1980 Gilbey's Gin season

1980 Gilbey's Gin season
Head coach	Filomeno Pumaren Nemie Villegas
Open Conference results
Record	7–11 (38.9%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Eliminated
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Gilbey's Gin seasons

The 1980 Gilbey's Gin season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Wilfredo Generalao Rookie signed
Orlando Delos Santos Acquired from defunct Filmanbank
Wilfredo Tanduyan Acquired from Crispa
Armando Torres Acquired from Crispa
Marlowe Jacutin Acquired from Royal

Summary

Open Conference: The second-year ballclub brought back Larry McNeill as their import, this time teaming up with James Bradley. Gilbey's Gin finish with a 3-6 won-loss card in the first round of eliminations. They won four of their nine matches in the second round for a 7-win, 11-loss slate, good for seventh place and failed to qualify in the semifinal round.

All-Filipino Conference: Coach Pilo Pumaren was replaced by Nemie Villegas as the team's head coach. Gilbey's posted a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss cards in the elimination and quarterfinal phase and advances into the four team-semifinals where they lost all their games in a single round-robin.

Award

Wilfredo Generalao was named the season's Rookie of the year

Roster

Gilbey's Gin roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G Delos Santos, Orlando 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) State U F 3 Rivera, Norberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian College G 5 Dela Cruz, Bienvenido 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) University of Mindanao G 7 Torres, Armando 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEATI University F 8 Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Visayas F/C 10 Martin, Jesusito 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jose Rizal College F 16 Rodriguez, Porfirio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) F/C 18 Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE G 19 Tanduyan, Wilfredo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SWU G 21 Dator, Lucrecio 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) SWU G 24 Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) University of Visayas G 30 Garcia, Javier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson University C 31 McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette University F/C 34 Bradley, Jim (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Northern Illinois University	Head coach Filomeno Pumaren Nemie Villegas Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team Injured