1978 Crispa Redmanizers season

1978 Crispa Redmanizers Baby Dalupan All-Filipino Conference 17 7 4th Semifinals Open Conference 14 9 2nd Finals Invitational Conference 4 3 3rd N/A 1977 1979 The 1978 Crispa Redmanizers season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Crispa 400s starting the 2nd conference. Colors Crispa Redmanizers (All-Filipino Conference)#014421 white #FFB612 (dark)white #014421 #FFB612 (light)Crispa 400 (Open and Invitational Conferences)#014421 white #FFB612 (dark)white #014421 #FFB612 (light) Finals stint Crispa stood firm to defend its last crown in the Open Conference with the All-Filipino unsuccessfully defended when they surprisingly faltered in the second round of the semifinals and were ousted by arch rival Toyota. Coach Baby Dalupan personally choose 6-9 Ansley Truitt and 6-8 Paul Mills for their two imports. U-Tex and Crispa advanced to the semifinals without much difficulty and placed first and second after the semifinal round to enter into the championship. Unlike their last year's confrontation, the 400s were underdog for the first time in the title series and matched against the Wranglers' triumvirate of Glenn McDonald, Byron "Snake" Jones and Lim Eng Beng. Crispa were swept in three games by U-Tex. http://www.manilatimes.net/crispas-kingdom-collapses/373917/ Crispa's kingdom collapses The Manila Times Online Roster n Crispa Redmanizers #014421 white #FFB612 black 5 Abet Guidaben C 6 5 USJ-R PHI 6 Fortunato Co, Jr G 6 1 Mapua PHI 7 Rodolfo Soriano F 6 2 UE PHI 8 Rey Pages F 6 1 De La Salle PHI 9 Gregorio Dionisio G 5 9 Adamson PHI 10 Freddie Hubalde GF 6 1 Mapua PHI 11 Bogs Adornado GF 6 1 UST PHI 12 Virgilio Dela Cruz GF 6 3 Mapua PHI 14 Luis Varela basketball G 6 1 UE PHI 15 Bernie Fabiosa G 5 9 UE PHI 16 Jaime Javier C 6 5 JRU PHI 17 Armando Torres basketball G 6 1 FEATI PHI 18 Philip Cezar F 6 3 JRU PHI 19 Rey Franco G 5 9 UE PHI 22 Wilfredo Tanduyan G 5 10 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 25 Cyrus Mann C 6 10 Illinois State USA I 32 Paul Mills basketball, born 1950s F 6 8 USA I 43 Ansley Truitt FC 6 9 California USA I PHI Baby Dalupan (I) Import References External links The Crispa files@freedarko.com Category:Crispa Redmanizers seasons Crispa