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 his pumice buried city than a disappointed sports fan leaving an arena. speech was impossible, […] Read more »
disappointed, undaunted, ready for another must win weekend
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 expect, this crew rues that sole blemish on the report card more than the handful […] Read more »
lions rampant
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. it was a game that left many of us shaking our heads at a talented, […] Read more »
big wins
columbia started its journey to the ivy league title and a place in the ncaa tournament as well as possible, edging the cornell big red at levien, 74 -70, on the 16th and then whipping the ithacans at newman arena, 79 – 68. two weeks into league play and the lions are tied for first […] Read more »
petrasek and lo lead the blazing lions into new year
columbia has won five straight and the lions are starting to resemble the team we anticipated back at season’s outset. the three losses that preceded the current success were by a total of four points. seven points judiciously distributed over those matches would have them boasting a gaudy 12 – 2 record and looking like […] Read more »
#theroadtohoustonstartsonbroadway
a rehabbed and reinforced columbia hoops squad opened its 2015 – 16 campaign with a boring 45 point rout of the visiting kean college cougars during lunch break on friday the thirteenth. the mismatch in size, talent and skills was such that no conclusions can surely be drawn from the one sided (107 – 62) […] Read more »
the new normal
back when allgame was first developing his unhealthy preoccupation with lion hoops, the unquestionable marquee matchups of the ivy season were against the “killer p’s.” the princeton and pennsylvania games were much the most anticipated and challenging games of any ivy campaign. in the years following the lions lone league championship back in ’68, the […] Read more »
scary – can a struggling lion squad succeed in the ivies?
two weekends ago, the lions traveled to ithaca and edged an improved cornell squad, 48 – 45. the savor of that valuable league road win was tempered by the unpalatable stats line posted by columbia’s offensive leader, maodo lo. the junior guard from berlin was not only shut out by the big red but also […] Read more »
a dizzying december delivers lions to the new year
columbia ended a challenging december on a down note, losing to the st. francis terriers in brooklyn on tuesday the thirtieth, 74 -68. the result bookended a month opening defeat at the hands of the visiting marylanders from loyola, the only lion home loss to date and a bitter pill to swallow after the […] Read more »
we’re number two! columbia rattles kentucky
the columbia lions journeyed to lexington, kentucky and showed the nation how the immense and immensely deep kentucky wildcats might be beaten. the box score tells the familiar story of visitors undone by home team favoring officials (with kentucky enjoying a 17 – 4 edge in freethrows), but allgame has no beef with a crew […] Read more »