| Mpblyear: | 2022 |
| Team: | Bacolod City of Smiles |
| Team2: | Bacolod Bingo Plus |
| Arena: | La Salle Coliseum |
| Wins: | 14 |
| Losses: | 7 |
| Division Place: | 5 |
| Division: | South |
| Playoffs: | Division Semifinals |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 Bacolod Bingo Plus season was the second season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
Bacolod sought to improved from their previous 11–19 outing in their inaugural season. They would surpass that in win percentage with their ninth win on September 2 and later surpass in wins with their twelfth on September 10. Despite a 5–7 record in the middle of the regular season, the team managed to finish with a 14–7 record and the fifth seed in the South Division.
In the playoffs, the team first met the GenSan Warriors, who they would in a three-game series to face against the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines in the Division Semifinals.[1] Despite tying up the series in game 2,[2] the Bingo Plus-backed team would lose to ZFAMS in another three-game series.[3]
The team played both of their home games in back-to-back days (July 18 and 19) at La Salle Coliseum.
Bacolod was one of 22 teams that took part in the 2021 MPBL Invitational, competing as the All-Star Bacolod Ballers. They would fail to make the playoffs after finishing in third place in Group A.[4]
| 2021 All-Star Bacolod Ballers Invitational schedule | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap < | -- Group stage --> |
| Group stage | 1 | December 11 | W 73–71 | 1–0 | ||||
| 2 | December 12 | Negros | W 68–67 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 2–0 | |||
| 3 | December 15 | Iloilo | L 62–85 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 2–1 | |||
| 4 | December 16 | W 85–65 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 3–1 | ||||
| 5 | December 18 | L 61–86 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 3–2 | ||||
| Source: Schedule |
| 2022 Bacolod Bingo Plus season schedule | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap < | -- Games 1–7 --> |
| 1 | May 2 | 1–0 | |||||
| 2 | May 16 | Filoil Flying V Centre | 2–0 | ||||
| 3 | May 31 | 3–0 | |||||
| 4 | June 4 | 4–0 | |||||
| 5 | June 18 | 4–1 | |||||
| 6 | June 28 | Batangas City Coliseum | 5–1 | ||||
| 7 | July 9 | Orion Sports Complex | 5–2 | ||||
| 8 | July 18 | La Salle Coliseum | 5–3 | ||||
| 9 | July 19 | La Salle Coliseum | 5–4 | ||||
| 10 | August 2 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 6–4 | ||||
| 11 | August 6 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 7–4 | ||||
| 12 | August 15 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 7–5 | ||||
| 13 | August 20 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 7–6 | ||||
| 14 | August 26 | Strike Gymnasium | 8–6 | ||||
| 15 | September 2 | 9–6 | |||||
| 16 | September 5 | Lagao Gymnasium | 9–7 | ||||
| 17 | September 6 | Lagao Gymnasium | 10–7 | ||||
| 18 | September 9 | Sarangani Capitol Gymnasium | 11–7 | ||||
| 19 | September 10 | Sarangani Capitol Gymnasium | 12–7 | ||||
| 20 | September 17 | Strike Gymnasium | 13–7 | ||||
| 21 | September 29 | Batangas City Coliseum | 14–7 | ||||
| Source: Schedule |
| 2022 Bacolod Bingo Plus playoff schedule | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series | Recap < | -- Division Quarterfinals --> |
| Division Quarterfinals | 1 | October 17 | Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum | 1–0 | Recap | |||
| 2 | October 24 | General Santos | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–1 | Recap | |||
| 3 | November 5 | General Santos | Batangas City Coliseum | 2–1 | Recap | |||
| Division Semifinals | 1 | November 8 | Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum | 0–1 | Recap | |||
| 2 | November 12 | Zamboanga | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–1 | Recap | |||
| 3 | November 15 | Zamboanga | Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum | 1–2 | Recap | |||
| Source: Schedule |