1984 Crispa Redmanizers season

1984   Crispa Redmanizers season
Head coach	Tommy Manotoc Narciso Bernardo
Owner(s)	P. Floro and Sons, Inc.
1st All Filipino Conference results
Record	19–7 (73.1%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champions
2nd All Filipino Conference results
Record	11–11 (50%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Invitational Conference results
Record	8–5 (61.5%)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Finals (lost to Great Taste)
Crispa Redmanizers seasons
←  1983

The 1984 Crispa Redmanizers season was the 10th and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Colors

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Transactions

Players Added	Signed	Former team
Jaime Javier Re-acquired, last played for Crispa in 1981	Off-season	Galerie Dominique (disbanded)
Willie Pearson Rookie		N/A
Lim Eng Beng		San Miguel Beer
Matthew Gaston
Tito Varela Re-acquired in the Invitational Conference where Tanduay didn't qualify to participate	November 1984	Tanduay Rhum Makers

Milestone

Fortunato "Atoy" Co became the first PBA player to score 10,000 points by tallying 32 markers in Crispa's 107-111 loss to Northern Consolidated.(NCC) on May 1. ^[1]

Occurrences

On July 1, Crispa coach Tommy Manotoc, citing health reasons, resigns after leading the Redmanizers to the All-Filipino Conference finals by winning over Northern (NCC), 96-94. Assistant coach Narciso Bernardo takes over as Crispa's head mentor. ^[2]

13th PBA title

The Crispa Redmanizers captured their 13th and final PBA crown by winning the First All-Filipino Conference title over Gilbey's Gin, four games to one. Coach Narciso Bernardo won his first title with the Redmanizers.

Main article: 1984 PBA First All-Filipino Conference finals

Last finals stint

The Redmanizers return to the finals in the Invitational Championship. Crispa played Great Taste in the best-of-five finale. The Redmanizers lost Game one by a rout, but won the next two games to move within a win of capturing another title. The Coffee Makers came back with a victory in Game four to tie the series and force a deciding fifth game.

On December 18, the Redmanizers trailed by as many as 28 points in the final quarter of Game five and lost to Great Taste, 106-127, in what turn out to be the final game of the winningest ballclub in the league.

Win–loss records vs opponents

Teams	Win	Loss	1st All-Filipino	2nd All-Filipino	3rd (Invitational)
Beer Hausen	7	3	2-2	3-1	2-0
Country Fair	4	0	2-0	2-0	N/A
Gilbey's Gin	10	3	7-2	1-1	2-0
Gold Eagle Beer	7	0	2-0	3-0	2-0
Great Taste Coffee	4	10	2-1	0-4	2-5
Northern (NCC)	2	5	2-2	0-3	N/A
Tanduay Rhum	4	2	2-0	2-2	N/A
Total	38	23	19-7	11-11	8-5

Roster

Crispa Redmanizers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F/C 5 Abet Guidaben 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) USJ–R G 6 Fortunato Co, Jr 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa G/F 7 Arturo Cristobal 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern G/F 9 Padim Israel 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo F 10 Freddie Hubalde 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Mapúa G 11 William Pearson 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Chaminade F/C 12 Elpidio Villamin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) G 14 Matthew Gaston 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo G 15 Bernie Fabiosa 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE G 17 Lim Eng Beng 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle F/C 18 Philip Cezar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) José Rizal G/F 22 Herman Barnes  (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UAB G/F 22 Carlton Willis  (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Overbrook HS (PA) C 25 Jaime Javier 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal G 33 Tito Varela 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE	Head coach Tommy Manotoc Narciso Bernardo Assistant coach(es) Team manager Danny Floro Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

References

1. "This day in PBA history: Atoy Co, first player to reach 10,000 points". news.abs-cbn.com.
2. "Crispa makes it to the finals with second semis win over Northern".

External links

• Crispa Redmanizers: 1984 PBA All-Filipino [e-mail]