1982 U-Tex Wranglers season explained

Pbayear:1982
Team:U-Tex Wranglers
Coach:Glenn McDonald
1C-Name:Reinforced All-Filipino Conference
1C-Wins:13
1C-Losses:17
1C-Place:4th
1C-Playoffs:Semifinals
2C-Name:Invitational Conference
2C-Wins:0
2C-Losses:4
2C-Place:5th
2C-Playoffs:N/A
No-3C:1
3C-Name:Open Conference
3C-Wins:9
3C-Losses:12
3C-Place:6th
3C-Playoffs:Quarterfinals
Owners:Universal Textile Mills
Prevseason:1981

The 1982 U/Tex Wranglers season was the eight and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

Players AddedSignedFormer team
Virgilio dela CruzOff-season
Tito Varela
Evalson ValenciaSan Miguel Beer
Gary VargasCDCP (disbanded)
Gerry Samlani RookieN/A
Steve Watson Rookie

Summary

The Wranglers had Julius Wayne, a seventh round draft pick by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1981 NBA draft, as their import for the Reinforced Filipino Conference.[1] U/Tex finish the elimination phase with an 8-10 won-loss card. The Wranglers scored an upset 2–0 sweep off Gilbey's Gin in the best-of-three quarterfinals. They lost to top-seeded San Miguel Beermen in four games in the best-of-five semifinal series. Wayne return to play four more games in the Second Conference Asian Invitationals where U/Tex failed to score a single victory. Coach Glenn McDonald opted for Leroy Jackson, who led the Wranglers to the finals last season, and Ira Terrell, a former Tefilin import, as their two reinforcements in the Open Conference. After 11 games in the elimination phase, Terrell was replaced by Leo Cunningham, who played only two games before another U/Tex returnee Francois Wise came in to replaced Cunningham and teamed up with Jackson for the rest of the conference. U/Tex were tied with three other teams going into the last scheduled quarterfinal matches. The Wranglers lost to San Miguel, 112–118 on November 23, in what turn out to be their final game. The Walter Euyang ballclub would disband its franchise the following season.

Won-loss records vs Opponents

Team Win Loss 1st (Reinforced) 2nd (Invitational) 3rd (Open)
Crispa Redmanizers 3 9 2-6 0-1 1-2
Mariwasa-Honda / Galerie Dominique 4 2 1-2 N/A 3-0
Gilbey's Gin 3 3 2-2 N/A 1-1
Great Taste / N-Rich Coffee 3 2 3-0 N/A 0-2
San Miguel Beermen 4 8 3-4 0-1 1-3
Toyota Super Corollas 3 4 1-2 0-1 2-1
YCO-Tanduay 2 4 1-1 N/A 1-3
Korea (Guest squad) 0 1 N/A 0-1 N/A
Total 22 33 13-17 0-4 9-12

Roster

Trades

August 1982
To San Miguel Beermen
Lim Eng Beng
To U-Tex Wranglers
Alex Tan

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Gregorio Dionisio August 1982 Crispa
Marty Tierra August 1982 Tefilin (disbanded)

Notes and References

  1. News: 1982 PBA 1st Conference Team Statistics.