1980 Tanduay Esquires season

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1980 Tanduay Esquires season
Head coachTito Eduque
Open Conference results
Record4–14
(.222)
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
Invitational Championship results
Record0–0  
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record12–9
(.571)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Tanduay Esquires seasons
1981 →

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

Occurrences[]

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[]

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.

Won-loss record vs Opponents[]

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[]

Tanduay Esquires roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
F 2 Philippines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College
G 7 Philippines 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern
F 10 Philippines 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua Tech
G/F 11 Philippines 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
F 13 Philippines 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Davao
F/C 15 Philippines Capacio, Ely 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
F 16 Philippines Cleofas, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Ateneo de Manila
G 18 Philippines 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jose Rizal College
C 23 Philippines 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College
F/C 24 Philippines 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College
G 25 Philippines 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE
F 35 United States  (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) St.John's University
G 40 Philippines 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) La Salle
F/C 41 United States  (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Marquette University
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

References[]

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