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first principles

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Paul

tonight the columbia lions return to the hardwood up in providence, rhode island. over the last three seasons, the light blue has won seventeen while losing eighty five games. hard to imagine, but that .200 winning percentage is two times … Continue reading →

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nyc nye seism shakes the ivies and allgame

Posted on January 2, 2023 by Paul

when the current edition of the columbia mens’ basketball team fell to rutgers by forty points in their first contest and by twenty eight to the umass-lowell river hawks in their levien opener, allgame was among the naysaying head hangers … Continue reading →

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upbeat at the first break

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Paul

the columbia lions, seven weeks into their effort to climb out of the deepest despondency of their, let’s face it, less than brilliant history, visited lafayette last evening and grabbed the team’s first road victory of the season. the 57 … Continue reading →

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three stinkers set up a battle for the basement

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Paul

having lifted allgame’s heart with their stout play versus princeton and penn, the lions squandered our good will in two sloppy saturday losses at levien, first to harvard and then to brown. they followed those half-hearted defenses of home court … Continue reading →

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back in business

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Paul

at long last, allgame reports from the rectangular hardwood. readers have reached out, curious as to our whereabouts and the current state of the lions. the omicron variant has inflicted its perhaps most serious effects upon the ivy league basketball … Continue reading →

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hard lessons of youth

Posted on December 6, 2021 by Paul

the columbia lions mens’ basketball team won its first two games of the season by furiously rallying against the binghamton bearcats and then coasting against div iii mt st vincent’s of the bronx in a glorified scrimmage. having established that … Continue reading →

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small sample optimism

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Paul

it took three games of its 2021 – 22 schedule for the lions to notch their first basketball victory in forever. the win came against the 318th ranked div I team in the nation, the suny binghamton bearcats, so allgame … Continue reading →

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this heart

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Paul

as a ravening predator loosed on a zebra rich savannah, allgame returns hungrily to the prospect of a new season of columbia men’s basketball. our appetite inflamed further by sad remembrance of deep, persistent famine, we ask your indulgence as … Continue reading →

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dog days of winter

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Paul

the columbia lions men’s basketball team has adorned this dreary, snowless mid-atlantic winter with a five game losing streak.  the ivy league season debuted promisingly enough with an efficient win over a poor cornell team at levien on january 18.  … Continue reading →

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excelsior

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Paul

the columbia men’s basketball team lost the tip off saturday evening last but little else as they dominated cornell for a 75 – 61 win.  that victory over a smaller, slower squad was the absolutely necessary beginning to their ivy … Continue reading →

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