The 2025–26 LIU Sharks men's basketball team represented Long Island University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sharks, led by fourth-year head coach Rod Strickland, played their home games at the Steinberg Wellness Center in Brooklyn as members of the Northeast Conference. For the first time since 2018 and first time since the campus merger, the Sharks made the NCAA Tournament.
Previous season The Sharks finished the 2024–25 season 17–16, 12–4 in NEC play, to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed, they defeated Chicago State in the quarterfinals, before losing to Saint Francis, the eventual conference tournament champions, in the semifinals.
Preseason polls NEC poll The NEC released its preseason coaches poll on October 27, 2025. The Sharks were unanimously picked to finish first in the conference. RankTeam 1 LIU (unanimous) 2 Central Connecticut 3 Stonehill 4 Mercyhurst 5 Fairleigh Dickinson 6 Chicago State 7 Saint Francis 8 Wagner 9 Le Moyne 10 New Haven () first-place votes
Preseason all-conference team Redshirt senior guard Malachi Davis and graduate student swingman Jamal Fuller were selected as members of the NEC Preseason All-Conference Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
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