 Bogs Adornado cracked the Mythical five for the third time in his PBA career.Coach Tommy Manotoc left the team to join the San Miguel Beermen as their new mentor beginning the 1981 PBA season, replacing him on the U/Tex bench is their former import Glenn McDonald.The Wranglers made it to the Reinforced Filipino Conference championship, the second and final conference of the season as they played the Crispa Redmanizers in the finals for the third time in five years.