1982 U-Tex Wranglers season | |
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Head coach | Glenn McDonald |
Owner(s) | Universal Textile Mills |
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results | |
Record | 13–17 (43.3%) |
Place | 4th |
Playoff finish | Semifinals |
Invitational Conference results | |
Record | 0–4 (0%) |
Place | 5th |
Playoff finish | N/A |
Open Conference results | |
Record | 9–12 (42.9%) |
Place | 6th |
Playoff finish | Quarterfinals |
U-Tex Wranglers seasons | |
The 1982 U/Tex Wranglers season was the eight and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Players Added | Signed | Former team |
Virgilio dela Cruz | Off-season | Crispa |
Tito Varela | ||
Evalson Valencia | San Miguel Beer | |
Gary Vargas | CDCP (disbanded) | |
Gerry Samlani Rookie | N/A | |
Steve Watson Rookie |
The Wranglers had Julius Wayne, a seventh round draft pick by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1981 NBA draft, as their import for the Reinforced Filipino Conference. [1] U/Tex finish the elimination phase with an 8-10 won-loss card. The Wranglers scored an upset 2–0 sweep off Gilbey's Gin in the best-of-three quarterfinals. They lost to top-seeded San Miguel Beermen in four games in the best-of-five semifinal series. Wayne return to play four more games in the Second Conference Asian Invitationals where U/Tex failed to score a single victory.
Coach Glenn McDonald opted for Leroy Jackson, who led the Wranglers to the finals last season, and Ira Terrell, a former Tefilin import, as their two reinforcements in the Open Conference. After 11 games in the elimination phase, Terrell was replaced by Leo Cunningham, who played only two games before another U/Tex returnee Francois Wise came in to replaced Cunningham and teamed up with Jackson for the rest of the conference. U/Tex were tied with three other teams going into the last scheduled quarterfinal matches. The Wranglers lost to San Miguel, 112–118 on November 23, in what turn out to be their final game. The Walter Euyang ballclub would disband its franchise the following season.
Team | Win | Loss | 1st (Reinforced) | 2nd (Invitational) | 3rd (Open) |
Crispa Redmanizers | 3 | 9 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
Mariwasa-Honda / Galerie Dominique | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | N/A | 3-0 |
Gilbey's Gin | 3 | 3 | 2-2 | N/A | 1-1 |
Great Taste / N-Rich Coffee | 3 | 2 | 3-0 | N/A | 0-2 |
San Miguel Beermen | 4 | 8 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 |
Toyota Super Corollas | 3 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
YCO-Tanduay | 2 | 4 | 1-1 | N/A | 1-3 |
Korea (Guest squad) | 0 | 1 | N/A | 0-1 | N/A |
Total | 22 | 33 | 13-17 | 0-4 | 9-12 |
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August 1982 | To San Miguel Beermen Lim Eng Beng | To U-Tex Wranglers Alex Tan |
Player | Signed | Former team |
Gregorio Dionisio | August 1982 | Crispa |
Marty Tierra | August 1982 | Tefilin (disbanded) |
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