1980 Royal Tru-Orange season

1980 Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coach	Edgardo Ocampo
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
Open Conference results Record 4–14 (.222) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A All Filipino Conference results Record 5–9 (.357) Place 6th Playoff finish Round of six Royal Tru-Orange seasons 1979 1981

The 1980 Royal Tru-Orange season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team change its name to San Miguel Beermen beginning the All-Filipino Conference.

Transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Melchor Ravanes ^Rookie signed
Salvador Ramas ^Rookie signed

Summary

Open Conference: The defending champions bring back Otto Moore as their import, 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 ended up last in the conference, winning just four out of their 18 games in the elimination phase.

All-Filipino Conference: The ballclub became known as San Miguel Beermen, a beer brand that have long been used by the company with their farm team in the MICAA. San Miguel advances in the round of six with a 5-4 won-loss slate. The Beermen didn't win any single matches in the quarterfinal phase of the tournament. ^[2]

Roster

Royal Tru-Orange roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From 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 Edgardo Ocampo 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. RTO raps Toyota
2. Last lap to the finals

External links

• www.pba-online.net