1980 Royal Tru-Orange season

1980 Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coach Edgardo Ocampo
Owner(s) San Miguel Corporation
Open Conference results
Record 4–14
(.222)
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record 5–9
(.357)
Place 6th
Playoff finish Round of six
Royal Tru-Orange seasons

The 1980 Royal Tru-Orange season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team change its name to San Miguel Beermen beginning the All-Filipino Conference.

Summary

Open Conference: Royal Tru-Orange signed two rookies; Salvador Ramas and Melchor Ravanes from their farm team San Miguel Corporation in the MICAA. The defending champions bring back Otto Moore as their import, along with Bubba Wilson, a one-time backcourt man of the Golden State Warriors in the NBA. The Orangemen lost their first game to U-Tex but pick up their first win of the season four days after against Toyota Tamaraws, 93-84 on March 22. [1] RTO ended up last in the conference, winning just four out of their 18 games in the elimination phase.

All-Filipino Conference: The ballclub became known as San Miguel Beermen, a beer brand that have long been used by the company in the MICAA. San Miguel advances in the round of six with a 5-4 won-loss slate. The Beermen didn't win any single matches in the quarterfinal phase of the tournament.

Roster

Royal Tru-Orange roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F/C 5 Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin
G/F 6 Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cebu Central Colleges
G 7 Torrente, Antonio 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
G 8 Dizon, Ramon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) PSBA
F 11 Ramas, Salvador 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cebu Central Colleges
G 12 Salvador, Danilo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) San Sebastian
F 13 Gregorio, Teodulfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua Tech
G 14 Martirez, Yoyong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SWU
F/C 15 Lalota, Rodolfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua (Jrs)
G 16 Paguntalan, Leonardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) WIT
F 17 Valencia, Evalson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) WIT
G 25 Wilson, Bubba (I) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Western Carolina
C 34 Moore, Otto (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) University of Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)


    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
    • (FA) Free agent
    • (IN) Inactive
    • (S) Suspended
    • (R) Rookie
    • Injured

    References

    1. ↑ "RTO raps Toyota, Honda wins".
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