1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season

The 1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season was the 3rd and final season of the Asia Brewery franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season
Head coach	Joe Lipa Tito Eduque
Owner(s)	Asia Brewery
Reinforced Conference results
Record	2–8 (.200)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Eliminated
All Filipino Conference results
Record	3–6 (.333)
Place	6th
Playoff finish	Quarterfinals
Open Conference results
Record	14–8 (.636)
Place	2nd
Playoff finish	Finals
Manila Beer Brewmasters seasons

Transactions

Transactions
Tito Varela ^Acquired from Tanduay
Ricardo Cui ^Rookie signed
Adonis Tierra ^Rookie signed
Ranulfo Robles ^Rookie free agent signed
Jesus Migalbin ^Signed in the All-Filipino
Lim Eng Beng ^Signed in the All-Filipino

Occurrences

The Brewmasters were handled by multi-titled amateur coach Joe Lipa at the start of the season, taking over from Olympian Edgardo Ocampo. [1] After failing to lead Manila Beer past eliminations in the first conference, Lipa was replaced by another former Olympian Tito Eduque as Manila Beer head coach beginning the All-Filipino Conference. Coach Eduque bring along former PBA coaches Jun Celis and Nemie Villegas as his assistants.

Finals stint

The Manila Beer Brewmasters were on their third finals appearance in franchise history in the Open (3rd) Conference, behind imports Michael Young and Santa Clara star Harold Keeling, they lost to crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel in five games in the best-of-seven title series. [2]

Main article: 1986 PBA Open Conference Finals

Award

Michael Young won the PBA Best Import honors in the 1986 Open Conference, besting two-time best import awardee Billy Ray Bates of Ginebra.

Roster

Reinforced Conference

Manila Beer roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 3 Cordero, Edgardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G 4 Tierra, Adonis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FEATI University C 5 Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Jose-Recoletos G 6 Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapua Tech F 11 Vargas, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PSBA F 13 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) F 16 Esguerra, Angelito 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College G 17 Varela, Tito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE G 24 Cruz, Ramon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE G/F 32 Coloso, Timoteo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College G 36 Robles, Ranulfo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College F 51 Cui, Ricardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lyceum G/F 8 Cooper, Carlton (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Texas-Austin G 22 Turner, George (I) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) California-Irvine G/F 10 Hays, William (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) California-Berkeley	Head coach Joe Lipa Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

All-Filipino & Open Conference

Manila Beer roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G/F 1 Keeling, Harold (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of Santa Clara F 3 Cordero, Edgardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) UST G 4 Tierra, Adonis 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FEATI University C 5 Guidaben, Abet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) San Jose-Recoletos G 6 Co, Jr, Fortunato 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Mapua Tech F 2 & 10 Migalbin, Jesus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin F 11 Cui, Ricardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Lyceum F 13 Villamin, Elpidio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) G 14 Beng, Lim Eng 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) De La Salle F 16 Esguerra, Angelito 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College G 17 Varela, Tito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE G 24 Cruz, Ramon 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE G/F 32 Coloso, Timoteo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College G 36 Robles, Ranulfo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Letran College F 42 Young, Michael (I) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) University of Houston	Head coach Tito Eduque Assistant coach(es) Jun Celis Nemie Villegas Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

References

1. "Brewmasters impress Lipa".
2. "WATNow Series: Remember Harold Keeling?". Manila Bulletin Sports.