1938–39 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team

1938–39 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball
National Invitation Tournament Champions Helms Foundation National Champions
Conference	Independent
1938–39 record	23–0
Head coach	Clair Bee (8th year)

The 1938–39 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team represented Long Island University during the 1938–39 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Clair Bee, coaching in his eighth season with the Blackbirds.^[1] The team finished the season with a 23–0 record^[2] and were named national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation^[3] They won the second-ever National Invitation Tournament (NIT) as well, going 3–0 in the tournament with a win over Loyola of Chicago in the championship game.

Schedule and results

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
Regular season
*	Newark	W 64–14	1–0
*	Panzer	W 41–35	2–0
*	Princeton Seminary	W 82–37	3–0
*	Stroudsburg	W 63–33	4–0
*	McGill	W 77–39	5–0
*	Montclair State	W 63–40	6–0
*	vs. USC	W 33–18	7–0	Madison Square Garden
*	vs. Kentucky	W 52–34	8–0	Madison Square Garden
*	vs. Marquette	W 41–36	9–0	Madison Square Garden
*	New York Athletic Club	W 64–36	10–0
*	vs. Toledo	W 46–39	11–0	Madison Square Garden
*	Geneva	W 48–39	12–0
*	vs. Duquesne	W 48–31	13–0	Madison Square Garden
*	Scranton	W 65–53	14–0
*	Canisius	W 62–50	15–0
*	St. Francis (NY)	W 61–20	16–0
*	St. Bonaventure	W 70–31	17–0
*	Baltimore	W 52–34	18–0
*	John Marshall	W 65–25	19–0
*	at La Salle	W 28–21	20–0	Wister Hall
National Invitation Tournament
*	vs. New Mexico State (NIT Quarterfinals)	W 52–45	21–0	Madison Square Garden
*	vs. Bradley (NIT Semifinals)	W 36–32	22–0	Madison Square Garden
*	vs. Loyola (IL) (NIT Championship)	W 44–32	23–0	Madison Square Garden
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References

↑ "Long Island Blackbirds season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Yearly Results". 2012–13 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Men's Basketball Media Guide. Long Island University. 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
↑ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions". Rauzulu's Street. 2004. Retrieved June 16, 2014.

LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball

Venues	Schwartz Athletic Center (1962–2005) Steinberg Wellness Center (2006–present) Barclays Center (2012–present; alternate)

Rivalries	St. Francis Brooklyn

Culture & lore	Point shaving scandal

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 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 1999–00 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

Helms national championship in bold