1978 Royal Tru-Orange season

1978 Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coach	Edgardo Ocampo
Owner(s)	San Miguel Corporation
All-Filipino Conference results Record 5–9 (.357) Place 6th Playoff finish N/A Open Conference results Record 7–7 (.500) Place 5th Playoff finish N/A Invitational Conference results Record 0–0   Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Royal Tru-Orange seasons 1977 1979

The 1978 Royal Tru-Orange season was the 4th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Off-season transactions

• Acquired Marte Samson and Valerio Delos Santos from Tanduay.
• Signed Rudy Lalota of Manilabank in the MICAA, Leo Paguntalan and Tony Torrente.
• Signed Marlowe Jacutin, Jess Migalbin and Ricardo Dela Pena, all San Miguel players from the MICAA.

Summary

Royal placed sixth in the first conference of the season. In the second conference, they were reinforced by hard-working imports Frank Gugliotta and Larry Williams. RTO were tied with U-Tex and Tanduay on top with five wins and two losses in the first round of eliminations, the Orangemen were almost assured of a semifinals berth until Toyota won its remaining games to virtually eliminated Royal. ^[1]

Roster

ROSTER	#	POS	HT
Maximo Baguio	2	Guard	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Ricardo dela Pena	6	Forward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Valerio delos Santos	10	Forward	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Marlowe Jacutin	12	Forward	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Rudy Lalota	15	Center-Forward	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Yoyong Martirez	14	Guard	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Jesus Migalbin	5	Center-Forward	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Leonardo Paguntalan	16	Guard	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Manuel Pineda	8	Guard	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Norberto Rivera	3	Forward	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Marte Samson	41	Center-Forward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Antonio Torrente	7	Guard	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Wilfredo Velasco		Guard	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Frank Gugliotta ^Import	13	Center	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Larry Williams ^Import	17	Forward-Center	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)

References

1. "Royal Tru-Orange". 1978 PBA Annual.

External links

• www.pba-online.net