1980 U-Tex Wranglers season

1980 U/Tex Wranglers season
Head coach	Tommy Manotoc
Owner(s)	Universal Textile Mills
Open Conference results
Record	18–11 (62.1%)
Place	1st
Playoff finish	Champion
Invitational Conference results
Record	0–8 (0%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	N/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record	6–9 (40%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	Round of six
U/Tex Wranglers seasons

The 1980 U/Tex Wranglers season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

After playing seven games with Crispa Walk Tall in the Open Conference, the Jeans Makers gave up and released two-time MVP William "Bogs" Adornado to U/Tex Wranglers.

Championship

U/Tex won the Open Conference title for their second PBA crown in three years by defeating Toyota Tamaraws, 99-98, in the deciding Game Five of the finals series best known for the "last 16 seconds". The Wranglers finish the four-team semifinals in a tie with Walk Tall Jeans and Toyota with similar four wins and two losses. U/Tex enters the championship round with a superior quotient, leaving the other two teams to dispute the second finals berth.

Main article: 1980 PBA Open Conference Finals

Scoring record

November 23: William "Bogs" Adornado achieved a milestone by tying the record for most points by a local player shared with Danny Florencio while playing for Seven-up in 1977 by scoring 64 points in U/Tex' 126-111 win over San Miguel Beer.

Roster

U/Tex Wranglers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 5 Deles, Roy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda College G 6 Pineda, Ricardo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Letran College G 7 Pineda, Manuel 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Letran College F 8 Noblezada, Jaime 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of San Agustin F/C 9 Taguines, Jaime 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Holy Angel University F 12 Pages, Reynaldo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) De La Salle G/F 13 Rocha, Oscar 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Sebastian College G 14 Eng Beng, Lim 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle F 15 Segura, Rodolfo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson University F/C 16 Cortez, Virgilio 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jose Rizal College F/C 17 Regullano, David 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Letran College F 20 McDonald, Glenn (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) California State University G 22 Gaston, Matthew 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo de Manila F/C 23 James, Aaron (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Grambling State University G/F 33 Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST	Head coach Tommy Manotoc Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

External links

• U-Tex team photo@interbasket.net