1980 Tanduay Esquires season

1980   Tanduay Esquires season
Head coach	Tito Eduque
Open Conference results
Record	4–14 (22.2%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Invitational Championship results
Record	0–0
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record	12–9 (57.1%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Tanduay Esquires seasons
1981  →

The 1980 Tanduay Esquires season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Occurrences

Tanduay's seven-foot import Paul Zaretsky sprained his ankle in a workout and as a result, Tanduay lost their first game of the season to Honda, playing with only one import, Kevin Cluess. Zaretsky never got a chance to play and was sent home in favor of 6-8 Odell Ball, a former center of Marquette University. ^[1]

Semifinal stint

For the third straight season, Tanduay advances into the round of four of the league's most prestigious tournament, the All-Filipino. The Esquires posted a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss slates in the eliminations and quarterfinal phase. In the one-round robin among the four semifinalist, the Esquires lost to unbeaten Crispa Redmanizers, 98-101, in the last playing date on December 4 as they failed to create a three-way tie and a playoff with Toyota for the second finals berth. Tanduay placed third by winning their series against Gilbey's Gin.

Won-loss record vs Opponents

Teams	Win	Loss	1st (Open)	3rd (All-Filipino)
Galleon Shippers	2	1	1-1	1-0
Gilbey’s Gin	5	4	0-2	5-2
Great Taste / Presto	1	2	0-2	1-0
Honda	2	1	1-1	1-0
Royal / San Miguel	3	1	1-1	2-0
Tefilin	0	3	0-2	0-1
Toyota Tamaraws	0	5	0-2	0-3
U-Tex Wranglers	2	2	0-2	2-0
Walk Tall / Crispa	1	4	1-1	0-3
Total	16	23	4-14	12-9

Roster

Tanduay Esquires roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 2 Monzon, Abelardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran G 7 Dela Rosa, Roberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern F 10 Sanchez, Victor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa G/F 11 Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 13 Gutierrez, Alberto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Davao F/C 15 Capacio, Ely 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) F 16 Cleofas, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Ateneo G 18 Canent, Rene 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) José Rizal C 23 Evangelista, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda F/C 24 Castillo, Nathaniel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran G 25 Pineda, Rolando 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE F 35 Cluess, Kevin  (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) St.John's University G 40 Bilbao, Miguel 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) De La Salle F/C 41 Ball, Odell  (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Marquette	Head coach Valentin Eduque Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

References

1. "RTO raps Toyota, Honda wins".