1975 Royal Tru-Orange season

The 1975 Royal Tru-Orange season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1975 Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coachIgnacio Ramos
Owner(s)San Miguel Corporation
First Conference results
Record11–15
(.423)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemis
Second Conference results
Record11–11
(.500)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemis
All-Philippine Championship results
Record3–5
(.375)
Place4th
Playoff finishN/A
Royal Tru-Orange seasons

First Conference standings
#TeamsWLPCTGB
1 Toyota Tamaraws133.812–-
2 Crispa Redmanizers124.7501
3 U-Tex Weavers106.6253
4 Royal Tru-Orange106.6253
5 Mariwasa-Noritake88.5005
6 Concepcion Carrier79.4386
7 Tanduay Distillery511.3128
8 CFC-Presto511.3128
9 Seven-Up214.12511

Summary

The Royal Tru-Orangemen were among the top four teams which made it to semifinal round in the PBA's very first conference. They lost all their six games in the two-round semifinals and placed fourth behind champion Toyota, runner-up Crispa, and third place U-Tex. [1] In the second conference, Royal had a pair of Harry Brown and Steve Smith as their imports. The Orangemen were in their second semifinal stint and this time, they won two out of their six assignments, not enough to make it even in a playoff berth. Royal played Noritake in the best-of-five series for third place and after winning Game One, 125-122, the Orangemen lost the next two games and with Crispa forfeiting Game four of the finals against Toyota, the Orangemen ended up fourth place again. They completed a fourth place finish in all three conferences of the season as the Orangemen, despite beating U-Tex in the round-robin All-Philippine championship, they lost to U-Tex in five games in their series for third place.

Roster
Roster # Position Height
Eusebio Adolfo Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Bienvenido Alenton 17 Center-Forward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Maximino Baguio 2 Guard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Santiago Capa 4 Center 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Worley Cuevas 9 Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Ernesto Estrada 5 Forward 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Rolando Marcelo 6 Guard-Forward 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Rosalio Martirez 14 Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Alejandrito Miego 1 Guard 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Manny Paner 13 Forward-Center 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Manuel Pineda 8 Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
David Regullano 15 Center-Forward 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Norberto Rivera 3 Forward 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Wilfredo Velasco 7 Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

References
  1. PBA season one: A look back at history, Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph
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