1980 Gilbey's Gin season
Head coachFilomeno Pumaren
Nemie Villegas
Open Conference results
Record711
(38.9%)
Place7th
Playoff finishN/A
Invitational Championship results
Record00  
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record912
(42.9%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
Gilbey's Gin seasons

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

Transactions

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

Won-loss record vs Opponents

TeamsWinLoss1st (Open)3rd (All-Filipino)
Galleon Shippers211-11-0
Great Taste / Presto211-11-0
Honda212-00-1
Royal / San Miguel221-11-1
Tanduay452-02-5
Tefilin120-21-0
Toyota Tamaraws140-21-2
U-Tex Wranglers220-22-0
Walk Tall / Crispa050-20-3
Total16237-119-12

Semifinal stint

Coach Pilo Pumaren was replaced by Nemie Villegas as the team's head coach in the season-ending All-Filipino Conference. Gilbey's posted a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss cards in the elimination and quarterfinal phase and they made it to the four-team semifinals for the first time in five conferences. The Gins didn't win any match in the single round-robin and they placed fourth by losing to Tanduay in four games of their best-of-five series for third place. [1]

Awards

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

Roster

Gilbey's Gin roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
G Philippines Delos Santos, Orlando 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Philippines
F 3 Philippines Rivera, Norberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian
G 5 Philippines Dela Cruz, Bienvenido 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Mindanao
G 7 Philippines Torres, Armando 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEATI
F 8 Philippines Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
F/C 10 Philippines Martin, Jesusito 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) José Rizal
F 16 Philippines Rodriguez, Porfirio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
F/C 18 Philippines Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
G 19 Philippines Tanduyan, Wilfredo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Southwestern-U
G 21 Philippines Dator, Lucrecio 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Southwestern-U
G 24 Philippines Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Visayas
G 30 Philippines Garcia, Javier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson
C 31 United States McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette
F/C 34 United States Bradley, Jim (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Northern Illinois
Head coach
  • Philippines Filomeno Pumaren
  • Philippines Nemie Villegas
Assistant coach(es)

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • Injured Injured

    References

    1. "Gins have come a long way, baby".
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