1984 Gold Eagle Beer season

The 1984 Gold Eagle Beer season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Off-season transactions[]

Notable dates[]

March 25: Gold Eagle (formerly San Miguel Beer) defeated Tanduay Rhum Makers, 92–84, in the first game at the start of the league's 10th season.

June 12: Gold Eagle opened their quarterfinal campaign by a stunning 103–97 overtime victory over highly favored Great Taste, which suffered their third straight loss after being denied of a semis berth twice by Crispa. Marte Saldaña topscored for the Beermen with 26 points, followed by rookie Joey Loyzaga with 20 points.

Occurrences[]

In the third and last playing date of the quarterfinal round on June 17, the Beermen and the Gilbey's Gin Tonics battled for the last seat in the round of four semifinals, Gilbey's won, 106–104, but the match was put under protest by Gold Eagle, citing a malfunctioning 25-second shot clock and the PBA technical committee, acting on the protest have ordered a replay. Two nights later on June 19, Gilbey's Gin left no doubt as to their rightful claim to the semifinal round by winning the replayed game over the Beermen by nine points, 115–106.^[1]

After Crispa release their import Herman Barnes, who played only one game for the Redmanizers, the Gold Eagle Beermen signed him up but sooner decided to replaced Barnes in favor of Floyd Hooper.

Won-loss records vs Opponents[]

Roster[]

Gold Eagle Beer roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 5 Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu Central F 6 King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College G 7 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern F 8 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern F/C 9 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern C 10 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Sebastian F 11 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin F 13 Paner, Manny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Visayas F 13  (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Alabama-Birmingham G 14 Loyzaga, Joey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Beda College G/F 15 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Lyceum C 16 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Mindanao F 17 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) WIT F 24  (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Loyola Marymount F 44 Distrito, Rudy (A) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE G 77 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Far Eastern	Head coach Nat Canson Assistant coach(es) Freddie Gonzales Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (A) Acquired from Countryfair Injured

_{Team Manager: Jose Ibazeta, Jr.}

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