1978 Great Taste Discoverers season

1978 Great Taste Discoverers season
Head coach	Nilo Verona Chino Marquinez
All-Filipino Conference results Record 4–10 (.286) Place 7th Playoff finish N/A Open Conference results Record 1–13 (.071) Place 8th Playoff finish N/A Invitational Conference results Record 0–0   Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Great Taste Discoverers seasons

The 1978 Great Taste Discoverers season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

• The GTD management have recruited three rookies; Alfonso Jovero, Carlito Travino and Leonardo Aranzaso.
• Acquired Danny Basilan from U-Tex and Bienvenido Alenton from RTO.

Summary

Great Taste were tied in third place with U-Tex with a 4-3 won-loss card in the first round of eliminations of the All-Filipino Conference, the Discoverers lost all their games in the second round and fell to seventh place overall. ^[1]

The two imports tapped to play for Great Taste in the second conference were Cisco Oliver and James Collins, the Discoverers lost 13 of their 14-game assignments. Before the conference ended, coach Nilo Verona resigns and team manager Chino Marquinez takes over. ^[2]

Roster

ROSTER	#	POS	HT
Bienvenido Alenton		Center-Forward	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Leonardo Aranzaso	10	Guard	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Danilo Basilan	14	Guard	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Aurelio Clariño	23	Center	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Alfonso Jovero		Guard	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Ernesto Morales	31	Guard	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Manny Paner	5	Center-Forward	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Danilo Pribhdas	12	Center-Forward	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Johnny Revilla	16	Guard	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Florendo Ritualo	11	Center-Forward	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Loreto Tolentino	7	Forward	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Carlito Travino		Guard
Cisco Oliver ^Import, also played for Honda	44	Forward-Center	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
James Collins ^Import	13	Forward	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

References

1. The night Royal showed GTD way out of semifinals
2. "Great Taste". 1978 PBA Annual.

External links

• www.pba-online.net