1975 Noritake Porcelainmakers season

The 1975 Noritake Porcelainmakers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1975 Noritake Porcelainmakers season
Head coachLauro Mumar
Owner(s)Mariwasa Group
First Conference results
Record8–8
(.500)
Place5th
Playoff finishDNQ
Second Conference results
Record13–9
(.591)
Place5th
Playoff finishDNQ
All-Philippine Championship results
Record0–2
(.000)
Place8th
Playoff finishDNQ
Noritake Porcelainmakers seasons

Colors

Noritake
    (dark)
    (light)

First Conference standings
#TeamsWLPCTGB
1 Toyota Comets133.812–-
2 Crispa Redmanizers124.7501
3 U-Tex Weavers106.6253
4 Royal Tru-Orange106.6253
5 Mariwasa-Noritake88.5005
6 Concepcion Carrier79.4386
7 Tanduay Distillers511.3128
8 Presto Ice Cream Flavorites511.3128
9 Seven-Up214.12511

Notable dates
  • April 9: The PBA opens with its inaugural double-header at the Araneta Coliseum, with a sellout crowd of 18,000 watching, the Noritake Porcelainmakers defeated the Carrier Weathermakers, 101-98.[1]

Summary

The Porcelainmakers were a steady and average team, hovering around a .500 record for almost each conference in the season. In the First Conference, Noritake almost made the playoffs with a record of 8-8 (.500), two games shy behind the Royal Tru-Orange. The team was led by all-star Rey Alcantara and imports Cisco Oliver and Billy Robinson.

In the Second Conference, they their best record of the season going 13-9 (.591), but still missed the playoffs, they finished as the 5th seed also again behind the Royal Tru-Orange.

In the All-Philippine Championship Conference, Noritake lose their last 2 games of the season and again missed the playoffs.

Roster
Roster # Position Height
Rey Alcantara Guard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Gavino Amomonpon Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Mark Arriola Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Lucrecio Dacula Guard 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Mariano Figuracion Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Hubert Filipinas Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Albert Manalo Guard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Samson Van Very Forward 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Cisco Oliver Import 6 Forward-Center 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Adriano Papa 10 Forward 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Ulysses Rodriguez Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jesse Sullano Guard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Billy Robinson Import 17 Center 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
James Cornelious Import Forward-Guard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Sources:

  • Edmon1974's Blog: 1975 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Team Rosters[2]

See also

References
  1. "Blast from the past: The very first PBA games". basketball.exchange.ph.
  2. 1975 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Team Rosters
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