1991 Diet Sarsi Sizzlers season

1991 Diet Sarsi Sizzlers season
Head coach Yeng Guiao
Owner(s) RFM Corporation
First Conference results
Record 1210
(.545)
Place 3rd
Playoff finish Semifinals
All-Filipino Conference results
Record 1510
(.600)
Place 2nd
Playoff finish Finals
Third Conference results
Record 47
(.364)
Place 7th
Playoff finish Eliminated

Stats @ PBA-Online.net
Diet Sarsi Sizzlers seasons
1990 1992

The 1991 Diet Sarsi Sizzlers Season was the 2nd season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs in the Third Conference.

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Alfonso Solis Offered a two-year package worth 2.8 million contract which Purefoods didn't match
Elpidio Villamin Acquired in a trade that sent Elmer Reyes to Alaska
Ricardo Marata Acquired in a trade that sent Nap Hatton to Alaska
Edgar Macaraya Rookie free agent signed

Occurrences

Sizzlers' former import Lewis Lloyd replaces Kenny Sanders after Diet Sarsi lost their first game, 83-98 to Presto Tivoli. Lloyd played two games and led his team to one victory, got injured and was replaced by Bernard Thompson.

On April 14, the Sizzlers signed up Purefoods' back-up center Jack Tanuan, whose contract with the Hotdogs expired a week before.

The PBA office fined the RFM franchise P50,000 and Purefoods forward Alvin Patrimonio P10,000 for tampering a contract.

Beginning the Third Conference, Diet Sarsi change its team name to Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs, a brand the RFM Company has been carrying during their amateur days.

Notable dates

March 7: Diet Sarsi snapped a four-game winning run of erstwhile unbeaten Purefoods in a 103-96 win. Al Solis, a former hotdogs who played a big role in their last year's title-conquest, hit a jumper off a foul by Elmer Reyes and completed a three-point play to give Sarsi a six-point cushion with 2:39 left in the game. [1]

July 4: The Sizzlers raise their won-loss record to 6-1 and on top of the standings in the All-Filipino Conference, dealing Purefoods its first defeat in five games by winning over the Tender Juicy Hotdogs, 102-98. [2]

July 14: With only four seconds left and San Miguel up by two, 104-102, Al Solis hurriedly unleashed a perfect three-point shot to steal the game from the Beermen, 105-104. Solis' buzzer beating triple spoiled a career-high 44-point production by beermen' Ato Agustin. San Miguel put the game under protest as coach Norman Black contested that the clock didn't move when Solis received the inbound pass, but the Beermen later decided not to file a protest and accepted their second loss from the Sizzlers. [3]

Finals stint

On August 20, Diet Sarsi defeated San Miguel Beermen, 100-95, in a playoff game to advance in the finals series in only their fifth conference. The Sizzlers lost to Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs in the All-Filipino championship.

Roster

ROSTER # POS HT COLLEGE
Sonny Cabatu 5 Center 6"5' PSBA
Ricardo Cui 6 Guard-Forward 6"3' Lyceum of the Philippines
Alejandro De Guzman 26 Forward 6"2' Far Eastern University
Bernie Fabiosa Signed as a free agent 51 Guard 5"9' University of the East
Alfredo Jarencio 25 Guard 5"10' University of Santo Tomas
Ernesto Loyzaga 14 Guard 6"1' San Beda College
Edgar Macaraya 7 Guard-Forward 6"0' San Sebastian College
Ricardo Marata 23 Guard 5"8' South Western University
Antero Saldaña 17 Forward 6"3' Letran (Juniors)
Alfonso Solis 8 Guard 5"11' University of Visayas
Edgar Tanuan Acquired from Purefoods 41 Center 6"5' Far Eastern University
Elpidio Villamin 13 Forward-Center 6"3' Far Eastern University
Kenny Sanders 1st conference import 33 Center-Forward 6"4' George Mason University
Lewis Lloyd 1st conference import 32 Center-Forward 6"4' Drake University
Bernard Thompson 1st conference import 34 Center-Forward 6"4' Fresno State University
Kelvin Upshaw 3rd conference import 77 Guard 6"1' University of Utah
Joseph Pelaez Release by Sarsi upon signing Jack Tanuan 11 Center 6"5' Letran College

Assistant Coach: Roehl Nadurata Team Manager: Elmer Yanga

References

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