1981 YCO-Tanduay season

The 1981 YCO-Tanduay season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1981 YCO-Tanduay season
Head coach	Tito Eduque Freddie Webb
Two-Conference results
Record	13–29 (.310)
Place	10th (Open)
Playoff finish	N/A
Place	4th (RAF)
Playoff finish	Semifinals
YCO-Tanduay seasons

Transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Chuck Barreiro, Chito Loyzaga & Alex Marquez ^Rookies signed in the off-season from their farm team in the MICAA
Rey Lazaro ^Rookie signed in the 2nd conference, formerly of APCOR in the MICAA

Summary

The two imports of Yco-Tanduay in the Open Conference are Lawyer "Boots" Taylor and Kenneth Austin. Taylor played only two games before being replaced by the comebacking veteran Eugene Moore. Austin played six games and was replaced by Mark Haymore. Yco-Tanduay lost their first 11 games of the season before they finally broke into win column with a 121-104 triumph over fellow tailender Presto Fun Drinks on May 16. [1] Coach Tito Eduque was replaced by former Yco and Tanduay player Freddie Webb on the Esquires bench after 10 games.

In the Reinforced Filipino Conference, Yco-Tanduay signed up Russell Murray as their import and they were the third team to qualify in the round of six by posting a 5-4 won-loss card in the elimination phase. [2] The Esquires enters the four-team semifinal round by ousting Open Conference champion Toyota Super Diesels, 124-118 on October 27. They lost to Presto Fun Drinks in their last semifinal outing on November 14. The winner of their do-or-die match would have advanced to the finals against U-Tex had Crispa Redmanizers lost to the Wranglers in the second game of the double-header.

Elimination round

Open (1st) Conference Team W L GB San Miguel Beermen 14 4 - U-Tex Wranglers 14 4 - Crispa Redmanizers 13 5 1 Toyota Super Diesels 12 6 2 CDCP Road Builders 10 8 4 Tefilin Polyesters 10 8 4 Gilbey's Gin 7 11 7 Finance Funders 5 13 9 Presto Fun Drinks 4 14 10 YCO-Tanduay 1 17 13

Reinforced All-Filipino (2nd) Conference Team W L GB Toyota Super Diesels 7 2 - Crispa Redmanizers 7 2 - U-Tex Wranglers 6 3 1 YCO-Tanduay 5 4 2 Presto Fun Drinks 5 4 2 Tefilin Polyesters 5 4 2 CDCP Road Builders 4 5 3 Finance Funders 3 6 4 San Miguel Beermen 2 7 5 St.George Whisky 1 8 6

  Semifinalist   Qualified in Round of Six

Awards

Russell Murray won best import honors in the Reinforced Filipino Conference and becomes the second recipient of the award.

Roster

Yco-Tanduay roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 2 Monzon, Abelardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College G 4 Bilbao, Miguel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) La Salle G 7 Dela Rosa, Roberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern G 8 Marquez, Alexander 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) La Salle F 10 Sanchez, Victor 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua G/F 11 Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE F 12 Lazaro, Reynaldo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern F 13 Gutierrez, Alberto 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Ateneo de Davao F 14 Loyzaga, Chito (*) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Beda College 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 17 Barreiro, Raymundo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda 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/C 32 Haymore, Mark (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) University of Massachusetts G/F 33 Murray, Russell (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Eastern Montana C 44 Taylor, Lawyer (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) F/C 50 Austin, Ken (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Rice University C 55 Moore, Gene (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Saint Louis University	Head coach Valentin Eduque Freddie Webb Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (*) played only one game Injured

References

1. "Finally for Yco-Tanduay".
2. "Statistics of the Imports".