LIU Sharks women's basketball

Basketball team representing Long Island University

2024–25 LIU Sharks women's basketball team

University

Long Island University

Head coach

Rene Haynes (6th season)

Conference

Northeast Conference

Location

Brooklyn, New York

Arena

Steinberg Wellness Center
(capacity: 3,000)

Nickname

Sharks

Colors

Blue and gold

NCAA tournament appearances

2001

Conference tournament champions

2001

Conference regular season champions

2007

The LIU Sharks women'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 are members of the Northeast Conference. Their current head coach is Rene Haynes, who was hired in April 2019.

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.

NCAA tournament results

As the Blackbirds, Long Island went to the NCAA Tournament once. Their record is 0-1.

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

References

Long Island University Style Guide for Print and Visual Application (PDF). July 25, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
https://www.liuathletics.com/staff-directory/rene-haynes/53
"LIU combining Post and Brooklyn athletic programs". Newsday. October 3, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
"#OneLIU website". Long Island University. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved May 21, 2019.

External links

Official website

v t e LIU Sharks women's basketball
Venues	Schwartz Athletic Center (1965–2005) Steinberg Wellness Center (2006–present)
Rivalries	St. Francis Brooklyn
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Long Island University

Academics

Facilities

Athletics

Teams	Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey
Venues	Bethpage Stadium LIU Baseball Stadium Steinberg Wellness Center
Predecessors	LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Men's basketball Women's basketball LIU Post Pioneers

Media

Category

v t e Northeast Conference women's basketball
Current teams	Central Connecticut Blue Devils Chicago State Cougars Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Le Moyne Dolphins LIU Sharks Mercyhurst Lakers Saint Francis Red Flash Stonehill Skyhawks Wagner Seahawks
Championships & awards	Regular season champions Conference tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year "Battle of Brooklyn"
Seasons	1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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