| Mpblyear: | 2019–20 |
| Team: | Basilan Steel |
| Team2: | Basilan Steel |
| Wins: | 20 |
| Losses: | 10 |
| Division Place: | 3 |
| Division: | South |
| Playoffs: | Division finals |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | Last active season |
The 2019–20 Basilan Steel season was the second and currently the last active season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) before moving to the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup in 2021.
The Steel were able to improve from their previous campaign after snatching their ninth win on September 17, surpassing their 7–18 record in win percentage. They would then win 11 of the remaining 13 games to finish the season 20–10 and finish as the third seed in the South Division.
Their playoff run began with a sweep against Iloilo followed by a 2–1 series victory over Bacoor City.[1] [2] In the division finals against the Davao Occidental Tigers, Basilan would win game 1 against the reigning division champions on opposing grounds before the Tigers tied the series in game 2. Following the one-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, game 3 was originally scheduled for March 10, 2021, but was postponed by a week due to a player being tested positive for the virus.[3] By March 17, multiple members of the Basilan team had also been tested positive, thus the league decided to rule them out of the series, abruptly ending their season.[4] Davao Occidental would eventually become champions in the national finals.
All of the team's home games this season were played at the Lamitan Capitol Gymnasium in Lamitan.
| 2019–20 Basilan Steel season schedule | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap < | -- June – August games --> |
| 1 | June 12 | W 94–83 | 1–0 | ||||
| 2 | June 26 | W 83–74 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 2–0 | |||
| 3 | July 2 | L 55–65 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 2–1 | |||
| 4 | July 9 | W 86–83 | 3–1 | ||||
| 5 | July 16 | L 89–101 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 3–2 | |||
| 6 | July 19 | L 78–94 | 3–3 | ||||
| 7 | July 24 | W 87–78 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 4–3 | |||
| 8 | August 2 | W 78–74 | Pasig Sports Center | 5–3 | |||
| 9 | August 8 | W 105–89 | 6–3 | ||||
| 10 | August 15 | L 80–86 | Caloocan Sports Complex | 6–4 | |||
| 11 | August 20 | W 113–94 | Batangas City Coliseum | 7–4 | |||
| 12 | September 2 | W 90–79 | 8–4 | ||||
| 13 | September 13 | L 86–89 | 8–5 | ||||
| 14 | September 17 | W 98–85 | 9–5 | ||||
| 15 | September 21 | L 71–76 | 9–6 | ||||
| 16 | October 2 | L 65–66 | Valenzuela Astrodome | 9–7 | |||
| 17 | October 5 | L 78–83 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | 9–8 | |||
| 18 | October 9 | W 82–70 | Olivarez College | 10–8 | |||
| 19 | October 23 | W 92–90 | Strike Gymnasium | 11–8 | |||
| 20 | October 30 | W 86–78 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 12–8 | |||
| 21 | November 16 | W 93–81 | Lamitan Capitol Gymnasium | 13–8 | |||
| 22 | November 28 | W 85–79 | Lagao Gymnasium | 14–8 | |||
| 23 | December 14 | W 85–80 | 15–8 | ||||
| 24 | December 19 | L 83–91 | Bataan People's Center | 15–9 | |||
| 25 | January 7 | W 89–83 | Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium | 16–9 | |||
| 26 | January 11 | L 89–96 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 16–10 | |||
| 27 | January 14 | W 86–78 | San Andres Sports Complex | 17–10 | |||
| 28 | January 27 | W 103–85 | 18–10 | ||||
| 29 | January 31 | W 74–59 | 19–10 | ||||
| 30 | February 7 | W 89–71 | 20–10 | ||||
| Source: Schedule |
| 2020 Basilan Steel playoffs schedule | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series | Recap < | -- Division Quarterfinals --> |
| Division Quarterfinals | 1 | February 19 | W 83–68 | Strike Gymnasium | 1–0 | |||
| 2 | February 24 | Iloilo | W 70–63 | Lamitan Capitol Gymnasium | 2–0 | |||
| Division Semifinals | 1 | March 2 | W 77–63 | 1–0 | ||||
| 2 | March 5 | Bacoor City | L 69–80 | Strike Gymnasium | 1–1 | |||
| 3 | March 7 | Bacoor City | W 84–76 | Strike Gymnasium | 2–1 | |||
| Division finals | 1 | March 9 | W 74–72 | Davao del Norte Sports Complex | 1–0 | |||
| 2 | March 11 | Davao Occidental | L 76–81 | Lamitan Capitol Gymnasium | 1–1 | |||
| 3 | March 17 | Davao Occidental | L by default | Subic Bay Gymnasium | 1–2 | |||
| Source: Schedule |