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LIU was a national basketball powerhouse in the 1930s and 1940s under Clair Bee, who compiled the highest winning percentage in major college basketball history, and the 1935–36 team was retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA tournament national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. [5]
LIU reinstated the football program in 1957 on the university's new campus in Brookville, New York and football joined the sport offerings at C.W. Post College in the 1957 season. [ 3 ] On October 3, 2018, Long Island University announced that it was unifying the athletic programs of its two campuses into one Division I program, effective with ...
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 ...
The 2019–20 LIU Sharks men's basketball team represented Long Island University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Sharks were led by third-year head coach Derek Kellogg, and played their home games at the Steinberg Wellness Center, with some home games at the Barclays Center, as members of the Northeast Conference (NEC).
The 2024–25 LIU Sharks men's basketball team represents Long Island University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sharks, led by third-year head coach Rod Strickland , play their home games at the Steinberg Wellness Center in Brooklyn , New York as members of the Northeast Conference (NEC).
Below is a list of the national champions of college football since 1869 chosen by NCAA-designated "major selectors" listed in the official Football Bowl Subdivision Records publication. [8] Many teams did not have coaches as late as 1899.
The 2020–21 LIU Sharks men's basketball team represented Long Island University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sharks are led by fourth-year head coach Derek Kellogg , and play their home games at the Steinberg Wellness Center as members of the Northeast Conference (NEC).
Prior to 2019–20, the rivalry involved LIU's Brooklyn campus, branded athletically as "LIU" or "Long Island" through 2012–13 and "LIU Brooklyn" from 2013 forward. With the 2019 merger of the athletic programs of LIU's two main campuses (Brooklyn and Post ), creating the current LIU Sharks, the Battle of Brooklyn continues to be a pure ...