1982 U-Tex Wranglers season

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1982   U-Tex Wranglers season
Head coach Glenn McDonald
Owner(s)Universal Textile Mills
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results
Record1317
(43.3%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Invitational Conference results
Record04
(0%)
Place5th
Playoff finishN/A
Open Conference results
Record912
(42.9%)
Place6th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
U-Tex Wranglers seasons
  1981

The 1982 U/Tex Wranglers season was the eight and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Contents

Transactions

Players AddedSignedFormer team
Virgilio dela CruzOff-season Crispa
Tito Varela
Evalson Valencia San Miguel Beer
Gary Vargas CDCP (disbanded)
Gerry Samlani RookieN/A
Steve Watson Rookie

Summary

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.

Won-loss records vs Opponents

TeamWinLoss1st (Reinforced)2nd (Invitational)3rd (Open)
Crispa Redmanizers392-60-11-2
Mariwasa-Honda / Galerie Dominique421-2N/A3-0
Gilbey's Gin332-2N/A1-1
Great Taste / N-Rich Coffee323-0N/A0-2
San Miguel Beermen483-40-11-3
Toyota Super Corollas341-20-12-1
YCO-Tanduay241-1N/A1-3
Korea (Guest squad)01N/A0-1N/A
Total223313-170-49-12

Roster

U-Tex Wranglers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G 5 Flag of the Philippines.svg Tan, Alex 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
G 6 Flag of the Philippines.svg Ortiz, Albert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Philippines
F/C 7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Samlani, Carlson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) San Sebastian
F/C 9 Flag of the Philippines.svg Taguines, Jaime 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Holy Angel
F/C 10 Flag of the Philippines.svg Martin, Jesusito 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) José Rizal
F 11 Flag of the Philippines.svg Vargas, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PSBA
G 12 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dela Cruz, Virgilio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 13 Flag of the Philippines.svg Varela, Tito 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
F 17 Flag of the Philippines.svg Valencia, Evalson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Western Institute
F/C 18 Flag of the Philippines.svg Arce, Armando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
G 22 Flag of the Philippines.svg Gaston, Matthew 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo
G 30 Flag of the Philippines.svg Dionisio, Gregorio 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Adamson
G/F 33 Flag of the Philippines.svg Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST
F 44 Flag of the Philippines.svg Watson, Steve 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo
G 50 Flag of the Philippines.svg Tierra, Marty 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) José Rizal
G/F 8 Flag of the United States.svg Wayne, Julius  (I)6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UTEP
G 4 Flag of the United States.svg Jackson, Leroy  (I)6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Cameron
F/C 32 Flag of the United States.svg Terrell, Ira  (I)6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) SMU
F/C 32 Flag of the United States.svg Cunningham, Leo  (I)6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Utah State
F 8 Flag of the United States.svg Wise, Francois  (I)6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Long Beach State
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Trades

August 1982
To San Miguel Beermen
Lim Eng Beng
To U-Tex Wranglers
Alex Tan

Additions

PlayerSignedFormer team
Gregorio DionisioAugust 1982Crispa
Marty TierraAugust 1982Tefilin (disbanded)

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References

  1. "1982 PBA 1st Conference Team Statistics".