1980 San Miguel Beermen season

The 1980 San Miguel Beermen season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Beginning the Third Conference, the ballclub will be known as San Miguel Beermen, a beer brand long been used by the company in the MICAA will finally makes its debut in the PBA.

1980 San Miguel Beermen season
Head coachEdgardo Ocampo
Owner(s)San Miguel Corporation
Open Conference results
Record4–14
(22.2%)
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
Invitational Championship results
Record0–0  
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record5–9
(35.7%)
Place6th
Playoff finishRound of six
San Miguel Beermen seasons
← 1979
1981 →

Transactions

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ADDITIONS
Salvador Ramas and Biboy Ravanes Rookies signed from their farm team in the MICAA

Summary

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The defending champions bring back Otto Moore as their import in the Open Conference along with Bubba Wilson, a one-time backcourt man of the Golden State Warriors in the NBA. The Orangemen lost their first game to U-Tex but pick up their first win of the season four days after against Toyota Tamaraws, 93-84 on March 22. [1] RTO ends up last in the conference and tied with Tanduay at the bottom of the standings after 18 games in the eliminations.

San Miguel advances in the round of six of the All-Filipino Conference and the Beermen lost all their five assignments in the quarterfinal phase of the tournament.

Win–loss record vs opponents

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Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 3rd (All-Filipino)
Galleon Shippers 0 3 0-2 0-1
Gilbey’s Gin 2 2 1-1 1-1
Great Taste / Presto 1 2 0-2 1-0
Honda 2 1 1-1 1-0
Tanduay 1 3 1-1 0-2
Tefilin 1 2 0-2 1-0
Toyota Tamaraws 2 2 1-1 1-1
U-Tex Wranglers 0 4 0-2 0-2
Walk Tall / Crispa 0 4 0-2 0-2
Total 9 23 4-14 5-9

Roster

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1980 San Miguel Beermen roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F/C 5   Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin
G/F 6   Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cebu
G 7   Torrente, Antonio 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
G 8   Dizon, Ramon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) PSBA
F 11   Ramas, Salvador 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cebu
G 12   Salvador, Danilo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) San Sebastian
F 13   Gregorio, Teodulfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 14   Martirez, Yoyong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Southwestern-U
F/C 15   Lalota, Rodolfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 16   Paguntalan, Leonardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Western Institute
F 17   Valencia, Evalson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Western Institute
G 25   Wilson, Bubba (I) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Western Carolina
C 34   Moore, Otto (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  •   Injured

References

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  1. ^ "RTO raps Toyota, Honda wins".
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