the columbia lions men’s basketball team concluded its decade with a last second loss to the great danes of suny albany. the dogs arrived at levien less than an hour and a half before tip off, having endured a southward trek from the capital in just miserable weather. nevertheless, they seemed rather sprightly as they […] Read more »

the horrific halloween (more or less) news that 6′ 11″ difference making center patrick tape had elected to forgo his senior season in light blue shorts to preserve a year of graduate eligibility elsewhere, deflated allgame miserably. we were somewhat reinvigorated by the 3 – 5 record the lions cobbled together in november which should […] Read more »

last march when the columbia lions men’s five finished its third consecutive 5 – 9 league campaign, allgame was left with a profound sense of what might have been rather than one of nauseous deja vu. the penultimate weekend road sweep of brown and yale had confirmed our growing belief that the light blue could […] Read more »

the long suffering, desperately in need of a second Ivy League win, columbia lions men’s basketball team, rallied heroically and, down by five with less than a minute thirty in overtime, pulled out a 79 – 77 victory over the penn quakers and threw a significant wrench in steve donahue’s kids’ hopes of making the […] Read more »

the columbia men’s basketball team traveled north two weeks ago and lost a heart stoppingly exciting game against Harvard, falling 98 – 96 in triple overtime, before continuing on to hanover, new hampshire where they managed perhaps their flattest performance of the season. the big green dropped them emphatically, 82 – 66. returning to levien, […] Read more »

buoyed already by columbia’s solid win over cornell, imagine our surprised pleasure last friday upon arriving at levien to see devin cannady observing the Princeton shoot around in street clothes. the tigers’ leading scorer and rebounder (nifty statistical double for a 6′ 2″ guard) would not be balling against the lions. our delight at the […] Read more »

having fallen way behind in ithaca before rallying frantically to lose by one stinking point, the lions chose a different tactical approach in their home court rematch with cornell. tai bibbs hit a layup and free throw fifteen seconds into Saturday’s ivy battle and the lions had the better of the battle for most of […] Read more »

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 bead on the wampum belt.  similarly, we dismiss the late november victory against st. joe’s […] Read more »

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 up with a nice 74 -71 defeat of iona at madison square garden.  tonight they […] Read more »

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 team visited from Delaware. the now 6 – 2 hens held off the lions in […] Read more »