7-499: The YCO Painters were the multi-titled Filipino basketball team of the YCO Athletic Club that was active from the late 1940s to 1981 in the now-defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA). YCO Athletic Club was founded by businessman and sportsman Manuel “Manolo” Elizalde and owned under his company Elizalde & Co., Inc., manufacturers of YCO floor wax and paints. The Painters were known as
14-599: The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Afterwards, it would continue as a farm league of sorts for the PBA until the league closed down before the end of 1981. 1960s and the YCO-Ysmael rivalry: Champions from 1970 to 1981: Pre-PBA era (1938-1975): New teams in the post-PBA era (1975-1981): (A-K) (L-Z) ABS TV-3 (now ABS-CBN ) was the first network to cover
21-603: The Painters wrapped the National Open, MICAA and Challenge to Champions diadems, including winning 95 out of 109 games. When Elizalde & Co., Inc. became one of nine companies that formed the professional Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in 1975, the YCO franchise was retained in the amateur ranks and elevated most of its YCO players to their professional PBA franchise, named Tanduay . The YCO franchise ended with
28-602: The closure of the MICAA in 1982. The Painters were best remembered for its rivalry with the Ysmael Steel Admirals from 1958 to 1967. The Painters and the Admirals would split the MICAA championships in the first four years of the 1960s playing against each other, The Painters won in 1960 and 1963 and the Admirals in 1961–1962. During the 1961 MICAA finals, with the best-of-three series tied at 1-1, YCO defaulted
35-542: The first basketball dynasty in the Philippines, having dominated MICAA and BAP tournaments during the 1950s to early 1960s. The team's most famous player was Carlos Loyzaga , considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of his time. It made basketball history by winning seven consecutive National Open championships (1954-1960), seven MICAA titles and the first grandslam in Philippine basketball (1954), when
42-867: The game for refusing to play in the final game at the Araneta Coliseum and the Admirals were declared champions. The Admirals disbanded after winning the 1967 MICAA crown. From 1986 to 1987, a new YCO franchise briefly emerged to play in the Phililippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL), called the YCO Shine Masters . The franchise was short-lived due to the financial difficulties faced by its parent, Elizalde & Co., Inc. (A-F) (G-L) (M-R) (S-Z) Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association The Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association ( MICAA )
49-507: Was a sports association which existed in Manila , Philippines from 1938 to 1981. Throughout its existence, it staged various sports and was participated by prominent Philippine companies. After World War II , its basketball tournament became the country's premier basketball league until 1975, when nine of its members broke away to form the very first professional basketball league in Asia ,
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