Parañaque Patriots

Parañaque Patriots
2024 Parañaque Patriots season
League	MPBL (2018–present)
Founded	2017; 8 years ago (2017)
History	Parañaque Patriots 2017–present
Arena	Olivarez College Coliseum Villar Coliseum (Las Piñas)
Location	Parañaque
Team colors
Main sponsor	Okada Manila
Head coach	Michael Saguiguit

The Parañaque Patriots are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Parañaque. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. They are one of three teams based in Metro Manila's Southern District and play their home games at Olivarez College.

The team is one of the MPBL's charter teams during the league's 2018 season. The team is currently owned by the City Government of Parañaque and its vice mayor Joan Villafuerte.

Despite a successful inaugural season where the Patriots reached the semifinals as the seventh seed, the Parañaque-based franchise wouldn't make the playoffs in the next four seasons from 2019 to 2023, which is tied with the Biñan Tatak Gel for the longest playoff drought in the MPBL including non-playing seasons.

History

The Patriots were one of the ten charter teams in the MPBL as part of the 2018 season. On January 25, 2018, Parañaque played in the inaugural game against the Caloocan Supremos, where they won, 70-60.^[1] Despite finishing the season with a losing record, Parañaque made the playoffs as the seventh seed. They went against the second-seeded Bulacan Kuyas in the Quarterfinals where they would pull off an upset, beating Bulacan in three games. In the Semifinals against the Muntinlupa Cagers, Parañaque won game 1, but fell in the next 2 games to be eliminated.

Despite the Cinderella run, Parañaque would not perform well in the next three seasons, finishing 9-16 (10th) and 8-22 (14th) in the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons, respectively. When the team then returned in 2023 after taking a hiatus the previous season, they missed the playoffs for a third consecutive season with an 11th place finish and an 11–17 record.

In 2024, the team acquired former Finals MVP Mark Yee from the departing Bacoor City Strikers, but was later released during the free agency window in June.

Home venues

In every season the team took part in, the Parañaque Patriots have always played their home games in Olivarez College. In 2024, the Patriots played a home game at Villar Coliseum, which is located in the adjacent Las Piñas.

Venue	Location	2018	2018–19	2019–20	2022	2023	2024
Olivarez College (Olivarez College Gymnasium)	Parañaque	Y	Y	Y	DNP	Y	Y
Villar Coliseum	Las Piñas	N	N	N		N	Y

Current roster

Parañaque Patriots roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 1 Olegario, JR (HG) 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) G 3 Elorde, Alec Lauren (HG) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) F 4 Alas, Chris (HG) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) G 9 Razon, Jielo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UPHSD G 11 Pido, Keith 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) UPHSD G 14 Villanueva, John Rey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 1994–11–18 UPHSD G 16 Salaveria, Jed (HG) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) José Rizal G 18 Manalang, Philip 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 1997–03–01 UE F 19 Vizcarra, Jemal (HG) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UST F 20 Loyola, Chris 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) G 22 Gallano, Joshua 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Olivarez F 23 Sarao, John Paul 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995–02–23 Saint Francis of Assisi F 24 Uduba, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Olivarez G 27 Castro, Paolo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Olivarez F 28 Ruaya, Reneford 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Letran G 42 Martel, Lean Vincent Charles 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) F 55 Rosero, Vincent 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) G 77 Umali, John Anthony (HG, SGL) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) G 78 Singh, Klarenz (HG) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Olivarez

Head coach Michael Saguiguit Assistant coach(es) Barry Tobias Stephen Mopera Philip Dela Cruz Joselito Aguilar Legend (HG) Homegrown (FF) Filipino-foreigner (SGL) Special Guest Licensee (RS) Reserve player Injured Roster – via Genius Sports Updated as of: June 13, 2024

Head coaches

#	Name	Term	Ref.
1	Aric del Rosario	2018	[2]
2	Eric Samson	2018
3	Richie Melencio	2018
4	Monel Kallos	2018–19
5	Michael Saguiguit	2019–20–present

Notable players

MPBL All-Star Day

All-Star selections Paolo Castro – 2019 Jayboy Solis – 2020 Jielo Razon – 2024 JP Sarao – 2024

PBA players

Ex-PBA players Harold Arboleda Juneric Baloria Mark Yee

Season-by-season records

	League champions
	Division champions
	Qualified for playoffs
	Best regular season record

Season	Regular season							Playoffs
	Division	Finish	GP	W	L	PCT	GB	Stage	Results
Parañaque Patriots
2018 Rajah Cup	None	7th	9	4	5	.444	4	Quarterfinals Semifinals	won vs. Bulacan, 2–1 lost vs. Muntinlupa, 1–2
2018–19 Datu Cup	South	12th	25	8	17	.360	12	Did not qualify
2019–20 Lakan Season	North	14th	30	8	22	.267	18	Did not qualify
Did not participate in 2022
2023	North	11th	28	11	17	.393	15	Did not qualify
2024	South	5th	28	17	11	.607	4	Division quarterfinals Division semifinals	won vs. Zamboanga, 2–1 lost vs. Quezon, 0–2
All-time regular season record			120	48	72	.400		2 playoff appearances
All-time playoff record			11	5	6	.455		0 finals appearances
All-time overall record			131	53	78	.405		0 championships

References

1. Escarlote, Mark (January 25, 2018). "Patriots score MPBL opening-day win". sports.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
2. Jacinto, Christian (January 27, 2018). "Two decades after winning an MBA title, Tatay Aric wants to do the same in MPBL". Spin.ph. Retrieved February 8, 2018.