1981 YCO-Tanduay season

1981 YCO-Tanduay season
Head coach	Tito Eduque Freddie Webb
Open Conference results Record 1–17 (.056) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Reinforced All Filipino results Record 12–12 (.500) Place 4th Playoff finish Semifinals YCO-Tanduay seasons 1980 1982

The 1981 YCO-Tanduay season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Award

Russell Murray won best import honors in the Reinforced Filipino Conference, the second recipient of the said award.

Summary

The Esquires lost their first 11 games of the season, imports Lawyer "Boots" Taylor and Kenneth Austin played 4 and 6 games respectively, and were replaced by the comebacking Eugene Moore along with Mark Haymore. ^[1] After 11 straight losses, Yco-Tanduay finally broke into win column with a 121-104 triumph over fellow tailender Presto Fun Drinks on May 16. Coach Tito Eduque was replace by former Yco and Tanduay player Freddie Webb on the Esquires' bench after 10 games. Yco-Tanduay dropped all their remaining assignments for a forgettable 1-17 won-loss record.

In the Reinforced Filipino Conference, Yco-Tanduay enlisted the services of Russell Murray as their import, and with the acquisition of top forward Rey Lazaro from APCOR in the MICAA, the Esquires became the third team to qualify in the round of six, posting a 5-4 won-loss card in the elimination phase and advances to the four-team semifinal round by ousting Open Conference champion Toyota Super Diesels, 124-118 on October 27. ^[2] The Esquires lost to Presto Fun Drinks, 114-121, in a do-or-die game during the last scheduled date of the semifinal round on November 14. The winner of their match could automatically make it to the finals had Crispa lost to U-Tex in the second game.

Scoring record

October 22: Russell Murray scored 74 points as Yco-Tanduay beats Crispa, 141-123, to bolster its bid to make it in the round of four semifinals.

Roster

Yco-Tanduay roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 2 Monzon, Abelardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College G 4 Bilbao, Miguel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) La Salle G 7 Dela Rosa, Roberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) FEU G 8 Marquez, Alexander (R) 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) La Salle F 10 Sanchez, Victor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua G/F 11 Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 12 Lazaro, Reynaldo (R) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEU F 13 Gutierrez, Alberto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Davao F 14 Loyzaga, Chito (*) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda College F/C 15 Capacio, Ely 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) F 16 Cleofas, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Ateneo de Manila G 17 Barreiro, Raymundo (R) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda College C 23 Evangelista, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College F/C 24 Castillo, Nathaniel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College G 25 Pineda, Rolando 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE F/C 32 Haymore, Mark (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) University of Massachusetts G/F 33 Murray, Russell (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Eastern Montana C 44 Taylor, Lawyer (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) F/C 50 Austin, Ken (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Rice University C 55 Moore, Gene (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Saint Louis University	Head coach Valentin Eduque Freddie Webb Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (*) played only one game Injured

References

1. Records and Oddities
2. Super Diesels eliminated

External links

• www.pba-online.net