NYU Violets men's basketball
| NYU Violets men's basketball | |||||||
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| University | New York University | ||||||
| First season | 1906 | ||||||
| Head coach | Waleed Farid (1st season) | ||||||
| Location | New York, New York | ||||||
| Arena | John A. Paulson Center | ||||||
| Conference | University Athletic Association | ||||||
| Nickname | Violets | ||||||
| Colors | Purple and white | ||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament runner-up | |||||||
| Division I 1945 Division III 1994, 2025 | |||||||
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| Pre-tournament Helms national champions | |||||||
| 1935 | |||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||
| 1934, 1938, 1946, 1948, 1957, 1960, 1993, 1994 | |||||||
The NYU Violets men's basketball team is the college basketball team that represents New York University, located in New York City. The team currently competes in NCAA Division III as a member of the University Athletic Association. NYU previously competed as an NCAA Division I program until 1971, when the team was disbanded due to a budget crisis. The team was reinstated in 1983 as a Division III program.
NYU played in two NCAA Division I Final Fours (1945 and 1960). In the pre-poll, pre-tournament era, the 1934–35 team were retroactively selected as national championships by the Helms Athletic Foundation, and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively ranked the team as the top team that season. NYU has also had success in the Division III NCAA tournament, including a runner-up finish at the 1994 and 2024 tournament.