1980 Honda Hagibis season

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.

1980 Honda Hagibis season
Head coach	Alberto Reynoso
Open Conference results
Record	5–13 (.278)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	N/A
Invitational Championship results
Record	0–0
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record	4–9 (.308)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Honda Hagibis seasons

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. Honda scored their second win against Tanduay, 115-97 on March 22. [1] 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.

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

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

References

1. "RTO raps Toyota, Honda wins".