The Bicol Volcanoes were a Philippine professional basketball team based in Legazpi, Albay. The team last completed in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) from 2019 to 2020 and again from 2023 to 2024. The team played its home games at Ibalong Centrum for Recreation and Albay Astrodome.
The team was founded as one of six expansion teams for the league's 2019–20 season.
History Founded in 2019, the Bicol franchise joined the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as an expansion team for its 2019–20 season. The franchise was originally going to named the Albay Volcanoes, but changed its location identifier to Bicol to represent the entire region.
Led by ex-PBA cager Ronjay Buenafe, the Volcanoes finished with a 16–14 record, clinching the eighth seed in the playoffs. Bicol faced the first-seeded Davao Occidental Tigers in the First Round. The team won game 2 to tie the series, marking the first time that an 8-seed won a playoff game against a 1-seed. Unfortunately, Bicol would lose the deciding game 3 in overtime. Bicol was one of the 22 teams that took part in the 2021 Invitational. After finishing second place in Group B, the team would lose to Imus in the Quarterfinals.
After opting out of the 2022 season, the team returned for the succeeding 2023 season. The team would go on to win only one game in the 28-game season, which came against Mindoro in the 17th game.
On March 2, 2024, the team formally announced a name change to the Bicolandia Oragons, with Shawarma Shack as their main sponsor.
Home venues The Bicol franchise has used two venues in the 2019–20 season: the Ibalong Centrum for Recreation and the Albay Astrodome, both located in Legazpi, Albay.
Venue Location 2019–20 2022 2023 2024 Ibalong Centrum for Recreation Legazpi, Albay bgcolor="CFFFCF" rowspan=2 Albay Astrodome
Personnel
Head coaches Bicol Volcanoes/Bicolandia Oragons head coaches # Name Start End Achievements Ref. 1 2019–20 2019–20 — 2 2021 2021 — 3 2023 2023 — 4 2023 2023–2024 — 5 2024 2024 —
Notable players
MPBL All-Star Day
All-Star selections Ronjay Buenafe – 2020
PBA players
Ex-PBA players Ronjay Buenafe Mark Cruz Brian Ilad Chris Javier James Martinez Alex Nuyles Raphy Reyes Mac Tallo (returned to PBA) Mark Yee Raphy Reyes Chris Javier
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 ResultsBicol Volcanoes2019–20 South 8th 16 14 10 Did not participate from 20222023 South 14th 1 27 22 Did not qualifyBicolandia Oragons2024 South 13th 3 25 18 Did not qualify Did not participate from 2025 to 2026 All-time regular season record 20 66 1 playoff appearance All-time playoff record 1 2 0 Finals appearances All-time overall record 21 68 0 championships
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