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23-869: The team began play in the 2018 MPBL season as one of the MPBL's charter teams. They also compete in the Pilipinas Super League (PSL) and currently go by the Caloocan Supremos , using the team's original name. Since its founding, the team is owned by the City Government of Caloocan. In 2017, the Caloocan Supremos joined the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as one of the ten charter teams for its inaugural season . The team played in

46-399: A series of games is played in a designated home arena, with the home team usually playing in the final game. The top eight teams overall advanced to a three-round, single-elimination playoffs, playing in best-of-three series in the quarterfinals and semifinals, and a best-of-five series in the finals, with homecourt advantage alternating between the higher seeds of each series (excluding

69-791: A team in the Philippine Basketball Association . The team first went by the Batangas City Athletics before changing to Batangas City Embassy Chill in 2022 to promote one of Tanduay's own products. The team later changed its name to the Tanduay Rum Masters in 2024. The Batangas City franchise has also played in FilBasket . One of the most successful teams in the MPBL, Batangas City won the inaugural championship in 2018 and has made three division finals appearances. They currently have

92-578: The 2018 MPBL finals . The inaugural season featured ten teams, all based in Luzon , making it the only season to not have divisions nor feature teams from Visayas or Mindanao . It is also, to date, the smallest season in terms of size. The inaugural season featured ten teams, all based in Luzon , with no division alignment. Since the MPBL was a semi-professional league at the time, its initial set of roster regulations are made to help promote local talents: The regular season began on January 25, 2018 with

115-764: The MPBL Anta–Rajah Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League . The regular season began on January 25, 2018 with the opening ceremonies at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City , and ended on March 17. The playoffs began on March 20 and ended on April 19 when the Batangas City Athletics defeated the Muntinlupa Cagers in four games in

138-457: The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division . They are one of five active teams based in the Calabarzon region and play their home games at Batangas City Sports Coliseum. The team joined in 2018 as one of the founding teams of the MPBL, backed by Tanduay Distillers as part of the beverage company's athletics program, having previously owned

161-725: The Batang Kankaloo lost to the Pampanga Royce in the Quarterfinals. During the 2023–24 MPBL off-season, the team returned to the PSL, this time going by its original name, the Caloocan Supremos. From 2018 until 2020, the Caloocan Supremos used an orange and blue color scheme. The logo showed a graphic of the Bonifacio Monument on top of a basketball. An outline of a Victory Liner bus, the team's sponsor at

184-488: The Batangas City Athletics were founded as one of the league's ten charter teams. With a record of 8-1, Batangas City captured the league's best record and made it to the 2018 MPBL Rajah Cup finals , where they beat the Muntinlupa Cagers , three games to one, to become the inaugural MPBL champions. In the 2018–19 season , Batangas City ended the season with a record of 13-10 to claim the second seed in

207-612: The Pampanga Giant Lanterns in the Division Semifinals. In 2022, the team joined the Pilipinas Super League for the 2022–23 DUMPER Cup , and subsequently changed its name to the Batang Kankaloo. Batang Kankaloo would also be used as the name of its under-18 team. The team tied for the fourth-best record alongside the Pampanga G Lanterns and Santa Rosa, but settled for the sixth-seed. In the playoffs,

230-706: The Southern Division. The team failed to defend their championship, after they lost to the Davao Occidental Tigers in the division finals in three games. In the 2019–20 season , Batangas City made their third straight playoff appearance with a record of 19-11, but lost to the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines in the First Round in three games. The team opted out of the 2021 Invitational before returning in 2022 , in which

253-463: The Tanduay-backed franchise were among the teams that took part in FilBasket . The team first took part in the 2021 Subic Championship . The Athletics finished 8th, but lost to eventual champions AICC Manila. Right before the 2022 MPBL season, the franchise took part in the succeeding 2022 Summer Championship , marking the franchise's first professional outing. As the Tanduay Rum Masters,

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276-408: The finals). Not all games are in home–away format. Each team plays every team once. Number of asterisks after each score denotes number of overtimes played. Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its division, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage,

299-404: The higher seeded team, are shown in italics . In the quarterfinals, the first- and second-seeded teams host games 1 and 3, while the third- and fourth-seeded teams host game 2. In the semifinals, the highest seeded team hosts games 1 and 3, while the second-highest seeded team hosts game 2. Due to Batangas City advancing after game 2, Muntinlupa instead hosted game 3. In the MPBL finals,

322-541: The higher-seeded team hosts games 1, 2, and 5, while the lower-seeded team hosts games 3 and 4. This season marked the first of three years of ABS-CBN 's broadcast rights with the league. Games were aired on the S+A channel in both SD and HD quality. Batangas City Athletics The Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters are a professional basketball team based in Batangas City , Batangas . The team competes in

345-549: The league's inaugural game against the Parañaque Patriots , but lost, 60-70. The team only won one game in their inaugural season, giving them the worst record that season. In the 2018–19 season , despite finishing with a losing record, Caloocan was tied with the Pampanga Lanterns for the final playoff spot, which Caloocan would clinch because of their victory in the teams' head-to-head matchup. The team

368-418: The opening ceremony at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City . It featured the inaugural game which saw the Parañaque Patriots beating the Caloocan Supremos with a score of 70–60. Daniel San Juan de Guzman of the Parañaque Patriots made the league's first basket in that game. The ten teams played in a single round-robin format, playing one game against all other teams in the league. In each gameday,

391-606: The original Supremos name, now with the orange and green color scheme. The only venue the Caloocan franchise played in was the Caloocan Sports Complex , located on the city's north side. PSL Mythical Team MPBL All-Star selections PSL All-Star selections Ex-PBA players 2018 MPBL season The 2018 MPBL season , also known as the MPBL Rajah Cup or

414-676: The second-highest all-time regular season winning percentage among active teams at .717, only behind the San Juan Knights . To date, they are the only MPBL team to make a playoff appearance in every season of the league's existence. Tanduay's involvement with basketball can be traced back to the Tanduay Rhum Masters that played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975 to 1987 and again from 1999 to 2001 . In 2018 ,

437-430: The team finished the elimination round 11–0, winning every game. During the playoffs, they first beat Muntinlupa in the quarterfinals but would get swept by the fifth-seeded San Juan Knights in the semifinals. The franchise has played most of its home slate at Batangas City Sports Coliseum. The team did play some games at other venues across the province, which includes a few games played at Batangas State University ,

460-494: The team was renamed to Batangas City Embassy Chill. With a 17-4 record, the team made their fourth straight playoff appearance, once again making a run to the division finals, where they would once again fall to Zamboanga in three games. For the 2023 Preseason Invitational , the team was temporarily renamed as the Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters. As the MPBL postponed its fourth season to 2022,

483-554: The time, is also shown. In 2021, upon renaming to the Caloocan Excellence, blue was replaced with green, forming an orange and green color scheme. The logo was a simple text with the team name, but with the Bonifacio Monument replacing the "L" in Caloocan. The simple text logo would carry over with the name change to Batang Kankaloo in 2022. In 2023, during the team's second PSL stint, the team returned to

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506-472: The veteran-led Caloocan squad managed to finish with the team's best record thus far, a 20–8 record, and clinched top four in its division for the first time. Despite a massive improvement from the previous season, none of its players were selected for that season's All-Star Game . In the First Round, the team had a tough matchup against Pasig City MCW Sports , but made it through in a close series that went to game 3. Unfortunately, they would go on to be swept by

529-479: Was then swept in the First Round by the first-seeded Bataan Risers . In the 2019–20 season , even though the team finished with a winning record, they only finished ninth in the Northern Division. For the 2021 Invitational , the team changed their name to the Caloocan Excellence. In the following 2022 season , Caloocan would once again fall short, finishing ninth in the Northern Division. In 2023 ,

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