Bulacan Kuyas

Bulacan Kuyas
2024 Bulacan Kuyas season
Division	North Division
League	MPBL
Founded	2017 (2017)
History	Bulacan Kuyas 2018–present
Arena	Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium
Location	Bulacan
Team colors
Head coach	Jonathan Reyes

The Bulacan Kuyas are a Filipino professional basketball team based in the province of Bulacan. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. They are one of five teams based in the Central Luzon region and most recently played their home games at Baliwag Star Arena in Baliwag.

The team was founded as one of the MPBL's charter teams in its inaugural season. They have also took part in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3.

History

Founding

The Bulacan Kuyas are among the ten charter teams featured in the inaugural season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. They were also the champions of the pre-season tournament the league held prior to the season. Throughout the 2018 season, the team played their home games at the Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium in Malolos. The team inked a partnership with the Ligo Sardines for the 2018 season.

2018–2021: The Taganas era

In their first season, Bulacan were one of three teams with a 6-3 record and claimed the second seed with a tiebreaker on point differential. The team, however, would fall in an upset against the Panañaque Patriots in the Quarterfinals.

Entering the 2018–19 season, the team signed a deal with Mighty Sports to become the team's new major sponsor. The team once again made the playoffs, but once again lost in the First Round to the Manila Stars. Then in the 2019–20 season, they made the playoffs for the third straight season, but lost to the Makati Super Crunch. After competing in the 2021 Invitational, the team opted out of the 2022 season.

2023–present: Return and sudden decline

The team would make a return in 2023. Since then, the team has failed to return to their amateur era form. After starting the 2023 season 6–4, the team went on to win only one out of their remaining 18 games to finish the season 7–21. In 2024, the Kuyas only won two games out of 28 and ended up as the worst team in the North Division that season.

Team identity

The team is named after former Bulacan First District Representative Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado, whose nickname is "Kuya". He served as the team's owner and backer during its foundation.

During the team's first three seasons, it used a color scheme that primarily revolves around the color pink, with purple or blue-green as the secondary color. When the team returned in 2023, the primary color was switched to green.

Home venues

Most of the Bulacan Kuyas' home games are played at the Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium alongside secondary venues Baliwag Star Arena and Malolos Sports and Convention Center. In 2023, the team played all of their home games at Baliwag Star Arena.

Venue	Location	2018	2018–19	2019–20	2022	2023	2024
Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium	Malolos, Bulacan	Y	Y	Y	DNP	N	N
Malolos Sports and Convention Center	Malolos, Bulacan	N	N	Y		N	N
Baliwag Star Arena	Baliwag, Bulacan	N	Y	Y		Y	N

Current roster

Bulacan Kuyas roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 0 Hubalde, Paolo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UE G 1 Ibañez, Niño 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Lyceum G 3 Montero, Joshua 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) G 4 dela Cruz, Jovit (HG) 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian F 6 Celis, Jason 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) José Rizal G 8 Wong, Denzel 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) F 9 Dada, Andrei 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) G 10 Melegrito, Kojack 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Letran G 11 Andales, Mark 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F 13 Osicos, Khenn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) TIP F/C 14 Mallari, Lawrence (HG) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) STI Batangas G 15 Sandilong, Steven 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) C 16 Tancioco, Francisco 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Enderun G 23 Manzo, Ralph 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) G 27 Acosta, Mark Anthony 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) C 32 Viernes, Franco 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) F 33 Santiago, Cyril (HG) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) F 35 Carandang, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Arellano F 50 Dulalia, Andrei 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F 73 Baltazar, Jan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SCT

Head coach Jonathan Reyes Assistant coach(es) Jowee Dada Danilo Ramirez Legend (HG) Homegrown (FF) Filipino-foreigner (SGL) Special Guest Licensee (RS) Reserve player Injured Roster – via Genius Sports Updated as of: June 14, 2024

Head coaches

#	Name	Term	Ref.
1	Ogie Gumatay	2018
2	Chris Baluyot	2018
3	Britt Reroma	2018–2019–2019
4	Kerwin McCoy	2019–2021
5	Ralph Emerson Rivera	2021
6	Alvin Grey	2023
7	Jerry Codiñera	2023
8	Joseph Mabagos	2023
9	Jonathan Reyes	2024

Notable players

MPBL All-Star Day

All-Star selections

• Jay-R Taganas – 2019, 2020
• Renzo Alcoriza – 2023

Pre-game event winners

• Lester Alvarez – Three-Point Shootout (2020)

PBA players

Ex-PBA players

• Lester Alvarez
• Marlou Aquino
• Bryan Faundo
• Paulo Hubalde
• James Martinez
• Ogie Menor
• Hans Thiele

Season-by-season records

	League champions
	Division champions
	Qualified for playoffs
	Best regular season record

Season	Regular season							Playoffs
	Division	Finish	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Stage	Results
Bulacan Kuyas
2018 Rajah Cup	—	2nd	9	6	3	.667	2	Quarterfinals	lost vs. Parañaque, 1–2
2018–19 Datu Cup	North	5th	25	14	11	.560	9	Division quarterfinals	lost vs. Manila, 0–2
2019–20 Lakan Season	North	6th	30	19	11	.633	7	Division quarterfinals	lost vs. Makati, 0–2
Did not participate in 2022
2023	North	12th	28	7	21	.250	19	Did not qualify
2024	North	14th	28	2	26	.071	24
All-time regular season record			120	48	72	.500		3 playoff appearances
All-time playoff record			7	1	6	.143		0 Finals appearances
All-time overall record			127	49	78	.475		0 championships