The Cebu Greats is a Filipino professional basketball team based in the Cebu metropolitan area. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. The team has played its home games across multiple venues across Metro Cebu.
The team began play in the 2018–19 season as the Cebu City Sharks, then renamed as the Cebu Sharks the following season. Midway through the season, the team was renamed as the Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol, named after Casino Ethyl Alcohol from owners International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.
The team then went on hiatus for five years before making a return for the 2025 MPBL season as the Cebu Classic, before an ownership change in the middle of that season saw the franchise rebrand as the Cebu Greats. The Cebu franchise is one of four teams based in Visayas, the teams are Bacolod Masskara, Negros Hacienderos and Iloilo United Royals and the lone team based in the Central Visayas region.
History
2018–2020: First stint The Cebu City Sharks were one of sixteen expansion teams in the 2018–19 MPBL season, as well as the first team based in Visayas. That season saw Cebu make the playoffs despite having a losing record, they eventually lost to the Davao Occidental Tigers. In the 2019–20 season, the team finished ninth, one game behind the eighth-place team in the South Division, the Bicol Volcanoes. The Cebu franchise also had an all-star selection in each of its first two seasons: Patrick Cabahug in 2019 and Will McAloney in 2020.
2025–present: Second stint The Cebu franchise was mentioned as among the teams that were set to return for the league's 2023 season, however its return did not materialize for unknown reasons. Two years later in 2025, another attempt at Cebu's return to the MPBL was first reported by journalist Snow Badua, stating from his source that the franchise was bought by new management and that it is "finalizing details” for its revival. The revival will be managed by Voltaire Ora, who was previously the team manager of the Valenzuela Classic. Among the players joining the revived team are Paulo Hubalde and Rashawn McCarthy. Greg Slaughter was also set to join, but eventually turned away from the team.
Team roster
Current roster
Head coaches Cebu Greats head coaches # Name Start End Achievements Ref. 1 2018 2018 — 2 2018 2019 — 3 2019 2020 — 4 2025 — 5 2025 2025 — 6 2026 current —
Notable players
MPBL All-Star Day All-Star selections Patrick Cabahug – 2019 Will McAloney – 2020
PBA players Ex-PBA players Simon Camacho Paul Desiderio Brian Heruela Dondon Hontiveros Paulo Hubalde Rashawn McCarthy CJ Payawal J. R. Quiñahan Eric Rodriguez Mac Tallo
Season-by-season records Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2026 MPBL season.
League champions Division champions Qualified for playoffs Best regular season record
Season League Division Regular season Playoffs Finish Played Wins Losses Win % GB Round Results Cebu City Sharks 2018–19 MPBL South 8th 25 11 14 9 Division quarterfinals lost vs. Davao Occidental, 0–2 Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol 2019–20 MPBL South 9th 30 15 15 11 Did not qualify Did not participate from 2022 to 2024 Cebu Greats 2025 MPBL South 10th 29 11 18 14 Clinched play-in; did not qualify playoffs 2026 MPBL South 5th 25 19 6 2 Division quarterfinals TBD vs. Batangas City Regular season record 56 53 2 playoff appearances Playoff record 0 2 0 finals appearances Cumulative record 56 55 0 championships
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