1975 Royal Tru-Orange season

1975 Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coach Ignacio Ramos
Owner(s) San Miguel Corporation
First Conference results
Record 11–15
(.423)
Place 4th
Playoff finish Semis
Second Conference results
Record 11–11
(.500)
Place 4th
Playoff finish Semis
All-Philippine Championship results
Record 3–5
(.375)
Place 4th
Playoff finish N/A
Royal Tru-Orange seasons
1976

The 1975 Royal Tru-Orange season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

San Miguel Corporation is one of the nine founding members of the PBA. Their team was elevated from its MICAA franchise known as the San Miguel Braves. In Asia's first play for pay league, the ballclub will carry the product of Royal Tru Orange.

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 Royal Tru-Orangemen made it to the four-team semifinal round in the league's very first conference, lost all their six games in the two-round semifinals, and placed fourth behind champion Toyota, runner-up Crispa, and third place U-Tex. [1]

Royal also placed fourth in the second and third conferences of the season. [2]

Roster

Roster # Position Height
Eusebio Adolfo Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Bienvenido Alenton 17 Center-Forward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Maximino Baguio 2 Guard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Santiago Capa 4 Center 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Worley Cuevas 9 Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Ernesto Estrada 5 Forward 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Rolando Marcelo 6 Guard-Forward 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Rosalio Martirez 14 Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Alejandrito Miego 1 Guard 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Manny Paner 13 Forward-Center 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Manuel Pineda 8 Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
David Regullano 15 Center-Forward 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Norberto Rivera 3 Forward 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Wilfredo Velasco 7 Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

References

  1. ↑ PBA season one: A look back at history, Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph
  2. ↑ Batch '75

External links

www.pba-online.net

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