1975 Carrier Weathermakers season

1975 Carrier Weathermakers Valentin Eduque Concepcion Industries, Inc. First Conference 7 9 6th N/A Second Conference 6 15 6th N/A All-Philippine Championship 0 1 9th N/A 1976 The 1975 Carrier Weathermakers season was the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Colors Carrier Weathermakers#87ceeb blue white (dark)white #87ceeb (light) First Conference standings #TeamsWLPCTGB1 Toyota Tamaraws 13 3 .812 –-2 Crispa Redmanizers 12 4 .750 13 U-Tex Weavers 10 6 .625 34 Royal Tru-Orange 10 6 .625 35 Mariwasa-Noritake 8 8 .500 56 Concepcion Carrier 7 9 .438 67 Tanduay Distillery 5 11 .312 88 CFC-Presto 5 11 .312 89 Seven-Up 2 14 .125 11 Summary On April 9, the Weathermakers faced the Noritake Porcelainmakers in the inaugural double-header of the PBA at the Araneta Coliseum with a sellout crowd of 18,000 watching, the Carrier Weathermakers lost the game with a score of 101–98. Gregorio "Joy" Dionisio scored the very first basket in PBA history.http://basketball.exchange.ph/2007/01/24/blast-from-the-past-the-very-first-pba-games/ Blast from the past: The very first PBA games basketball.exchange.ph The Weathermakers struggled throughout the First Conference hovering around a .500 record, they missed the playoffs entirely and finished as the 5th seed. In the Second Conference, they struggled even more and finished with a disappointing 6–15 record and missed the playoffs again. Lim Eng Beng, Gregorio Dionisio, and Ramon Lucindo were all selected to participate in the PBA Ovaltine dream games. Roster Roster # Position Height Romualdo Cabading 12 Center-Forward6 2 Roy Deles 5 Forward6 0 Gregorio Dionisio 10 Guard5 9 Jesus Dungo 7 Guard-Forward5 9 Felix Flores 9 Guard-Center6 0 Francisco Henares 13 Guard6 3Lim Eng Beng 24/14 Guard5 11 Ramon Lucindo 16 Forward6 3 Jimmy Mariano 6 Forward6 4 Alfonso Mora 11 Forward6 0 Jaime Noblezada 8 Forward6 2 Roberto Salonga 4 Guard5 11 Nate Stephens Import 52 Center6 11 Remel Diggs Import 44 Center-Forward 6 8 Sources: Edmon1974's Blog: 1975 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Team Rosters1975 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Team Rosters See also 1975 PBA season References Carrier Weathermakers