1982 N-Rich Coffee Creamers season

The 1982 N-Rich Coffee Creamers season was the eighth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Great Taste Coffee Makers in the Reinforced Filipino Conference.

1982 N-Rich Coffee Creamers season
Head coach	Jimmy Mariano
Owner(s)	CFC Corporation
Reinforced All-Filipino Conference results
Record	2–16 (.111)
Place	8th
Playoff finish	N/A
Invitational Conference results
Record	0–0
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Open Conference results
Record	17–11 (.607)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
N-Rich Coffee Creamers seasons

Transactions

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Ronnie Albor ^Acquired from Finance
Mario Marasigan ^Acquired from Finance
Ricardo Mariano ^Acquired from defunct Tefilin
Leonardo Paguntalan ^Acquired from San Miguel
Allan Abelgas ^Rookie signed in the 3rd conference
Noel Guzman ^Rookie signed in the 3rd conference

Summary

Great Taste manage to win only two of their 18 games in the elimination phase of the Reinforced All-Filipino Conference, both in the first round against Mariwasa-Honda, 121-111 on March 23, [1] and Toyota, 111-99 on March 27. After back-to-back victories, the Coffee Makers lost all of their final 13 outings with import Perry Davis sitting out in their last five games because of an injury.

From a sour campaign of a last place finish, the erstwhile Great Taste Coffee Makers, now known as N-Rich for the Open Conference, come out strong in the last tournament of the season with Danny Salisbury and Rich Adams as their imports. N-Rich had an eye-popping start of a six-game sweep in Phase 1 of their 18-game schedule in the eliminations. The Coffee Creamers were tied with Gilbey’s Gin on top of the standings with 13 wins and five losses and an outright semifinals berth. Going into the last two playdates of the semifinals, N-Rich was a win away from their first-ever trip to the finals, but they lost to Gilbey’s and were forced into a playoff by Toyota Super Corollas. The Coffee Creamers blew their opportunity three times as they lost to the Super Corollas in the knockout game for the right to play Gilbey’s Gin in the final playoffs.

Reinforced All-Filipino Conference roster

Great Taste Coffee roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F/C 1 Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jose Rizal College F 5 Mariano, Ricardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapua (Jrs) F/C 6 Banal, Joel 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua Tech G 7 Dela Cruz, Bienvenido 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Mindanao F 8 Gulfin, Filomeno 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SWU G 10 Mendoza, Eduardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Visayas C 11 Ritualo, Florendo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Baguio G 12 Sison, Rafael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo de Davao F 14 Roslin, Jose 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PCCr G 15 Marasigan, Mario 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST G 16 Paguntalan, Leonardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Western Institute G/F 17 Jaymalin, Woodrow 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) PCU C 30 Davis, Perry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Rhode Island F 32 Albor, Ronnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SWU F 66 Marquez, Joey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Angeles University	Head coach Jimmy Mariano Assistant coach(es) Orly Bauzon Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Open Conference roster

N-Rich Coffee Creamers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F/C 1 Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jose Rizal College F 5 Mariano, Ricardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapua (Jrs) F/C 6 Banal, Joel 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapua Tech F 8 Gulfin, Filomeno 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SWU G 10 Mendoza, Eduardo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Visayas C 11 Ritualo, Florendo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Baguio G 12 Sison, Rafael 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo de Davao G 14 Guzman, Noel 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) San Beda College G 15 Marasigan, Mario 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST G 16 Paguntalan, Leonardo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Western Institute G/F 17 Jaymalin, Woodrow 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) PCU F 31 Salisbury, Danny (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Texas-Pan American C 32 Adams, Rich (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) University of Illinois F 33 Albor, Ronnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SWU G 34 Abelgas, Allan 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) San Jose-Recoletos F 66 Marquez, Joey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Angeles University	Head coach Jimmy Mariano Assistant coach(es) Orly Bauzon Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

References

1. "1982 PBA 1st Conference Team Statistics".