Category Archives: men’s college basketball

downs and ups, a gritty lion squad gets ready to visit new england

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Paul

the lions five traveled to philadelphia on february 10th and fell to a previously winless (in league) pennsylvania crew.  the failure is gruesome enough given the quakers’ previous ineptitude but columbia managed to revert to those behaviors it had seemed … Continue reading →

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half way home

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Paul

last weekend, the lion hoops crew split two rousing battles in front of nearly packed houses.  the games against yale and brown both featured the lions’ now tough, if not impenetrable, 2 – 3 zone, improved three point shooting and … Continue reading →

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a lot of fun but still a loss

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Paul

when paulie b was undergraduating, he spent nearly as much time playing half court hoops as he did contemplating matters literary.  lacking a quick first step or reliable jump shot, he depended on enthusiastic rebounding, pestiferous hand checking defense and … Continue reading →

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of two minds

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Paul

the new columbia hoops season is one road trip and two home games old and allgame has already been treated to the menu of  frustrations and thrills this crew can provide.   the home opener versus army was our first opportunity … Continue reading →

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o brave new world! lions tip off the 2016 – 17 campaign

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Paul

last time out we bade hail and farewell to the departing quartet of lion hoopsters (messrs lo, rosenberg, mullins and cohen) who had so wonderfully entertained us.  we wished them godspeed in the (less than) prestigious c.i.t. tournament where the … Continue reading →

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short

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Paul

columbia’s basketball team has won 20 games for the second time in the last three years and will almost certainly be playing after the end of the ivy league season. unless an incalculably unlikely series of events transpire, however, they … Continue reading →

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middle of the journey

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Paul

one should forgive the preoccupation of the some 2,500 fans filing into levien last friday. though the evening’s assignment was “beat the crimson,” most of us were gathered in hasty grief counseling sessions, trying to wrap our heads around the … Continue reading →

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win six

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Paul

as paulie b fled levien gymnasium last saturday, struck half blind and nauseous by the magnitude of the just befallen disaster, he more resembled, as did so many lion rooters heading for the exits, a concussed resident of herculaneum fleeing  … Continue reading →

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disappointed, undaunted, ready for another must win weekend

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Paul

the columbia lions men’s basketball team returns to levien gymnasium this weekend in second place in the ivy league.  a 5 – 1 record, fashioned over three weeks on the road would ordinarily be reason for immense self-congratulation, but, we … Continue reading →

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lions rampant

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Paul

five weeks ago, the columbia men’s basketball team traveled to long island and battled the america east conference power stony brook seawolves.  the light blue led by as many as seventeen points on their way to a nine point loss.  … Continue reading →

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