1980 Royal Tru-Orange season

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1980   Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coach Edgardo Ocampo
Owner(s) San Miguel Corporation
Open Conference results
Record414
(22.2%)
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
Invitational Championship results
Record00  
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record59
(35.7%)
Place6th
Playoff finishRound of six
Royal Tru-Orange seasons
  1979
1981  

The 1980 Royal Tru-Orange season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Beginning the Third Conference, the ballclub will be known as San Miguel Beermen, a beer brand long been used by the company in the MICAA will finally makes its debut in the PBA.

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ADDITIONS
Salvador Ramas and Biboy Ravanes Rookies signed from their farm team in the MICAA

Summary

The defending champions bring back Otto Moore as their import in the Open Conference along with Bubba Wilson, a one-time backcourt man of the Golden State Warriors in the NBA. The Orangemen lost their first game to U-Tex but pick up their first win of the season four days after against Toyota Tamaraws, 93-84 on March 22. [1] RTO ends up last in the conference and tied with Tanduay at the bottom of the standings after 18 games in the eliminations.

San Miguel advances in the round of six of the All-Filipino Conference and the Beermen lost all their five assignments in the quarterfinal phase of the tournament.

Won-loss record vs Opponents

TeamsWinLoss1st (Open)3rd (All-Filipino)
Galleon Shippers030-20-1
Gilbey’s Gin221-11-1
Great Taste / Presto120-21-0
Honda211-11-0
Tanduay131-10-2
Tefilin120-21-0
Toyota Tamaraws221-11-1
U-Tex Wranglers040-20-2
Walk Tall / Crispa040-20-2
Total9234-145-9

Roster

Royal Tru-Orange roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
F/C 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin
G/F 6 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cebu
G 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Torrente, Antonio 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
G 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dizon, Ramon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) PSBA
F 11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ramas, Salvador 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cebu
G 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Salvador, Danilo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) San Sebastian
F 13 Flag of the Philippines.svg Gregorio, Teodulfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Martirez, Yoyong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Southwestern-U
F/C 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Lalota, Rodolfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 16 Flag of the Philippines.svg Paguntalan, Leonardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Western Institute
F 17 Flag of the Philippines.svg Valencia, Evalson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Western Institute
G 25 Flag of the United States.svg Wilson, Bubba  (I)6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Western Carolina
C 34 Flag of the United States.svg Moore, Otto  (I)6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

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References

  1. "RTO raps Toyota, Honda wins".