1981 U-Tex Wranglers season
1981 U/Tex Wranglers season |
Head coach | Glenn McDonald |
Open Conference results |
Record | 19–10 (.655) |
Place | 3rd |
Playoff finish | Semifinals |
Reinforced All Filipino results |
Record | 15–9 (.625) |
Place | 2nd |
Playoff finish | Finals |
U/Tex Wranglers seasons |
1980 |
1982 |
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The 1981 U/Tex Wranglers season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Award
William "Bogs" Adornado received his third MVP plum, becoming the PBA's first three-time Most Valuable Player Awardee. Adornado won his first two during the league's first two seasons in 1975–1976 while playing for Crispa Redmanizers.
Summary
Former Boston Celtic Glenn McDonald, who won two titles with U/Tex as their import, became the new head coach of the Wranglers, replacing his former coach Tommy Manotoc, who transferred to San Miguel Beer. The Wranglers had a pair of 6-5 Francois Wise and 6-9 Darrell Allums as their imports for the Open Conference. [1] The U/Tex Wranglers and San Miguel Beermen were on top of the elimination round standings with similar 14-4 won-loss slates. Both teams were left out by traditional powerhouses Toyota and Crispa during the semifinal round. U/Tex placed third by winning their series over the beermen in five games.
U/Tex lost their first two games in the Reinforced Filipino Conference, with John Kazmer as their import, [2] but since the arrival of Leroy Jackson, the Wranglers went into a six-game winning streak and placed third behind Toyota and Crispa at the end of the elimination phase. The Wranglers continued its winning run in the round of six and was the first team to land one of the two finals berth during the semifinal round. [3] U/Tex lost to Crispa Redmanizers in four games in their best-of-five title series.
Roster
U/Tex Wranglers roster |
Players | Coaches |
Pos. | No. | Name | Height | Weight | DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) | From |
4.0 !F |
5 |
Deles, Roy |
7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
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San Beda College |
1.5 !G |
6 |
Pineda, Ricardo |
7000175260000000000♠5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
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Letran College |
1.5 !G |
7 |
Pineda, Manuel |
7000172720000000000♠5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
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Letran College |
4.0 !F |
8 |
Noblezada, Jaime |
7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
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San Agustin |
5.5 !F/C |
9 |
Taguines, Jaime |
7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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Holy Angel University |
5.5 !F/C |
10 |
Martin, Jesusito |
7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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Jose Rizal College |
4.0 !F |
12 |
Pages, Reynaldo |
7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
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La Salle |
2.5 !G/F |
13 |
Pribhdas, Danny |
7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
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PCC |
1.5 !G |
14 |
Eng Beng, Lim |
7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
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La Salle |
5.5 !F/C |
17 |
Regullano, David |
7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
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Letran College |
5.5 !F/C |
18 |
Arce, Armando |
7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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1.5 !G |
21 |
Ortiz, Albert |
7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
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State U |
1.5 !G |
22 |
Gaston, Matthew |
7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
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Ateneo de Manila |
2.5 !G/F |
33 |
Adornado, Bogs |
7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
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UST |
6.0 !C |
32 |
Allums, Darrell (I) |
7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
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UCLA |
5.5 !F/C |
6 |
Wise, Francois (I) |
7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
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California State |
2.5 !G/F |
34 |
Kazmer, John (I) |
7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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California State |
2.5 !G/F |
4 |
Jackson, Leroy (I) |
7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
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Cameron University |
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- Head coach
- Assistant coach(es)
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (I) Import
- (DP) Unsigned draft pick
- (FA) Free agent
- (IN) Inactive
- (S) Suspended
- (R) Rookie
- Injured
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References
External links
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- 1981 PBA Open Conference (Finals)
- 1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference (Finals)
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- 1980
- Open Conference
- 1982
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- Reinforced Filipino Conference
- 1982
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