The Caloocan Batang Kankaloo (currently competing as the Caloocan Supremos) are a Filipino professional

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team based in

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. The team competes in the

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(MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. The team plays its home games at

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, 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

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(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

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, the other being the

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. 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

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. 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

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, 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

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. 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

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

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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

, located on the city's north side.

Current roster

Head coaches

Notable players

Individual award winners

PSL Mythical Team *

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All-Stars

MPBL All-Star selections * Almond Vosotros –

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* Paul Sanga –

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* Damian Lasco –

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PSL All-Star selections *

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* John Marco Tayongtong – 2023

PBA players

Ex-PBA players *

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* Philip Butel *

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* Reil Cervantes *

* A. J. Mandani * Ronnie Matias * Dennice Villamor * Almond Vosotros ''(returned to PBA)''

Season-by-season records

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

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Pilipinas Super League

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Combined

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References

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