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 »
lions lookin’ for a miracle as bluegrass battle beckons
columbia prepared for its fight with the deepest team in college basketball this coming wednesday by playing its best game to date. they buried the bucknell bisons at levien this saturday evening past, 62 – 39. it was their first win over the visitors in three seasons. the squad played an impeccable first six minutes […] Read more »
jump ball! the lions’ new season tips off
part the first – dedicated to the one i love when the columbia five left levien last march 25 on the short end of a 72 – 69 college insider.com post season tournament battle with the ever despised yales, despondent fans could look ahead to a bright follow up to a 21 win year. the […] Read more »
flat ivy finish but the lions keep running
columbia’s basketball team entered the last two weeks of the ivy schedule with slim but real hopes for the ivy title or at least a solid second place finish. that all evaporated as tommy amaker’s harvard squad dealt them an utter ass whipping, 80 – 47. so thorough was the beating that it nearly erased […] Read more »
double disappointment
just a week ago, allgame insiders were exchanging giddy emails with subject lines like “break up the lions” that extolled the feisty play of rosenberg, osetkowski et al during a turn of the new year winning streak. but play on the road is tough in the ivies and today we find ourselves brushing the debris […] Read more »
ivy league season preview
our lions enter the ivy league season playing their best basketball to date. the five games we excitedly anticipated back in mid-december proved as thrilling as we thought they might and more successful than we dared hope. admittedly, the wins over fairleigh dickinson and st. francis (brooklyn) were one sided affairs in which the visiting […] Read more »