NYU Violets men's basketball
| NYU Violets men's basketball | |||||||
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| University | New York University | ||||||
| First season | 1906 | ||||||
| Head coach | Vacant | ||||||
| Conference | University Athletic Association | ||||||
| Location | New York, New York | ||||||
| Arena | John A. Paulson Center | ||||||
| Nickname | Violets | ||||||
| Colors | Purple and white | ||||||
| NCAA tournament runner-up | |||||||
| Division I 1945 Division III 1994, 2025 | |||||||
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| Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions | |||||||
| 1935 | |||||||
| Pre-tournament Helms 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, and can lay claim to two national championships predating the creation of the NCAA tournament (1920 and 1935). NYU has also had success in the Division III NCAA tournament, including a runner-up finish at the 1994 and 2024 tournament.