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1975 U-Tex Weavers season

FieldValue
PBAyear1975
teamU/Tex Weavers
coachCarlos Loyzaga
Napoleon Flores
Narciso Bernardo
1c-nameFirst Conference
1c-wins16
1c-losses11
1c-place3rd
1c-playoffsSemifinals
2c-nameSecond Conference
2c-wins7
2c-losses7
2c-place5th
2c-playoffsRound of six
3c-nameAll-Philippine Championship
3c-wins3
3c-losses5
3c-place3rd
3c-playoffsN/A

Napoleon Flores Narciso Bernardo | 1c-name = First Conference | 1c-wins = 16 | 1c-losses = 11 | 1c-place = 3rd | 1c-playoffs = Semifinals | 2c-name = Second Conference | 2c-wins = 7 | 2c-losses = 7 | 2c-place = 5th | 2c-playoffs = Round of six | 3c-name = All-Philippine Championship | 3c-wins = 3 | 3c-losses = 5 | 3c-place = 3rd | 3c-playoffs = N/A The 1975 U-Tex Weavers season was the 1st season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

First Conference standings

#TeamsWLPCTGB123456789
Toyota Tamaraws133.812–-
Crispa Redmanizers124.7501
U-Tex Weavers106.6253
Royal Tru-Orange106.6253
Mariwasa-Noritake88.5005
Concepcion Carrier79.4386
Tanduay Distillery511.3128
CFC-Presto511.3128
Seven-Up214.12511

Summary

The U-Tex Weavers played in the main game of the PBA's inaugural day on April 9, losing to Toyota Comets, 101-105, Danny Florencio and Larry Mumar topscored for the Weavers with 29 points each. Just like Toyota and Noritake, which acquired American reinforcements in the first conference in Byron 'Snake' Jones and Cisco Oliver respectively, the Weavers would soon signed Charles Walker to beefed up the local squad. The Weavers finishes with 10 wins and six losses after the two-round eliminations. In the semifinals, the Weavers forged a tie with Crispa for second place as both teams ended up with a 3-3 win-loss card as first finalist Toyota completed a two-round semifinals sweep. The first-ever playoff match in PBA history took place on July 22. U-Tex lost to Crispa, 113-121, as the Redmanizers earned the right to meet Toyota in the first conference finals. U-Tex placed third with a 3-1 series victory over Royal Tru-Orange.

TeamGameSeries1234
U-Tex Weavers1101221211253
Royal Tru-Orange1161131181131

In the second conference, the Weavers had Lee Haven and Michael Truell as their imports. U-Tex finished with five wins and three losses in a triple-tie for second place along with Noritake and Carrier and a game behind Toyota, Crispa and Royal with six wins and two losses in the one-round eliminations. In the round of six, the Weavers lost to Noritake, 105-107, in a playoff for the fourth and last semifinals berth. U-Tex played that game without their coach, Caloy Loyzaga, who resigned and former national player Nap Flores calls the shots for the Weavers.

U-Tex qualified in the All-Philippine championship in the third conference and placed third behind Crispa and Toyota. The Weavers defeated Royal Tru-Orange again and the series for third place went the full route of five games.

Roster

Roster#PositionHeight
Virgilio Abarrientos9Guard
Danilo Basilan14Guard
Roehl Deles12Center-Forward
Orlando Delos Santos10Guard
Danny Florencio8Guard-Forward
Romeo Frank15Center-Forward
Edgardo Gomez17Center-Forward
Rudolf Kutch13Center-Forward
George Lizares11Forward
Lawrence Mumar7Guard
Jaime Otazu18Guard
Ricardo Pineda6Guard
Arturo Valenzona21Forward
Roberto Victorino19Center
Lee Haven Import22Guard-Forward
Mike Truell Import23Center-Forward

References

References

  1. "The very first PBA games". basketball.exchange.ph.
  2. "Toyota nips Crispa". Crispa-Toyota blogsite.
  3. "PBA season one: A look back at history". Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph.
  4. "Toyota subdues Crispa; Noritake qualifies". Crispa-Toyota blogsite.
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