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The Bicol Volcanoes are a Filipino professional basketball team based in the Bicol Region. The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. They are the lone team based in the Bicol Region and split their home games between the Ibalong Centrum for Recreation and the Albay Astrodome, both located in Legazpi, Albay. The team was founded as one of six expansion teams for the league's 2019–20 season.[1]
History
Founded in 2019, the Bicol franchise joined the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as an expansion team for its 2019–20 season. The franchise was originally going to named the Albay Volcanoes,[2] but changed its location identifier to Bicol to represent the entire region.
Led by ex-PBA cager Ronjay Buenafe, the Volcanoes finished with a 16–14 record, clinching the eighth seed in the playoffs. Bicol faced the first-seeded Davao Occidental Tigers in the First Round. The team won game 2 to tie the series, marking the first time that an 8-seed won a playoff game against a 1-seed.[3] Unfortunately, Bicol would lose the deciding game 3 in overtime.[4] Bicol was one of the 22 teams that took part in the 2021 Invitational. After finishing second place in Group B, the team would lose to Imus in the Quarterfinals.[5][6]
After opting out of the 2022 season, the team returned for the succeeding 2023 season. The team would go on to win only one game in the 28-game season, which came against Mindoro in the 17th game.[7]
Current roster
Head coaches
- Monel Kallos (2019–2020)
- Aldin Ayo (2021)
- Vis Valencia (2023)
- Jason Santiago (2023–present)
Notable players
| colspan="5" style="Шаблон:MPBL color cell;"|Bicol Volcanoes notable players | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="Шаблон:MPBL color cell2;"|Player | style="Шаблон:MPBL color cell2;"|Position | style="Шаблон:MPBL color cell2;"|Tenure | style="Шаблон:MPBL color cell2;"|Awards | style="Шаблон:MPBL color cell2;"|All-Star |
| Ronjay Buenafe | 2019–2020 | — | 1 (2020) |
Season-by-season records
- Records as of the 2023 MPBL season:
| Season | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Finish | W | L | PCT | Stage | Results | |
| colspan=10 style="Шаблон:Box-shadow border; background-color:#Шаблон:MPBL color;"|Bicol Volcanoes | |||||||
| 2019–20 Шаблон:Nowrap |
South | 8th | 16 | 14 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | Шаблон:Nowrap | Шаблон:Nowrap |
| 2022 | colspan="7" Шаблон:N/a | ||||||
| 2023 | South | 14th | 1 | 27 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | Did not qualify | |
| All-time regular season record | 17 | 41 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 1 playoff appearance | |||
| All-time playoff record | 1 | 2 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 0 Finals appearances | |||
| All-time overall record | 18 | 43 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 0 championships | |||
Home arenas
- Albay Astrodome – Legazpi, Albay (2019–2020)
- Ibalong Centrum for Recreation – Legazpi, Albay (2019–2020)
References
