1981 YCO-Tanduay season

1981 YCO-Tanduay Tito Eduque Freddie Webb Open Conference 1 17 10th N/A Reinforced Filipino 12 12 4th Semifinals 1980 1982 The 1981 YCO-Tanduay season was the 7th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Transactions ADDITIONS Chuck Barreiro, Chito Loyzaga (one game only) & Alex Marquez Rookies signed from their farm team YCO Painters in the MICAA Rey Lazaro Rookie, formerly of APCOR in the MICAA, started playing in the second conference Summary The two imports of Yco-Tanduay in the Open Conference are Lawyer "Boots" Taylor and Kenneth Austin. Taylor played only two games before being replaced by the comebacking veteran Eugene Moore. Austin played six games and was replaced by Mark Haymore. Yco-Tanduay lost their first 11 games of the season before they finally broke into win column with a 121–104 triumph over fellow tailender Presto Fun Drinks on May 16. http://i1333.photobucket.com/albums/w638/MonPba/12710978_955407184541386_4895068378669578212_o_zpsnkkbxlof.jpg Finally for Yco-Tanduay Coach Tito Eduque was replaced by former Yco and Tanduay player Freddie Webb on the Esquires bench after 10 games. In the Reinforced Filipino Conference, Yco-Tanduay signed up Russell Murray as their import and they were the third team to qualify in the round of six by posting a 5–4 won-loss card in the elimination phase. http://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2014/01/pba-players-career-statistics-1975-1981.html Statistics of the Imports The Esquires enters the four-team semifinal round by ousting Open Conference champion Toyota Super Diesels, 124-118 on October 27. They lost to Presto Fun Drinks in their last semifinal outing on November 14. The winner of their do-or-die match would have advanced to the finals against U-Tex had Crispa Redmanizers lost to the Wranglers in the second game of the double-header. Win–loss record vs opponents Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (RAF) CDCP Road Builders 1 2 0–2 1-0 Crispa Redmanizers 2 4 0–2 2-2 Finance Funders 0 3 0–2 0–1 Gilbey’s Gin / St.George 1 2 0–2 1-0 Presto Fun Drinks 3 7 1-1 2–6 San Miguel Beermen 1 2 0–2 1-0 Tefilin Polyesters 2 2 0–2 2-0 Toyota Super Diesels 1 3 0–2 1-1 U-Tex Wranglers 2 4 0–2 2-2Total 13 29 1–17 12-12 Awards Russell Murray won best import honors in the Reinforced Filipino Conference and becomes the second recipient of the award. Roster n Yco-Tanduay #D51E08 white #CE2029 white 2 Abelardo Monzon F 6 1 Letran PHI 4 Miguel Bilbao G 5 9 De La Salle PHI 7 Roberto Dela Rosa G 5 11 FEU PHI 8 Alexander Marquez G 5 9 De La Salle PHI 10 Victor Sanchez basketball F 6 3 Mapua PHI 11 Jaime Manansala GF 5 11 UE PHI 12 Reynaldo Lazaro F 6 1 FEU PHI 13 Alberto Gutierrez basketball F 6 2 Ateneo de Davao PHI 14 Chito Loyzaga F 6 2 San Beda PHI 15 Ely Capacio FC 6 4 PHI 16 Ricardo Cleofas F 5 11 Ateneo PHI 17 Raymundo Barreiro G 5 11 San Beda PHI 23 Rolando Evangelista C 6 3 San Beda PHI 24 Nathaniel Castillo FC 6 2 Letran PHI 25 Rolando Pineda G 5 9 UE PHI 32 Mark Haymore FC 6 8 UMass USA I 33 Russell Murray basketball GF 6 3 Montana State Billings USA I 44 Lawyer Taylor basketball C 6 10 USA I 50 Ken Austin basketball FC 6 8 Rice USA I 55 Gene Moore basketball C 6 9 Saint Louis USA I PHI Valentin Eduque PHI Freddie Webb (I) Import References YCO-Tanduay Category:Tanduay Rhum Masters seasons