1978 Tanduay Esquires season

1978 Tanduay ESQ season
Head coach Carlos Loyzaga
All-Filipino Conference results
Record 10–14
(.417)
Place 3rd
Playoff finish 3
Open Conference results
Record 10–13
(.435)
Place 4th
Playoff finish 4
Invitational Conference results
Record 4–4
(.500)
Place 2nd
Playoff finish 2
Tanduay ESQ seasons

The 1978 Tanduay Esquires season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Awards

Jaime Manansala was named the season's Rookie of the year (ROY).

Team standings

All-Filipino

Team W L PCT
Crispa 12 2 .858
Toyota 12 2 .858
Tanduay 7 7 .500
Filmanbank 7 7 .500
U-Tex 7 7 .500
Royal 5 9 .357
Great Taste 4 10 .286
Honda 2 12 .142

Open Conference

Team W L PCT
U-Tex 10 4 .714
Crispa 10 4 .714
Toyota 9 5 .643
Tanduay 9 5 .643
Royal 7 7 .500
Honda 6 8 .429
Filmanbank 4 10 .286
Great Taste 1 13 .071

Invitational

Team W L PCT
Toyota 4 0 1.000
Tanduay 3 1 .750
U-Tex 2 2 .500
Crispa 1 3 .250
Filmanbank 0 4 .000

The Esquires were the third team to enter the semifinals in the All-Filipino Conference, via higher quotient over Filmanbank and U-Tex. [1] Tanduay lost five of their six matches in the four-team semifinals and had to contend to play for third place. Their series against Crispa were deadlocked at two games apiece and with the finals already over, the Esquires clinch third place with a better quotient.

Returning import Gene Moore, together with David Payne, reinforced the team in the second conference, the Esquires finished a game behind U-Tex and Crispa with a 9-5 card. Tanduay suffered five straight losses in the semifinals and bowed out anew from the championship race, they were swept in three games by Toyota Tamaraws in their series for third place.

Finals stint

The rule which allowed the Esquires to simultaneously field their two imports, the Gene Moore-David Payne duo led the Tanduay ballclub to score upset victories to enter the finals in the Third Conference Invitational Championship, the Esquires lost to defending champion Toyota Tamaraws in four games.

Roster

ROSTER # POS HT
Miguel Bilbao 4 Guard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Rene Canent 18 Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Israel Catacutan 15 Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Ricardo Cleofas 16 Guard 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Roberto Dela Rosa 7 Guard 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Alberto Gutierrez 13 Forward-Guard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jaime Manansala 11 Guard-Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Abelardo Monzon 22 Forward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Horacio Moreno Guard-Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Victor Sanchez 12 Forward 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Virgilio Santos Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
David Supnet 6 Center-Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Jimmy Taguines 44 Center-Forward 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Freddie Webb 14 Guard 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Gene Moore Import 55 Forward-Center 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
David Payne Import 36 Forward 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)

References

  1. ↑ "Tanduay ESQ". 1978 PBA Annual.

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