1980 U-Tex Wranglers season

1980 U/Tex Wranglers season
Head coach	Tommy Manotoc
Owner(s)	Universal Textile Mills
Open Conference results Record 18–11 (.621) Place 1st Playoff finish Finals Invitational Conference results Record 0–8 (.000) Place 5th Playoff finish N/A All Filipino Conference results Record 6–9 (.400) Place 5th Playoff finish Round of six U/Tex Wranglers seasons 1981

The 1980 U/Tex Wranglers season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

After playing only seven games with Crispa Walk Tall Jeans in the Open Conference, the Jeans Makers gave up and release two-time MVP William "Bogs" Adornado to the U/Tex Wranglers. ^[1]

Championship

U/Tex won the Open Conference title for their second PBA crown in three years, defeating Toyota Tamaraws, 99-98, in the deciding Game Five of the finals series best known for the "last 16 seconds". The Wranglers finish the four-team semifinals in a tie with Crispa Walk Tall Jeans and Toyota Tamaraws with similar 4-win, 2-loss slates. U/Tex enters the championship round with a superior quotient, leaving the other two teams to dispute the second finals berth. ^[2]

Scoring record

November 23: William "Bogs" Adornado achieved a milestone, tying the record for most points by a local player, shared with Danny Florencio while playing for Seven-up in 1977, by scoring 64 points in U/Tex' 126-111 win over San Miguel Beer.

Roster

U/Tex Wranglers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 5 Deles, Roy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda College G 6 Pineda, Ricardo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Letran College G 7 Pineda, Manuel 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Letran College F 8 Noblezada, Jaime 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of San Agustin F/C 9 Taguines, Jaime 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Holy Angel University F 12 Pages, Reynaldo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) De La Salle G/F 13 Rocha, Oscar 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian College G 14 Eng Beng, Lim 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle F 15 Segura, Rodolfo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson University F/C 16 Cortez, Virgilio 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jose Rizal College F/C 17 Regullano, David 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Letran College F 20 McDonald, Glenn (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) California State University G 22 Gaston, Matthew 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo de Manila F/C 23 James, Aaron (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Grambling State University G/F 33 Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST	Head coach Tommy Manotoc 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. Enter Adornado, the new Wrangler
2. U-Tex team photos

External links

• www.pba-online.net