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 coachAlfonso "Boy" Marquez
Owner(s)CFC Corporation
Open Conference results
Record13–14
(.481)
Place4th
Playoff finishSemifinals
All Filipino Conference results
Record1–11
(.083)
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/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.

Roster
Great Taste Discoverers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.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
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  • Injured
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References
  1. "Great Taste wallops U-Tex by 16".
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