1980 Great Taste Discoverers season

1980 Great Taste Discoverers season
Head coach Alfonso "Boy" Marquez
Owner(s) CFC Corporation
Open Conference results
Record 13–14
(.481)
Place 4th
Playoff finish 4
All Filipino Conference results
Record 1–11
(.083)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
Great Taste Discoverers seasons
1981

The 1980 Great Taste Discoverers season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Presto Fun Drinks in the All-Filipino Conference.

Transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Ernesto Estrada Acquired from Toyota
Adriano Papa Acquired from defunct Filmanbank

Summary

Open Conference: The Discoverers had returning import Jim Hearns, who saw action for the team last season, being paired with 6-11 Lewis Brown, a Milwaukee Bucks' draftee and the tallest among the crop of imports. Great Taste won 8 of their 9 games in the first round of elimination phase, losing only to Toyota Tamaraws, and finish second behind Toyota in the team standings after 18 games with 13 wins and 5 losses. In the semifinal round, the Discoverers lost all their six semifinal assignments and were swept in three games by Crispa Walk Tall Jeans in their series for third place.

All-Filipino Conference: The CFC ballclub now known as Presto Fun Drinks, lost all their 9 outings in the one-round eliminations as the franchise set a season record for the longest losing streak by any PBA team at 18 games.

Roster

Great Taste Discoverers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 10 Aranzaso, Leonardo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) –
G 14 Basilan, Danilo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) –
F 15 Catacutan, Israel style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Mapua Tech
F 8 Chua, Jacinto style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) – FEU
C 56 Clariño, Aurelio style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Adamson
F Delos Santos, Valerio style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – FEU
G Dungca, Jaime style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) – San Sebastian College
F 44 Estrada, Ernesto style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) – University of Visayas
G 20 Franco, Reynaldo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) – UE
F/C 5 Paner, Manny style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – University of Visayas
F 55 Papa, Jun style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) – National University
F/C 13 Pribhdas, Danilo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – Philippine College of Commerce
G 16 Revilla, Johnny style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) – UE
F/C 11 Ritualo, Florendo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – University of Baguio
C 24 Brown, Lewis (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) – UNLV
F 33 Hearns, Jim (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – Marymount College
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (IN) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

References

  1. ↑ Team Rosters

External links