The St. Francis College men's basketball team, founded in 1896, is the oldest collegiate program in New York City. In the Terriers' 117-year history, they have won 6 regular season championships, have had 4 postseason NIT bids, and 1 postseason CIT bid. The Terrier's had their best season in 1955-56 under head coach Daniel Lynch, they posted a 21–4 record that ranked them 13th nationally in the AP polls and reached the NIT semi-finals. Then, during Ron Ganulin's tenure as head coach in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the team was one of the best in the NEC; from 1998 through 2004, St. Francis posted a 78-36 conference record. At the time Ganulin's assistant was Glenn Braica, who is the current head coach and has held the position since 2010. Braica was previously an assistant under Norm Roberts at St. John's University. Under Braica, the Terriers won the 2014-15 NEC Regular Season Championship and participated in the 2015 NIT and the 2019 CIT.