[1] Considered Australian basketball's most famous club, the Tigers were founded by Ken Watson.

[3] Between 1965 and 1970, Melbourne Church of England won the South Eastern Conference (SEC) championship every year.

[4] In 1981, the Tigers were an inaugural team in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL).

[5] In 1982, they finished second on the SEABL ladder[5] before going on to reach the ABA National grand final, where they lost to the Frankston Bears.

[19] In 1992 and 1993, a Tigers women's team also competed in the Country Victorian Invitation Basketball League (CVIBL) Division One.

[21] In 2011 and 2012, the team lost back-to-back Big V grand final series to the Eltham Wildcats.