LIU Sharks men's basketball

LIU Sharks
2024–25 LIU Sharks men's basketball team
UniversityLong Island University
Head coachRod Strickland (3rd season)
ConferenceNortheast Conference
LocationBrooklyn, New York
ArenaSteinberg Wellness Center and Barclays Center
(capacity: 3,000/17,732)
NicknameSharks
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
1936, 1941
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1939
NCAA tournament appearances
Division I
1981#, 1984#, 1997#, 2011#, 2012#, 2013#, 2018#

Division II
1962*, 1965#, 1966#, 1967#, 1971*, 1973*, 1974*. 1983*, 1984*, 1985*, 1987*, 1989*, 1990*, 1993*, 2002*, 2003*, 2008*, 2009*, 2011*, 2012*
(# = LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds; * = LIU Post Pioneers)
Conference tournament champions
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds
1981, 1984, 1997, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018

LIU Post Pioneers
1990, 1991, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Conference regular season champions
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds
Metro NY: 1936, 1937, 1939
Tri-State: 1965,[a] 1966, 1967
NEC: 1983, 1984, 1997, 1998, 2011, 2012

LIU Post Pioneers
ECC: 1990, 1991, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2012

The LIU Sharks men's basketball team represents Long Island University in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their home games at their Brooklyn Campus in the Steinberg Wellness Center and Barclays Center, formerly known as the Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center, and are members of the Northeast Conference. Their current head coach is Rod Strickland who was hired in June 2022.[2]

The LIU Sharks are the result of the July 1, 2019 unification of the athletic departments which had previously represented two separate campuses of LIU, the Division I LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and the Division II LIU Post Pioneers.[3][4]

  1. ^ Long Island University Style Guide for Print and Visual Application (PDF). July 25, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Warren, Brooks (June 30, 2022). "Rod Strickland Leaving G League Ignite to Become Head Coach of LIU Brooklyn". slamonline.com. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "LIU combining Post and Brooklyn athletic programs". Newsday. October 3, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  4. ^ "#OneLIU website". Long Island University. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.


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