1975 U-Tex Weavers season

The 1975 U-Tex Weavers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1975 U/Tex Wranglers season
Head coachCarlos Loyzaga
Napoleon Flores
Narciso Bernardo
First Conference results
Record16–11
(59.3%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Second Conference results
Record7–7
(50%)
Place5th
Playoff finishRound of six
All-Philippine Championship results
Record3–5
(37.5%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishN/A
U/Tex Wranglers seasons

First Conference standings
#TeamsWLPCTGB
1 Toyota Tamaraws133.812–-
2 Crispa Redmanizers124.7501
3 U-Tex Weavers106.6253
4 Royal Tru-Orange106.6253
5 Mariwasa-Noritake88.5005
6 Concepcion Carrier79.4386
7 Tanduay Distillery511.3128
8 CFC-Presto511.3128
9 Seven-Up214.12511

Summary

The U-Tex Weavers played in the main game of the PBA's inaugural day on April 9, losing to Toyota Comets, 101-105, Danny Florencio and Larry Mumar topscored for the Weavers with 29 points each.[1] Just like Toyota and Noritake, which acquired American reinforcements in the first conference in Byron 'Snake' Jones and Cisco Oliver respectively, the Weavers would soon signed Charles Walker to beefed up the local squad.[2] The Weavers finishes with 10 wins and six losses after the two-round eliminations. In the semifinals, the Weavers forged a tie with Crispa for second place as both teams ended up with a 3-3 win-loss card as first finalist Toyota completed a two-round semifinals sweep. The first-ever playoff match in PBA history took place on July 22. U-Tex lost to Crispa, 113-121, as the Redmanizers earned the right to meet Toyota in the first conference finals.[3] U-Tex placed third with a 3-1 series victory over Royal Tru-Orange.

TeamGameSeries
1234
U-Tex Weavers1101221211253
Royal Tru-Orange1161131181131

In the second conference, the Weavers had Lee Haven and Michael Truell as their imports. U-Tex finished with five wins and three losses in a triple-tie for second place along with Noritake and Carrier and a game behind Toyota, Crispa and Royal with six wins and two losses in the one-round eliminations. In the round of six, the Weavers lost to Noritake, 105-107, in a playoff for the fourth and last semifinals berth. U-Tex played that game without their coach, Caloy Loyzaga, who resigned and former national player Nap Flores calls the shots for the Weavers.[4]

U-Tex qualified in the All-Philippine championship in the third conference and placed third behind Crispa and Toyota. The Weavers defeated Royal Tru-Orange again and the series for third place went the full route of five games.

Roster
Roster # Position Height
Virgilio Abarrientos 9 Guard 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Danilo Basilan 14 Guard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Roehl Deles 12 Center-Forward 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Orlando Delos Santos 10 Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Danny Florencio 8 Guard-Forward 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Romeo Frank 15 Center-Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Edgardo Gomez 17 Center-Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Rudolf Kutch 13 Center-Forward 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
George Lizares 11 Forward 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Lawrence Mumar 7 Guard 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Jaime Otazu 18 Guard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Ricardo Pineda 6 Guard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Arturo Valenzona 21 Forward 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Roberto Victorino 19 Center 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Lee Haven Import 22 Guard-Forward

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Mike Truell Import 23 Center-Forward

6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

References
  1. "The very first PBA games". basketball.exchange.ph.
  2. "Toyota nips Crispa". Crispa-Toyota blogsite.
  3. "PBA season one: A look back at history". Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph.
  4. "Toyota subdues Crispa; Noritake qualifies". Crispa-Toyota blogsite.
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