1982 YCO-Tanduay season

The 1982 Yco-Tanduay season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1982 Yco-Tanduay season
Head coach	Freddie Webb
Owner(s)	Elizalde & Co.
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results
Record	9–11 (45%)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals
Invitational Conference results
Record	0–0
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Open Conference results
Record	12–9 (57.1%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals
Yco-Tanduay seasons

Transactions

Rookies	Signed	Last MICAA team
Zaldy Latoza	Off-season	APCOR
Frankie Lim played for the National team		N/A
Melvin Martin		Jag Jeans
Jose Yango played for the National team		N/A

Summary

Last year's Reinforced Filipino Conference best import Russell Murray returns to the Esquires in the first conference of the season. Yco-Tanduay finishes at fifth in the team standings. They were swept in two games by Toyota Super Corollas in the best-of-three quarterfinals.

In the Open Conference, the Esquires' two imports were 6-11 Jerome Henderson and 6-8 Curtis Berry. Yco-Tanduay were third behind N-Rich Coffee and Gilbey's Gin after 18 games in the elimination phase. Going into the last playing date of the quarterfinal round on November 23, all four quarterfinalist are tied with one win and one loss each. The Esquires lost to Toyota Super Corollas and were eliminated from the four-team semifinals.

Won-loss records vs Opponents

Teams	Win	Loss	1st (Reinforced)	3rd (Open)
Crispa Redmanizers	1	3	0-2	1-1
Mariwasa-Honda / Galerie Dominique	4	1	2-1	2-0
Gilbey's Gin	3	2	1-1	2-1
Great Taste / N-Rich Coffee	3	3	3-0	0-3
San Miguel Beermen	2	4	1-2	1-2
Toyota Super Corollas	4	5	1-4	3-1
U-Tex Wranglers	4	2	1-1	3-1
Total	21	20	9-11	12-9

Roster

Yco-Tanduay roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 4 & 6 Bilbao, Miguel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle G 5 Martin, Melvin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Adamson G 7 Dela Rosa, Roberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern G 8 & 44 Marquez, Alexander 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle F 10 Latoza, Zaldy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) TUA G/F 11 Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 12 Lazaro, Reynaldo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern F 13 Gutierrez, Alberto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Davao G 14 & 4 Lim, Frankie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda C 15 Capacio, Ely 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) G 17 Barreiro, Raymundo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda F/C 24 Yango, Jose 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda F 42 Monzon, Abelardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran F 50 & 32 Sanchez, Victor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa G/F 33 Murray, Russell (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Montana State Billings C 00 Henderson, Jerome (I) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) New Mexico F 31 Berry, Curtis (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Missouri	Head coach Freddie Webb Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured