• Led team to 3 consecutive Tri-State League championships.
• Finished career with 1,032 points.
• Played for Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Oakland in ABA 1967-1968 inaugural season.
• Played in Israel for Hapoel Tel Aviv and Israeli National Team for 15 years.
• Member Long Island University Hall Of Fame

Barry Leibowitz, a 6-foot 2-inch guard, from Brooklyn, New York, played for Long Island University from 1964 to 1967. He led the team to 3 consecutive Tri-State League championships, and finished his career with 1,032 points.

After his college career he played one season in the newly created American Basketball Association. He started with the New Jersey Americans, then was traded to the Pittsburgh Pipers. The Pipers traded him to the Oakland Oaks for Art Heyman, who was instrumental in Pittsburgh winning the first ABA championship.

After that one season, Barry went to Israel to play with Hapoel Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball League, and on the Israeli National Team for 15 seasons.

Barry Leibowitz was, without question, the best player in the history of Hapoel Tel Aviv, and one of the best players ever in European and Israeli basketball.

The only way to describe Barry's basketball style, is to say that he was a true "basketball artist." It was as if he saw the plays unfold in his mind's eye and then executed them exactly as he had seen them. Almost as though the game itself was a déjà vu experience for him.

His confidence on a basketball court was unmatched and well earned. Barry not only saw the entire floor, but understood the game of basketball so well he knew where every player was, on both teams, and where they would all be 15-seconds later.

When he wasn't leading the fast break, or dishing-off theatrically for an assist, his line-drive jumper was hammering Opponents into submission.

If he was guarded too closely, he would spin by an opponent with one of his unbelievable moves, improvised on the moment, for a driving lay-up. In every game he played, Barry Leibowitz was a human highlight reel, more than worth the price of admission.

Ball-handling with a wizardry reminiscent of Bob Cousey, Barry brought the ball down the court with showmanship. He fed teammates with passes behind his back, backward between his legs, and looking in the opposite direction. Each one found their man, as though the ball had his name on it, and invariably resulted in a score.

If he couldn't find an open man, Barry took charge of the situation himself.

Barry was the absolute leader on the floor, and in the locker room.

When he played for the Israeli National Team, it was no accident that he was made the captain of the team.

He is a member of the Long Island University Hall Of Fame.