1982 N-Rich Coffee Creamers season

1982 N-Rich Coffee Creamers season
Head coach	Jimmy Mariano
Owner(s)	CFC Corporation
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results
Record	2–16 (11.1%)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	Eliminated
Invitational Conference results
Record	0–0
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Open Conference results
Record	17–11 (60.7%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
N-Rich Coffee Creamers seasons

The 1982 N-Rich Coffee Creamers season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Great Taste Coffee Makers in the Reinforced Filipino Conference.

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Ronnie Albor Acquired from Finance
Mario Marasigan Acquired from Finance
Ricardo Mariano Acquired from defunct Tefilin
Leonardo Paguntalan Acquired from San Miguel
Allan Abelgas Rookie signed in the 3rd conference
Noel Guzman Rookie signed in the 3rd conference

Summary

The Great Taste Coffee Makers won only two of their 18 games in the elimination phase of the Reinforced Filipino Conference, both in the first round against Mariwasa-Honda, 121-111 on March 23, and Toyota, 111-99 on March 27. After back-to-back victories, the Coffee Makers lost all of their final 13 matches with import Perry Davis sitting out in their last five games because of an injury, for a lowly 2-16 won-loss record.

Change its team name to N-Rich, a brand the CFC ballclub used back in 1976, for the Open Conference. The Coffee Creamers had Danny Salisbury and Rich Adams as their imports. N-Rich were unbeaten in their first six outings and finish with the league-best 13-5 won-loss slate, tied with Gilbey's Gin for an outright semifinals berth. The Coffee Creamers were force into a playoff for a finals berth by Toyota Super Corollas on the last playing date of the semifinal round. N-Rich lost to Toyota, 97-114, in the knockout game on December 9, placed fourth in the season-ending conference.

Roster

N-Rich Coffee Creamers roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 1 Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jose Rizal College F 5 Mariano, Ricardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapua (Jrs) F/C 6 Banal, Joel 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua Tech G 7 Dela Cruz, Bienvenido 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Mindanao G 10 Mendoza, Eduardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Visayas C 11 Ritualo, Florendo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Baguio G 12 Sison, Rafael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo de Davao F 14 Roslin, Jose 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PCCr G 14 Guzman, Noel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda College G 15 Marasigan, Mario 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST G 16 Paguntalan, Leonardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Western Institute G/F 17 Jaymalin, Woodrow 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) PCU F 22 Gulfin, Filomeno 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SWU C 30 Davis, Perry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Rhode Island F 31 Salisbury, Danny (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Texas-Pan American C 32 Adams, Rich (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Illinois F 32 & 33 Albor, Ronnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SWU G 34 Abelgas, Allan 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) San Jose-Recoletos F 66 Marquez, Joey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Angeles University	Head coach Jimmy Mariano Assistant coach(es) Orly Bauzon 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