1977 Crispa Redmanizers season

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1977   Crispa Redmanizers season
Head coach Baby Dalupan
Owner(s)P. Floro and Sons, Inc.
All Filipino Conference results
Record22–2
(91.7%)
Place1st
Playoff finishFinals
Open Conference results
Record22–8
(73.3%)
Place1st
Playoff finishFinals
Invitational Conference results
Record5–5
(50%)
Place4th
Playoff finishN/A
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The 1977 Crispa Redmanizers season was the third season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

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Crispa Redmanizers
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Occurrences

As the 3rd PBA season opens on April 17, the main game features arch rivals Crispa and Toyota. The Redmanizers edge the Toyota Tamaraws, 122-121, on a last-second technical foul on Tamaraws coach Dante Silverio. The match was marred by post-game rumble in the Araneta Coliseum dugout involving players from both teams and the melee involving their fans. [1]

Summary

Two-time MVP Bogs Adornado was out of action for the whole season with an injured knee and despite missing his services, the Redmanizers all but smothered the field, topping the two-round eliminations in the first conference with a 13-1 win-loss record and swept the four-team semifinals. While PBA fans were looking forward to another Crispa-Toyota title clash, the Tamaraws were eliminated from the finals race by the Billy Robinson-led Mariwasa-Honda, it was the first time in seven conferences that Toyota missed a finale.

The Crispa Redmanizers defeated the Panthers in the best-of-five title-series, three games to one, winning their fifth straight championship on July 24 with a 139-128 victory in Game four.

Cyrus Mann return to play for Crispa in the second conference, this time teaming up with Ricky Hicks. [2] The Redmanizers led the way in Group B standings with an 11-3 card and Hicks has since been sent home. In the semifinal round, the U-Tex Wranglers sailed into the championship round in unprecedented fashion and in the process shoved Crispa in a knockout battle against Toyota for the remaining finals berth, the Redmanizers prevail over the Tamaraws in a playoff, 90-87.

In the championship series, U-Tex forced a deciding fifth game, winning games one and four. Crispa finally squeeze through with a 90-88 win in the final game for their sixth straight title which coach Baby Dalupan said was his toughest championship.

Chris McMurray, who previously played for Seven-Up in the second conference, joined Cyrus Mann as the Redmanizers' import for the Invitational Conference, which features the Palmeiras from Brazil, Mann's former team who became known as Emtex Sacronels, and Ramrod Blocks from Australia. Crispa's sudden lack of fire cause the Redmanizers right from the start, losing three straight games and eventually missed the finals for the first time. They placed fourth behind Tanduay. [3]

Awards

With the absence of two-time MVP William "Bogs" Adornado, coming into his own is Freddie Hubalde, who outshown his collegiate teammate Atoy Co in a performance that earned him the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.

Roster

Roster#PositionHeight
Abet Guidaben 5Center6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Fortunato Co, Jr Team Captain 6Guard6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Rodolfo Soriano7Forward6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Rey Pages8Forward6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Gregorio Dionisio9Guard5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Freddie Hubalde 10Guard-Forward6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Virgilio Dela Cruz12Guard-Forward6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Tito Varela14Guard6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Bernie Fabiosa 15Guard5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
David Cezar16Guard5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Armando Torres17Guard6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Philip Cezar 18Forward6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Rey Franco19Guard5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Cristino Calilan23Guard5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Cyrus Mann Import 25Center6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Ricky Hicks Import 27Forward6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Chris McMurray Import Forward6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)

Assistant Coach: Jaime Lucas Team Manager: Danny Floro

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References

  1. ↑ "Crispa-Toyota match marred by free-for-all". Crispa-Toyota blogspot.
  2. ↑ "Crispa 1975-1977". Sports Potpourri.
  3. ↑ "Crispa swept All-Filipino and Open Conferences of 1977 PBA season". The Manila Times.
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