1980 Great Taste Discoverers season

The 1980 Great Taste Discoverers season was the sixth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The team was known as Presto Fun Drinks in the All-Filipino Conference.

1980 Great Taste Discoverers season
Head coach	Alfonso "Boy" Marquez
Owner(s)	CFC Corporation
Open Conference results
Record	13–14 (.481)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Invitational Championship results
Record	0–0
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record	1–11 (.083)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Great Taste Discoverers seasons

Transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Ernesto Estrada ^Acquired from Toyota
Adriano Papa ^Acquired from defunct Filmanbank

Summary

In the Open Conference, the Discoverers had returning import Jim Hearns, who saw action for the team last season, being paired with 6-11 Lewis Brown, a Milwaukee Bucks' draftee and the tallest among the crop of imports. [1] Great Taste won eight of their nine games in the first round of elimination phase and losing only to Toyota Tamaraws. Great Taste finish second behind Toyota in the team standings after 18 games with 13 wins and five losses. In the semifinal round, the Discoverers lost all their six assignments and were swept in three games by Crispa Walk Tall Jeans in their series for third place.

The CFC ballclub known as Presto Fun Drinks in the All-Filipino Conference have lost all their nine outings in the one-round eliminations as the franchise set a season record for the longest losing streak by any PBA team at 18 games.

Elimination round

Open (1st) Conference Team W L GB Toyota Tamaraws 15 3 - Great Taste Discoverers 13 5 2 Walk Tall Jeans 12 6 3 U-Tex Wranglers 11 7 4 Galleon Shippers 10 8 5 Tefilin Polyesters 9 9 6 Gilbey's Gin 7 11 8 Honda Hagibis 5 13 10 Tanduay Esquires 4 14 11 Royal Tru-Orange 4 14 11

All-Filipino (3rd) Conference Team W L GB Crispa Redmanizers 9 0 - Toyota Tamaraws 7 2 2 Gilbey’s Gin 5 4 4 Tanduay Esquires 5 4 4 San Miguel Beermen 5 4 4 U-Tex Wranglers 4 5 5 Honda Motorbike 4 5 5 Tefilin Polyesters 3 6 6 Galleon Shippers 3 6 6 Presto Fun Drinks 0 9 9

  Semifinalist   Qualified in Round of Six

Roster

Great Taste Discoverers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F/C 5 Paner, Manny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Visayas F 8 Chua, Jacinto 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Far Eastern G 10 Aranzaso, Leonardo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Adamson University F 10 Delos Santos, Valerio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern F/C 11 Ritualo, Florendo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Baguio F/C 13 Pribhdas, Danilo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) PCC G 14 Basilan, Danilo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SWU F 15 Catacutan, Israel 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) NCBA G 16 Revilla, Johnny 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE G 20 Franco, Reynaldo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) UE C 24 Brown, Lewis (I) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) UNLV F 33 Hearns, Jim (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Marymount College F 44 Estrada, Ernesto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) University of Visayas F 55 Papa, Adriano 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) National University C 56 Clariño, Aurelio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson University	Head coach Alfonso Marquez Assistant coach(es) Jimmy Mariano Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

References

1. "Great Taste wallops U-Tex by 16".