# 2018 Bulacan Kuyas season

The 2018 Bulacan Kuyas season was the inaugural season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). The team concluded their season in the Quarterfinals in an upset against the Parañaque Patriots. The Kuyas lost in three games.
Despite finishing the season ranked second with a 6–3 record, Bulacan struggled in its Quarterfinal series against Parañaque. After winning game 1 at home, the team lost game 2 in a 27-point blowout. In the deciding game 3, the Kuyas would lose to the Patriots, 70–77, making them the first team in league history to lose to a lower-seeded team in the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Batangas City Athletics | 9 | 8 | 1 | .889 | — | Playoffs |
| 2 | Bulacan Kuyas | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Muntinlupa Cagers | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Valenzuela Classic | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Quezon City Capitals | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3 | Playoffs |
* 1 2 3 Bulacan (1.032), Muntinlupa (1.006), Valenzuela (0.965) are ranked by head-to-head point quotient.
* ↑ Quezon City wins tiebreaker over Navotas by head-to-head victory.

### Schedule

2018 Bulacan Kuyas season schedule :
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap |
| 1 | January 30 | Imus | W 93–79 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 1–0 | Recap |
| 2 | February 3 | Navotas | L 76–77 (OT) | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–1 | Recap |
| 3 | February 8 | Parañaque | L 72–74 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 1–2 | Recap |
| 4 | February 13 | Muntinlupa | L 71–75 | Bataan People's Center | 1–3 | Recap |
| 5 | February 17 | Caloocan | W 92–74 | Navotas Sports Complex | 2–3 | Recap |
| 6 | February 24 | Quezon City | W 95–81 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 3–3 | Recap |
| 7 | March 3 | Batangas City | W 80–72 | Imus City Sports Complex | 4–3 | Recap |
| 8 | March 10 | Valenzuela | W 92–83 | Olivarez College | 5–3 | Recap |
| 9 | March 17 | Bataan | W 81–74 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 6–3 | Recap |
| Source: Schedule |||||||

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-3) | Semifinals (best-of-3) | Semifinals (best-of-3) | Semifinals (best-of-3) | Finals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-5) |
| 1 | Batangas City | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bataan | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bataan | 0 | 1 | Batangas City | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Valenzuela | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Valenzuela | 2 | 4 | Valenzuela | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Quezon City | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Quezon City | 1 | | | | 1 | Batangas City | 3 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Muntinlupa | 1 |
| 2 | Bulacan | 1 | | | | | | | 3 | Muntinlupa | 1 |
| 7 | Parañaque | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Parañaque | 2 | 7 | Parañaque | 1 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Muntinlupa | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Muntinlupa | 2 | 3 | Muntinlupa | 2 | | | |
| 6 | Navotas | 0 | | | | | | |
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### Schedule

2018 Bulacan Kuyas playoffs schedule :
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series | Recap |
| Quarterfinals | 1 | March 22 | Parañaque | W 83–73 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 1–0 | Recap |
| Quarterfinals | 2 | March 27 | Parañaque | L 54–81 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex | 1–1 | Recap |
| Quarterfinals | 3 | April 3 | Parañaque | L 70–77 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 1–2 | Recap |
| Source: Schedule ||||||||