1938–39 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	1938–39
Prev Year:	1937–38
Next Year:	1939–40
Team:	Long Island Blackbirds
Conference:	Independent
Record:	23–0
Hc Year:	8th
Champion:	National Invitation Tournament Champions Helms Foundation National Champions Premo-Porretta National Champions

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 was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.^{[3] [4]} 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

|-!colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style="background:#000000; color:#FFFFFF;"| National Invitation TournamentSource^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Long Island Blackbirds season-by-season results. sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. June 16, 2014.
2. Web site: Yearly Results. 2012–13 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Men's Basketball Media Guide. Long Island University. 2012. June 16, 2014.
3. Web site: NCAA Division I Men's Basketball – NCAA Division I Champions. Rauzulu's Street. 2004. June 16, 2014.
4. Book: ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. ESPN. ESPN Books. New York, NY. 2009. 549. 978-0-345-51392-2.