The Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards are a professional

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team based in

Nueva Ecija Nueva Ecija, officially the Province of Nueva Ecija ( tgl, Lalawigan ng Nueva Ecija , also ; ilo, Probinsia ti Nueva Ecija; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Ecija; Kapampangan: ''Lalawigan/Probinsia ning Nueva Ecija''), is a landlocked province ...

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. It competes in the

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines. History Manny Pacquiao launched the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League on August 29, 2017, starting off as a semi-professional lea ...

(MPBL), and formerly in the

Filbasket The Filipino Basketball League, also known as Filbasket, is a professional basketball league founded in 2021 in the Philippines. Its first season was launched on October 28, 2021, featured eleven teams and ran for a period of 26 days. AICC Man ...

under the name of Nueva Ecija Capitals, as well as the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3.

History

In May 2019, the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards formally joined the

(MPBL), becoming the first major professional basketball team based in the province since the Nueva Ecija Patriots of the now-defunct

Metropolitan Basketball Association The Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), or Metroball, was a professional basketball league in the Philippines that ran from March 7, 1998, to July 26, 2002. History The MBA played its first game on March 7, 1998, at the Don Narciso Ramos ...

(MBA). During the middle part of

2019–20 MPBL season The 2019–2020 MPBL season, known as the MPBL Lakan Season or Chooks-to-Go MPBL Lakan Season for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League and the second full season with a national scope. It was offic ...

, the team tapped Charles Tiu as their head coach, replacing Alvin Grey.

Current roster

Depth Chart

Head Coaches

* Eric Gascon (2019) * Alvin Grey (2019) * Charles Tiu (2019–2021) * Carlo Tan (2021–2022) * Jerson Cabiltes (2022–present)

MPBL records

References

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