1984 Tanduay Rhum Makers season

During the quarterfinal series against Gilbey's in the second conference, Orly Castelo, the San Sebastian College (SSC) coach in the NCAA, took over the team temporarily when regular coach Sonny Reyes had to leave on an important two-week business trip to Tokyo, Castelo steered Tanduay in the semifinal round by winning over the Gin Tonics.

October 30: Game 2 of the battle for third place between Tanduay and Northern Consolidated (NCC), rookie Dennis Abbatuan scored a personal-high 51 points in the Rhum Makers' 127-95 victory over NCC for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five series for third. [1]

Tanduay Rhum Makers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 7 Torrente, Antonio 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) G/F 8 Paguntalan, Leonardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) WIT F/C 9 Lalota, Rodolfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua (Jrs) F 10 Latoza, Zaldy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Trinity College F 12 Lazaro, Reynaldo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern G 14 Pingoy, Jerry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) University of Visayas F/C 15 Capacio, Ely 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) F 16 Albor, Ronnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SWU G 17 Mendoza, Eduardo (T) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Visayas F 18 & 25 Abbatuan, Dennis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jose Rizal College F 24 Yango, Jose 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College G 32 Varela, Tito 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE G 34 Abelgas, Allan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Jose-Recoletos G 40 Tan, Alex (A) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) UE	Head coach Renato Reyes Orly Castelo Assistant coach(es) Elias Tolentino Legend (C) Team captain (T) Traded (A) Acquired via trade Injured

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