1975 Noritake Porcelainmakers season

1975 Mariwasa-Noritake Porcelainmakers season
Head coachFelicisimo Fajardo Emerson Coseteng
Owner(s)Mariwasa Group
First Conference results
Record8–8
(50%)
Place5th
Playoff finishDNQ
Second Conference results
Record13–9
(59.1%)
Place5th
Playoff finishDNQ
All-Philippine Championship results
Record0–2
(0%)
Place8th
Playoff finishDNQ
Mariwasa-Noritake Porcelainmakers seasons
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The 1975 Noritake Porcelainmakers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Colors

Noritake
    (dark)
    (light)

First Conference standings

# Teams W L PCT GB
1 Toyota Comets 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 Distillers 5 11 .312 8
8 Presto Ice Cream Flavorites 5 11 .312 8
9 Seven-Up 2 14 .125 11

Notable dates

  • April 9: The PBA opens with its inaugural double-header at the Araneta Coliseum, with a sellout crowd of 18,000 watching, the Noritake Porcelainmakers defeated the Carrier Weathermakers, 101-98.[1]

Summary

The Porcelainmakers were a steady and average team, hovering around a .500 record for almost each conference in the season. In the First Conference, Noritake almost made the playoffs with a record of 8-8 (.500), two games shy behind the Royal Tru-Orange. The team was led by all-star Rey Alcantara and imports Cisco Oliver and Billy Robinson.

In the Second Conference, they their best record of the season going 13-9 (.591), but still missed the playoffs, they finished as the 5th seed also again behind the Royal Tru-Orange.

In the All-Philippine Championship Conference, Noritake lose their last 2 games of the season and again missed the playoffs.

Roster

Roster # Position Height
Rey Alcantara 4 Guard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Gavino Amomonpon Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Mark Arriola 16 Guard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Lucrecio Dacula 21 Guard 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Mariano Figuracion 11 Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Hubert Filipinas 8 Forward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Roberto Legaspi 15 Center

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Albert Manalo 7/42 Guard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Van Samson Nery 17 Forward 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Cisco Oliver Import 23 Forward-Center 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Adriano Papa 10 Forward 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Ulysses Rodriguez 6 Forward 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jesse Sullano 14 Guard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Edmundo Tierra 18 Forward-Center

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Billy Robinson Import 13 Center 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
James Cornelious Import 27 Forward-Center 6 ft 5 in (1.96 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