1980 Royal Tru-Orange season

1980 Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coach Edgardo Ocampo
Owner(s) San Miguel Corporation
Open Conference results
Record 4–14
(.222)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record 5–9
(.357)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
Royal Tru-Orange seasons
1979 1981

The 1980 Royal Tru-Orange season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The franchise was change its name to the San Miguel Beermen beginning in the All-Filipino Conference.

Transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Melchor Ravanes Rookie signed
Salvador Ramas Rookie signed

Summary

Open Conference: The defending champions bring back Otto Moore as their import, along with Bubba Wilson, a one-time backcourt man of the Golden State Warriors in the NBA, the Orangemen lost their first game to U-Tex, but pick up their first win of the season, four days after against Toyota Tamaraws, 93-84 on March 22. [1] RTO ended up last in the conference, winning just four out of their 18 games in the elimination phase.

All-Filipino Conference: The ballclub became known as the San Miguel Beermen, a beer brand long been used by the company with their farm team in the MICAA, the Beermen advances in the round of six with a 5-4 won-loss slate, but didn't win any single matches in the quarterfinal phase in the tournament.

Roster

Royal Tru-Orange roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 5 Migalbin, Jesus style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – University of San Agustin
G/F 6 Ravanes, Biboy style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Cebu Central Colleges
G 7 Torrente, Antonio style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) –
G 8 Dizon, Ramon style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) –
F 11 Ramas, Salvador style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Cebu Central Colleges
G 12 Salvador, Danilo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) –
F 13 Gregorio, Teodulfo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) –
G 14 Martirez, Yoyong style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) – South Western
F/C 15 Lalota, Rodolfo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – FEU
G 16 Paguntalan, Leonardo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) –
F 17 Valencia, Evalson style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) –
G 25 Wilson, Bubba (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Western Carolina
C 34 Moore, Otto (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) – University of Texas
Head coach
  • Philippines Edgardo Ocampo
Assistant coach(es)


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

    References

    1. ↑ RTO raps Toyota

    External links