1981 U-Tex Wranglers season

1981 U/Tex Wranglers Glenn McDonald Open Conference 19 10 3rd Semifinals Reinforced Filipino 15 9 2nd Runner-up 1980 1982 The 1981 U/Tex Wranglers season was the 7th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Colors Open Conference#014421 black #FFB612 (dark)#FFB612 white #092c57 (light) Reinforced All-Filipino Conference#014421 black #FFB612 (dark)#FFB612 white #014421 (light) Transactions ADDITIONS Armando Arce Rookie signed, played for St.George Whisky in the MICAA Alberto Ortiz Rookie signed, played for Crispa in the MICAA Jesusito Martin Acquired from Gilbey's Gin Danilo Pribhdas Acquired from Presto Summary Former Boston Celtic Glenn McDonald, who won two titles with U/Tex as their import, became the new head coach of the Wranglers, replacing his former coach Tommy Manotoc, who transferred to San Miguel Beer. The Wranglers had a pair of 6-5 Francois Wise and 6-9 Darrell Allums as their imports for the Open Conference. U/Tex finish in a tie with San Miguel Beermen on top of the standings after 18 games in the eliminations. Both teams were left out by traditional powerhouses Toyota and Crispa during the semifinal round.http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1981/07/game-98-toyota-135-crispa-124-july-14.html Wranglers edge SMB crispatoyota.blogspot.com U/Tex placed third by winning their series over the Beermen in five games. U/Tex lost their first two games in the Reinforced Filipino Conference with John Kazmer as their import, but since the arrival of Leroy Jackson, the Wranglers went on a six-game winning streak and placed third behind Toyota and Crispa at the end of the elimination phase. The Wranglers continued its winning run in the round of six and was the first team to land one of the two finals berth during the semifinal round.http://www.interbasket.net/forums/album.php?albumid=144&attachmentid=9846 U-Tex earns final slot U/Tex and Crispa played in the PBA finals for the third time in the last five years. The Wranglers lost to the Redmanizers in four games in their best-of-five title series. 1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference finals Win–loss record vs opponents Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (RAF) CDCP Road Builders 3 0 2-0 1–0 Crispa Redmanizers 7 5 3-1 4-4 Finance Funders 3 0 2-0 1–0 Gilbey's Gin / St.George 3 0 2-0 1–0 Presto Fun Drinks 4 2 2-0 2-2 San Miguel Beermen 6 4 5-4 1–0 Tefilin Polyesters 3 1 1-1 2–0 Toyota Super Diesels 1 5 0-4 1-1 YCO-Tanduay 4 2 2-0 2-2Total 34 19 19-10 15-9 Awards William "Bogs" Adornado received his third MVP plum, becoming the PBA's first three-time Most Valuable Player Awardee. Adornado won his first two during the league's first two seasons in 1975–1976 while playing for Crispa Redmanizers. Roster n U/Tex Wranglers yellow black #014421 #fdd501 5 Roy Deles F 6 0 San Beda PHI 6 Ricardo Pineda G 5 9 Letran PHI 7 Manuel Pineda G 5 8 Letran PHI 8 Jaime Noblezada F 6 2 San Agustin PHI 9 Jaime Taguines FC 6 3 Holy Angel PHI 10 Jesusito Martin FC 6 3 JRU PHI 12 Reynaldo Pages F 6 1 De La Salle PHI 13 Danny Pribhdas GF 6 1 PCC PHI 14 Lim Eng Beng G 5 11 De La Salle PHI 17 David Regullano FC 6 4 Letran PHI 18 Armando Arce basketball FC 6 3 PHI 21 Albert Ortiz G 6 0 UP PHI 22 Matthew Gaston G 6 1 Ateneo PHI 33 Bogs Adornado GF 6 1 UST PHI 32 Darrell Allums C 6 9 UCLA USA I 6 Francois Wise FC 6 5 Long Beach State USA I 34 John Kazmer GF 6 3 Long Beach State USA I 4 Leroy Jackson basketball GF 6 3 Cameron USA I USA Glenn McDonald (I) Import References Category:U-Tex Wranglers seasons U-Tex