1980 Tanduay Esquires season

The 1980 Tanduay Esquires season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1980 Tanduay Esquires season
Head coachTito Eduque
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
Record12–9
(57.1%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Tanduay Esquires seasons
1981 →

Occurrences

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Tanduay's seven-foot import Paul Zaretsky sprained his ankle in a workout and as a result, Tanduay lost their first game of the season to Honda, playing with only one import, Kevin Cluess. Zaretsky never got a chance to play and was sent home in favor of 6-8 Odell Ball, a former center of Marquette University. [1]

Semifinal stint

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For the third straight season, Tanduay advances into the round of four of the league's most prestigious tournament, the All-Filipino. The Esquires posted a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss slates in the eliminations and quarterfinal phase. In the one-round robin among the four semifinalist, the Esquires lost to unbeaten Crispa Redmanizers, 98-101, in the last playing date on December 4 as they failed to create a three-way tie and a playoff with Toyota for the second finals berth. Tanduay placed third by winning their series against Gilbey's Gin.

Win–loss record vs opponents

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Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 3rd (All-Filipino)
Galleon Shippers 2 1 1-1 1-0
Gilbey’s Gin 5 4 0-2 5-2
Great Taste / Presto 1 2 0-2 1-0
Honda 2 1 1-1 1-0
Royal / San Miguel 3 1 1-1 2-0
Tefilin 0 3 0-2 0-1
Toyota Tamaraws 0 5 0-2 0-3
U-Tex Wranglers 2 2 0-2 2-0
Walk Tall / Crispa 1 4 1-1 0-3
Total 16 23 4-14 12-9

Roster

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Tanduay Esquires roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
F 2   Monzon, Abelardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran
G 7   Dela Rosa, Roberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern
F 10   Sanchez, Victor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G/F 11   Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
F 13   Gutierrez, Alberto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Davao
F/C 15   Capacio, Ely 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
F 16   Cleofas, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Ateneo
G 18   Canent, Rene 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) José Rizal
C 23   Evangelista, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda
F/C 24   Castillo, Nathaniel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran
G 25   Pineda, Rolando 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE
F 35   Cluess, Kevin (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) St.John's University
G 40   Bilbao, Miguel 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) De La Salle
F/C 41   Ball, Odell (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Marquette
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

References

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