 The Wranglers acquired Lim Eng Beng, Jaime Noblezada, Romualdo Cabading and Roy Deles from the soon-to-be defunct ballclub Quasar TV Makers in the second conference.The year 1977 saw Tommy Manotoc, a two-time former national golf champion, taking over the U/Tex coaching chores from Narciso Bernardo at the beginning of the second conference.The Wranglers were earlier involved in the league's first-ever trade where they shipped Danny Florencio and Jaime Otazu to 7-Up Uncolas for veterans Carlos Rodriguez and Cristino Reynoso.