St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's basketball

From late November 2022 until March 2023, the Terriers played home games at the Activity Resource Center (branded as "The ARC") at Pratt Institute in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Through the 2021–22 season, they had played in the Daniel J. Lynch '38 Gym in the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex, located on SFC's former Brooklyn Heights campus.

As of 2010, Glenn Braica was announced as the 17th head coach in the history of the St. Francis Terriers men's basketball program.

[15] After the 2022-23 season, St. Francis Brooklyn dropped all intercollegiate athletics, including basketball, from the college after over 120 years of history.

Then from 1920 to 1940 the Terriers compiled a 246–187 record and established themselves as a premier basketball program in New York City, playing their home games in Brooklyn.

During this time period the Terriers hosted their home games in their gymnasium at the Butler Street Campus in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn or at the 13th Regiment Armory.

[17] Joseph Brennan was the Terriers head coach with the highest winning percentage and he was also elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1975.

Brennan helped make the Terriers into a popular team during New York City's Basketball glory days of the 1940s and 50s.

Lynch was a graduate of St. Francis College and played basketball at his alma mater from 1934–38 under head coach Rody Cooney.

As a tribute, the Terriers home court is in the Daniel Lynch Gymnasium, which is part of the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex.

St. Francis first participated in the NAIA District 31 playoffs to qualify for the tournament, in it they defeated St. Peter's (63–55) and Panzer College (80–70).

Lynch's 1953–54 squad won the Metropolitan New York Conference regular season championship and were invited to the 1954 NIT where they defeated Louisville in the first round before losing to Holy Cross in the Quarterfinals.

The team at one point won 18 straight games and upset Niagara to reach the NIT Semi-Finals, before falling to Dayton.

The Terriers were also occasionally invited to play at Madison Square Garden III by Ned Irish, a basketball promoter.

Starting in the 1950-51 season, St. Francis College was banned from the Garden by Ned Irish for scheduling marquee games at the Park Slope Armory.

[33] The building is referred to as the Generoso Pope Athletic Complex and the basketball gym is named after Daniel Lynch.

For the immediate future, the Terriers will play at The ARC at Pratt Institute, about 2 miles (3 km) from SFC's new campus in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill neighborhood.

Also during this time St. Francis College moved its campus and in 1971 the Terriers settled into a new home at the Pope Physical Education Center.

Before joining the Terriers, Ganulin was fresh off the 1990 National Championship as an assistant with the 1989–90 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team.

[37] Also during Ganulin's tenure St. Francis made their first appearance in a National Tournament since 1963, by being selected to participate in the 2003 NIT Season Tip-Off.

[39] Brian Nash was head coach for 5 seasons, during which time the Terriers lost much of the momentum gained during Ganulin's tenure.

[40] On April 29, 2010, Glenn Braica was announced as the 17th head coach in the history of the St. Francis Terriers men's basketball program.

In 2013, the Terriers were selected to participate in the Maui Invitational Tournament as part of the Mainland Bracket for the first time in the programs history.

Part of this success was the Terriers stingy defense and big road wins against Miami, Florida Atlantic and Stony Brook.

In the NEC Tournament, the Terriers defeated LIU Brooklyn and Saint Francis (PA) to reach the Championship game, where they lost to Robert Morris.

St. Francis first participated in the NAIA District 31 playoffs to qualify for the tournament, where they defeated Saint Peter's (63–55) and Panzer College (80–70).

[55] The Battle of Brooklyn is dedicated to William Lai and Daniel Lynch, former athletic directors at Long Island University and St. Francis College, respectively.

Notable records include Vernon Stokes leading the country in field goal percentage with 59.5% shooting during the 1952–53 season.

[69] The St. Francis Brooklyn men's basketball program has honored only two former players, Denis McDermott and Alvin Inniss, by retiring their numbers.

He graduated as the career leading scorer (fourth all-time as of 2019–20) in the programs history and was drafted by the New York Knicks in 1974.

Photo of Eddie Keating and Eddie Moran, St. Francis College players on the 1922–23 basketball team .
Photo of the 1936 St. Francis Terriers Basketball Team , which was selected to tryout for the 1936 Summer Olympics .
St. Francis vs LIU in the annual Battle of Brooklyn at The Pope on January 31, 2015.
St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers annual win percentage from 1920 to 2018. Bars specify the win percentage per year, with blue bars indicating above 50% win seasons and red bars indicating at or below 50%.
The Battle of Brooklyn plaque listing the past winners since 1976