1983 Tanduay Rhum Makers season

1983 Tanduay Rhum Makers season
Head coach	Freddie Webb
All Filipino Conference results
Record	3–4 (42.9%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Eliminated
Reinforced Conference results
Record	12–15 (44.4%)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Open Conference results
Record	9–10 (47.4%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals
Tanduay Rhum Makers seasons

The 1983 Tanduay Rhum Makers season was the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Yco-Tanduay in the All-Filipino Conference.

Summary

Yco-Tanduay had practically the same lineup from last season, the Esquires missed out a semifinals berth in the All-Filipino Conference, finishing with a 3-4 won-loss card, just a game behind semifinalist Gilbey's Gin and Toyota.

Dropped the Yco product and were renamed Tanduay Rhum Makers in the Reinforced Filipino Conference. Signed Francois Wise, formerly of disbanded U-Tex Wranglers, as their import. The Rhum Makers enters the quarterfinal round with an even 7-win, 7-loss slates and was the last team to make it in the four-team semifinal round, they lost all their six matches in the semifinals and placed third with a 3-1 series win over Gilbey's Gin in their battle for third place.

Francois Wise team up with George Melton in the Open Conference. Tanduay had to win their last game in the eliminations against Toyota, 131-119 on October 27, to force a playoff with the Super Corollas for the last quarterfinals berth. Both teams finish with identical six wins and eight losses after 14 games. The Rhum Makers escape with a one-point win over Toyota in their knockout game three nights later. In the quarterfinal round, the Rhum Makers were tied with Gilbey's and San Miguel at two wins and one loss and they figured in another playoff, this time for the fourth and last seat in the semifinals against the Beermen, where they lost, 104-108 on November 10.

Notable dates

July 10: Francois Wise scored his personal-best 74 points in Tanduay's 145-118 win over Great Taste.

October 30: Behind the plays of Mike Bilbao and Abet Gutierrez, the Rhum Makers rallied in the final minute to score a dramatic, come-from-behind 111-110 win over Toyota, thereby eliminating the defending Open Conference champion for the second straight time in the season.

Roster

Tanduay Rhum roster

Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 4 Lim, Frankie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 1960-02-29 San Beda College G 5 Martin, Melvin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1959-05-14 Adamson (Jrs) G 7 Dela Rosa, Roberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 154 lb (70 kg) 1953-03-12 Far Eastern G Marquez, Alexander 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1955-07-17 La Salle F 10 Latoza, Zaldy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1959-12-11 Trinity College G/F 11 Manansala, Jaime (M) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1956-10-31 UE F 12 Lazaro, Reynaldo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1959-07-11 Far Eastern F 13 Gutierrez, Alberto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1955-10-16 Ateneo de Davao C 15 Capacio, Ely 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955-03-14 G 17 Barreiro, Raymundo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1956-10-28 San Beda College G 20 Bilbao, Miguel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1952-02-28 La Salle F/C 24 Yango, Jose 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1958-08-20 San Beda College F Sanchez, Victor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1955-10-30 Mapua G/F 3 Wise, Francois (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1958-05-15 Long Beach State C 33 Melton, George (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1960-09-13 Cheyney State College	Head coach Freddie Webb Assistant coach(es) Loreto Carbonell Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie (3x3) Assigned to 3x3 team (M) Moved to Great Taste Injured

_{Team Manager: Johnny Jose / Jesus Bilbao}