1980 Tanduay Esquires season

1980 Tanduay Esquires season
1980 Tanduay Esquires season
Head coach	Tito Eduque
Open Conference results
Record	4–14 ; (22.2%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Tanduay Esquires seasons
	1981 →

The 1980 Tanduay Esquires season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Summary

Open Conference: Tanduay lost their first game of the season to Honda as they played with only one import, Kevin Cluess, his partner, 7-0 Paul Zaretsky sprained his ankle in a workout and was sent home in favor of 6-8 Odell Ball, a former center of Marquette University. ^[1] The Esquires finish the first round of eliminations with two wins and seven losses and had a similar two victories in nine outings in the second round for a lowly four wins and 14-loss slate after 18 games and tied with Royal Tru-Orange at the bottom of the standings.

All-Filipino Conference: The Esquires advances into the semifinal round by posting a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss slates in the eliminations and quarterfinal phase. In a one-round robin among the four semifinalist, the Esquires lost to unbeaten Crispa Redmanizers, 98-101, during the last playing date on December 4 as they failed to create a three-way tie and a playoff with Toyota for the second finals berth. Tanduay placed third by winning their series against Gilbey's Gin.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	From
F	2	Monzon, Abelardo	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Letran College
G	7	Dela Rosa, Roberto	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Far Eastern
F	10	Sanchez, Victor	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Mapua Tech
G/F	11	Manansala, Jaime	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	UE
F	13	Gutierrez, Alberto	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Ateneo de Davao
F/C	15	Capacio, Ely	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
F	16	Cleofas, Ricardo	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Ateneo de Manila
G	18	Canent, Rene	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jose Rizal College
C	23	Evangelista, Rolando	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	San Beda College
F/C	24	Castillo, Nathaniel	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Letran College
G	25	Pineda, Rolando	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	UE
F	35	Cluess, Kevin (I)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	St.John's University
G	40	Bilbao, Miguel	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	La Salle
F/C	41	Ball, Odell (I)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Marquette University