| Bacolod Masskara | |
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 2025 Bacolod Tubo Slashers season | |
| League | MPBL (2019–present) FilBasket (2022) |
| Founded | 2019; 7 years ago (2019) |
| History | Bacolod Master Sardines 2019–2020 All-Star Bacolod Ballers 2021–2022 Bacolod Bingo Plus 2022 Bacolod City of Smiles 2023–2024 Bacolod Tubo Slashers 2025 Bacolod Masskara 2026–present |
| Arena | La Salle Coliseum (last used in 2022) |
| Location | Bacolod |
| Team colors | |
| Head coach | Paolo Javelona |
TheBacolod Masskara are a Filipino professionalbasketball team based inBacolod. The team competes in theMaharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league'sSouth Division. The team most recently played its home games atLa Salle Coliseum.
The team was founded as theBacolod Master Sardines when it began play in the2019–20 season and has since undergone multiple monikers. They also took part inFilBasket during the2022 Summer Championship.
The Bacolod franchise is one of two teams based inVisayas, the other being theCebu Greats, and were formerly one of the two MPBL teams representing theNegros Island Region along with theNegros Muscovados from 2023 to 2024.
The Bacolod Master Sardines joined the MPBL as an expansion team for the2019–20 season, becoming one of the first two teams from Western Visayas alongside fellow expansion sideIloilo United Royals.[1][2] In its inaugural season, Bacolod finished 11–19, 11th in the South Division.
In the2021 MPBL Invitational, the team entered as the All-Star Bacolod Ballers and was drawn into Group A alongside future expansion teamNegros Muscovados. In the group stage, the All-Star Ballers finished 3–2, finishing third in the group, failing to make the playoffs.
In the2022 season, reigningFinals MVPMark Yee joined Bacolod. Yee helped bring the team to its first playoff appearance, finished 5th in the South Division with a 14–7 record. Yee went on to win Defensive Player of the Year honors. The team beat fourth-seededGenSan in the First Round,[3] and forced a Game 3 against first-seededZamboanga in the Division Semifinals but ended up losing that game.[4] Before the2023 season, some of its players, including Yee and Jhan Nermal left the team to join theBacoor City Strikers.[5] Bacolod dropped to 9th, one game behind 8th-seeded Iloilo to once again miss the playoffs with an 11–17 record.
In 2024, nine-time PBA championAlex Cabagnot joined as head coach of the team, but ended up not playing for the team and left for theConverge FiberXers mid-season.
On January 3, 2025, amid reports of tryouts happening for a new Bacolod team for the upcoming 2025 season, the league clarified that it doesn't recognize such team for next season.[6] The Bacolod franchise would continue competing for the2025 season.
The team was invited toFilBasket for its2022 Summer Championship before beginning its 2022 MPBL campaign. Bacolod finished third in the elimination round with seven wins and made the semifinals before losing to theNueva Ecija Capitals in two games.[7]
The team's current identity derives from Bacolod's moniker as the "City of Smiles" in the country. The alternate name,Maskaras, alludes to theMassKara Festival which is held in Bacolod city.
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Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the2025 MPBL season.
| MPBL champions | Division champions | Playoff berth |
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| Finish | Played | Wins | Losses | Win % | GB | Round | Results | |||
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| 2019–20 | MPBL | South | 11th | 30 | 11 | 19 | .367 | 15 | Did not qualify | |
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| 2022 | MPBL | South | 5th | 21 | 14 | 7 | .667 | 4 | Division quarterfinals Division semifinals | won vs. General Santos, 2–1 lost vs. Zamboanga, 1–2 |
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| 2023 | MPBL | South | 9th | 28 | 11 | 17 | .393 | 12 | Did not qualify | |
| 2024 | MPBL | South | 15th | 28 | 1 | 27 | .036 | 20 | Did not qualify | |
| Bacolod Tubo Slashers | ||||||||||
| 2025 | MPBL | South | 14th | 29 | 4 | 25 | .138 | 21 | Did not qualify | |
| Regular season record | 136 | 41 | 95 | .301 | 1 playoff appearance | |||||
| Playoff record | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 0 finals appearances | |||||
| Cumulative record | 142 | 44 | 98 | .310 | 0 championships | |||||
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