LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY RUMORS
Blackbirds start slow, wilt at end in First Four
In December, LIU Brooklyn lost its best player, Julian Boyd, to a season-ending knee injury.
That could have been the end of the Blackbirds' two-year run as Northeast Conference champions.
Instead of folding, the Blackbirds turned around a season filled with adversity by winning their last five games to win a record third consecutive league tournament title and earn a third...
Via AP on Fox
March 20, 2013
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LIU Brooklyn 83, St. Francis (NY) 75
Jamal Olasewere scored 20 points and made a pair of crucial plays as LIU Brooklyn fended off St. Francis Brooklyn 83-75 Sunday, sweeping the season series.
Trailing by one with 1:23 remaining, Olasewere took a feed from Jason Brickman and converted on a spin move in the paint to push the Blackbirds (13-11, 8-4 Northeast Conference) ahead for good. He also made a bank shot for an...
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February 10, 2013
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LIU Brooklyn 79, Bryant 78
Jamal Olasewere scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half and grabbed a last-second rebound to preserve LIU Brooklyn's 79-78 victory over Bryant Saturday.
The Blackbirds (10-10, 5-3), the two-time defending Northeast Conference champs, trailed 49-42 at halftime before rallying.
Bryant (13-6, 6-2) got 25-points from Dyami Starks, who hit six 3-pointers. Frankie Dobbs added...
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January 26, 2013
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Suspensions lifted for 4 LIU players in brawl
The star of the Long Island University Brooklyn basketball team and three teammates arrested in a campus brawl had their suspensions lifted Monday and were instead put on school probation and will be suspended for two games each.
Julian Boyd, a forward who was named the Northeast Conference player of the year last year, and three other players, Jamal Olaswere, Troy Joseph and C...
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October 08, 2012
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LIU suspends four after brawl
The star of the Long Island University Brooklyn basketball team and three other players were suspended Friday after they were arrested on assault charges following a campus brawl.
Julian Boyd, a forward named the Northeast Conference player of the year last year, high scorers Jamal Olasewere and Troy Joseph, and a fourth player, C.J. Garner, were arrested Thursday. They were arraigned...
Via Fox Sports
September 21, 2012
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Quoth the Blackbird: We can pull it off
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It must be spring. The Blackbirds are chirping.
The Long Island University Blackbirds, that is.
Syracuse was in danger Thursday against North Carolina-Asheville of becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 seed in the NCAA tournament before rallying late to survive and advance.
Michigan State will take the floor at Nationwide Arena sometime after 9 p.m. ET...
Via Fox Sports Detroit
March 16, 2012
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LIU Brooklyn clinches Northeast title (AP)
Julian Boyd scored 21 points and grabbed 20 rebounds, and Jamal Olasewere had 24 points as LIU Brooklyn clinched the Northeast Conference regular-season title by defeating Fairleigh Dickinson 91-80 Thursday night. Jason Brickman had 13 assists for the Blackbirds (22-7, 16-1) after getting 16 in LIU's 99-89 win over Quinnipiac last Saturday.
Via Rivals.com
February 23, 2012
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