1980 Gilbey's Gin season

Basketball team season
1980 Gilbey's Gin season
Head coachFilomeno Pumaren
Nemie Villegas
Open Conference results
Record7–11
(38.9%)
Place7th
Playoff finishN/A
Invitational Championship results
Record0–0  
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record9–12
(42.9%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Gilbey's Gin seasons
1981 →

The 1980 Gilbey's Gin season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

ADDITIONS
Wilfredo Generalao Rookie signed
Orlando Delos Santos Acquired from defunct Filmanbank
Wilfredo Tanduyan and Armando Torres Acquired from Crispa
Marlowe Jacutin Acquired from Royal

Won-loss record vs Opponents

Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 3rd (All-Filipino)
Galleon Shippers 2 1 1-1 1-0
Great Taste / Presto 2 1 1-1 1-0
Honda 2 1 2-0 0-1
Royal / San Miguel 2 2 1-1 1-1
Tanduay 4 5 2-0 2-5
Tefilin 1 2 0-2 1-0
Toyota Tamaraws 1 4 0-2 1-2
U-Tex Wranglers 2 2 0-2 2-0
Walk Tall / Crispa 0 5 0-2 0-3
Total 16 23 7-11 9-12

Semifinal stint

Coach Pilo Pumaren was replaced by Nemie Villegas as the team's head coach in the season-ending All-Filipino Conference. Gilbey's posted a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss cards in the elimination and quarterfinal phase and they made it to the four-team semifinals for the first time in five conferences. The Gins didn't win any match in the single round-robin and they placed fourth by losing to Tanduay in four games of their best-of-five series for third place.[1]

Awards

Willie Generalao was named the season's Rookie of the year

Roster

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Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G Philippines Delos Santos, Orlando 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Philippines
F 3 Philippines Rivera, Norberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian
G 5 Philippines Dela Cruz, Bienvenido 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Mindanao
G 7 Philippines Torres, Armando 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEATI
F 8 Philippines Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
F/C 10 Philippines Martin, Jesusito 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) José Rizal
F 16 Philippines Rodriguez, Porfirio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
F/C 18 Philippines Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
G 19 Philippines Tanduyan, Wilfredo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Southwestern-U
G 21 Philippines Dator, Lucrecio 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Southwestern-U
G 24 Philippines Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Visayas
G 30 Philippines Garcia, Javier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson
C 31 United States McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette
F/C 34 United States Bradley, Jim (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Northern Illinois
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

References

  1. ^ "Gins have come a long way, baby".
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Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
  • Founded in 1979
  • Owned by Ginebra San Miguel Inc., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation
  • Formerly the Gilbey's Gin, St. George Whiskies, Gilbey's Gin Gimlets, Gilbey's Gin Tonics, Ginebra San Miguel, Añejo Rum 65ers, Tondeña 65 Rum Masters, Gordon's Gin Boars and Barangay Ginebra Kings
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Championships
(15)
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(15)
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Seasons (44)
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Guest team/s
  • Nicholas Stoodley (Invitational Championship)
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Succession
  • 1979
  • Open Conference
  • 1981
  • 1979

    • Invitational Championship
    • 1982

    1979