1975 U-Tex Weavers season

1975 U/Tex Wranglers season
Head coach Carlos Loyzaga
First Conference results
Record 16–11
(.593)
Place 3rd
Playoff finish 3
Second Conference results
Record 7–7
(.500)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
All-Philippine Championship results
Record 3–5
(.375)
Place 3rd
Playoff finish 3
U/Tex Wranglers seasons

The 1975 U-Tex Weavers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Brief history

Universal Textile Mills, Inc., a company owned by Walter Euyang, was one of the three founding members of the PBA (along with Crispa and Tanduay) whose roots can be traced back in the minor league called Businessman Athletic Association (BAA), a league that competed with the more established Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) during the 1950s/1960s. In 1961, U-Tex debut in the MICAA and were known as "U-Tex Spinners". In the 1970s, bigger names such as Danny Florencio, Larry Mumar and Rudolf Kutch, join the team. U-Tex was among the nine teams that bolted out of the MICAA to form the PBA in 1975.

First Conference standings

Team Record
#Elimination roundWLPCTGB
1 Toyota Tamaraws 13 3 .812 –-
2 Crispa Redmanizers 12 4 .750 1
3 U-Tex Weavers 11 5 .688 2
4 Royal Tru-Orange 9 7 .562 3
5 Mariwasa-Noritake 8 8 .500 5
6 Concepcion Carrier 7 9 .438 6
7 Tanduay Distillery 5 11 .312 8
8 CFC-Presto 5 11 .312 8
9 Seven-Up 2 14 .125 11

The U-Tex Weavers played in the main game of the PBA's inaugural day on April 9, losing to Toyota Comets, 101-105. Danny Florencio and Larry Mumar topscored for the Weavers with 29 points each. [1] U-Tex finish with an 11-5 won-loss slate in the elimination round and split their six games in the two-round semifinals, the Weavers lost to Crispa, 113-121, in the first-ever playoff for the finals berth on July 22. [2]

Roster

ROSTER # POS HT
Virgilio Abarrientos Guard 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Danilo Basilan 14 Guard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Roehl Deles Center-Forward 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Orlando Delos Santos Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Danny Florencio 8 Guard-Forward 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Romeo Frank 15 Center-Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Edgardo Gomez Center-Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Rudolf Kutch 13 Center-Forward 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
George Lizares Forward 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Lawrence Mumar 7 Guard 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Jaime Otazu Guard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Ricardo Pineda 6 Guard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Arturo Valenzona 23 Forward 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Roberto Victorino Center 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

References

  1. ↑ The very first PBA games
  2. ↑ PBA season one: A look back at history, Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph
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