1981 San Miguel Beermen season

1981 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coach Tommy Manotoc
Owner(s) San Miguel Corporation
Open Conference results
Record 17–12
(.586)
Place 4th
Playoff finish 4
Reinforced Filipino Conference results
Record 5–7
(.417)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
San Miguel Beermen seasons
1980 1982

The 1981 San Miguel Beermen season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Summary

Under new coach Tommy Manotoc, replacing Edgardo Ocampo, who transferred to Toyota Super Diesels at the beginning of the year, the beermen bring in two returning imports for the Open Conference, Aaron James and James Robinson, both former U-Tex Wranglers under Manotoc, James was part of the champion team from last season while Robinson played for U-Tex in 1979. San Miguel Beer won their first three games of the season before suffering its first setback at the hands of Toyota Super Diesels on March 26, after going 6 wins and 4 losses, [1] the beermen won eight in a row for the league-best 14-4 won-loss card, tied with U-Tex at first place. In the semifinal round, San Miguel dropped their first two games against Crispa and Toyota before nipping U-Tex, 99-98 on July 7, for their first and only win in the semifinals. The beermen lost to U-Tex in five games in their series for third place.

San Miguel won only two of their 9 games in the elimination round of the Reinforced Filipino Conference, one game better than St.George Whiskies' 1-8 won-loss card. Import Bobby Turner was replaced by Ron Roberson, [2] who led the beermen to their second victory by scoring 65 points in a 142-141 win over top-seeded Toyota on October 6. San Miguel was among the four teams that didn't advance in the round of six.

Roster

San Miguel Beer roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G Chua, Benjamin style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) –
F/C 9 Dizon, Eduardo (R) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) –
F/C 15 Lalota, Rodolfo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – FEU
G 14 Martirez, Yoyong style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) – South Western
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 22 Obias, Ray (R) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) – UST
G 16 Paguntalan, Leonardo style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) –
F 11 Ramas, Salvador style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Cebu Central Colleges
G/F 6 Ravanes, Biboy 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) –
G 4 Tan, Alex style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – UE
G 7 Torrente, Antonio 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) –
F 21 Robinson, James (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) –
F/C 23 James, Aaron (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) – Grambling State University
G 25 Turner, Bobby (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) – University of Louisville
G 21 Roberson, Ron (I) style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) –
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)


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

    References

    1. ↑ SMB whips U-Tex
    2. ↑ Reinforcement: All-Filipino imports here

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