LIU Sharks men's basketball
| LIU Sharks men's basketball | |||||
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| University | Long Island University | ||||
| Head coach | Rod Strickland (3rd season) | ||||
| Conference | Northeast Conference | ||||
| Location | Brooklyn, New York | ||||
| Arena | Steinberg Wellness Center and Barclays Center (capacity: 3,000/17,732) | ||||
| Nickname | Sharks | ||||
| Colors | Blue and gold | ||||
| 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) | |||||
| Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions | |||||
| 1936, 1941 | |||||
| Pre-tournament Helms champions | |||||
| 1939 | |||||
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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. Their current head coach is Rod Strickland who was hired in June 2022. The Sharks have appeared seven times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2018.
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.