1984 Gold Eagle Beer season

The 1984 Gold Eagle Beer season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1984 Gold Eagle Beermen season
Head coach	Nat Canson
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
1st All Filipino Conference results
Record	5–12 (.294)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals
2nd All Filipino Conference results
Record	5–8 (.385)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals
Invitational Conference results
Record	1–7 (.125)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	N/A
Gold Eagle Beermen seasons

Off-season transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Dante Gonzalgo ^Rookie signed
Joey Loyzaga ^Rookie signed
Abe King ^Acquired from defunct Toyota
Noli Banate ^Acquired from Winston
Evalson Valencia ^Acquired from Winston

Notable dates

March 25: Gold Eagle (formerly San Miguel Beer) defeated Tanduay Rhum Makers, 92–84, in the first game at the start of the league's 10th season.

May 24: Gold Eagle breaks out of a five-game losing streak by finally scoring a victory against Gilbey's Gin, 99–96, as five Beermen scored in double-digits led by Bokyo Lauchengco with 23 points.

June 12: Gold Eagle opened their quarterfinal campaign by a stunning 103–97 overtime victory over highly favored Great Taste, which suffered their third straight loss after being denied of a semis berth twice by Crispa. Marte Saldaña topscored for the Beermen with 26 points, followed by rookie Joey Loyzaga with 20 points.

December 4: Winless in six games, the Beermen beat Gilbey's Gin, 102–91, for their first and only win in the Invitational Third Conference.

Occurrences

In the third and last playing date of the quarterfinal round on June 17, the Beermen and the Gilbey's Gin Tonics battled for the last seat in the round of four semifinals, Gilbey's won, 106–104, but the match was put under protest by Gold Eagle, citing a malfunctioning 25-second shot clock and the PBA technical committee, acting on the protest have ordered a replay. Two nights later on June 19, Gilbey's Gin left no doubt as to their rightful claim to the semifinal round by winning the replayed game over the Beermen by nine points, 115–106.[1]

After Crispa release their import Herman Barnes, who played only one game for the Redmanizers, the Gold Eagle Beermen signed him up but sooner decided to replaced Barnes in favor of Floyd Hooper.

Roster

Gold Eagle Beer roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 5 Ravanes, Biboy 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu Central F 6 King, Abe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda College G 7 Saldaña, Marte 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Far Eastern F 8 Lobo, Renato 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern F/C 9 Dasalla, Anthony 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern C 10 Samlani, Carlson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Sebastian F 11 Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin F 13 Paner, Manny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Visayas F 13 Barnes, Herman (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Alabama-Birmingham G 14 Loyzaga, Joey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) San Beda College G/F 15 Gonzalgo, Dante 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Lyceum C 16 Banate, Noli 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) University of Mindanao F 17 Valencia, Evalson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) WIT F 24 Hooper, Floyd (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Loyola Marymount F 44 Distrito, Rudy (A) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE G 77 Lauchengco, Federico 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Far Eastern	Head coach Nat Canson Assistant coach(es) Freddie Gonzales Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (A) Acquired from Countryfair Injured

_{Team Manager: Jose Ibazeta, Jr.}

References

1. "PBA boxscores: June 1984".