1981 Finance Funders season

1981 Finance Funders season
Head coach	Alejandrito Miego
Open Conference results Record 5–13 (.278) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Reinforced All Filipino results Record 4–8 (.333) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Finance Funders seasons 1980 1982

The 1981 Finance Funders season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Alejo Alolor ^Rookie signed
Rey Santos ^Rookie signed

Summary

Formerly known as Honda Hagibis last season. Finance, Inc. brought in 7-foot-1 Canadian Olympian Jim Zoet and 6-8 Michael Carter as their imports for the Open Conference, the Funders lost their first three games before scoring their first win of the season against Presto Fun Drinks on March 28. Michael Carter played four games and was replaced by James Woods while his partner, Jim Zoet played nine games and was replaced by B.B. Davis. ^[1] Finance lost their last six games in the conference for a lowly 5-13 won-loss card, only better than the 4-14 of Presto Fun Drinks and 1-17 of Yco-Tanduay.

In the Reinforced Filipino Conference, despite the presence of their high-scoring import Jessie Boyd, ^[2] the Funders didn't qualify in the next round, finishing the one-round elimination phase with 3 wins and 6 losses. ^[3]

Roster

Finance Funders roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 7 Adams, Frederick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Trinity College F 8 Dela Cruz, Teofilo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) SWU G 13 Marasigan, Mario 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST G 14 Sullano, Jesse 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SWU F 16 Albor, Ronnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SWU G/F 17 Poblete, Roberto 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson University G/F 18 Alolor, Alejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) University of Visayas G 22 Natividad, Francisco 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST G 23 Dalman, Oliveros 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Visayas F 24 Martinez, Monico 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PSBA C 45 Vicente, Redentor 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jose Rizal College F/C Carter, Michael (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Drury College C 12 Zoet, Jim (I) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Kent State University F 1 Woods, James (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) F/C 44 Davis, B.B. (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Lamar University F 6 Boyd, Jessie (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Head coach Alejandrito Miego Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

References

1. Records and Oddities
2. Reinforcement: All-Filipino imports
3. Tanduay losses to Finance Funders

External links

• www.pba-online.net