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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.
History. 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 ...
The 2021–22 LIU Sharks men's basketball team represented Long Island University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sharks, led by fifth-year head coach Derek Kellogg , played their home games at the Steinberg Wellness Center in Brooklyn, New York as members of the Northeast Conference (NEC).
LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball. This category is for men's basketball at The Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University before LIU merged the athletic programs of its Brooklyn and Post campuses in July 2019. For the current LIU men's basketball program, see Category:LIU Sharks men's basketball . Note: The school had gone by "Long ...
Campus Conolly Residence Hall. LIU Brooklyn is located at the intersection of Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues (across the street from Junior's restaurant and City Point).The campus is served by the convergence of several New York City Subway services at DeKalb Avenue (B, D, N, Q, R, and W trains), Nevins Street (2, 3, 4, and 5 trains), and Jay Street–MetroTech (A, C , F, <F> , N, R, and W trains).
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).
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".
This category is for men's basketball seasons at Long Island University, which beginning in 2019 will identify as the Sharks and is the consolidation of the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and the LIU Post Pioneers.