1981 YCO-Tanduay season

The 1981 YCO-Tanduay season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1981 YCO-Tanduay season
Head coachTito Eduque
Freddie Webb
Open Conference results
Record1–17 (5.6%)
Place10th
Playoff finishN/A
Reinforced Filipino results
Record12–12 (50%)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
YCO-Tanduay seasons

Transactions
ADDITIONS
Chuck Barreiro, Chito Loyzaga (one game only) & Alex Marquez Rookies signed from their farm team YCO Painters in the MICAA
Rey Lazaro Rookie, formerly of APCOR in the MICAA, started playing in the second conference

Summary

The two imports of Yco-Tanduay in the Open Conference are Lawyer "Boots" Taylor and Kenneth Austin. Taylor played only two games before being replaced by the comebacking veteran Eugene Moore. Austin played six games and was replaced by Mark Haymore. Yco-Tanduay lost their first 11 games of the season before they finally broke into win column with a 121–104 triumph over fellow tailender Presto Fun Drinks on May 16. [1] Coach Tito Eduque was replaced by former Yco and Tanduay player Freddie Webb on the Esquires bench after 10 games.

In the Reinforced Filipino Conference, Yco-Tanduay signed up Russell Murray as their import and they were the third team to qualify in the round of six by posting a 5–4 won-loss card in the elimination phase. [2] The Esquires enters the four-team semifinal round by ousting Open Conference champion Toyota Super Diesels, 124-118 on October 27. They lost to Presto Fun Drinks in their last semifinal outing on November 14. The winner of their do-or-die match would have advanced to the finals against U-Tex had Crispa Redmanizers lost to the Wranglers in the second game of the double-header.

Won-loss record vs Opponents
TeamsWinLoss1st (Open)2nd (RAF)
CDCP Road Builders120–21-0
Crispa Redmanizers240–22-2
Finance Funders030–20–1
Gilbey’s Gin / St.George120–21-0
Presto Fun Drinks371-12–6
San Miguel Beermen120–21-0
Tefilin Polyesters220–22-0
Toyota Super Diesels130–21-1
U-Tex Wranglers240–22-2
Total13291–1712-12

Awards

Russell Murray won best import honors in the Reinforced Filipino Conference and becomes the second recipient of the award.

Roster
Yco-Tanduay roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
F 2 Philippines Monzon, Abelardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran
G 4 Philippines Bilbao, Miguel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
G 7 Philippines Dela Rosa, Roberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern
G 8 Philippines Marquez, Alexander 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) De La Salle
F 10 Philippines Sanchez, Victor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G/F 11 Philippines Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
F 12 Philippines Lazaro, Reynaldo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern
F 13 Philippines Gutierrez, Alberto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Davao
F 14 Philippines Loyzaga, Chito 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda
F/C 15 Philippines Capacio, Ely 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
F 16 Philippines Cleofas, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Ateneo
G 17 Philippines Barreiro, Raymundo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda
C 23 Philippines Evangelista, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda
F/C 24 Philippines Castillo, Nathaniel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran
G 25 Philippines Pineda, Rolando 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE
F/C 32 United States Haymore, Mark (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) UMass
G/F 33 United States Murray, Russell (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Montana State Billings
C 44 United States Taylor, Lawyer (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
F/C 50 United States Austin, Ken (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Rice
C 55 United States Moore, Gene (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Saint Louis
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • Injured Injured

    References
    1. "Finally for Yco-Tanduay".
    2. "Statistics of the Imports".
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