1978 Tanduay Esquires season

1978 Tanduay ESQ season
Head coach	Carlos Loyzaga
All-Filipino Conference results Record 10–14 (.417) Place 3rd Playoff finish Semifinals Open Conference results Record 10–13 (.435) Place 4th Playoff finish Semifinals Invitational Conference results Record 4–4 (.500) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Tanduay ESQ seasons

The 1978 Tanduay Esquires season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Awards

Jaime Manansala was named the season's Rookie of the year (ROY).

Summary

The Esquires were the third team to enter the semifinals in the All-Filipino Conference, via higher quotient over Filmanbank and U-Tex. ^[1] Tanduay lost five of their six matches in the four-team semifinals and had to contend to play for third place. Their series against Crispa were deadlocked at two games apiece and with the finals already over, the Esquires clinch third place with a better quotient.

Returning import Gene Moore, together with David Payne, reinforced the team in the second conference. The Esquires finished a game behind U-Tex and Crispa with a 9-5 card. Tanduay suffered five straight losses in the semifinals and bowed out anew from the championship race, they were swept in three games by Toyota Tamaraws in their series for third place.

The rule which allowed the Esquires to simultaneously field their two imports, the Gene Moore-David Payne duo led the Tanduay ballclub to score upset victories to enter the finals in the Third Conference Invitational Championship, the Esquires lost to defending champion Toyota Tamaraws in four games.

Roster

Tanduay ESQ roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 4 Bilbao, Miguel 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) La Salle F/C 6 Supnet, David 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Sebastian College G 7 Dela Rosa, Roberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) FEU G/F 8 Moreno, Horacio 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Sebastian College G/F 11 Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 12 Sanchez, Victor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua Tech F 13 Gutierrez, Alberto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Davao G 14 Webb, Freddie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Letran College F 15 Catacutan, Israel 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) F 16 Cleofas, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Ateneo de Manila G 18 Canent, Rene 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jose Rizal College F 22 Monzon, Abelardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College F Santos, Virgilio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F/C 44 Taguines, Jaime 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Holy Angel University F 36 Payne, David (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) F/C 55 Moore, Gene (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Saint Louis University	Head coach Carlos Loyzaga Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

References

1. "Tanduay ESQ". 1978 PBA Annual.

External links

• www.pba-online.net