1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season

The 1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season was the 3rd and final season of the Asia Brewery franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season
Head coachJoe Lipa
Tito Eduque
Owner(s)Asia Brewery
Reinforced Conference results
Record2–8
(.200)
Place6th
Playoff finishEliminated
All Filipino Conference results
Record3–6
(.333)
Place6th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
Open Conference results
Record14–8
(.636)
Place2nd
Playoff finishFinals
Manila Beer Brewmasters seasons

Transactions
Transactions
Tito Varela Acquired from Tanduay
Ricardo Cui Rookie signed
Adonis Tierra Rookie signed
Ranulfo Robles Rookie free agent signed
Jesus Migalbin Signed in the All-Filipino
Lim Eng Beng Signed in the All-Filipino

Occurrences

The Brewmasters were handled by multi-titled amateur coach Joe Lipa at the start of the season, taking over from Olympian Edgardo Ocampo. [1] After failing to lead Manila Beer past eliminations in the first conference, Lipa was replaced by another former Olympian Tito Eduque as Manila Beer head coach beginning the All-Filipino Conference. Coach Eduque bring along former PBA coaches Jun Celis and Nemie Villegas as his assistants.

Finals stint

The Manila Beer Brewmasters were on their third finals appearance in franchise history in the Open (3rd) Conference, behind imports Michael Young and Santa Clara star Harold Keeling, they lost to crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel in five games in the best-of-seven title series. [2]

Main article: 1986 PBA Open Conference Finals

Award

Michael Young won the PBA Best Import honors in the 1986 Open Conference, besting two-time best import awardee Billy Ray Bates of Ginebra.

Roster
Manila Beer roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
F 2 & 10 Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin
F 3 Cordero, Edgardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST
G 4 Tierra, Adonis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FEATI University
C 5 Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Jose-Recoletos
G 6 Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapua Tech
F 11 Vargas, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PSBA
F 13 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
G 14 Beng, Lim Eng 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle
F 16 Esguerra, Angelito 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College
G 17 Varela, Tito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
G 24 Cruz, Ramon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
G/F 32 Coloso, Timoteo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College
G 36 Robles, Ranulfo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College
F 51 & 11 Cui, Ricardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lyceum
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Jun Celis
  • Nemie Villegas
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • Injured

Imports
TournamentName#HeightFrom
1986 PBA Reinforced ConferenceCarlton Cooper86 ft 3 in (1.91 m)University of Texas at Austin
George Turner226 ft 2 in (1.88 m)University of California-Irvine
William Hays106 ft 3 in (1.91 m)University of California-Berkeley
1986 PBA Open ConferenceHarold Keeling16 ft 2 in (1.88 m)University of Santa Clara
Michael Young426 ft 5 in (1.96 m)University of Houston

References
  1. "Brewmasters impress Lipa".
  2. "WATNow Series: Remember Harold Keeling?". Manila Bulletin Sports.
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