1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season

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1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season
Head coachJoe Lipa
Tito Eduque
Owner(s)Asia Brewery
Reinforced Conference results
Record2–8
(.200)
Place6th
Playoff finishEliminated
All Filipino Conference results
Record3–6
(.333)
Place6th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Open Conference results
Record14–8
(.636)
Place2nd
Playoff finishFinals
Manila Beer Brewmasters seasons
← 1985

The 1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season was the 3rd and final season of the Asia Brewery franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions[]

Transactions
Tito Varela Acquired from Tanduay
Ricardo Cui Rookie signed
Adonis Tierra Rookie signed
Ranulfo Robles Rookie free agent signed
Jesus Migalbin Signed in the All-Filipino
Lim Eng Beng Signed in the All-Filipino

Occurrences[]

The Brewmasters were handled by multi-titled amateur coach Joe Lipa at the start of the season, taking over from Olympian Edgardo Ocampo. After failing to lead Manila Beer past eliminations in the first conference, Lipa was replaced by another former Olympian Tito Eduque as Manila Beer head coach beginning the All-Filipino Conference. Coach Eduque bring along former PBA coaches Jun Celis and Nemie Villegas as his assistants.

Finals stint[]

After a disappointing finishes in the first two conferences of the season, Manila Beer came back strong in the Third Conference, just like in the previous year. The Brewmasters were on their third finals appearance in franchise history, behind imports Michael Young, a first round pick of the Boston Celtics in the 1984 NBA draft, and Santa Clara star Harold Keeling.

Manila Beer lost to crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel in five games in the best-of-seven title series. [1]

Main article: 1986 PBA Open Conference Finals

Award[]

Michael Young won the PBA Best Import honors in the 1986 Open Conference, besting two-time best import awardee Billy Ray Bates of Ginebra.

Roster[]

Manila Beer roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
F 2 & 10 Philippines 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin
F 3 Philippines 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST
G 4 Philippines 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FEATI University
C 5 Philippines Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Jose-Recoletos
G 6 Philippines Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapua Tech
F 11 Philippines 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PSBA
F 13 Philippines Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
G 14 Philippines Beng, Lim Eng 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle
F 16 Philippines 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College
G 17 Philippines 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
G 24 Philippines 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
G/F 32 Philippines 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College
G 36 Philippines 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College
F 51 & 11 Philippines 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lyceum
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Philippines Jun Celis
  • Philippines Nemie Villegas
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • Injured Injured

Imports[]

Tournament Name # Height From
1986 PBA Reinforced Conference 8 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Texas at Austin
22 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of California-Irvine
10 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of California-Berkeley
1986 PBA Open Conference Harold Keeling 1 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Santa Clara
Michael Young 42 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Houston

References[]

  1. ^ "WATNow Series: Remember Harold Keeling?". Manila Bulletin Sports.
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