Manhattan College Men's Basketball Historic Post-Season Records
1931
Annual Unemployment Benefit Carnival, at Madison Square Garden
1/19 Manhattan 16 - N.Y.U. 14 15,000 (others: St. John's 17 - C.C.N.Y. 9; Columbia 26 - Fordham 18)
1931-32
Annual Unemployment Benefit Carnival, at Madison Square Garden
12/31 St. John's 16 - Manhattan 6 14,500
[Not truly a post-season game. (Other games: Columbia 22 - N.Y.U. 17; C.C.N.Y. 23 - Forham 11)
1933
Annual Unemployment Benefit Carnival, at Madison Square Garden
2/22 Manhattan 38 - Villanova 22 (aft.) 5,000 (4th game of afternoon session)
[Not truly a post-season game. (Other games: Columbia 21 - Williams 15; Brooklyn 41 - Cathedral 18; St. Francis 19 - L.I.U. 10)]
1936
Olympic Trials/Eliminations
District 1 Semi-Final (First Round), at Madison Square Garden:
3/18 Niagara 28 - Manhattan 22 7,000 (Other game: St. Francis 44 - Springfield College 36)
1943
National Invitation Tournament, at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/18 Toledo 54 - Manhattan 47 16,265 (Other game: Washington & Jefferson 43 - Creighton 42)
1948
European Student Relief Post-Season Doubleheader, at Fordham University Gymnasium
3/6 Manhattan 54 - St. Francis 50 2,000 (2nd game: St. John's 57 - 55 Iona O.T. )
N. A. I. B. Tournament, at Kansas City
First Round:
3/9 Manhattan 65 - Arkansas State Teachers (Conway,Ark.) 60
Quarter-Round:
3/11 Hamline 60 - Manhattan 51
[Note: Manhattan College initially rejected the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (later renamed the N.A.I.A.) Tournament invitation due to that tournament's exclusion of "Negro" players. From this rejection, a protest grew, the N.A.I.A. intergrated, Manhattan College with their black players then accepted and had to face the tournament favorite in 2nd game.]
1949
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/12 San Francisco 68 - Manhattan 43 26,907 (2nd game: Bradley 89 - N.Y.U. 67)
1953
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
Manhattan College bye
Quarter-Final:
3/9 Manhattan 76 - Louisville 66 16,235 (1/4: St. John's 75 - La Salle 74; 1st rd.g.: Niagara 82 - Brigham Young 76 O.T.)
Semi-Final:
3/12 Seton Hall 74 - Manhattan 56 18,014 (1st g.: St. John's 64 - Duquesne 55)
Consolation game:
3/14 Duquesne 81 - Manhattan 67 18,496 (Final: Seton Hall 58 - St. John's 46)
1954
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/6 Dayton 90 - Manhattan 79 16,259 (1st g.- St.Francis (Br.) 60 - LaSalle 55; 3rd g.-Bowling Green 88 - Wichita 84)
1955
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/12 Louisville 91 - Manhattan 86 (aft.) 9,485 (other g.-Niagara 83 - Lafayette 70)
1956
N. C. A. A. Tournament
Eastern Regional, at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/13 Connecticut 84 - Manhattan 75 8,537 (Other g.- Dartmouth 61 - West Virginia 59 O.T.)
1957
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
Manhattan College bye
Quarter-Final:
3/18 Memphis State 85 - Manhattan 73 10,469 (2nd g.- St. Bonaventure 85 - Seattle 68)
1958
N. C. A. A. Tournament
Eastern Regional, at Madison Square Garden:
First Round:
3/11 Manhattan 89 - West Virginia 84 13,019 (1st-Dartmouth 73 - Connecticut 64; 3rd- Maryland 86 - Boston Col. 63)
Eastern Regional, at Charlotte Coliseum, N. C.
Semi-Final:
3/14 Dartmouth 79 - Manhattan 62 12,000 (Other semi: Temple 71 - Maryand 67)
Consolation game:
3/15 Maryland 59 - Manhattan 55 12,100 (Final: Temple 69 - Dartmouth 50)
1959
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/14 Providence 68 - Manhattan 66 (aft.) 13,583 (other g.- N.Y.U. 90 - Denver 81)
1965
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/11 Manhattan 71 - Texas Western 53 16,098 (2nd g.- St. John's 114 - Boston Col. 92)
Quarter-Final:
3/15 Villanova 73 - Manhattan 71 17,045 (2nd g.- St. John's 61 - New Mexico 54)
1966
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/12 Army 71 - Manhattan 66 14,068 (2nd g.- Boston Col. 96 - Louisville 90 3 O.T.s)
1970
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/14 Manhattan 95 - North Carolina 90 (aft.) 9,553 (other g.- Army 72 - Cincinnati 67)
Quarter-Final:
3/16 Army 77 - Manhattan 72 (2nd g.- St. John's 56 - Georgia Tech 55)
Club Team
Intercollegiate Club Balanced Basketball League
Semi-Final:
3/23 Manhattan 96 - Fordham 84
Championship, at Fordham Gym:
3/24 Iona 71 - Manhattan 67
1973
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/19 Alabama 87 - Manhattan 86 17,319 (1st g.- Minnesota 68 - Rutgers 59)
1974
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/16 Maryland Eastern Shore 84 - Manhattan 81 10,110 (2nd g.- Purdue 82 - North Carolina 71)
1975
N. I. T., at Madison Square Garden
First Round:
3/15 Manhattan 68 - Massachusetts 51 (aft.) 8,757 (2nd g.- Providence 91 - Clemson 86)
Quarter-Final:
3/18 St. John's 57 - Manhattan 56 12,272 (other g.- Providence 101 - Pittsburgh 80)
1976
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Divisional Playoffs (Invitational)
Upstate New York Region, at Manley Field House, Syracuse:
First Round:
3/4 Syracuse 83 - Manhattan 57 6,219 (1st g.- Niagara 67 - St. Bonaventure 66)
Consolation game:
3/6 St. Bonaventure 84 - Manhattan 74 (Final: syracuse 77 - Niagara 68)
1977
E. C. A. C. Divisional Playoffs (Invitational)
Metropolitan NY/NJ Region:
First Round, at Fordham Gymnasium, The Bronx:
3/3 St. John's 73 - Manhattan 64 3,187
Consolation game, at Madison Square Garden:
3/5 Army 64 - Manhattan 62 (aft.) (Final: St. John's 83 - Seton Hall 73)
1992
N. I. T.
First Round, at Draddy Gym, Riverdale (Manhattan Col):
3/19 Manhattan 67 - Wisconsin-Green Bay 65 3,055
Second Round, at Louis Brown Athletic Center, New Brunswick (Rutgers):
3/23 Manhattan 62 - Rutgers 61 4,350
Quarter-Final, at Notre Dame:
3/25 Notre Dame 74 - Manhattan 58
1993
N. C. A. A.
Eastern Regional:
First Round, at the Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.:
3/19 Virginia 78 - Manhattan 66 12,703 (other g.- Massachusetts 54 - Pennsylvania 50)
1994
N. I. T.
First Round, at Norfolk, Va. (Old Dominion):
3/17 Old Dominion 76 - Manhattan 74
1995
N. C. A. A..
Southeastern Regional, at The Pyramid, Memphis, Tennessee:
First Round:
3/16 Manhattan 77 - Oklahoma 67 19,120 (other g.- Arizona State 81 - Ball State 66)
Regional Semi-Final:
3/18 Arizona State 64 - Manhattan 54 19,120 (other g.- Kentucky 82 - Tulane 60)
1996
N. I. T.
First Round, at Madison, Wisconsin:
3/13 Wisconsin 55 - Manhattan 42 8,913 (55-52?)
2002
N. I. T.
First Round, at Villanova:
3/14 Villanova 84 - Manhattan 69
2003
N. C. A. A..
Eastern Regional:
First Round, at Fleet Center, Boston, Mass.:
3/21 Syracuse 76 - Manhattan 65 18,141 (2nd g.- Oklahoma State 77 - Pennsylvania 63)
2004
N. C. A. A..
“East Rutherford Regional”:
Opening rounds, at RBC Center, Raleigh, N.C.:
First Round:
3/18 Manhattan 75 - Florida 60 (aft. 19,722) (2nd g.- Wake Forest 79 - Virginia Commonwealth 78)
Second Round:
3/20 Wake Forest 84 - Manhattan 80 (aft.) (1st g., “Atlanta Regional”: Duke 90 - Seton Hall 62)
2006
N. I. T.
Opening Round, at Draddy Gym, Riverdale, N.Y.:
3/14 Manhattan 80 - Fairleigh-Dickinson 77
First Round, at College Park, Maryland:
3/18 Manhattan 77 - Maryland 74
Second Round, at :
3/20 Old Dominion 70 - Manhattan 66
2012
C. I. T. (College Insider.com Tournament)
First Round, at SEFCU Arena, Albany:
3/14 Manhattan 89 - Albany 79
Second Round, at Alumni Hall, Fairfield, Conn.:
3/18 Fairfield 69 - Manhattan 57
2014
N.C.A.A.
Midwest Region:
Second Round, at Orlando, Fla.:
3/20 Louisville 71 - Manhattan 64
2015
N.C.A.A.
Midwest Region:
First Round (First Four), at Dayton, Ohio:
3/17 Hampton 74 - Manhattan 64
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