# Quezon Huskers

The Quezon Huskers are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Lucena, a highly urbanized city in the province of Quezon. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. The team splits its home games between Quezon Convention Center and Lucena Convention Center.
The team's first incarnation was the Quezon Coco Huskers of the United Regional Basketball League (URBL). The team ran from 2004 until 2005. The Huskers were then revived as an expansion team for the MPBL's 2023 season alongside the Negros Muscovados. The team also competes Pilipinas Super League (PSL) under the name Quezon Titans. Owned by the Provincial Government of Quezon, the Huskers also have a volleyball counterpart in the Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association in the Quezon Tangerines.
The Huskers are one of five teams based in the Calabarzon region. The Quezon franchise won one championship, during the PSL's President's Cup in 2024.

## History
### First incarnation (2004–2005)

The team began play in 2004, when it was part of the now-defunct URBL.

### Second incarnation (2023–present)
#### Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

In January 2023, the MPBL announced that the league would be getting a new expansion team for the 2023 season. Later that month, Quezon Governor Angelina Tan announced that the team would be based in the province of Quezon. The team's name was later revealed as the Quezon Huskers. With the Huskers joining, Quezon became the last province in Calabarzon to have an MPBL team.
The team hosted the 2023 season opener, where they faced off against fellow expansion team Negros Muscovados. The Huskers pulled off a comeback in the second half to beat the Muscovados, 82–80. The Huskers would then go on a seven-game winning streak to begin their inaugural season and eventually finish with a record of 19–9, clinching the fifth seed in the South Division. Quezon became the first team in the professional era to make the playoffs in its inaugural season. Despite forcing a game 3 in the First Round, the team would lose to the defending South champion Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines.

#### Pilipinas Super League

In October 2023, Quezon announced its entry to the PSL during the MPBL offseason. The team will be referred to as the Quezon Titans.

## Team identity

The name Huskers alludes to Quezon Province's moniker as the "Coconut Capital of the Philippines'. It can also be a nod to the team's previous incarnation.
When the Huskers joined the MPBL in 2023, Governor Angelina Tan also announced a name-the-team contest, where anyone based in Quezon Province can submit a concept design of the team's identity. The contest was won by Ardocir Torio from Lucena, with an illustration of a carabao breaking the shell of a coconut. The same logo would be later used for the Quezon Junior Huskers. For their PSL debut later that year, the team used the Titans moniker.

## Current roster
### Head coaches

Quezon Huskers head coaches :
| # | Name | Start | End | Achievements | Ref. |
| 1 | Eric Gonzales | 2023 | current | Division champion (2024) | |

## Season-by-season records

* League champions
* Division champions
* Qualified for playoffs
* Best regular season record

### Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

| Season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Division | Finish | GP | W | L | PCT | GB | Stage | Results |
| Quezon Huskers ||||||||||
| 2023 | South | 5th | 28 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 4 | Division quarterfinals | lost vs. Zamboanga, 1–2 |
| 2024 | South | 1st | 28 | 21 | 7 | .750 | – | Division quarterfinals Division semifinals Division finals National finals | won vs. Negros, 2–0 won vs. Parañaque, 2–0 won vs. Batangas City, 2–1 lost vs. Pampanga, 0–3 |
| 2025 | TBA | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined | To be determined |
| All-time regular season record | All-time regular season record | All-time regular season record | 56 | 40 | 16 | .714 | | 2 playoff appearances | 2 playoff appearances |
| All-time playoff record | All-time playoff record | All-time playoff record | 13 | 7 | 6 | .538 | | 1 Finals appearances | 1 Finals appearances |
| All-time overall record | All-time overall record | All-time overall record | 69 | 47 | 22 | .681 | | 0 championships | 0 championships |

### Pilipinas Super League

| Season | Elimination round | Elimination round | Elimination round | Elimination round | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Finish | W | L | PCT | Stage | Results |
| Quezon Titans |||||||
| 2023–24 President's Cup | 5th | 14 | 4 | .778 | First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals | won vs. Novaliches, 1–0 won vs. Caloocan, 2–0 won vs. Biñan, 2–0 won vs. Nueva Ecija, 3–1 |
| All-time elimination round record | All-time elimination round record | 14 | 4 | .778 | 1 playoff appearance | 1 playoff appearance | 1 playoff appearance |
| All-time playoff record | All-time playoff record | 8 | 1 | .889 | 1 Finals appearance | 1 Finals appearance | 1 Finals appearance |
| All-time overall record | All-time overall record | 22 | 5 | .815 | 1 championship | 1 championship | 1 championship |