finish in the 2nd Yakult PBL Centennial Cup tournament. After Tanduay left the PBL, Ritualo was the key player for Tanduay's Colt 45 team in the 1999 PBL Challenge Cup, when the team placed third in the tournament. After Colt45 decided to leave the league, Ritualo joined Welcoat Paints in late 1999. Ritualo led Welcoat to three PBL titles from 1999 to 2001 before jumping to

522-551: A long distinguished career that started in 1984 as an amateur guest player in the PBA. He also became the third PBA player after Ramon Fernandez and Bogs Adornado to be given the honor of retiring the jersey number by a PBA team and was the first by two PBA teams, the San Miguel Beermen and the Barangay Ginebra Kings. Both franchises retired his number 8 jersey in honor of his legacy in the PBA. In

580-634: A panelist, analyst and commentator in some games alongside Jolly Escobar, Carlo Pamintuan and other courtside commentators. He also covered UAAP and NCAA games for ABS-CBN Sports . Ritualo first became a shooting coach for the Mahindra Enforcers . He was then invited by his former coach in Pumaren to join him on the Adamson Falcons coaching staff. He accepted the offer and has held the position since 2015. On June 29, 2022, Ritualo

638-557: A record he shared with Allan Caidic . Ritualo recorded a 40-point output against Purefoods on January 27, 2006, during Game Three of the Fiesta Conference Semi-finals series , held in the Ynares Sports Complex. Ritualo led Air21 to a third-place finish, the highest in franchise history during that time before the team captured a runner-up finish against the Barangay Ginebra Kings in 2008. He

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696-730: A single All-Star game). He became the first PBA player ever to win the MVP awards in the regular season and in the All-Star Game. In 1994, San Miguel won the right to represent the country in the Asian Games after winning the PBA All-Filipino Cup conference title. In the Asian Games, the Beermen formed the core of the national team with some loaned players from the other PBA ballclubs like Alvin Patrimonio and Johnny Abarrientos . The national team finished fourth but he finished as

754-499: A sudden resignation of interim coach Rino Salazar. In 2000, as a playing coach, he placed himself in the reserved unprotected player list for the Barangay Ginebra Kings to protect other important players in the team. The expansion team Red Bull picked unprotected players from the dispersal draft, which includes himself and got his rights. To avoid leaving Ginebra and playing for Red Bull, he announced his retirement and decided to hang up his jersey that year. His early retirement ended

812-736: A team that represented the Philippines in international competitions, which aimed win the 1986 Asian Basketball Confederation crown (now known as the FIBA Asia Championship) which was last won by the Philippines in 1973. In the 1985 William Jones Cup, Caidic played in the San Miguel Beer-Philippines' overtime victory against the US, coached by Gene Keady , in the finals. His shooting mentor, Arthur "Chip" Engelland, scored 43 points while Caidic scored 21, to lead

870-613: Is considered by many to be the greatest shooter the country has ever produced, thus, earning the moniker, "The Triggerman" . He played college hoops at the University of the East before joining the PBA in 1987, where he broke several Philippine and PBA all-time records—including the most points scored in a single game (79 points), the most three-point field goals made in a single game (17 triples; breaking his previous record of 15 triples),

928-675: The 2019 Commissioner's Cup . Air21 Express released Ritualo and he was picked up by the Alaska Aces . However, he was not included in the lineup for the 2013–14 season . In 2005, Ritualo was a member of the RP National Training Pool . Ritualo was part of the Team Pilipinas squad in the 2005 FIBA-Asia Champions Cup with the host squad placing fifth in the eight nation tournament. During a match against Sagesse of Lebanon , Ritualo's numerous three-pointers in

986-472: The Letran Knights and was accepted. But after realizing that Letran does not have an engineering program, he left. Allan was then taking up Mechanical Engineering. He was later accepted in University of the East (UE) but had to sit out on the reserve list as UE's lineup was already complete. Finally in 1981 under coach Roberto Flores, Caidic got his break and delivered well. In a deciding game between

1044-548: The 2008 All-Star Weekend, Ritualo won his only 3-Point Shootout. In the 2008–09 Philippine Cup , Ritualo got his much awaited 1st PBA title against the Alaska Aces . Though winning championships seemed so easy for him during the amateur ranks, it took him 7 years in the PBA to win a championship. During the off-season of the 2010 Fiesta Conference, he was traded back to the Air21 Express along with Yancy de Ocampo for J.R. Quiñahan and Aaron Aban . After playing for

1102-604: The Asian Games basketball tournament leading scorer and was named in the all-tournament Mythical Five Selection. In 1995, he became the eighth player to score 10,000 career points in the PBA history and the league's first player to score 1,000 career three-point field goals. He went on to win the PBA Governor's Cup Best Player of the Conference after leading the San Miguel Beermen to the finals. He finished

1160-753: The Express, he was acquired by the Powerade Tigers during the off-season. He only had limited minutes during the Philippine Cup . The Meralco Bolts signed up Ritualo after the Powerade Tigers released him to the free agency pool during the Philippine Cup off-season. At the end of the 2010–11 PBA season , he was waived by the team. After being waived by Meralco, he was acquired by then newly formed Shopinas.com Clickers during

1218-671: The Filipinos in a 108–100 overtime victory to capture the Jones Cup title. Keady, later, told Ron Jacobs that he had the highest respect for two Filipino cagers whom he called 'Heckle and Jeckle' (referring to Allan Caidic and Samboy Lim). He led the Philippines in capturing the 1985 South East Asian Games Gold Medal and in 1986, he led the last all-amateur national team to capture the FIBA Asia Championship gold medal and scored 22 points in an 82–72 win over China in

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1276-549: The Mythical Five Selection after Arnie Tuadles (1979) and Ricardo Brown (1983). He also finished the season as the first rookie player ever to lead the league in scoring. On November 2, 1989, Caidic scored 68 points and 15 three-point field goals made in a single game to lead Presto Tivoli past the Alaska Air Force in a high-scoring overtime game 175–159. Both teams' combined points was one of

1334-595: The PBA Legends Team to a two-game Australian Tour Series and earned himself the series Most Valuable Player award. He was then appointed Sports Ambassador to represent the Philippines in the 23rd South East Asian Games alongside some of the Philippines' greatest athletes ( Efren Reyes , Rafael Nepomuceno ) to promote the event throughout the country. Aside from being one of the country's Sports Ambassador, he also served as San Miguel Corporation's Philippine Baseball and Boxing Project Director/Liaison Officer for

1392-487: The PBA for the all-amateur guest NCC national team, preparing for international competitions, and went on to win the 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference. In 1986, he returned to the PBA playing for the all-amateur Magnolia-Philippines who were at that time preparing for the 1986 Asian Games. In 1987, he was drafted first overall by the Great Taste Coffee Makers and played alongside Ricardo Brown to lead

1450-566: The PBA. In 2003, Ritualo was named as one of PBL's Greatest Players of All-time. Ritualo was selected as the eight overall pick in the 2002 PBA draft by expansion team FedEx Express . But before Ritualo was set to join FedEx, he was part of the RP National Training Pool for the 2002 Busan Asian Games . Ritualo was cut from the national team and returned to his mother team. He had a strong rookie season for FedEx, leading

1508-480: The South East Asian Games. His teams brought 10 gold medals (1 from baseball and 9 from boxing) for the country. On June 15, 2006, on his 43rd birthday, he fittingly released his autobiographical book, " My Life Allan Caidic, The Triggerman ", one of the first sports biographies by a Filipino athlete. In November 2006, after a reshuffling between the then-four San Miguel Corporation teams, he became

1566-635: The UAAP one-on-one championships. Unfortunately, he only placed second to UST's rookie Silverio Palad. In his final two years, he, along with Jerry Codiñera , led the Red Warriors to back-to-back championships in 1984–1985, the last University of the East basketball team ever to win a championship in the 20th Century. At the same time, he played for several teams in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League while playing for

1624-665: The UE Red Warriors and the FEU Tamaraws , Caidic missed two crucial free throws that handed the UAAP championship to the unbeaten Tamaraws. In 1982, he bounced back by leading the Red Warriors to a comeback win against the UP Fighting Maroons in the finals, scoring 30 points to capture the UAAP basketball championship and won the Most Valuable Player award. In 1983, Caidic was seeded number one in

1682-461: The closure, ABS-CBN Sports continued to deliver sports update on digital platforms. Note: Titles are listed in alphabetical order followed by the year it debuted in parentheses. Allan Caidic As assistant coach As executive (team manager): Allan Vito Flores Caidic (born June 15, 1963) is a Filipino former professional basketball player, coach and executive who is currently serving as consultant for San Sebastian Stags . He

1740-482: The finals. After winning the Asian Championship, the Philippines qualified for the 1986 FIBA World Championship at Madrid , Spain, but due to the political crisis in the country (that led to the 1986 Philippine People Power EDSA Revolution ), the national team did not participate in the tournament. He is a four-time Asian Games veteran as a player and shared this distinction with Alvin Patrimonio , as

1798-540: The floor headfirst, vomited, and remained on the court motionless before he was removed from the arena and taken to the hospital. He made a successful recovery from that injury and in 1998, he was selected by Tim Cone for the Philippine Centennial Team bound for the William Jones Cup (where he scored 25 points with six triples against South East Asian rival, Thailand) and the Asian Games. The team started their international campaign against China and

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1856-535: The league in three-pointers made. By season's end, he was named as the 2002 PBA Rookie of the Year . He was also named Mr. Quality Minutes the following year. In 2005, he also took part in the three-point shoot-out, earning 2nd place as he lost to Jimmy Alapag . He also participated in that year's All-Star game, as a member of the North All-Stars. On April 29 of that year, he made 9 threes in one quarter in FedEx's 116–106 victory over Red Bull Barako , tying

1914-429: The league's deadliest scoring duo in the 1990s and led the Beermen to the 1993 All-Filipino Cup finals. He ended the season winning the PBA Governor's Cup championship with San Miguel and earned the 1993 PBA All-Star Most Valuable Player award after leading his team (North All-Star) to victory, scoring 40 points (second highest points scored in a single All-Star game) and 9 triples (the most three-point field goals made in

1972-647: The lifting of suspension of the country from FIBA-sanctioned tournaments. In 2008, he joined several PBA legends in a charity Tour of California but played a minor role due to personal commitments. Later that year, he led the PBA Legends to victory over the Manny Pacquiao -led Philippine Army Basketball Team to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the army. In August 2009, he joined another PBA legends' tour in North America, and weeks later he led

2030-759: The lookout for "Philippine No. 8", referring to Caidic's regular jersey number while playing for the National Team. Caidic is from Paete, Laguna and started playing basketball when he was in his fifth grade at Roosevelt College and in the Inter Subdivision Leagues at Brookside in Cainta before trying out for college teams such as the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the Mapua Cardinals but was unsuccessful. He then tried out for

2088-683: The main broadcaster for the network-backed basketball league Metropolitan Basketball Association which introduced the home-and-away play format in the Philippine basketball landscape. Simultaneous with that (shortly before the MBA collapsed), it acquired the broadcast rights to the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) (NCAA) collegiate basketball leagues, which bolstered Studio 23 's ratings and at

2146-626: The most consecutive freethrows made (76), and the most three-point field goals in a career (1,242 triples; later surpassed by Jimmy Alapag ). He has played with several PBA teams and won numerous championships. He played for the Philippine national basketball team including the 1998 Philippine Centennial Team . While in the league, he was considered one of the best three-point shooters in Asia. The vaunted Chinese national basketball team recognized his ability by always reminding their players to be on

2204-407: The most in the PBA history. In 1990, he set the PBA all-time record for the most three-point field goals made in a single season (160 triples) and led Presto Tivoli to a championship title. He was named the 1990 PBA Most Valuable Player and was selected to play for the first all-pro national team coached by Robert Jaworski , bound for the Asian Games. In one of his Asian Games appearances, he led

2262-506: The national team's assistant coach in 2002 and was an active participant of the San Miguel Corporation All-Stars, a group composed of several former professional basketball players. In May 2005, he took part in the PBA's 30th Anniversary, leading Virgilio Dalupan 's Legends Team to victory, 96–92, in the PBA's Classic Greatest Game with an MVP performance, scoring 30 points (4 triples, 8 rebounds). He also led

2320-405: The national team's second half comeback win, 86–78, against Japan with 34 points despite playing with a broken hand and held scoreless in the first half. The Philippines went on to win the silver medal after losing to China in the finals with Caidic and Samboy Lim named in the mythical 5 selection. On October 15, 1991, he broke the PBA all-time record for the most three-point field goals made in

2378-745: The national team. He played for several PABL teams such as CF Sharp, ESQ Marketing and the Magnolia Ice Cream/Lagerlite. He also played for commercial teams internationally, notably the Development Bank of Rizal (1983) that finished third in an invitational tournament in Malaysia and the Country Fair Hotdogs in the 1984 William Jones Cup tournament. In 1984–1985, Caidic was part of Danding Cojuangco 's national basketball development program, which formed

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2436-521: The off-season of 2011. He played once again under his former collegiate mentor Franz Pumaren. In 2012, he scored 22 points on 6-of-6 shooting from three as the team scored 128 points in the win against Powerade. That was the most points the Shopinas.com/Air21 franchise had scored in franchise history. He also tied the record for most threes made without missing. The record would stand until San Miguel Beermen wing Von Pessumal made 8 straight threes during

2494-406: The only PBA players to play in four Asiads (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998). In 1986, he led an all-amateur national team to an Asian Games bronze medal, after a heart breaking controversial loss to South Korea in the semi-final. He is also the only Filipino player to win the William Jones Cup championships twice, once as an amateur in 1985 and once as a professional in 1998. In 1984–1985, Caidic played in

2552-571: The opener for the 2001 season. He also won his last championship against Ateneo that season. He became the third La Sallian player to have his jersey retired after basketball greats such as Lim Eng Beng and Kurt Bachmann . In 2021, he was also inducted into the De La Salle Sports Hall of Fame. During his UAAP stint, Ritualo signed up with Tanduay in the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) in 1998 in

2610-415: The same time aligned further toward the said channel's programming thrust to the youth. ABS-CBN Sports also supplant contents to their sports channel S+A aired on UHF Channel 23 (main channel) and Sky Cable Channel 166 (HD channel). The division also maintains their official website, sports.abs-cbn.com, one of the top sports news websites in the Philippines. On July 16, 2020, the final buzzer sounded as

2668-500: The same year, he was named in the PBA 25 greatest players ever to play in the league's history after the PBA celebrated its 25th year as the first professional basketball league in Asia. After his retirement, he remained with Ginebra as a full-time head coach and despite reaching the 2001 PBA All-Filipino Cup finals, he piloted Ginebra to one of its worst season runs in its franchise history. Due to fans' uproar, management blinked and promoted him as Team Manager in 2004. He also served as

2726-468: The season as the league's leading point scorer with 20.9 points per game, the last guard ever to lead the league in season-best points scoring average in the 20th century. On April 29, 1997, in a game between the Gordon's Gin and the San Miguel Beermen , he suffered a serious career-threatening injury. The incident took place when he jumped for a rebound, he collided with teammate Nelson Asaytono , fell on

2784-713: The second half, sparked a short-lived comeback by the Filipinos before losing 100–90. Ritualo was also included in the Team Pilipinas squad for the Global Hoops Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada . During one game, Ritualo drained nine triples in a loss to Passive Lane Sports, which had God Shammgod . It is said that these during these games, NBA teams such as the New Jersey Nets and Philadelphia 76ers were scouting him. However, no offers were made to Ritualo during this time, shutting down those rumors. Ritualo

2842-581: The staff and employees of the sports division became part of a series of retrenchments, following the July 10 vote of the House Committee on Legislative Franchises denied the network a congressional franchise , officially ceased its operations on August 31. Following the closure, several sports rights were transferred to the different TV channels (including TAP Sports and Premier Sports , both owned by TAP Digital Media Ventures Corporation ). Despite

2900-519: The team manager of the Coca-Cola Tigers . But he left in March 2007 to become assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings . In January 2007, he joined with former national teammates Hector Calma and Samboy Lim, as well as former national team head coaches, current national team members and head coach Chot Reyes in expressing their support to Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and for

2958-436: The team to the PBA Open Conference finals (In Game 3, he equalled Brown's PBA all-time record for the most points scored by a Filipino in a single finals game – 48 points) and later captured his first PBA-All Filipino Cup championship. In his rookie season, he earned the 1987 PBA Rookie of the Year award and was named in the All-Star Mythical Five Selection, where he became the third first year-rookie player ever to be named in

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3016-407: The trade that sent Alaska Aces slotman Don Allado to the Phone Pals for Willie Miller, John Ferriols & a future pick, the Phone Pals were considered one of the deepest lineups in the 2006 Philippine Cup. However, the Phone Pals never made it past the wildcard phase, ending their season. During the 2007 Philippine Cup, he averaged 13.83 points per game in the 18 games of the elimination round. In

3074-458: Was a member of Team Pilipinas' successful championship in the 5th Sultan's Cup in Bandar Seri Begawan , Brunei Darussalam . In 2006, Ritualo scored 17 points as Team Pilipinas defeated the American squad led by former NBA star Dennis Rodman , 110–102 on May 1 at the Araneta Coliseum . The following year, he was part of the team that competed at the 2007 FIBA Asia Championships . After retiring, Ritualo later appeared on Radyo5 92.3 News FM as

3132-421: Was also La Salle's first championship since 1990. In 1999, Ritualo scored 33 points against UST. They made it to the Finals, where they played the UST Growling Tigers . The Archers lost Game 1, as Aldeguer took a three-point shot that should have been for Ritualo. In Game 2, the Archers bounced back behind clutch free throws from Mac Cuan, forcing a do-or-die game. In Game 3, Aldeguer made a three-pointer while he

3190-553: Was also in the running for Best Player of the Conference , losing to Enrico Villanueva . He was also an All-Star for the 2006 edition in Cagayan de Oro . Ritualo was also the first local player in PBA history to have four games in a career with at least eight three-pointers in each of those games. On May 8, 2006, Ritualo, along with Patrick Fran, was traded from Air21 to the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in exchange for Leo Avenido and two future first round draft picks, which were used in 2007 and 2008. With Ritualo's addition, as well as

3248-414: Was announced as the head coach of the La Salle Green Hills Greenies . Ritualo was a cameo in 2002 comedy film Home Along da Riber starring Dolphy, as a Air21 deliveryman. ABS-CBN Sports ABS-CBN Sports was a sports division of the Philippine media conglomerate ABS-CBN Corporation , which aired some of the notable sporting events in the Philippines . ABS-CBN Sports began in 1998 as

3306-450: Was fouled from the same play in Game 1, eventually sending the game into overtime. The Archers won in the overtime period, making them champions for 1999. In 2000, despite having a weaker roster, La Salle still won the championship. They swept FEU in the Finals. Ritualo didn't make the Mythical Five that year as he had a hand injury, which would be the only time he didn't make it in his UAAP career. Ritualo scored 33 points against Ateneo in

3364-442: Was giving birth to their first daughter. He came off the bench late in the first quarter and left the game in the middle of the fourth, in a game where he could have possibly scored 100 points or more. In 1993, Caidic was acquired by the San Miguel Beermen after his former team was sold to Sta. Lucia Realty & Development, Inc. and renamed Sta. Lucia Realtors . During his time with San Miguel, he teamed up with Samboy Lim to form

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