Category Archives: Columbia Basketball

ready for rutgers

on the last dreary saturday of december, the columbia lions men’s basketball team hosted some 1,200 fans for their battle with the fairfield stags. the game promised little, appeared a mismatch almost. the 10 -1 lions seemed likely to run … Continue reading

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present and past: reflections on the lions perfect start as they await the stony brook seawolves

the columbia men’s basketball team visited brooklyn this wednesday and for the second time in three games turned an apparent mundane win into a very close run thing. not to bury our lede, the light blue now stands at 6 … Continue reading

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veteran lions ablaze – are they real

the columbia men’s basketball team edged lehigh tuesday evening, 76 – 75. they survived a frantic mountainhawk rally that turned an eleven point deficit, with only 1:26 to play, into a tied game with 4.8 seconds remaining. a fifty – … Continue reading

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dunzo

bill parcells said, rather famously, “you are what your record says you are.” after twenty seven games, allgame can conclude that the 2023 – 24 columbia lions men’s basketball team is mediocre. a 13 -14 overall mark looks a bit … Continue reading

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bloodied

for the second time in two meetings this season, the columbia lions mens’ basketball team blew a double digit lead against the harvard crimson. that hardwood fumble left the light blue in a tie for fourth place in the ivy … Continue reading

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alive

the columbia mens’ basketball team has played two and a half good games over the last two weeks. that was enough to put them in a three way tie for fourth place in the ivy league with brown and harvard. … Continue reading

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on the brink

allgame’s beloved lions launched their ivy league season with losses to cornell, yale and princeton. those are the three toughest teams in the league and the light blue managed to hang with each of them for better than a half. … Continue reading

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now it begins

having fallen at fordham’s rose hill gymnasium back on december 30, the light blue mbb team duly slaughtered div iii mt saint vincent’s in their last non-league battle of the 2023 – 24 campaign. on tuesday, they will travel to … Continue reading

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the lions play santa two weeks early

there have been two big stories during the 2023 – 24 non-league portion of the ivy league basketball season. first has been the heralded 10 – 1 start by the princeton men’s five. led by sophomores xian lee and caden … Continue reading

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early hope

strangest time of the college basketball calendar, no? too many teams refine their games far from their native hardwood. holiday tourneys proliferate, luring squads and their fans to unhooply climes like maui or the bahamas. the columbia lions have not … Continue reading

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