Columbia entered Saturday night with a high octane offense, set to challenge Stony Brook in what they hoped would become a shootout. Continue reading “Columbia Squanders 17-Point Lead, Sets New Lows In Stony Brook Loss”
What Happened Last Week: Harvard did what Harvard does in tournaments. Santa brought blowout wins for Princeton and Dartmouth, overtime heartbreakers for Brown and Penn, a blown first-half lead for Cornell, and rest for Columbia and Yale. Continue reading “Ivy League Weekly Roundup: Dec. 28”
What Happened Last Week: Columbia reached a much-needed break. Princeton and Cornell hung with ACC opponents past and present, but only for about 20 minutes. Penn played a D-III game for the first time in forever, and realized why. Continue reading “Ivy League Weekly Roundup: Dec. 21”
What Happened Last Week: Yale lost to a pair of power-conference teams. The Monstars stole Princeton’s shooting ability for a night. Penn’s Big 5 comeback fell short. Columbia almost Columbia’d, until Luke Petrasek saved the day. Continue reading “Ivy League Weekly Roundup: Dec. 14”
Columbia played excellent defense in the first half, along with good enough defense in the second half, and pulled out a convincing 65-56 victory over NJIT on Saturday night. Continue reading “Columbia 65, NJIT 56 – Some Rambling Thoughts”
“The process.” Recently, it’s been the term associated with the Philadelphia 76ers’ rebuilding effort. Continue reading “Columbia 72, Manhattan 71: Trust The Process”
Flash back to 2013. A loaded Manhattan team was at the beginning of their journey to back-to-back MAAC titles (with the jury still out on more). Steve Masiello’s team took the 1 train down to Manhattan (the borough) and handed Columbia a heartbreaking one-point loss at Levien Gymnasium. Continue reading “Redemption For Petrasek and Columbia”
What Happened Last Week: Harvard gave No. 4 Kansas a scare in Lawrence, erasing a 13-point deficit in the second half before losing by six points. Princeton lost for the first time this season at Stony Brook. Cornell, Brown, Yale and Columbia each won multiple games. Continue reading “Ivy League Weekly Roundup: Dec. 8”
Columbia isn’t the unluckiest team in the country, yet. The Lions, at least according to Ken Pomeroy’s rankings, are only the third unluckiest. (The distinction actually belongs to their league mates Harvard.) Continue reading “Saint Joseph’s 80, Columbia 78: Second Half Defense Dooms Lions”
What Happened Last Week: The Ivy League got off to a great start: Yale hung with Duke for a half, Penn and Columbia topped solid teams, and Princeton and Harvard beat D-I opponents by D-III scores. But the weekend was brutal for everyone not named Miles Wright. Continue reading “Ivy League Weekly Roundup: Nov. 30”
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