The Blackbirds finished the 2017 – 18 season at 18 – 17 , 10 – 8 in NEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place . As the No. 4 seed in the NEC Tournament , they defeated St. Francis Brooklyn , Fairleigh Dickinson , and Wagner to become NEC Tournament champions . They earned the NEC 's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Four to Radford
NEC Tournament
2018 Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2018–19 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team