5-730: The Ysmael Steel Admirals were a basketball team that became active in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) from 1958 to 1968. It was best known for its rivalry with the YCO Painters . It won numerous titles in the National Open and the MICAA. The team was owned by the Ysmael Steel Manufacturing Company, the licensed manufacturer of Admiral home appliances in
10-599: 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
15-595: The MICAA crown in 1962, winning over the Painters, 69-62, in the finals clincher on May 14. Top scorers were Narciso Bernardo and Eduardo Pacheco, the previous year, the Admirals won the title by default when YCO refused to play the third and final game at the Araneta Coliseum. Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association The Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association ( MICAA )
20-577: The Philippines during that period. On January 28, 1961, Ysmael Steel ended YCO's seven-year reign in the National Open championships, winning 100-89, before 10,000 fans at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, In that game, six Admirals scored in double figures, led by Alfonso Marquez with 22 points, Geronimo Cruz with 15, Cesar Jota with 13, and Narciso Bernardo, Cristobal Ramas and Edgardo Roque with 12 points apiece. Ysmael Steel retained
25-507: 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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