1980 U-Tex Wranglers season

1980 U/Tex Wranglers season
Head coach Tommy Manotoc
Owner(s) Universal Textile Mills
Open Conference results
Record 18–11
(.621)
Place 1st
Playoff finish 1
Invitational Conference results
Record 0–8
(.000)
Place 5th
Playoff finish N/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record 6–9
(.400)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
U/Tex Wranglers seasons
1981

The 1980 U/Tex Wranglers season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

After playing only seven games with Crispa Walk Tall Jeans in the Open Conference, the Jeans Makers gave up and released two-time MVP William "Bogs" Adornado to the U/Tex Wranglers. [1]

Championship

U/Tex won the Open Conference title for their second PBA crown in three years, defeating Toyota Tamaraws, 99-98, in the deciding Game Five of the finals series best known for the "last 16 seconds". The Wranglers finish the four-team semifinals in a tie with Crispa Walk Tall Jeans and Toyota Tamaraws with similar 4-win, 2-loss slates. U/Tex enters the championship round with a superior quotient, leaving the other two teams to dispute the second finals berth.

Scoring record

November 23: William "Bogs" Adornado achieved a milestone, tying the record for most points by a local player, shared with Danny Florencio while playing for Seven-up in 1977, by scoring 64 points in U/Tex' 126-111 win over San Miguel Beer.

Roster

U/Tex Wranglers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 5 Deles, Roy style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) –
G 6 Pineda, Ricardo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) – Letran College
G 7 Pineda, Manuel style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) – Letran College
F 8 Noblezada, Jaime style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – University of San Agustin
F/C 9 Taguines, Jaime style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) –
F 12 Pages, Reynaldo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – La Salle
G/F 13 Rocha, Oscar style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) –
G 14 Eng Beng, Lim style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) – La Salle
F 15 Segura, Rodolfo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) – Adamson University
F/C 16 Cortez, Virgilio style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) – San Beda College
F/C 17 Regullano, David style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) – Letran College
F 20 McDonald, Glenn (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) – California State University
G 22 Gaston, Matthew style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Ateneo de Manila
F/C 23 James, Aaron (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) – Grambling State University
G/F 33 Adornado, Bogs style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – UST
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. ↑ Enter Adornado, the new Wrangler
    2. ↑ Team Rosters

    External links