1981 U/Tex Wranglers season
Head coachGlenn McDonald
Open Conference results
Record1910 (65.5%)
Place3rd
Playoff finishSemifinals
Reinforced Filipino results
Record159 (62.5%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishRunner-up
U/Tex Wranglers seasons

The 1981 U/Tex Wranglers season was the seventh season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Colors

Open Conference
      (dark)
      (light)
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference
      (dark)
      (light)

Transactions

ADDITIONS
Armando Arce Rookie signed, played for St.George Whisky in the MICAA
Alberto Ortiz Rookie signed, played for Crispa in the MICAA
Jesusito Martin Acquired from Gilbey's Gin
Danilo Pribhdas Acquired from Presto

Summary

Former Boston Celtic Glenn McDonald, who won two titles with U/Tex as their import, became the new head coach of the Wranglers, replacing his former coach Tommy Manotoc, who transferred to San Miguel Beer.

The Wranglers had a pair of 6-5 Francois Wise and 6-9 Darrell Allums as their imports for the Open Conference. U/Tex finish in a tie with San Miguel Beermen on top of the standings after 18 games in the eliminations. Both teams were left out by traditional powerhouses Toyota and Crispa during the semifinal round. [1] U/Tex placed third by winning their series over the Beermen in five games.

U/Tex lost their first two games in the Reinforced Filipino Conference with John Kazmer as their import, but since the arrival of Leroy Jackson, the Wranglers went on a six-game winning streak and placed third behind Toyota and Crispa at the end of the elimination phase. The Wranglers continued its winning run in the round of six and was the first team to land one of the two finals berth during the semifinal round. [2]

U/Tex and Crispa played in the PBA finals for the third time in the last five years. The Wranglers lost to the Redmanizers in four games in their best-of-five title series.

Win-loss record vs opponents

TeamsWinLoss1st (Open)2nd (RAF)
CDCP Road Builders302-01-0
Crispa Redmanizers753-14-4
Finance Funders302-01-0
Gilbey’s Gin / St.George302-01-0
Presto Fun Drinks422-02-2
San Miguel Beermen645-41-0
Tefilin Polyesters311-12-0
Toyota Super Diesels150-41-1
YCO-Tanduay422-02-2
Total341919-1015-9

Awards

William "Bogs" Adornado received his third MVP plum, becoming the PBA's first three-time Most Valuable Player Awardee. Adornado won his first two during the league's first two seasons in 1975–1976 while playing for Crispa Redmanizers.

Roster

U/Tex Wranglers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.
F 5 Philippines Deles, Roy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) San Beda
G 6 Philippines Pineda, Ricardo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Letran
G 7 Philippines Pineda, Manuel 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Letran
F 8 Philippines Noblezada, Jaime 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) San Agustin
F/C 9 Philippines Taguines, Jaime 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Holy Angel
F/C 10 Philippines Martin, Jesusito 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) José Rizal
F 12 Philippines Pages, Reynaldo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) De La Salle
G/F 13 Philippines Pribhdas, Danny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) PCC
G 14 Philippines Eng Beng, Lim 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle
F/C 17 Philippines Regullano, David 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Letran
F/C 18 Philippines Arce, Armando 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
G 21 Philippines Ortiz, Albert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Philippines
G 22 Philippines Gaston, Matthew 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo
G/F 33 Philippines Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST
C 32 United States Allums, Darrell (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) UCLA
F/C 6 United States Wise, Francois (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Long Beach State
G/F 34 United States Kazmer, John (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Long Beach State
G/F 4 United States Jackson, Leroy (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Cameron
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • Injured Injured

    References

    1. "Wranglers edge SMB". crispatoyota.blogspot.com.
    2. "U-Tex earns final slot".
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