Category Archives: Columbia Basketball

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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redux and done

Posted on March 15, 2019 by Paul

the lions five did exactly what it had to on friday night, downing dartmouth 70 – 66.  in the process they avenged a stinging ivy league defeat while playing some of their toughest perimeter defense. big green junior guard brendan … Continue reading →

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take aways from a terrific weekend

Posted on March 6, 2019 by Paul

patrick tape was, appropriately, named the ivy league player of the week after leading the columbia lions to consecutive road wins in providence and new haven.  the big guy averaged 16 points per game and grabbed 6.5 rebounds per contest. … Continue reading →

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still alive

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Paul

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

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Paul

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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what we learned

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Paul

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

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Paul

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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transitional

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Paul

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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staying alive! the lions stop the quakers

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Paul

one day after playing perhaps their worst game of the year, a gritty lion squad ended the penn basketball team’s five game winning streak and put themselves in position to play in the first ivy league post season hoops tournament. … Continue reading →

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