1980 Gilbey's Gin season

The 1980 Gilbey's Gin season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1980 Gilbey's Gin season
Head coach	Filomeno Pumaren Nemie Villegas
Open Conference results
Record	7–11 (38.9%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	N/A
Invitational Championship results
Record	0–0
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
All Filipino Conference results
Record	9–12 (42.9%)
Place	4th
Playoff finish	Semifinals
Gilbey's Gin seasons

Transactions

ADDITIONS
Wilfredo Generalao Rookie signed
Orlando Delos Santos Acquired from defunct Filmanbank
Wilfredo Tanduyan and Armando Torres Acquired from Crispa
Marlowe Jacutin Acquired from Royal

Won-loss record vs Opponents

Teams	Win	Loss	1st (Open)	3rd (All-Filipino)
Galleon Shippers	2	1	1-1	1-0
Great Taste / Presto	2	1	1-1	1-0
Honda	2	1	2-0	0-1
Royal / San Miguel	2	2	1-1	1-1
Tanduay	4	5	2-0	2-5
Tefilin	1	2	0-2	1-0
Toyota Tamaraws	1	4	0-2	1-2
U-Tex Wranglers	2	2	0-2	2-0
Walk Tall / Crispa	0	5	0-2	0-3
Total	16	23	7-11	9-12

Semifinal stint

Coach Pilo Pumaren was replaced by Nemie Villegas as the team's head coach in the season-ending All-Filipino Conference. Gilbey's posted a 5-4 and 3-2 won-loss cards in the elimination and quarterfinal phase and they made it to the four-team semifinals for the first time in five conferences. The Gins didn't win any match in the single round-robin and they placed fourth by losing to Tanduay in four games of their best-of-five series for third place.

Awards

Willie Generalao was named the season's Rookie of the year

Roster

Gilbey's Gin roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G Delos Santos, Orlando 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Philippines F 3 Rivera, Norberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian G 5 Dela Cruz, Bienvenido 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Mindanao G 7 Torres, Armando 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEATI F 8 Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas F/C 10 Martin, Jesusito 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) José Rizal F 16 Rodriguez, Porfirio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) F/C 18 Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE G 19 Tanduyan, Wilfredo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Southwestern-U G 21 Dator, Lucrecio 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Southwestern-U G 24 Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Visayas G 30 Garcia, Javier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson C 31 McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette F/C 34 Bradley, Jim (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Northern Illinois	Head coach Filomeno Pumaren Nemie Villegas Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured