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Following Long Island University's founding in 1927, its sports teams wore blue uniforms and became known as the Blue Devils. After the school's uniforms were changed to black in 1935, a Brooklyn Eagle reporter from the Midwest saw the new look as the basketball team dribbled up and down the court and stated that the team looked like the blackbirds from back home; the comment struck home, and ...
Note: The school had gone by "Long Island" until 2013–14, at which time its athletic name became "LIU Brooklyn". Since the football program was discontinued in 1940, decades before the name change (and also well before LIU's Post campus existed), that program's categories should remain "Long Island" for purposes of historic accuracy.
For players who represented LIU after the Brooklyn and Post athletic programs merged in 2019, see Category:LIU Sharks men's soccer players. Note: The school had gone by "Long Island" until 2013–14, at which time their school's athletic name became known as "LIU Brooklyn".
For players who represented LIU after the Brooklyn and Post athletic programs merged in 2019, see Category:LIU Sharks men's basketball players. Note: The school had gone by "Long Island" until 2013–14, at which time their school's athletic name became known as "LIU Brooklyn".
Long Island-Brooklyn Blackbirds (1st title) Runner-up: Loyola-Chicago Ramblers: Semifinalists: ... Long Island: 52: Long Island: 36: New Mexico A&M 45 Long Island: 44 ...
This category is for American football players who played at The Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. Note: The school had gone by "Long Island" until 2013–14, at which time their school's athletic name became known as "LIU Brooklyn." However, since the football program discontinued before the name change, this category should remain ...
The 1996–97 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team represented Long Island University during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blackbirds, led by 2nd year head coach Ray Haskins, played their home games at the Athletic, Recreation & Wellness Center and were members of the Northeast Conference. They finished the ...
The 1940–41 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team represented Long Island University during the 1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Clair Bee , coaching in his tenth season with the Blackbirds. [ 1 ]