The Mindoro Tamaraws are a Filipino professional basketball team based in the province of Oriental Mindoro. The team primarily competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. The team splits its home games between the Sentrong Pangkabataan in Calapan and the Pola Gymnasium in Pola.
The team began play during the 2019–20 season. The franchise also competed in NBL–Pilipinas as the Mindoro Tamaraws Disiplinados (stylized as Disipl-Ina-dos) during the 2021 Chairman's Cup. The Tamaraws are the lone team based in the Mimaropa region.
History
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League The Mindoro Tamaraws joined the MPBL as an expansion team for the 2019–20 season, backed by 7A Sports and with Justin Tan as the team owner In the Tamaraws' inaugural season, the team finished 12th in the South with a 9-21 record. In April 2020, actress and Pola mayor Jennifer "Ina Alegre" Cruz became co-owner of the team.
In the 2021 MPBL Invitational, Mindoro was able to make the playoff tournament by placing second in Group D. The team would go on to lose to the eventual Invitational champion Basilan Jumbo Plastic in the quarterfinals. Despite the great performance, in the 2022 season, the Tams finished with the worst record in the league, only getting one win in 21 games.
Heading into the 2023 season, the team was renamed the Oriental Mindoro Disiplinados; it would be changed partially to Mindoro Disiplinados in June 2023. On July 4, 2023, the Disiplinados played its first-ever home game in the Sentrong Pangkabataan. Later in the month, the team joined the Junior MPBL with the Mindoro Junior Disiplinados, the team was previously the junior team of the Caloocan Batang Kankaloo.
National Basketball League In 2021, a second team dubbed as the Mindoro Tamaraws Disiplinados was formed for the NBL–Pilipinas which is meant to a more homegrown-oriented team as opposed to the MPBL team which is intended to be the "showcase team".
Scheduled Pilipinas Super League participation In October 2023, the Disiplinados were announced as one of the new teams for the Pilipinas Super League's 2023–24 President's Cup, where team would supposedly participate under the name RCP Pola Disiplinados–Shawarma Shack.
During the opening ceremonies, however, there was no mention of the Disiplinados. The team would move forward as the RCP–Shawarma Shack Demigods.
Home venues When mayor Cruz joined the team's ownership, it was also reported that a new arena was under construction in Calapan. The arena became known as the Sentrong Pangkabataan and opened its doors in 2023. In 2024, the Mindoro franchise moved to the Pola Gymnasium in Pola.
Venue Location 2019–20 2022 2023 2024 2025 Sentrong Pangkabataan Calapan, Oriental Mindoro Pola Gymnasium Pola, Oriental Mindoro
Current roster
Head coaches Mindoro Tamaraws head coaches # Name Start End Achievements Ref. 1 2019 2019 — 2 2019 2020 — 3 2021 2021 — 4 2022 2022 — 5 2022 2023 — 6 2024 2024 — 7 2025 2025 — 8 2025 2026 — 9 2026 current —
Notable players
MPBL All-Star Day
All-Star selections Rodel Vaygan – 2020 Khen Osicos – 2022 JJ Caspe – 2024
PBA players
Ex-PBA players Mac Baracael Brian Heruela Paulo Hubalde Ronnie Matias Magi Sison Teytey Teodoro Ken Bono Marion Magat Riego Gamalinda
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 ResultsMindoro Tamaraws 2019–20 South 12th 9 21 17 Did not qualifyMindoro Tams 2022 South 11th 1 20 17 Did not qualifyMindoro Disiplinados 2023 South 12th 6 22 17 Did not qualifyMindoro Tamaraws 2024 South 10th 10 18 11 Did not qualify 2025 South 8th 15 14 10 Division quarterfinals lost vs. Quezon, 0–2 2026 South 7th 25 13 12 8 To be determined All-time regular season record 54 107 1 playoff appearances All-time playoff record 0 2 0 Finals appearances All-time overall record 54 109 0 championships
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