Mindoro Tamaraws

The Mindoro Tamaraws are a Filipino professional basketball team based in the province of Oriental Mindoro. The team primarily competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. The team splits its home games between the Sentrong Pangkabataan in Calapan and the Pola Gymnasium in Pola.

The team began play during the 2019–20 season. The franchise also competed in NBL–Pilipinas as the Mindoro Tamaraws Disiplinados (stylized as Disipl-Ina-dos) during the 2021 Chairman's Cup. The Tamaraws are the lone team based in the Mimaropa region.

Currently, the Mindoro franchise is the oldest such in the MPBL that has yet to make a playoff appearance. They are also tied with the Biñan Tatak Gel for the longest playoff drought overall, having missed the playoffs in the last four seasons as of 2024.

History

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

The Mindoro Tamaraws joined the MPBL as an expansion team for the 2019–20 season, backed by 7A Sports and with Justin Tan as the team owner In the Tamaraws' inaugural season, the team finished 12th in the South with a 9-21 record. In April 2020, actress and Pola mayor Jennifer "Ina Alegre" Cruz became co-owner of the team.

In the 2021 MPBL Invitational, Mindoro was able to make the playoff tournament by placing second in Group D. The team would go on to lose to the eventual Invitational champion Basilan Jumbo Plastic in the quarterfinals. Despite the great performance, in the 2022 season, the Tams finished with the worst record in the league, only getting one win in 21 games.

Heading into the 2023 season, the team was renamed the Oriental Mindoro Disiplinados; it would be changed partially to Mindoro Disiplinados in June 2023. On July 4, 2023, the Disiplinados played its first-ever home game in the Sentrong Pangkabataan. Later in the month, the team joined the Junior MPBL with the Mindoro Junior Disiplinados, the team was previously the junior team of the Caloocan Batang Kankaloo.

National Basketball League

In 2021, a second team dubbed as the Mindoro Tamaraws Disiplinados was formed for the NBL–Pilipinas which is meant to a more homegrown-oriented team as opposed to the MPBL team which is intended to be the "showcase team".

Scheduled Pilipinas Super League participation

In October 2023, the Disiplinados were announced as one of the new teams for the Pilipinas Super League's 2023–24 President's Cup, where team would supposedly participate under the name ''RCP Pola Disiplinados– Shawarma Shack''.

During the opening ceremonies, however, there was no mention of the Disiplinados. The team would move forward as the ''RCP–Shawarma Shack Demigods''.

Home venues

When mayor Cruz joined the team's ownership, it was also reported that a new arena was under construction in Calapan. The arena became known as the Sentrong Pangkabataan and opened its doors in 2023. In 2024, the Mindoro franchise moved to the Pola Gymnasium in Pola before going back to Calapan in 2025.

Current roster

Head coaches

Notable players

MPBL All-Star Day

All-Star selections
* Rodel Vaygan – 2020
* Khen Osicos – 2022
* JJ Caspe – 2024

PBA players

Ex-PBA players
* Mac Baracael
* Paulo Hubalde
* Ronnie Matias
* Magi Sison
* Teytey Teodoro

Season-by-season records

External links

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References

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MPBL teams
National Basketball League (Philippines) teams
2019 establishments in the Philippines
Basketball teams established in 2019
Sports in Oriental Mindoro