1980 Tanduay Esquires season

The 1980 Tanduay Esquires season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1980 Tanduay Esquires season
Head coach	Tito Eduque
Open Conference results
Record	4–14 (.222)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Invitational Championship results
Record	0–0
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record	12–9 (.571)
Place	3rd
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Tanduay Esquires seasons

Occurrences

Tanduay's seven-foot import Paul Zaretsky sprained his ankle in a workout and as a result, Tanduay lost their first game of the season to Honda, playing with only one import, Kevin Cluess. Zaretsky never got a chance to play and was sent home in favor of 6-8 Odell Ball, a former center of Marquette University. [1]

Semifinal stint

For the third straight season, Tanduay advances into the round of four of the league's most prestigious tournament, the All-Filipino. The Esquires posted a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss slates in the eliminations and quarterfinal phase. In the one-round robin among the four semifinalist, the Esquires lost to unbeaten Crispa Redmanizers, 98-101, in the last playing date on December 4 as they failed to create a three-way tie and a playoff with Toyota for the second finals berth. Tanduay placed third by winning their series against Gilbey's Gin.

Elimination round

Open (1st) Conference Team W L GB Toyota Tamaraws 15 3 - Great Taste Discoverers 13 5 2 Walk Tall Jeans 12 6 3 U-Tex Wranglers 11 7 4 Galleon Shippers 10 8 5 Tefilin Polyesters 9 9 6 Gilbey's Gin 7 11 8 Honda Hagibis 5 13 10 Tanduay Esquires 4 14 11 Royal Tru-Orange 4 14 11

All-Filipino (3rd) Conference Team W L GB Crispa Redmanizers 9 0 - Toyota Tamaraws 7 2 2 Gilbey’s Gin 5 4 4 Tanduay Esquires 5 4 4 San Miguel Beermen 5 4 4 U-Tex Wranglers 4 5 5 Honda Motorbike 4 5 5 Tefilin Polyesters 3 6 6 Galleon Shippers 3 6 6 Presto Fun Drinks 0 9 9

  Semifinalist   Qualified in Round of Six

Roster

Tanduay Esquires roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 2 Monzon, Abelardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College G 7 Dela Rosa, Roberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern F 10 Sanchez, Victor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua Tech G/F 11 Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 13 Gutierrez, Alberto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Davao F/C 15 Capacio, Ely 6 ft 4 in (1.93 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 C 23 Evangelista, Rolando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College F/C 24 Castillo, Nathaniel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College G 25 Pineda, Rolando 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE F 35 Cluess, Kevin (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) St.John's University G 40 Bilbao, Miguel 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) La Salle F/C 41 Ball, Odell (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Marquette University	Head coach Valentin Eduque Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

References

1. "RTO raps Toyota, Honda wins".