1980 Crispa Redmanizers season

1980 Crispa Redmanizers Baby Dalupan Open Conference 19 9 3rd Semifinals Invitational Conference 5 5 4th N/A All-Filipino Conference 20 1 1st Champion P. Floro and Sons, inc 1979 1981 The 1980 Crispa Redmanizers season was the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Walk Tall Jeans in the first two conferences. Colors Walk Tall Jeans (Open Conference)#014421 white #FFB612 red (dark)white #014421 #FFB612 red (light)Walk Tall Jeans (Open and Invitational Conferences)navy white redwhite navy redCrispa Redmanizers (All-Filipino Conference)#014421 white #FFB612 red (dark)white #014421 #FFB612 red (light) Summary Crispa Walk Tall Jeans had the pair of Glenn Mosley and Sylvester Cuyler as their imports for the Open Conference. After five games, Mosley was replaced by Larry Boston. Two-time PBA Most Valuable Player William "Bogs" Adornado was released by Crispa to U/tex Wranglers after playing only seven games for the Jeans Makers. The team finish third behind Toyota and Great Taste after 18 games in the elimination phase. In the four-team semifinal round, the Jeans Makers swept the first round with three straight victories but lost their next two games before routing Great Taste in the last playing date on July 20 to create a triple-tie for the two finals berth. The U/Tex Wranglers secured the first finals seat, leaving Toyota and Walk Tall to dispute the other berth via playoff. The Jeans Makers lost to Toyota Tamaraws, 100–102, in the do-or-die game on July 22. Byron "Snake" Jones, who previously played for Toyota and U/Tex and was Honda's import in the Open Conference, was acquired by Walk Tall for the Invitational championship to team up with Sylvester Cuyler. Walk Tall Jeans were denied of a finals seat for the second time by their arch rivals Toyota Tamaraws and place fourth after being swept in two games by the visiting Adidas/France in their series for third place. 19-game win streak & 8th PBA title Two players namely Bernardo Carpio and Frank Natividad from Crispa's farm team in the MICAA were elevated to the pros as the ballclub return to Crispa Redmanizers in the All-Filipino Third Conference. They capped the season-ending conference with an incredible 19-game winning streak, sweeping their games in the eliminations, round of six, semifinals and the first two games of the finals.http://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2017/07/more-trivias-and-records.html Lure of elusive 20-game sweep The Redmanizers failed to sweep the whole conference when they lost Game three of the finals series against Toyota that snapped their winning run. Two nights later in Game four on December 13, the Redmanizers didn't allow the Tamaraws to gain momentum as they raced to a 24-point lead in the second quarter and coasted to a 105–91 victory and a 3–1 series win for their 8th league championship. 1980 PBA All-Filipino Conference finals Notable dates November 18: Philip Cezar scored 29 points and becomes the fifth player to hit 5,000 point career mark as Crispa beats Tanduay, 151–113. December 2: Freddie Hubalde scored a personal-high 45 points while Atoy Co added 32 points as the Redmanizers clinch the first finals seat in the All-Filipino Conference, routing Toyota Tamaraws, 143–114. Crispa remained unbeaten in the conference, winning their 16th straight game.http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1980/12/game-90-crispa-143-toyota-114-dec-2-1980.html Redmanizers crush Tamaraws Crispa-Toyota blogspot Award Philip Cezar was voted as the season's Most Valuable Player (MVP). Win–loss record vs opponents Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (Invitational) 3rd (All-Filipino) Galleon Shippers 3 0 2-0 N/A 1-0 Gilbey's Gin 5 0 2-0 N/A 3-0 Great Taste / Presto 7 1 6-1 N/A 1-0 Honda 3 0 2-0 N/A 1-0 Royal / San Miguel 4 0 2-0 N/A 2-0 Tanduay 4 1 1-1 N/A 3-0 Tefilin 2 1 1-1 N/A 1-0 Toyota Tamaraws 8 6 1-4 1-1 6-1 U-Tex Wranglers 6 2 2-2 2-0 2-0 Adidas (France) 1 3 N/A 1-3 N/A Nicholas Stoodley (USA) 1 1 N/A 1-1 N/ATotal 44 15 19-9 5-5 20-1 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 Jaime Javier C 6 5 JRU PHI 9 Gregorio Dionisio G 5 9 Adamson PHI 10 Freddie Hubalde GF 6 1 Mapua PHI 2 & 11 Sylvester Cuyler F 6 8 Marymount (KS) USA I 12 Virgilio Dela Cruz GF 6 3 Mapua PHI 14 Tito Varela G 6 1 UE PHI 15 Bernie Fabiosa G 5 9 UE PHI 16 Frank Natividad G 6 1 UST PHI 17 Romulo Mamaril C 6 6 Mapua PHI 18 Philip Cezar F 6 3 JRU PHI 19 Bernardo Carpio basketball F 6 3 Ateneo PHI 24 Filomeno Gulfin F 6 2 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 33 Byron Jones basketball FC 6 9 San Francisco USA I 34 Edmundo Espinosa G 5 9 Southwestern University (Philippines) PHI 35 Glenn Mosley basketball F 6 8 Seton Hall USA I 43 Larry Boston FC 6 8 Maryland USA I PHI Baby Dalupan (I) Import Subtraction PlayerNumberPositionHeightNew TeamBogs Adornado11Guard-Forward6 1U-Tex Wranglers References External links After 30 years, Crispa's win streak still unmatched@GMA News Online 1980 Crispa