NYU Violets men's basketball

NYU Violets
UniversityNew York University
First season1906
Head coachDave Klatsky (1st season)
ConferenceUniversity Athletic Association
LocationNew York, New York
ArenaJohn A. Paulson Center
NicknameViolets
ColorsPurple and white[1]
   
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
1935
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1935
NCAA tournament runner-up
Division I
1945

Division III
1994
NCAA tournament Final Four
Division I
1945, 1960

Division III
1994
NCAA tournament appearances
Division I
1943, 1945, 1946, 1960, 1962, 1963

Division III
1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2012, 2016, 2023
Conference regular season champions
1934, 1938, 1946, 1948, 1957, 1960, 1993, 1994

The NYU Violets men's basketball team is the college basketball team that represents New York University, located in New York City. The team currently competes in NCAA Division III as a member of the University Athletic Association. NYU previously competed as an NCAA Division I program until 1971, when the team was disbanded due to a budget crisis.[2] The team was reinstated in 1983 as a Division III program.[2]

NYU played in two NCAA Division I Final Fours, and can lay claim to two national championships predating the creation of the NCAA tournament (1920 and 1935). NYU has also had success in the Division III NCAA tournament, including a runner-up finish at the 1994 tournament.

  1. ^ NYU Athletics Style Guide (PDF). February 17, 2022. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "NYU Holds Out On Sports". The Wall Street Journal. May 1, 2010.