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 »
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 »
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 »
Credit where due
Don’t know how many, if any, of you saw this past Sunday’s Times Sports Section article on the great old days of the Ivy League. Peter May’s essay revisits the supposed Golden Age – circa 1964 – 1975 with a quick nod to the Quaker team of 1979. “It was a legitimate league back then,” […] Read more »
If you read All Game you would have known . . .
. . . that the excitement gripping greater New York, as well as much of the sports world, over the performances of recent Knick acquisition Jeremy Lin had been anticipated by the lintensely Ivy-centric linner circle of Paulie B. Back on Friday January 29, 2010 our crew visited Levien to check out the buzz surrounding […] Read more »
terrible loss
As Mrs. Smith and I walked away from Levien with the rest of a still reeling crowd, she asked for my thoughts on the calamity. ” How come,” she wondered? “Stay positive in your post,” she urged. Hard to figure that one out given the high dive of emotion the Lions had just put 2,500 of […] Read more »
house full of snow shoes
Levien was packed on Saturday night with the winter toughened, red mukluk clad alumni of Cornell’s chilly, central New York campus. So undaunted was their attendance by the city’s first snow storm of 2012 that the game was effectively sold out with the noisy crowd officially listed at 2,654. Not only was I denied […] Read more »
Ivy High Points
i will refrain from talking any smack in this post and try to give some credit where it is due to the lions’ conference opponents. don’t be misled by the civility. throw downs start next weekend. though fordham’s win over harvard has taken some of the top 25 bloom off the crimson rose, tommy amaker’s […] Read more »