1975 Carrier Weathermakers season

1975 Carrier Weathermakers season
Head coachValentin Eduque
Owner(s)Concepcion Industries, Inc.
First Conference results
Record7–9
(43.8%)
Place6th
Playoff finishN/A
Second Conference results
Record6–15
(28.6%)
Place6th
Playoff finishN/A
All-Philippine Championship results
Record0–1
(0%)
Place9th
Playoff finishN/A
Carrier Weathermakers seasons
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The 1975 Carrier Weathermakers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Colors

Carrier Weathermakers
      (dark)
    (light)

First Conference standings

# Teams W L PCT GB
1 Toyota Tamaraws 13 3 .812 –-
2 Crispa Redmanizers 12 4 .750 1
3 U-Tex Weavers 10 6 .625 3
4 Royal Tru-Orange 10 6 .625 3
5 Mariwasa-Noritake 8 8 .500 5
6 Concepcion Carrier 7 9 .438 6
7 Tanduay Distillery 5 11 .312 8
8 CFC-Presto 5 11 .312 8
9 Seven-Up 2 14 .125 11

Summary

On April 9, the Weathermakers faced the Noritake Porcelainmakers in the inaugural double-header of the PBA at the Araneta Coliseum with a sellout crowd of 18,000 watching, the Carrier Weathermakers lost the game with a score of 101–98. Gregorio "Joy" Dionisio scored the very first basket in PBA history.[1]

The Weathermakers struggled throughout the First Conference hovering around a .500 record, they missed the playoffs entirely and finished as the 5th seed. In the Second Conference, they struggled even more and finished with a disappointing 6–15 record and missed the playoffs again.

Lim Eng Beng, Gregorio Dionisio, and Ramon Lucindo were all selected to participate in the PBA Ovaltine dream games.

Roster

Roster # Position Height
Romualdo Cabading 12 Center-Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Roy Deles 5 Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Gregorio Dionisio 10 Guard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Jesus Dungo 7 Guard-Forward 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Felix Flores 9 Guard-Center 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Francisco Henares 13 Guard 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Lim Eng Beng 24/14 Guard 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Ramon Lucindo 16 Forward 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Jimmy Mariano 6 Forward 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Alfonso Mora 11 Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jaime Noblezada 8 Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Roberto Salonga 4 Guard 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nate Stephens Import 52 Center 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Remel Diggs Import 44 Center-Forward 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

Sources:

  • Edmon1974's Blog: 1975 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Team Rosters[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Blast from the past: The very first PBA games". basketball.exchange.ph.
  2. ^ 1975 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Team Rosters