{{About|the men's basketball team|the men's volleyball team|Cagayan Valley Rising Suns|the women's volleyball team|Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox basketball club |name=Cagayan Rising Suns |logo= Cagayan Rising Suns.png |leagues=[[PBA D-League]] (2012–2015)<br>[[Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League|PCBL]] (2015) |founded=2012 |dissolved=2015 |history= |arena= |location=[[Philippines]] |nickname= |colors=Maroon, Gold, White |coach=Alvin Pua |president= |championships= |website= ||h_pattern_b=|h_body=|h_shorts=|h_pattern_s= |a_pattern_b=|a_body=|a_shorts=| }} {{Cagayan Valley Rising Suns sections}} The '''Cagayan Rising Suns''' were a basketball team owned by the family of [[Alvaro Antonio]] and represented the province of [[Cagayan]]. The team played in the [[PBA D-League]] for most of its history.
== History == The team debuted in the [[2012 PBA D-League Foundation Cup]], finishing with a disappointing 0–9 record.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2012-05-16 |title=PBA-DL: Rising Suns go winless, Junior Powerade ekes out OT win |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/basketball/258358/pba-dl-rising-suns-go-winless-junior-powerade-ekes-out-ot-win/story/ |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=GMA News Online |language=en}}</ref> Many players were added to the roster, including Letran center [[Raymond Almazan]] and former [[Far Eastern University]] (FEU) stalwart [[Chris Exciminiano]], who still led in rebounding and scoring, respectively.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}} Then, they had a good 2-0 start but lost to [[GlobalPort Batang Pier|Erase XFoliant Erasers]], 78–91.{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}
On May 17, 2015, the team announced it would leave the PBA D-League after the 2015 Foundation Cup, following the lifetime ban imposed on coach Alvin Pua.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/181767/after-head-coachs-lifetime-ban-cagayan-valley-to-quit-pba-d-league|title = After head coach's lifetime ban, Cagayan Valley to quit PBA D-League|date = 17 May 2015}}</ref> The ban on Pua was imposed after his attack on referee Benjie Montero during the team’s game against Livermarin on May 13, 2015. Pua was also fined 500,000 pesos. Team manager Frederic Collado was also fined {{Currency|20,000|PHP}} for his critical comments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/488006/sports/basketball/pba-hits-d-league-coach-alvin-pua-with-lifetime-ban-p500k-fine-for-punching-referee|title = PBA hits D-League coach Alvin Pua with lifetime ban, P500k fine for punching referee| date=15 May 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/181524/cagayan-valley-coach-hits-referee-in-the-face-back-report|title = Cagayan Valley coach hits referee in the face, back—report|date = 14 May 2015}}</ref>
After leaving the PBA D-League, the team was in talks to join the proposed Countrywide Basketball League. However, nothing materialized.<ref>{{ cite news |last1=Ganglani |first1=Naveen |title=Team manager says Cagayan Valley leaving D-League, accuses league of favoritism |url=https://www.rappler.com/sports/pba/93346-cagayan-valley-leaving-dleague/ |publisher=[[Rappler]]|date=May 15, 2015 |access-date=May 15, 2015 }}</ref><ref> {{ cite news |last1=Principe |first1=Dennis |title=Coach may have to look for another job |url=http://manilastandardtoday.com/2015/05/27/coach-may-have-to-look-for-another-job/ |publisher=[[The Standard (Philippines)]]|date=May 27, 2015 |access-date=August 26, 2015 }}</ref>
The team was one of the inaugural clubs in the now-defunct [[Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League]] (PCBL) in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Terrado|first1=Reuben|title=Newly-formed PCBL intent on finding own niche in basketball market|url=http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/philippine-commercial-basketball-league-pcbl-no-competition-pba-basketball-tanduay-racal-motors-jumbo-plastic-linoleum-cagayan-valley|access-date=October 10, 2015|work=spin.ph|date=August 10, 2015}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Cagayan Valley Rising Suns]] (men's volleyball team) * [[Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns]] (women's volleyball team)
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{{PBA Developmental League}} [[Category:PBA Developmental League teams]]