1935–36 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team

{{short description|American college basketball season}}

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|year=1935–36

|team=Long Island Blackbirds

|sport=Basketball

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|conference=Independent

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|record=26–0

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|head_coach=Clair Bee

|hc_year = 5th

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|champion=Premo-Porretta National Champions

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The 1935–36 Long Island Blackbirds men's basketball team represented Long Island University during the 1935–36 NCAA men's basketball season in the United States. The head coach was Clair Bee, coaching in his fifth season with the Blackbirds.{{cite web| title =Long Island Blackbirds season-by-season results| work =sports-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference | year=2014| url =https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/long-island-university/| accessdate =June 16, 2014}} The players were Willie Schwartz, Jules Bender, Ben Kramer, Ken Norton, Leo Merson, Marius Russo, and Arthur Hillhouse.{{cite web| title=Men's Basketball Team 1935-36 - Hall of Fame - LIU Brooklyn |url=https://brooklyn.liuathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=13&mobile=skip |website=LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds| access-date=November 27, 2024}}

The team finished the season with a 26–0 record{{cite web| title =Yearly Results| work =2012–13 LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds Men's Basketball Media Guide| publisher =Long Island University| year=2012| url =http://issuu.com/liuathletics12/docs/2012-13_liu_men_s_basketball_record_book/3?e=5725950/5466444|accessdate = June 16, 2014}} and was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|publisher=ESPN Books|location=New York, NY|year=2009|page=544|ISBN=978-0-345-51392-2}}