winning on the road in the ivies is hard as heidegger. just ask coach paul cormier, professor of roundball philosophy at dartmouth, whose big green had lost 24 straight league games away. that is more than 3 years of wandering unhappily in the wilderness. friday last, though, a blizzard blew into the northeast and created […] Read more »
tropical depression
the lions made their annual foray to the ivy league’s southern precincts where they lost games to penn and princeton. both contests demonstrated the blue’s current three point shooting woes with the quaker game on friday a piece de resistance in this regard as the boys went 3 -17 from beyond the arc. that kind of […] Read more »
forth and back
on the 19th, columbia observed the presidential inaugural by traveling to ithaca. starting slowly, they managed to craft a narrow half time margin before thoroughly dismantling ezra cornell’s rubes, 67 -58, behind big mark cisco’s 18 points and 9 boards. brian barbour chipped in with 16 while steve frankoski shot 60% from beyond the arc. […] Read more »
gotta crystal ball? ivy preseason notes
back in mid-autumn, before the season tipped off, the lions were the consensus ivy league third place squad. they were expected to trail princeton and defending champion harvard. as the league prepares to tip off at last, that prognostication seems not unreasonable. the non-league portion of their schedule has provided moments of great encouragement as […] Read more »
triune – notes at the year’s turn
when this correspondent considers his task, the vanity of the endeavor sometimes saddens him. why bother with the project? opening the pages of the new york times sports section on sunday morning, january 6, however, clarifies part of the responsibility and, indeed, value of the work. nowhere in those folio sheets will you find a single sentence […] Read more »
slouching towards bethlehem
our thanksgiving giddiness about the lions triumph over the villanova wildcats, and a 4 – 1 start to the year, has been tempered during the yule season. four defeats in five games have brought the blue to .500 as 2012 wanes. their loss in crooklyn to the l.i.u. blackbirds might be laid at the door […] Read more »
give thanks
sitting in bergen county, awaiting beloved guests, we conjure friends and places far flung. veritably i see kentucky, arkansas, the dakotas, seattle and brooklyn – all possessed of america’s hardwood love and especially blessed this season. for lo, we have been vouchedsafe a glorious victory. indeed, the columbia lions, undaunted by their close loss to a resilient marist squad, traveled […] Read more »
superb saturday
on a day that texas a & m hurled alabama from the heights of college football supremacy, america turned its eyes to wien stadium where columbia’s lions looked to bounce back from a historic, 69 -0, ass whipping administered by the criminally effective harvard cantabridgians and humble ezra cornell’s crew in the battle for the vaunted […] Read more »
Buzzer Beater – The Lion Hoops 2011-2012 Final Report Card
Ohio State broke my heart Saturday night and sent Syracuse home for the year. The Buckeyes’ fierce defense, personified by Aaron Craft, effectively shut down all four Orange guards while their big men dominated down low, outrebounding Cuse by double figures. So, I am finished as a fan for this year, but before the last […] Read more »
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 to witness Tommy Amaker’s Cantabs continue their pursuit of a league crown and NCAA bid. […] Read more »