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1980 Gilbey's Gin season

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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

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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

Win–loss record vs opponents

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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

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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

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

Roster

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1980 Gilbey's Gin roster
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) JRC
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

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  1. ^ "Gins have come a long way, baby".