1975 Royal Tru-Orange season

1975   Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coach	Ignacio Ramos
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
First Conference results
Record	11–15 (42.3%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semis
Second Conference results
Record	11–11 (50%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semis
All-Philippine Championship results
Record	3–5 (37.5%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	N/A
Royal Tru-Orange seasons
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The 1975 Royal Tru-Orange season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

First Conference standings

#	Teams	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Toyota Tamaraws	13	3	.812	–-
2	Crispa Redmanizers	12	4	.750	1
3	U-Tex Weavers	10	6	.625	3
4	Royal Tru-Orange	10	6	.625	3
5	Mariwasa-Noritake	8	8	.500	5
6	Concepcion Carrier	7	9	.438	6
7	Tanduay Distillery	5	11	.312	8
8	CFC-Presto	5	11	.312	8
9	Seven-Up	2	14	.125	11

Summary

The Royal Tru-Orangemen were among the top four teams which made it to semifinal round in the PBA's very first conference. They lost all their six games in the two-round semifinals and placed fourth behind champion Toyota, runner-up Crispa, and third place U-Tex. ^[1] In the second conference, Royal had a pair of Harry Brown and Steve Smith as their imports. The Orangemen were in their second semifinal stint and this time, they won two out of their six assignments, not enough to make it even in a playoff berth. Royal played Noritake in the best-of-five series for third place and after winning Game One, 125-122, the Orangemen lost the next two games and with Crispa forfeiting Game four of the finals against Toyota, the Orangemen ended up fourth place again. They completed a fourth place finish in all three conferences of the season as the Orangemen, despite beating U-Tex in the round-robin All-Philippine championship, they lost to U-Tex in five games in their series for third place.

Roster

Roster	#	Position	Height
Bienvenido Alenton	4	Center-Forward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Maximino Baguio	2	Guard	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Santiago Capa	9	Center	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Worley Cuevas	11	Forward	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Ernesto Estrada	5	Forward	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Rolando Marcelo	6	Guard-Forward	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Rosalio Martirez	14	Guard	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Alejandrito Miego	1	Guard	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Manny Paner	13	Forward-Center	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Manuel Pineda	8	Guard	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
David Regullano	15	Center-Forward	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Norberto Rivera	3	Forward	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Wilfredo Velasco	7	Forward	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Stephen Smith Import	10	Forward	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Harry Brown Import	12	Guard-Forward	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

References

1. PBA season one: A look back at history, Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph

External links

• Crispa-Toyota rivalry