Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol
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Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol | |
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League | MPBL |
Founded | 2018 |
History | Cebu City Sharks 2018–2019 Cebu Sharks[1] 2019 Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol 2019–present |
Arena | USJ-R Basak Coliseum Hoops Dome Aznar Coliseum[2] |
Location | Cebu, Philippines |
Team colors | |
Main sponsor | International Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
Head coach | Expedito "Noynoy" Falcasantos[3] |
The Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol[1] was a Filipino amateur basketball team based in the province of Cebu. The team last competed in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and played their home games in multiple venues across the province.
The team began play in the 2018–19 season as the Cebu City Sharks and have been inactive following the 2019–20 season.
The team was owned by International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated with sponsorship from Casino Ethyl Alcohol.[4]
History
[edit]The Cebu City Sharks were one of sixteen expansion teams in the 2018–19 MPBL season, as well as the first team based in Visayas. That season saw Cebu make the playoffs despite having a losing record, they eventually lost to the Davao Occidental Tigers.
In the 2019–20 season, the team finished ninth, one game behind the eighth-place team in the South Division, the Bicol Volcanoes.
The Cebu franchise was among the teams that were set to return for the 2023 season,[5] but ultimately did not make the final cut.
Final roster
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Head coaches
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2018–present | |||||||||||||
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# | Name | Start | End | Regular season | Playoffs | Best finish | Achievements | ||||||
GC | W | L | Win% | GC | W | L | Win% | ||||||
1 | Gilbert Castillo | 2018 | July 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
2 | Norberto Manalili | 2018 | 2019 | 34 | 15 | 19 | .441 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | South Division Playoffs - First round | – |
3 | Expedito Falcasantos | 2019 | 2020 |
Notable players
[edit]Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol notable players | ||||
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Player | Position | Tenure | Awards | All-Star |
Will McAloney | 2018–2020 | — | 1 (2020) | |
Patrick Cabahug | 2018–2020 | — | 1 (2019) |
Season-by-season records
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Division champions | |
Qualified for playoffs | |
Best regular season record |
Season | Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||
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Division | Finish | W | L | PCT | Stage | Results | |||
Cebu City Sharks | |||||||||
2018–19 Datu Cup |
South | 8th | 11 | 14 | .440 | First Round | lost vs. Davao Occidental, 0–2 | ||
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2019–20 Lakan Season |
South | 9th | 15 | 15 | .500 | Did not qualify | |||
2022 | Did not participate | ||||||||
2023 | |||||||||
2024 | |||||||||
All-time regular season record | 26 | 29 | .473 | 1 playoff appearance | |||||
All-time playoff record | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 Finals appearances | |||||
All-time overall record | 26 | 31 | .456 | 0 championships |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Panerio, Jonas Rey N. (May 27, 2019). "Sharks not just representing Cebu City, but the entire Cebu Province now". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ "Cebu raring to take on General Santos in MPBL home game this Saturday". Sun.Star. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ "New coach for Cebu". Sun.Star. September 10, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ Panerio, Jonas (May 22, 2018). "Cebu City Sharks excited over chance to play more home games in MPBL debut". Spin.ph. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ "MPBL welcomes Quezon Province, Negros Muscovados". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved March 27, 2023.