# 2019–20 Basilan Steel season

The 2019–20 Basilan Steel season was the second season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
The Steel were able to improve from their previous campaign after snatching their ninth win on September 17, surpassing their 7–18 record in win percentage. They would then win 11 of the remaining 13 games to finish the season 20–10 and finish as the third seed in the South Division.
Their playoff run began with a sweep against Iloilo followed by a 2–1 series victory over Bacoor City. In the division finals against the Davao Occidental Tigers, Basilan would win game 1 against the reigning division champions on opposing grounds before the Tigers tied the series in game 2. Following the one-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, game 3 was originally scheduled for March 10, 2021, but was postponed by a week due to a player being tested positive for the virus. By March 17, multiple members of the Basilan team had also been tested positive, thus the league decided to rule them out of the series, abruptly ending their season. Davao Occidental would eventually become champions in the national finals. Following the controversial ruling, the team moved to the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup in 2021, then the Pilipinas Super League in 2022 before ultimately returning to the MPBL in 2025.
All of the team's home games this season were played at the Lamitan Capitol Gymnasium in Lamitan.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Davao Occidental Tigers | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | — | Playoffs |
| 2 | Bacoor City Strikers | 30 | 24 | 6 | .800 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Basilan Steel | 30 | 20 | 10 | .667 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Batangas City Athletics | 30 | 19 | 11 | .633 | 7 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines | 30 | 18 | 12 | .600 | 8 | Playoffs |
* ↑ Zamboanga (1.071), Iloilo (0.976), and General Santos (0.960) are ranked based on head-to-head point quotient.

### Schedule

2019–20 Basilan Steel season schedule :
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record |
| 1 | June 12 | Bicol | W 94–83 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 1–0 |
| 2 | June 26 | Pampanga | W 83–74 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 2–0 |
| 3 | July 2 | Bulacan | L 55–65 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 2–1 |
| 4 | July 9 | Marikina | W 86–83 | San Andres Sports Complex | 3–1 |
| 5 | July 16 | Batangas City | L 89–101 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 3–2 |
| 6 | July 19 | Biñan City | L 78–94 | Alonte Sports Arena | 3–3 |
| 7 | July 24 | Valenzuela | W 87–78 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 4–3 |
| 8 | August 2 | Iloilo | W 78–74 | Pasig Sports Center | 5–3 |
| 9 | August 8 | Mindoro | W 105–89 | Caloocan Sports Complex | 6–3 |
| 10 | August 15 | Makati | L 80–86 | Caloocan Sports Complex | 6–4 |
| 11 | August 20 | Navotas | W 113–94 | Batangas City Coliseum | 7–4 |
| 12 | September 2 | Muntinlupa | W 90–79 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 8–4 |
| 13 | September 13 | San Juan | L 86–89 | Olivarez College | 8–5 |
| 14 | September 17 | Imus | W 98–85 | Angeles University Foundation | 9–5 |
| 15 | September 21 | Davao Occidental | L 71–76 | La Salle Coliseum | 9–6 |
| 16 | October 2 | Manila | L 65–66 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 9–7 |
| 17 | October 5 | Zamboanga | L 78–83 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 9–8 |
| 18 | October 9 | Caloocan | W 82–70 | Olivarez College | 10–8 |
| 19 | October 23 | Bacoor City | W 92–90 | Strike Gymnasium | 11–8 |
| 20 | October 30 | Quezon City | W 86–78 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 12–8 |
| 21 | November 16 | Nueva Ecija | W 93–81 | Lamitan Capitol Gymnasium | 13–8 |
| 22 | November 28 | General Santos | W 85–79 | Lagao Gymnasium | 14–8 |
| 23 | December 14 | Sarangani | W 85–80 | Santa Rosa Sports Complex | 15–8 |
| 24 | December 19 | Bataan | L 83–91 | Bataan People's Center | 15–9 |
| 25 | January 7 | Pasig | W 89–83 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 16–9 |
| 26 | January 11 | Bacolod | L 89–96 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 16–10 |
| 27 | January 14 | Cebu | W 86–78 | San Andres Sports Complex | 17–10 |
| 28 | January 27 | Rizal | W 103–85 | Ynares Center | 18–10 |
| 29 | January 31 | Pasay | W 74–59 | Cuneta Astrodome | 19–10 |
| 30 | February 7 | Parañaque | W 89–71 | Marikina Sports Center | 20–10 |
| Source: Schedule |||||||

## Playoffs
### Schedule

2020 Basilan Steel playoffs schedule :
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series |
| Division Quarterfinals | 1 | February 19 | Iloilo | W 83–68 | Strike Gymnasium | 1–0 |
| Division Quarterfinals | 2 | February 24 | Iloilo | W 70–63 | Lamitan Capitol Gymnasium | 2–0 |
| Division Semifinals | 1 | March 2 | Bacoor City | W 77–63 | Davao City Recreation Center | 1–0 |
| Division Semifinals | 2 | March 5 | Bacoor City | L 69–80 | Strike Gymnasium | 1–1 |
| Division Semifinals | 3 | March 7 | Bacoor City | W 84–76 | Strike Gymnasium | 2–1 |
| Division finals | 1 | March 9 | Davao Occidental | W 74–72 | Davao del Norte Sports Complex | 1–0 |
| Division finals | 2 | March 11 | Davao Occidental | L 76–81 | Lamitan Capitol Gymnasium | 1–1 |
| Division finals | 3 | March 17 | Davao Occidental | L by default | Subic Bay Gymnasium | 1–2 |
| Source: Schedule ||||||||

#### Notes

* ↑ Postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* ↑ Originally, scheduled for March 17, 2021, Davao Occidental won the game by default due to multiple Basilan Steel members being tested positive for COVID-19.