LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball

LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds
University	Long Island University
Head coach	Derek Kellogg (2nd season)
Conference	Northeast Conference
Location	Brooklyn, New York
Arena	Steinberg Wellness Center ; (Capacity: 3,000)
Nickname	Blackbirds
Colors	Black and Silver[1];
Uniforms
Home	Away
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta Champions
	1936
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	1981, 1984, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018
Conference Tournament Champions
	1981, 1984, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018
Conference Regular Season Champions
	NEC: 1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2012 ; Metro NY: 1936, 1937, 1939

The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team represented the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University (LIU), located in downtown Brooklyn in New York City, New York, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. The Blackbirds most recently played their home games at the Steinberg Wellness Center, formerly known as the Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center, and were members of the Northeast Conference.

Their final head coach was Derek Kellogg, who was hired after his firing from Massachusetts in 2017, with 2017-18 season was his first as head coach. On March 12, 2013, the team achieved what was the greatest run in Northeast Conference history with a third straight NCAA Tournament bid.[2]

In October 2018, LIU announced that it would merge its two existing athletic programs—the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and LIU Post Pioneers, the latter an NCAA Division II member—effective with the 2019–20 school year. The merged athletic program now competes as the LIU Sharks, with the new colors of blue and gold, with Kellogg becoming the Sharks' first head men's basketball coach.[3][4]

History

LIU was a national powerhouse in the 1930s and 1940s under Clair Bee, who compiled the highest winning percentage in major college basketball history. The Blackbirds were retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA Tournament national champion for the 1935–36 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.[5] However, after several players were implicated in the point-shaving scandal of 1951, LIU shuttered its entire athletic program. It returned to the College Division (now Division II) in 1957, and only returned to the University Division (the predecessor to Division I) in the late 1960s.

Postseason

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Blackbirds appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament seven times. Their combined record was 0–7.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1981	#12	First Round	#5 VCU	L 69–85
1984	#11	Preliminary Round	#11 Northeastern	L 87–90
1997	#13	First Round	#4 Villanova	L 91–101
2011	#15	First Round	#2 North Carolina	L 87–102
2012	#16	First Round	#1 Michigan State	L 67–89
2013	#16	First Four	#16 James Madison	L 55–68
2018	#16	First Four	#16 Radford	L 61–71

NCAA Division II tournament results

The Blackbirds appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament three times. Their combined record was 6–3.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1965	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals	Cheyney Philadelphia Textile	W 57–48 L 58–61
1966	Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Drexel Cheyney Akron	W 62–54 W 67–64 L 68–74
1967	Regional Quarterfinals Regional Semifinals Regional Finals Elite Eight	Rochester Central Connecticut State Saint Michael's Winston-Salem State	W 85–76 W 114–66 W 72–64 L 54–62

NIT results

The Blackbirds appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) ten times. Their combined record was 7–8 and they were NIT champions in 1939 and 1941.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1938	Quarterfinals	NYU	L 37–39
1939	Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game	New Mexico A&M Bradley Loyola (IL)	W 52–45 W 36–33 W 45–32
1940	Quarterfinals	DePaul	L 38–45
1941	Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game	Westminster Seton Hall Ohio	W 48–36 W 49–26 W 56–42
1942	Quarterfinals	West Virginia	L 49–58
1947	Quarterfinals	Kentucky	L 62–66
1950	Quarterfinals	Syracuse	L 52–80
1968	First Round Quarterfinals	Bradley Notre Dame	W 80–77 L 60–62
1982	First Round	Illinois	L 78–126
1998	First Round	Dayton	L 92–95

Rivalry

The Battle of Brooklyn plaque listing the past winners since 1976

Beginning in the 1975–1976 season, an annual Battle of Brooklyn game was dedicated to tribute William Lai and Daniel Lynch, former athletic directors at Long Island University and St. Francis College, respectively. The Battle of Brooklyn has been a tradition between the basketball programs for 40 years. Each year the most valuable player of the game is given the Lai-Lynch Trophy in memory of the two ADs. Long Island now has a Battle record of 23–17 against St. Francis.

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References

LIU Brooklyn Guide (PDF). Retrieved September 11, 2016.
"LIU Brooklyn makes history with third consecutive Northeast Conference title after defeating Mount St. Mary's". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
"LIU combining Post and Brooklyn athletic programs". Newsday. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
"#OneLIU website". Long Island University. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 544. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

External links

Long Island Blackbirds

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[1] LIU Brooklyn Guide (PDF). Retrieved September 11, 2016.

[2] "LIU Brooklyn makes history with third consecutive Northeast Conference title after defeating Mount St. Mary's". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 18, 2013.

[3] "LIU combining Post and Brooklyn athletic programs". Newsday. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2018.

[4] "#OneLIU website". Long Island University. Retrieved May 22, 2019.

[5] ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 544. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

LIU Sharks men's basketball
Venues	Schwartz Athletic Center (1962–2005) Steinberg Wellness Center (2006–present) Barclays Center (2012–present; alternate)
Rivalries	Battle of Brooklyn
Culture & lore	Point shaving scandal
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

Long Island University
Academics	Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy Palmer School of Library and Information Science
Facilities	Barclays Center Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium LIU Brooklyn LIU Global LIU Post Long Island University Field Malik Fraternity Paramount Theatre Steinberg Museum of Art at Hillwood Steinberg Wellness Center Stony Brook Southampton
Athletics	LIU Sharks Basketball Men Women Football Ice hockey Men Women LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Basketball Men Women (pre-unification of Brooklyn and Post programs effective July 2019) LIU Post Pioneers (pre-unification of Brooklyn and Post programs effective July 2019)
Media	Confrontation Downtown Brooklyn: A Journal of Writing WCWP
Related	List of Long Island University people

Northeast Conference men's basketball
Teams	Bryant Bulldogs Central Connecticut Blue Devils Fairleigh Dickinson Knights LIU Sharks Merrimack Warriors Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Sacred Heart Pioneers St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers Saint Francis Red Flash Wagner Seahawks
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Conference Tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"
Seasons	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20