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| 1984 Great Taste Coffee Makers season | |
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| Head coach | Baby Dalupan |
| Owner(s) | CFC Corporation |
| 1st All Filipino Conference results | |
| Record | 11–7 (61.1%) |
| Place | 5th |
| Playoff finish | Quarterfinals |
| 2nd All Filipino Conference results | |
| Record | 18–4 (81.8%) |
| Place | 1st |
| Playoff finish | Champions |
| Invitational Conference results | |
| Record | 10–3 (76.9%) |
| Place | 1st |
| Playoff finish | Champions |
| Great Taste Coffee Makers seasons | |
The 1984 Great Taste Coffee Makers season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
| Players Added | Signed | Former team |
| Woodrow Balani | Off-season | Galerie Dominique (disbanded) |
| Redentor Vicente | ||
| Chito Loyzaga | Toyota (disbanded) | |
| Arnie Tuadles | ||
| Frankie Lim | Tanduay Rhum Makers |
The Great Taste Coffee Makers finally join the elite club of champion teams as they won their first-ever title in the 2nd All-Filipino Conference by scoring a 3-0 sweep over newcomer Beer Hausen. [1] The Gokongwei ballclub captured their second straight PBA championship by winning the Invitational Third Conference in a battle of champions as they defeated Crispa Redmanizers in the best-of-five title series, three games to two.
| Teams | Win | Loss | 1st All-Filipino | 2nd All-Filipino | 3rd (Invitational) |
| Beer Hausen | 8 | 3 | 2-1 | 5-1 | 1-1 |
| Country Fair | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | N/A |
| Crispa Redmanizers | 10 | 4 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 5-2 |
| Gilbey’s Gin | 2 | 4 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 2-0 |
| Gold Eagle Beer | 5 | 2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 |
| Northern (NCC) | 6 | 0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | N/A |
| Tanduay Rhum | 5 | 1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | N/A |
| Total | 39 | 14 | 11-7 | 18-4 | 10-3 |
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