1978 Crispa Redmanizers season

Basketball team season

1978 Crispa Redmanizers season

Head coach| Baby Dalupan
All-Filipino Conference results
Record| 17-7
(70.8%)
Place| 4th
Playoff finish| Semifinals
Open Conference results
Record| 14-9
(60.9%)
Place| 2nd
Playoff finish| Finals
Invitational Conference results
Record| 4-3
(57.1%)
Place| 3rd
Playoff finish| N/A
Crispa Redmanizers seasons

<- 1977

1979  ->

The 1978 Crispa Redmanizers season was the fourth season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Crispa 400s starting the 2nd conference.

## Colors

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Crispa Redmanizers (All-Filipino Conference)
(dark)
(light)
Crispa 400 (Open and Invitational Conferences)
(dark)
(light)

## Finals stint

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Crispa stood firm to defend its last crown in the Open Conference with the All-Filipino unsuccessfully defended when they surprisingly faltered in the second round of the semifinals and were ousted by arch rival Toyota.

Coach Baby Dalupan personally choose 6-9 Ansley Truitt and 6-8 Paul Mills for their two imports. U-Tex and Crispa advanced to the semifinals without much difficulty and placed first and second after the semifinal round to enter into the championship. Unlike their last year's confrontation, the 400s were underdog for the first time in the title series and matched against the Wranglers' triumvirate of Glenn McDonald, Byron "Snake" Jones and Lim Eng Beng. Crispa were swept in three games by U-Tex. [1]

## Roster

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Crispa Redmanizers roster

Players | Coaches
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C | 5 |  | Guidaben, Abet | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)  |  |  | USJ–R
G | 6 |  | Co, Jr, Fortunato | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)  |  |  | Mapúa
F | 7 |  | Soriano, Rodolfo | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)  |  |  | UE
F | 8 |  | Pages, Rey | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)  |  |  | De La Salle
G | 9 |  | Dionisio, Gregorio | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)  |  |  | Adamson
G/F | 10 |  | Hubalde, Freddie | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)  |  |  | Mapúa
G/F | 11 |  | Adornado, Bogs | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)  |  |  | UST
G/F | 12 |  | Dela Cruz, Virgilio | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)  |  |  | Mapúa
G | 14 |  | Varela, Luis | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)  |  |  | UE
G | 15 |  | Fabiosa, Bernie | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)  |  |  | UE
C | 16 |  | Javier, Jaime | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)  |  |  | José Rizal
G | 17 |  | Torres, Armando | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)  |  |  | FEATI
F | 18 |  | Cezar, Philip | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)  |  |  | José Rizal
G | 19 |  | Franco, Rey | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)  |  |  | UE
G | 22 |  | Tanduyan, Wilfredo | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)  |  |  | Southwestern-U
C | 25 |  | Mann, Cyrus (I)  | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)  |  |  | Illinois State
F | 32 |  | Mills, Paul (I)  | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)  |  |  |
F/C | 43 |  | Truitt, Ansley (I)  | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)  |  |  | California

Head coach

*   * Baby Dalupan

Assistant coach(es)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (I) Import
* Injured

## References

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1. ^ "Crispa's kingdom collapses". The Manila Times Online.

## External links

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* The Crispa files@freedarko.com

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Crispa Redmanizers

* Also known as Walk Tall Jeansmakers
* Founded in 1975
* Disbanded in 1984
* Owned by the P. Floro and Sons, Inc.

The franchise|

* Franchise
* All-time roster

Coaches|

* Dalupan
* Manotoc
* Bernardo

Championships (13)|

* 1975 All-Philippine
* 1976 First Conference
* 1976 Second Conference
* 1976 All-Philippine
* 1977 All-Filipino
* 1977 Open
* 1979 All-Filipino
* 1980 All-Filipino
* 1981 Invitational
* 1983 All-Filipino
* 1983 Reinforced Filipino
* 1983 Open
* 1984 First All-Filipino

Runner-up finishes (8)|

* 1975 First Conference
* 1975 Open
* 1977 Invitational
* 1978 Open
* 1979 Invitational
* 1981 Open
* 1982 Invitational
* 1984 Invitational

Culture and lore|

* Crispa–Toyota rivalry
* The Grand Slam seasons (1976 and 1983)
* The Maestro
* The Fortune Cookie
* Mr. Nice Guy
* Tapal King
* Bogs plays point
* Manotoc takes over
* The Pioneer

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1978 PBA season

*   * 1978 All Filipino Conference (finals)
* 1978 Open Conference (finals)
* 1978 Invitational championship (finals)

Team seasons|

* Crispa Redmanizers
* Filmanbank
* Great Taste Discoverers
* Honda Wildcats
* Royal Tru-Orange
* Tanduay Esquires
* Toyota Tamaraws
* U-Tex Wranglers

Succession|

* 1977
* Seasons
* 1979

* 1977
* All-Filipino Conference
* 1979

1977

* Open Conference
* 1979

1977

* Invitational championship
* 1979

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