The LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds women's basketball team represented the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University, located in Brooklyn, New York in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They played their home games at the Steinberg Wellness Center, formerly known as the Wellness, Recreation & Athletics Center, and were members of the Northeast Conference (NEC).[2]

At the end of the 2018–19 school year, LIU merged its two athletic programs—the Division I program of the Brooklyn campus and the NCAA Division II program of its Post campus in Nassau County, New York—into a single Division I program that now competes as the LIU Sharks.[3] The Sharks maintain Brooklyn's Division I and NEC memberships.

History

The Blackbirds began play in 1965.[4] They have made one NCAA Tournament appearance (2001) and one WNIT appearance (2007), losing in the First Round each time, 101-29 to Connecticut and 91-79 to Iona, respectively.[5]

NCAA tournament results

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2001 #16 First Round #1 Connecticut L 29-101

References

  1. ^ LIU Brooklyn Guide (PDF). Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds". Liuathletics.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Welcome to the Shark Tank: Long Island University Chooses the Shark as New Mascot" (Press release). Long Island University. May 15, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds - 2014-15 LIU WBB Quick Facts" (PDF). www.liuathletics.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  5. ^ "LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds - Record Book". Liuathletics.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIU_Brooklyn_Blackbirds_women%27s_basketball
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