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promising

having lost three straight  div i contests by a total of four points, the columbia lions proceeded to lose their offensive leader mike smith to an injury in their blowout win over bryant.  the smithless light blue followed that victory … Continue reading

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the bitter pill of a thrilling loss

three weeks into the 2018 – 19 men’s basketball schedule, the columbia lions have yet to win a div 1 game. their fifth fail against such a competitor came this past Sunday when a decent but hardly terrific blue hen … Continue reading

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still alive

penn and princeton visited levien gymnasium this past weekend and tangled with the lions in two very different games.  friday evening columbia faced a quaker team that was tied for first in the ivies and beat the lions in philadelphia … Continue reading

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lions look to awake from the nightmare of history as the killer p’s visit

when brown’s tamenchang choh jumped over kyle castlin and grabbed the rebound of brandon anderson’s intentionally missed free throw with nine seconds remaining in overtime last saturday in providence, lion fans would have been forgiven their overwhelming sense of deja … Continue reading

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sweep

having slaughtered cornell at levien on the 2oth of january, the lions journeyed to ithaca on the 27th and forgot what they had just done.  matt morgan and stone gettings controlled the game, mostly throughout, and the big red hung … Continue reading

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what we learned

three games into the ivy league schedule and the ultimate fate of the columbia lions hoopsters in conference play has started to take shape.  join allgame in a perusal of that still distant shore from the vantage point of the … Continue reading

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baby, it’s cold outside

this is the weather that birthed basketball.  our so far bitter northeast winter evokes warm memories of overheated, sweat stinking gymnasiums and young athletes running the hardwood.  no more appropriate opponent, then, for the lions to finish 2017 against than … Continue reading

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dark days

columbia men’s basketball team stands at 1 – 9 with one game remaining before the holiday break.  according to kenpom.com they are the best one win team in the nation and have played the ninth toughest schedule.  so lion fans … Continue reading

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Home at last

levien gymnasium has probably never looked warmer than it does right now to the dinged up, road weary, one win columbia hoopsters.  they have just completed a bataan death march through the middle atlantic losing six of seven contests.  they … Continue reading

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columbia’s surprising football team now finds itself on a losing streak, sadly familiar terrain.  the ivy title that had been within their grasp just two weeks ago still beckons, but can be captured only with complex, multilateral assistance.  first, someone … Continue reading

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