Quebradillas Pirates
| Piratas de Quebradillas | |
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| Nickname |
Bucaneros del Guajataca Los Corsarios |
| League | BSN |
| Founded | 1926 |
| Arena | Raymond Dalmau Coliseum |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Location | Quebradillas, Puerto Rico |
| Team colors | Red, white, gray, black |
| Head coach | Carlos Gonzalez |
| Ownership | Roberto Roca |
| Championships | 5 (1970, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2013) |
| Website | www |
The Piratas de Quebradillas is a Puerto Rican basketball team, part of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional league. Founded in the mid 1920s, it is one of the original teams of the league. The club enjoyed its most successful era during the 1970s, when they won 4 championships including a three peat and participated in 6 league finals. However, after the 2004 season the team suffered from financial problems which prevented them from participating for the following five seasons. They club returned to active competition in 2009 with new players and a new arena as well as a trip to the league finals.
The Piratas are known for their loyal fan-base and extremely loud home games. After 34 years in 2013 they won the BSN championship against the Leones de Ponce in the sixth game of the series.
The Piratas de Quebradillas basketball club was founded in 1926 and was one of the original founding teams of the Puerto Rican Basketball League. Among its early star players where Quiro Santiago, Manuel "Lolo" González, Teíque Linares, Rafael "Nenito" Deliz and Manuel de Regla "Varilla" Lugo. The team participated in the 1937 season finals, but the next three decades where characterized by poor performances during the tournaments. This changed by the end of the 1960s when a new batch of Puerto Rican players born in New York City were signed by the team.
In 1966 Quebradillas signed Raymond Dalmau who became rookie of the year and in 1969 Neftali Rivera who also became the rookie of the year. Both would go on to become legends in Puerto Rican Basketball, known as the dynamic duo. Together, these two players led the team to its first team championship during the 1970 season. This encarnation of the team was coached by Eric Geldhart.
The dominance of Quebradillas Pirates continued during the 1970s, including 8 trips to the league finals. However, they were defeated in the finals by the Vaqueros de Bayamon in 1972, 1973, and 75 and then by Rio Piedras Cardinals in 1976. However, Quebradillas won the title again in 1977 through 1979 for a total of 8 finals in the 10 years of the 1970 decade. The 1979 championship was last won by Quebradillas until 2013. They would go on to lose their next 6 finals appearances; 1981, 1982, 1999, 2000, 2009 and 2011.
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