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since mike smith went down for the season with a torn meniscus in the game against bryant, the lions have been 2 -3.  we cannot credit the win over the decidedly earthbound soaring eagles of div iii elmira as a … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

contrary to reporting in the Columbia Spectator, it wasn’t until penn’s jackson donahue drilled an nba distance trey to seal the quakers win over harvard on saturday night that the columbia lions men’s basketball season ended.  columbia’s valiant rear guard effort  … Continue reading →

the columbia lions will journey to the finger lakes this saturday to commence the 2016 – 17 ivy league campaign. cornell’s big red should be subdued by a light blue squad that is starting to play some solid ball, but … Continue reading →

the 2015 ivy league basketball season ended  at levien gymnasium on the first saturday of march. a championship banner was raised, but it was decidedly too dark a blue. the yale five claimed their first ncaa tournament berth since 1962 … Continue reading →

    having just won their two best played games of this still green season, columbia’s ballers managed to drop consecutive contests by two stinking points.  the fairfield stags stymied the lions up in connecticut, 82 – 81 in ot … Continue reading →