LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds
UniversityLong Island University
ConferenceNortheast Conference
LocationBrooklyn, New York
ArenaSteinberg Wellness Center
(Capacity: 3,000)
NicknameBlackbirds
ColorsBlack and silver[1]
   
Uniforms
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away


NCAA tournament appearances
2001
Conference tournament champions
2001
Conference regular season champions
2007

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 #16First Round#1 ConnecticutL 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.


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