# Caloocan Batang Kankaloo

The Caloocan Batang Kankaloo (currently competing as the Caloocan Supremos) are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Caloocan. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. The team plays its home games at Caloocan Sports Complex, located on the northern portion of the city.
The team began play in the 2018 MPBL season as one of the MPBL's charter teams. They also compete in the Pilipinas Super League (PSL) and currently go by the Caloocan Supremos, the team's original name.
The Caloocan franchise is one of two teams based in the Northern Manila District of Metro Manila, the other being the Val City Magic. Since its founding, the team is owned by the City Government of Caloocan.

## History
### Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

In 2017, the Caloocan Supremos joined the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as one of the ten charter teams for its inaugural season. The team played in the league's inaugural game against the Parañaque Patriots, but lost, 60-70. The team only won one game in their inaugural season, giving them the worst record that season.
In the 2018–19 season, despite finishing with a losing record, Caloocan was tied with the Pampanga Lanterns for the final playoff spot, which Caloocan would clinch because of their victory in the teams' head-to-head matchup. The team was then swept in the First Round by the first-seeded Bataan Risers. In the 2019–20 season, even though the team finished with a winning record, they only finished ninth in the Northern Division.
For the 2021 Invitational, the team changed their name to the Caloocan Excellence. In the following 2022 season, Caloocan would once again fall short, finishing ninth in the Northern Division.
In 2023, the veteran-led Caloocan squad managed to finish with the team's best record thus far, a 20–8 record, and clinched top four in its division for the first time. Despite a massive improvement from the previous season, none of its players were selected for that season's All-Star Game. In the First Round, the team had a tough matchup against Pasig City MCW Sports, but made it through in a close series that went to game 3. Unfortunately, they would go on to be swept by the Pampanga Giant Lanterns in the Division Semifinals.

### Pilipinas Super League

In 2022, the team joined the Pilipinas Super League for the 2022–23 DUMPER Cup, and subsequently changed its name to the Batang Kankaloo. Batang Kankaloo would also be used as the name of its under-18 team. The team tied for the fourth-best record alongside the Pampanga G Lanterns and Santa Rosa, but settled for the sixth-seed. In the playoffs, the Batang Kankaloo lost to the Pampanga Royce in the Quarterfinals.
During the 2023–24 MPBL off-season, the team returned to the PSL, this time going by its original name, the Caloocan Supremos.

## Team identity

From 2018 until 2020, the Caloocan Supremos used an orange and blue color scheme. The logo showed a graphic of the Bonifacio Monument on top of a basketball. An outline of a Victory Liner bus, the team's sponsor at the time, is also shown.
In 2021, upon renaming to the Caloocan Excellence, blue was replaced with green, forming an orange and green color scheme. The logo was a simple text with the team name, but with the Bonifacio Monument replacing the "L" in Caloocan. The simple text logo would carry over with the name change to Batang Kankaloo in 2022.
In 2023, during the team's second PSL stint, the team returned to the original Supremos name, now with the orange and green color scheme.

## Home venues

The only venue the Caloocan franchise played in was the Caloocan Sports Complex, located on the city's north side.
| Venue | Location | 2018 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Caloocan Sports Complex | Caloocan | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |

## Current roster
### Head coaches

Caloocan Batang Kankaloo head coaches :
| # | Name | Start | End | Achievements |
| 1 | John Kallos | 2018 | 2020 | — |
| 2 | Rene Baena | 2021 | 2022 | — |
| 3 | Ronnie Dojillo | 2022 | 2023 | — |
| 4 | Robert Sison | 2023 | 2023 | — |
| 5 | Alexander Angeles | 2024 | 2024 | — |
| 6 | Gabby Espinas | 2024 | current | — |

## Season-by-season records

* League champions
* Division champions
* Qualified for playoffs
* Best regular season record

### Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

| Season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Division | Finish | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Stage | Results |
| Caloocan Supremos ||||||||||
| 2018 Rajah Cup | — | 10th | 9 | 1 | 8 | .111 | 7 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2018–19 Datu Cup | North | 8th | 25 | 11 | 14 | .440 | 12 | Division quarterfinals | lost vs. Bataan, 0–2 |
| 2019–20 Lakan Season | North | 9th | 30 | 16 | 14 | .533 | 10 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Caloocan Excellence ||||||||||
| 2022 | North | 9th | 21 | 6 | 15 | .286 | 15 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Caloocan Batang Kankaloo ||||||||||
| 2023 | North | 4th | 28 | 20 | 8 | .714 | 6 | First Round Division Semifinals | won vs. Pasig, 2–1 lost vs. Pampanga, 0–2 |
| 2024 | North | 5th | 28 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 7 | Division quarterfinals Division semifinals | won vs. Manila, 2–0 lost vs. San Juan, 0–2 |
| All-time regular season record | All-time regular season record | All-time regular season record | 141 | 73 | 68 | .518 | | 3 playoff appearances | 3 playoff appearances |
| All-time playoff record | All-time playoff record | All-time playoff record | 11 | 4 | 7 | .364 | | 0 Finals appearances | 0 Finals appearances |
| All-time league record | All-time league record | All-time league record | 152 | 77 | 75 | .507 | | 0 championships | 0 championships |

### Pilipinas Super League

| Season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Finish | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Stage | Results |
| Batang Kankaloo Koolers |||||||||
| 2022–23 DUMPER Cup | 6th | 15 | 10 | 5 | .667 | 5 | Quarterfinals | lost vs. Pampanga Royce, 77–91 |
| Caloocan Supremos |||||||||
| 2023–24 President's Cup | 4th | 18 | 14 | 4 | .778 | 3 | First round Quarterfinals | won vs. AO–Indanan, 115–69 lost vs. Quezon, 0–2 |
| 2024–25 President's Cup | 1st | 10 | 9 | 1 | .900 | — | Semifinals Finals | won vs. Pangasinan, 2–1 won vs. San Juan, 2–1 |
| All-time regular season record | All-time regular season record | 43 | 33 | 10 | .767 | | 3 playoff appearances | 3 playoff appearances |
| All-time playoff record | All-time playoff record | 4 | 5 | 5 | .500 | | 1 finals appearance | 1 finals appearance |
| All-time league record | All-time league record | 53 | 38 | 15 | .717 | | 1 championship | 1 championship |