1980 U-Tex Wranglers season

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1980   U/Tex Wranglers season
Head coach Tommy Manotoc
Owner(s)Universal Textile Mills
Open Conference results
Record1811
(62.1%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampion
Invitational Conference results
Record08
(0%)
Place5th
Playoff finishN/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record69
(40%)
Place5th
Playoff finishRound of six
U/Tex Wranglers seasons
1981  

The 1980 U/Tex Wranglers season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Transactions

After playing seven games with Crispa Walk Tall in the Open Conference, the Jeans Makers gave up and released two-time MVP William "Bogs" Adornado to U/Tex Wranglers. [1]

Championship

U/Tex won the Open Conference title for their second PBA crown in three years by defeating Toyota Tamaraws, 99–98, in the deciding Game Five of the finals series best known for the "last 16 seconds". The Wranglers finish the four-team semifinals in a tie with Walk Tall Jeans and Toyota with similar four wins and two losses. U/Tex enters the championship round with a superior quotient, leaving the other two teams to dispute the second finals berth.

Scoring record

November 23: William "Bogs" Adornado achieved a milestone by tying the record for most points by a local player shared with Danny Florencio while playing for Seven-up in 1977 by scoring 64 points in U/Tex' 126–111 win over San Miguel Beer. [2]

Win-loss record vs opponents

TeamsWinLoss1st (Open)2nd (Invitational)3rd (All-Filipino)
Galleon Shippers121-1N/A0–1
Gilbey’s Gin222-0N/A0–2
Great Taste / Presto322-2N/A1–0
Honda311-1N/A2–0
Royal / San Miguel402-0N/A2–0
Tanduay222-0N/A0–2
Tefilin302-0N/A1–0
Toyota494–50–20–2
Walk Tall / Crispa262-20–20–2
Adidas (France)02N/A0–2N/A
Nicholas Stoodley (USA)02N/A0–2N/A
Total242818-110–86–9

Roster

U/Tex Wranglers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Chua, Benjamin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UE
F 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Deles, Roy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda
G 6 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pineda, Ricardo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Letran
G 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pineda, Manuel 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Letran
F 8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Noblezada, Jaime 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Agustin
F/C 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Taguines, Jaime 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Holy Angel
F 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pages, Reynaldo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) De La Salle
G/F 13 Flag of the Philippines.svg Rocha, Oscar 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian
G 14 Flag of the Philippines.svg Eng Beng, Lim 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle
F 15 Flag of the Philippines.svg Segura, Rodolfo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson
F/C 16 Flag of the Philippines.svg Cortez, Virgilio 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) José Rizal
F/C 17 Flag of the Philippines.svg Regullano, David 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Letran
F 20 Flag of the United States.svg McDonald, Glenn  (I)6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Long Beach State
G 22 Flag of the Philippines.svg Gaston, Matthew 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo
F/C 23 Flag of the United States.svg James, Aaron  (I)6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Grambling State
G/F 33 Flag of the Philippines.svg Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

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References

  1. "William Adornado: Legendary scorer and comeback king". ABS-CBN Sports.
  2. "An explosive series".