Category Archives: Ivy League Basketball

Linsanity at Levien, Yawn. Zebras Rob Lions Again!

Having over indulged yet again on the eggplant pizza at V & T’s while foretelling our still bright futures, RIcky A and I arrived at Levien to watch the last consequential game of the year.  An overflow crowd was gathering … Continue reading

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Credit where due

Don’t know how many, if any, of you saw this past Sunday’s Times Sports Section article on the great old days of the Ivy League. Peter May’s essay revisits the supposed  Golden Age – circa 1964 – 1975 with a … Continue reading

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If you read All Game you would have known . . .

.  . . that the excitement gripping greater New York, as well as much of the sports world,  over the performances of recent Knick acquisition Jeremy Lin had been anticipated by the lintensely Ivy-centric  linner circle of Paulie B.   Back … Continue reading

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terrible loss

As Mrs. Smith and I walked away from Levien with the rest of a still reeling crowd, she asked for my thoughts on the calamity. ” How come,” she wondered?  “Stay positive in your post,” she urged.  Hard to figure that … Continue reading

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house full of snow shoes

Levien was packed on Saturday night with the winter toughened, red mukluk clad alumni of Cornell’s chilly, central New York campus.  So undaunted was their attendance by the city’s first snow storm of 2012 that the game was effectively sold … Continue reading

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Ivy High Points

i will refrain from talking any smack in this post and try to give some credit where it is due to the lions’ conference opponents.  don’t be misled by the civility.  throw downs start next weekend.  though fordham’s win over … Continue reading

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