The MICAA Thread

[pepman]

This is the official MICAA thread, PExers!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post your memories, basta anything about MICAA.

Please.

Peace.

[manok00]

MICAA? di ba pre-PBA years pa ito?
Hindi pa yata napapanganak ako.

[donlyn]

wow .... what a thread........ so where is thru the years???

[Big Ticket]

pepman, simulan mo na....wala pa kami sa mundo nun nagsimula at natapos to....

[booksale]

ah the good old days, pre-BAP. where jay mercado?

[theo78]

this is freaky...hehe! micaa...basta tine-televise daw noong araw...

[ceedee]

i think we should let the threadstarter post about his MICAA memories first, then we will follow.

[ceedee]

ah the good old days, pre-BAP. where jay mercado?

actually, BAP is already existing during that time. its head was Gonzalo Puyat. and we all know he is the main reason why PBA was born.

bale, pre-PBA days yun.

[KevinDurant]

nadagdagan na naman ng thread si Pepman...sino ba ang leading sa kanila ni D.Rose.??

[Jay P. Mercado]

And the MICAA has been in existence since the pre-war days, 1939 if I'm not mistaken. It's called the Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association and it wasn't only basketball which was the sport that it endeavored itself to. Basketball though became the biggest sport for this commercial league.

I'll add my inputs later, if ever...:-) I came out with a thread with an exact title over at another fora...I'm hoping more information would come out here from some of our oldtimers...

[StJames]

My only recollection of MICAA was me getting pissed after Apcor defeated Yco in the championships. My dad was a big Yco fan so I cheered with him. Ramon Cruz I think was the hero of that game. That probably was also the time the Yco dynasty crumbled although MICAA folded up after a year. Apcor was an up & coming team with some of the best young players suiting up for them: Rey Lazaro, Rad Pasco, Terry & Marte Saldana, Zaldy Latoza, Bay Cristobal & Hector Calma later on.

[Big Ticket]

nadagdagan na naman ng thread si Pepman...sino ba ang leading sa kanila ni D.Rose.??

sa 1st page pa lang:

derrick rose - 5
pepman - 3

natatalo ka, pepman, bawi na!

[tito423]

MICAA through the years

[theo78]

what if kung may MICAA pa? sumasali pa rin kaya ang philippines sa olympics?

[killernoodle]

anak ng...

[TheEndofDays]

what if kung may MICAA pa? sumasali pa rin kaya ang philippines sa olympics?

The MICAA is instrumental for the basketball in the Philippines and the contributor for the name of the Philippines on international games. During that time pag pinag-usapan Olympics or Asia Games yung magagaling ng MICAA ang inaasahan sasali at mananalo

Everything turned-out different on 1974 when PBA was instituted

[killernoodle]

pba was formed out of frustrations from micaa, so iyong mga anti-pba diyan, gawa na kayo ng liga niyo, malay mo mas maganda pa kalalabasan

[Jay P. Mercado]

Then BAP President Gonzalo "Lito" Puyat, the person responsible for making disgruntled members of the MICAA revolt and form the league, also had his own team in the league. Their family owned ManilaBank, a commercial bank that was big back in the 60's and 70's. The Bankers were quite competitive during those times, although I don't recall them having won a championship during the Crispa-Komatsu-Meralco era. The top teams back then were Crispa, Komatsu, Opel-Yutivo, U/Tex and Mariwasa. Komatsu was the sister company of Toyota, owned by the Silverios.

When the PBA opened shop in 1975, the members were Crispa of the Floros, Toyota of the Silverios, U/Tex of Walter Euyang, Royal Tru Orange of the Sorianos / SMB, Tanduay of the Elizaldes, CFC of the Gokongweis, 7/Up of the Senens (multinational company), Mariwasa of the Cosetengs and Carrier of the Concepcions. Manilabank stayed on and the MICAA was then participated by sister teams of the PBA teams. Toyota had Frigidaire / MAN Diesel, Tanduay had Yco Paints, Royal Tru Orange had the San Miguel Braves, U/Tex had Solid Mills, among others. Other teams include smaller companies like Romago, Imperial Textile Mills (ITM), Talon Zipper, among others.

[fordmo47]

Jay,

Nanalo ang Manilabank sa YCO nuong 1976. YCO ang unang nag champion sa revamped MICAA nuong 1975.

Nung nag exodus sa PBA yung magagaling, naging amateur powerhouse bigla ang Manilabank kasi intact sila. Ang kanilang pina unang achievement of note ay nang naging runner up sila sa Crispa sa 1975 Invitational kasi yung mga magagaling ng Crispa katulad nina Atoy Co, Bogs Adornado, Rudy Soriano, at Johnny Revilla di pa nag p PBA (and that is another story, kasi alam ng lolo ko hindi totoo yung sabi ni Team Owner Danny Floro na kaya di mag propro sina Atoy dahil gusto raw nila irepresent ang Philippines sa mga international compettions tulad ng ABC.

Sa YCO ang mga notable players duon sina Freddie Webb, Mike Bilbao at si Botyok delos Santos, Jose Remonte (mga hold-overs ng pre-PBA MICAA) at si Orly Castelo na sa San Miguel nag-laro bago nagkaroon ng revamped MICAA.

Sa Manilabank naman sina Jojo (Flint) de Guzman, Rudy Hines at Romy Cabading naman ang mga notable players.

Yung 1975 revamped MICAA notable kasi nagkaroon ng rumble between YCO and Manilabank sa Opening Day involving the future Senator Webb.

[Jay P. Mercado]

Thanks Fordmo. Which probably made me like the Bankers back then because of that 1976 title. Remember that Fernando "Jojo" De Guzman, who was already ripe to join the pros, held back and didn't play for any pro team because of his loyalty with the Puyats? De Guzman eventually went to the pros in 1980 with the expansion team Tefilin Polyesters, and once held the PBA record of scoring 5 out of 5 three pointers in one game. The sweet-shooting De Guzman was one of my favorite players back then in the amateur ranks as I was partial to those who can shoot from afar (Renato Lobo, Emerito Legaspi, Angelito Ladores, Federico Lauchengco, etc.)

And yes, Manilabank wasn't affected as most of their players didn't suit up for the PBA. They retained the core of their team and if I'm not mistaken, they even got the services of former national player Rogelio "Tembong" Melencio for a season or two. Not sure about this though as I can barely remember Melencio's exploits after Opel-Yutivo. What I'm sure though was Melencio didn't play in the PBA.

The Crispa issue was well-planned by Floro. The original Crispa players who suited up for the team in the first few games of the PBA first conference were the reserves like Rey Pages, Cris Calilan, Jess Sta. Maria, Eric Leano, Alex Azurin, Rey Vallejo, among others. Floro didn't bring in his superstars like Adornado, Co, Hubalde, Cezar, Fabiosa, Guidaben and Soriano at the start to veer away from the Protect 8 rule set by the PBA. That rule was essentially to bring in only 8 players from your MICAA team and the rest would eventually be dispersed to the other teams. Floro cited that some of his top guns had to play for the national team which happened sometime late March, or a week or two before the PBA started. The Redmanizers initially lost their first 3 games in the PBA until the troops minus Adornado came in and joined the team. This happened after Crispa defeated Manilabank in the 1975 Invitationals. Adornado later joined them after a game or two to complete the lineup. They eventually dropped the other players with Sta. Maria going to Toyota (one of only two PBA players to have suited up for both teams, the other being import Byron "Snake" Jones). Vallejo, Pages and Calilan stayed behind. I remember Vallejo wearing jersey number 4, Pages had jersey number 8 and Calilan jersey number 23 for Crispa.

I'm not sure if 1977 PBA ROY Jimmy Taguines was also part of the Bankers back then. What I do know was Arnie Tuadles also suited up in 1977 for Manilabank and then went to the San Miguel Braves in 1978 where he joined his fellow Cebuanos Marlowe Jacutin, Salvador Ramas, among others. Virgilio "Gil" Cortez, the 1976 ROY, also suited up for the Bankers if I'm not mistaken.