1980 Honda Hagibis season

1980 Honda Hagibis season
Head coachAlberto Reynoso
Open Conference results
Record5–13
(27.8%)
Place8th
Playoff finishN/A
Invitational Championship results
Record0–0  
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record4–9
(30.8%)
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
Honda Hagibis seasons
1981 →

The 1980 Honda Hagibis season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Honda Motorbike Makers in the Third Conference.

Transactions

The Hagibis signed a total of five rookies, Oliveros Dalman, Monico Martinez and Roberto Poblete were all teammates at Imperial Textile Mills in the MICAA, along with Frederick Adams and Redentor Vicente.

Summary

Honda were reinforced by Byron "Snake" Jones, who was on his third PBA team after playing for Toyota and U-Tex, and Charles "Buster" Matheney. The Hagibis won their first two games in the Open Conference, spoiling the debut of new team Tefilin, 95–94, in the first game of the season on March 16.[1] Honda scored their second win against Tanduay, 115–97 on March 22.[2] They lost 13 of their remaining 16 games in the elimination phase from thereon.

Honda won their first three outings and raced to a 4-1 won-loss slate in the All-Filipino Conference. The Motorbike Makers lost their last four assignments in the elimination phase and were forced into a playoff against U-Tex for the sixth and last qualifying berth in the round of six. Honda lost to U-Tex in a knockout game on November 13. They dropped all their three matches in the round-robin among the four non-qualifiers in the quarterfinals.

Win–loss record vs opponents

Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 3rd (All-Filipino)
Galleon Shippers 1 3 0-2 1-1
Gilbey's Gin 1 2 0-2 1-0
Great Taste / Presto 1 3 0-2 1-1
Royal / San Miguel 1 2 1-1 0-1
Tanduay 1 2 1-1 0-1
Tefilin 2 2 1-1 1-1
Toyota Tamaraws 1 2 1-1 0-1
U-Tex Wranglers 1 3 1-1 0-2
Walk Tall / Crispa 0 3 0-2 0-1
Total 9 22 5-13 4-9

Roster

Honda Hagibis roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 1 Philippines Miego, Alejandrito 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Southwestern-U
G 6 Philippines Chan, Emamanuel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Baguio
F 7 Philippines Adams, Frederick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) TUA
F 8 Philippines Dela Cruz, Teofilo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Southwestern-U
G 9 Philippines Dalman, Oliveros 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Visayas
G 13 Philippines Marasigan, Mario 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST
G 14 Philippines Sullano, Jesse 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Southwestern-U
F 16 Philippines Albor, Ronnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Southwestern-U
G/F 17 Philippines Poblete, Roberto 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Adamson
F 18 Philippines Reynoso, Cristino 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Far Eastern
F 22 Philippines Martinez, Monico 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PSBA
C 33 United States Jones, Byron (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) San Francisco
F/C 35 United States Matheney, Buster (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Utah
C 45 Philippines Vicente, Redentor 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

References

  1. ^ "Honda edges Tefilin". Crispa Toyota.blogspot.com.
  2. ^ "RTO raps Toyota, Honda wins".