1975 U-Tex Weavers season

1975 U/Tex Weavers Carlos Loyzaga Napoleon Flores Narciso Bernardo First Conference 16 11 3rd Semifinals Second Conference 7 7 5th Round of six All-Philippine Championship 3 5 3rd N/A The 1975 U-Tex Weavers season was the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). 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 The U-Tex Weavers played in the main game of the PBA's inaugural day on April 9, losing to Toyota Comets, 101-105, Danny Florencio and Larry Mumar topscored for the Weavers with 29 points each.http://basketball.exchange.ph/2007/01/24/blast-from-the-past-the-very-first-pba-games/ The very first PBA games basketball.exchange.ph Just like Toyota and Noritake, which acquired American reinforcements in the first conference in Byron 'Snake' Jones and Cisco Oliver respectively, the Weavers would soon signed Charles Walker to beefed up the local squad.http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1975/07/game-3-toyota-106-crispa-104-july-15.html Toyota nips Crispa Crispa-Toyota blogsite The Weavers finishes with 10 wins and six losses after the two-round eliminations. In the semifinals, the Weavers forged a tie with Crispa for second place as both teams ended up with a 3-3 win-loss card as first finalist Toyota completed a two-round semifinals sweep. The first-ever playoff match in PBA history took place on July 22. U-Tex lost to Crispa, 113-121, as the Redmanizers earned the right to meet Toyota in the first conference finals.http://www.philippinebasketball.ph/articles/article-hoopster040812.php PBA season one: A look back at history Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph U-Tex placed third with a 3-1 series victory over Royal Tru-Orange. Team Game Series1234U-Tex Weavers 110 122 121 125 3Royal Tru-Orange 116 113 118 113 1 In the second conference, the Weavers had Lee Haven and Michael Truell as their imports. U-Tex finished with five wins and three losses in a triple-tie for second place along with Noritake and Carrier and a game behind Toyota, Crispa and Royal with six wins and two losses in the one-round eliminations. In the round of six, the Weavers lost to Noritake, 105-107, in a playoff for the fourth and last semifinals berth. U-Tex played that game without their coach, Caloy Loyzaga, who resigned and former national player Nap Flores calls the shots for the Weavers.http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1975/10/game-10-toyota-99-crispa-94-oct-28-1975.html Toyota subdues Crispa; Noritake qualifies Crispa-Toyota blogsite U-Tex qualified in the All-Philippine championship in the third conference and placed third behind Crispa and Toyota. The Weavers defeated Royal Tru-Orange again and the series for third place went the full route of five games. Roster Roster # Position Height Virgilio Abarrientos 9 Guard 5 5 Danilo Basilan 14 Guard 5 9 Roehl Deles 12 Center-Forward 6 3 Orlando Delos Santos 10 Guard 5 8 Danny Florencio 8 Guard-Forward 5 10 Romeo Frank 15 Center-Forward 6 2 Edgardo Gomez 17 Center-Forward 6 2 Rudolf Kutch 13 Center-Forward 6 3 George Lizares 11 Forward 5 10 Lawrence Mumar 7 Guard 5 11 Jaime Otazu 18 Guard 5 9 Ricardo Pineda 6 Guard 5 9 Arturo Valenzona 21 Forward 5 9 Roberto Victorino 19 Center 6 2 Lee Haven Import 22 Guard-Forward6 4 Mike Truell Import 23 Center-Forward6 9 References External links Crispa-Toyota rivalry Category:U-Tex Wranglers seasons U-Tex