1978 Royal Tru-Orange season

1978 Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coach Edgardo Ocampo
Owner(s) San Miguel Corporation
All-Filipino Conference results
Record 5–9
(.357)
Place 6th
Playoff finish N/A
Open Conference results
Record 7–7
(.500)
Place 5th
Playoff finish N/A
Invitational Conference results
Record 0–0  
Place N/A
Playoff finish N/A
Royal Tru-Orange seasons
1977 1979

The 1978 Royal Tru-Orange season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Off-season transactions

Summary

Royal placed sixth in the first conference of the season. In the second conference, they were reinforced by hard-working imports Frank Gugliotta and Larry Williams. RTO were tied with U-Tex and Tanduay on top with five wins and two losses in the first round of eliminations, the Orangemen were almost assured of a semifinals berth until Toyota won its remaining games to virtually eliminated Royal. [1]

Roster

ROSTER # POS HT
Maximo Baguio 2 Guard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Ricardo dela Pena 6 Forward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Valerio delos Santos 10 Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Marlowe Jacutin 12 Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Rudy Lalota 15 Center-Forward 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Yoyong Martirez 14 Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Jesus Migalbin 5 Center-Forward 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Leonardo Paguntalan 16 Guard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Manuel Pineda 8 Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Norberto Rivera 3 Forward 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Marte Samson 41 Center-Forward 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Antonio Torrente 7 Guard 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Wilfredo Velasco Guard 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Frank Gugliotta Import 13 Center 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Larry Williams Import 17 Forward-Center 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

References

  1. ↑ "Royal Tru-Orange". 1978 PBA Annual.

External links

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