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Caloocan Batang Kankaloo


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Caloocan Batang Kankaloo
2026 Caloocan Batang Kankaloo season
MPBL (2018–present) PSL (2022–2025)
2017 (2017)
Caloocan Supremos 2017–2021 (MPBL) 2023–2025 (PSL) Caloocan Excellence 2021–2022 Caloocan Batang Kankaloo 2022–2023 (PSL) 2023–present (MPBL)
Caloocan Sports Complex
Caloocan
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Victory Liner
Jerson Cabiltes
PSL: 1 (2025)

The Caloocan Batang Kankaloo (also known as Caloocan Batang Kankaloo-Victory Liner for sponsorship reasons) 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 Valenzuela City Darkhorse. Since its founding, the team is owned by the City Government of Caloocan.

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.

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.

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.

The only venue the Caloocan franchise played in was the Caloocan Sports Complex, located on the city's north side.

VenueLocation20182018–192019–202022202320242025
Caloocan Sports ComplexCaloocanYYYYYYY
Caloocan Batang Kankaloo head coaches
1John Kallos20182020
2Rene Baena20212022
3Ronnie Dojillo20222023
4Robert Sison20232023
5Alexander Angeles20242024
6Gabby Espinas20252025
7Michael Saguiguit20252025
8Jerson Cabiltes2026current

MPBL Defensive Player of the Year

  • Antonio Bonsubre Jr. – 2025

MPBL Homegrown Player of the Year

  • Prince Casin – 2025

PSL Mythical Team

  • Gabby Espinas – 2023

Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2025 MPBL season.

Column 1Column 2
League champions
Division champions
Qualified for playoffs
Best regular season record

Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024–25 Pilipinas Super League season.

Column 1Column 2Column 3
PSL championsPSL runners-upPlayoff berth
SeasonLeagueRegular seasonPlayoffs
Batang Kankaloo Koolers
2022–23PSL6th15105.6675Quarterfinalslost vs. Pam. Royce, 77–91
Caloocan Supremos
2023–24PSL4th18144.7783First round Quarterfinalswon vs. Indanan, 115–69 lost vs. Quezon, 0–2
2024–25PSL1st1091.900Semifinals Finalswon vs. Pangasinan, 2–1 won vs. San Juan, 2–1

Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024–25 Pilipinas Super League season.

StatisticPlayedWinsLossesWin %
MPBL regular season record1417368.518
PSL regular season record433310.767
MPBL playoff record1147.364
PSL playoff record1055.500
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