1984 Great Taste Coffee Makers season

The 1984 Great Taste Coffee Makers season was the 10th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1984 Great Taste Coffee Makers season
Head coachBaby Dalupan
Owner(s)CFC Corporation
1st All Filipino Conference results
Record11–7
(61.1%)
Place5th
Playoff finishQuarterfinals
2nd All Filipino Conference results
Record18–4
(81.8%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
Invitational Conference results
Record10–3
(76.9%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
Great Taste Coffee Makers seasons
← 1983
1985  →

Transactions edit

Players Added Signed Former team
Woodrow Balani Off-season Galerie Dominique (disbanded)
Redentor Vicente
Chito Loyzaga Toyota (disbanded)
Arnie Tuadles
Frankie Lim Tanduay Rhum Makers

Awards edit

  • Ricardo Brown and Manny Victorino were named in the Mythical Five selection.
  • Manny Victorino was the season's Most Improved Player
  • Jeff Collins won the best import award in the Invitational Conference

Championships edit

The Great Taste Coffee Makers finally join the elite club of champion teams as they won their first-ever title in the 2nd All-Filipino Conference by scoring a 3-0 sweep over newcomer Beer Hausen.[1] The Gokongwei ballclub captured their second straight PBA championship by winning the Invitational Third Conference in a battle of champions as they defeated Crispa Redmanizers in the best-of-five title series, three games to two.

Won-loss records vs Opponents edit

Teams Win Loss 1st All-Filipino 2nd All-Filipino 3rd (Invitational)
Beer Hausen 8 3 2-1 5-1 1-1
Country Fair 3 0 2-0 1-0 N/A
Crispa Redmanizers 10 4 1-2 4-0 5-2
Gilbey’s Gin 2 4 0-3 0-1 2-0
Gold Eagle Beer 5 2 2-1 1-1 2-0
Northern (NCC) 6 0 2-0 4-0 N/A
Tanduay Rhum 5 1 2-0 3-1 N/A
Total 39 14 11-7 18-4 10-3

Roster edit

Great Taste Coffee roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
C 1   Victorino, Manny 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal
G/F 2   Alolor, Alejo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Visayas
G 4 & 44   Lim, Frankie 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Beda
C 7   Banal, Joel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Mapúa
G 11   Manansala, Jaime 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE
F 14   Loyzaga, Chito 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Beda
F 19   Balani, Woodrow 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
F 22   Tuadles, Arnie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Visayas
G 23   Brown, Ricardo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Pepperdine
G 24   Collins, Jeff (I) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UNLV
F 29   Carpio, Bernardo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Ateneo
F 33   Adornado, Bogs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST
G 34   Robinson, Angelo (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Utah
C 45   Vicente, Redentor 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) José Rizal
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Team manager
  •   Ignacio Gotao

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  •   Injured

References edit

  1. ^ "1984 PBA All-Filipino 2nd conference champions".