The Cebu Greats is a Filipino professional basketball team based in the Cebu metropolitan area. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. The team has played its home games across multiple venues across Metro Cebu.
| Cebu Greats | |
|---|---|
 2026 Cebu Greats season | |
| League | MPBL |
| Founded | 2018 |
| History | Cebu City Sharks 2018–2019 Cebu Sharks 2019 Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol 2019–2020 Cebu Classic 2025 Cebu Greats 2025–present |
| Arena | Southwestern University University of San Jose–Recoletos[1] |
| Location | Cebu, Philippines |
| Team colors | |
| Head coach | Aldrin Morante |
The team began play in the 2018–19 season as the Cebu City Sharks, then renamed as the Cebu Sharks the following season.[2] Midway through the season, the team was renamed as the Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol, named after Casino Ethyl Alcohol from owners International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.[3]
The team then went on hiatus for five years before making a return for the 2025 MPBL season as the Cebu Classic, before an ownership change in the middle of that season saw the franchise rebrand as the Cebu Greats. The Cebu franchise is one of four teams based in Visayas, the teams are Bacolod Masskara, Negros Hacienderos and Iloilo United Royals and the lone team based in the Central Visayas region.
History
edit2018–2020: First stint
editThe 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 also had an all-star selection in each of its first two seasons: Patrick Cabahug in 2019 and Will McAloney in 2020.
2025–present: Second stint
editThe Cebu franchise was mentioned as among the teams that were set to return for the league's 2023 season,[4] however its return did not materialize for unknown reasons. Two years later in 2025, another attempt at Cebu's return to the MPBL was first reported by journalist Snow Badua, stating from his source that the franchise was bought by new management and that it is "finalizing details” for its revival.[5] The revival will be managed by Voltaire Ora, who was previously the team manager of the Valenzuela Classic. Among the players joining the revived team are Paulo Hubalde and Rashawn McCarthy.[6] Greg Slaughter was also set to join, but eventually turned away from the team.
Team roster
editCurrent roster
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Head coaches
edit| Cebu Greats head coaches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Start | End | Achievements | Ref. |
| 1 | Gilbert Castillo | 2018 | 2018 | — | [3] |
| 2 | Norberto Manalili | 2018 | 2019 | — | [7] |
| 3 | Expedito Falcasantos | 2019 | 2020 | — | [8] |
| 4 | Mike Reyes | 2025 | — | [9] | |
| 5 | Junthy Valenzuela | 2025 | 2025 | — | [10] |
| 6 | Aldrin Morante | 2026 | current | — | |
Notable players
editSeason-by-season records
editNote: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2025 MPBL season.
| League champions | |
| Division champions | |
| Qualified for playoffs | |
| Best regular season record |
| Season | League | Division | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB | Round | Results | |||
| Cebu City Sharks | ||||||||||
| 2018–19 | MPBL | South | 8th | 25 | 11 | 14 | .440 | 9 | Division quarterfinals | lost vs. Davao Occidental, 0–2 |
| Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol | ||||||||||
| 2019–20 | MPBL | South | 9th | 30 | 15 | 15 | .500 | 11 | Did not qualify | |
| Did not participate from 2022 to 2024 | ||||||||||
| Cebu Greats | ||||||||||
| 2025 | MPBL | South | 10th | 29 | 11 | 18 | .379 | 14 | Clinched play-in; did not qualify playoffs | |
| 2026 | MPBL | South | Ongoing season | Currently in playoff contention | ||||||
| Regular season record | 84 | 37 | 47 | .440 | 1 playoff appearance | |||||
| Playoff record | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 finals appearances | |||||
| Cumulative record | 84 | 37 | 49 | .430 | 0 championships | |||||
References
edit- ↑ "Cebu raring to take on General Santos in MPBL home game this Saturday". Sun.Star. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Badua, Snow (February 12, 2025). "Greg Slaughter eyed as cornerstone of new Cebu team in MPBL". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ↑ Villaruel, Emmanuel B. (February 17, 2025). "Cebu mobalik sa MPBL, Slaughter maoy mangu" [Cebu returns to MPBL, Slaughter to lead]. Philstar.com (in Cebuano). Retrieved February 19, 2025.
- ↑ Panerio, Jonas Rey N. (May 27, 2019). "Cebu Sharks still 6 out of 10, says coach". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
- ↑ "New coach for Cebu". Sun.Star. September 10, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Bracing for MPBL return: Cebu taps Mike Reyes as part of coaching staff". www.philstar.com. March 4, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
- ↑ Badua, Snow (June 23, 2025). "Junthy, Quinahan answer call to restore lost pride for Cebu team". Spin.ph. Retrieved June 24, 2025.
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