1980 Royal Tru-Orange season

The 1980 Royal Tru-Orange season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Beginning the Third Conference, the ballclub will be known as San Miguel Beermen, a beer brand long been used by the company in the MICAA will finally makes its debut in the PBA.

1980 Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coachEdgardo Ocampo
Owner(s)San Miguel Corporation
Open Conference results
Record4–14
(.222)
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
Invitational Championship results
Record0–0  
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record5–9
(.357)
Place6th
Playoff finishRound of six
Royal Tru-Orange seasons

Transactions
TRANSACTIONS
Salvador Ramas Rookie signed from their farm team
Biboy Ravanes Rookie signed from their farm team

Summary

The defending champions bring back Otto Moore as their import in the Open Conference along with Bubba Wilson, a one-time backcourt man of the Golden State Warriors in the NBA. The Orangemen lost their first game to U-Tex but pick up their first win of the season four days after against Toyota Tamaraws, 93-84 on March 22. [1] RTO ends up last in the conference and tied with Tanduay at the bottom of the standings after 18 games in the eliminations.

San Miguel advances in the round of six of the All-Filipino Conference and the Beermen lost all their five assignments in the quarterfinal phase of the tournament.

Elimination round

  Semifinalist   Qualified in Round of Six

Roster
Royal Tru-Orange roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
F/C 5 Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin
G/F 6 Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cebu Central Colleges
G 7 Torrente, Antonio 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
G 8 Dizon, Ramon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) PSBA
F 11 Ramas, Salvador 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Cebu Central Colleges
G 12 Salvador, Danilo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) San Sebastian
F 13 Gregorio, Teodulfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua Tech
G 14 Martirez, Yoyong 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SWU
F/C 15 Lalota, Rodolfo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua (Jrs)
G 16 Paguntalan, Leonardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) WIT
F 17 Valencia, Evalson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) WIT
G 25 Wilson, Bubba (I) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Western Carolina
C 34 Moore, Otto (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) University of Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • Injured

    References
    1. "RTO raps Toyota, Honda wins".
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