I’ll have much more to say about Columbia’s victory over UC Irvine last night. For the moment though, let’s enjoy the CollegeInsider.com Tournament championship. Continue reading “The Scene As Columbia Is The CIT Champion”
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Columbia Rolls Into CIT Finals Carrying Ivy League Flag
After beating NJIT somewhat handily 80-65 Sunday night in the semifinals of the CIT, Columbia coach Kyle Smith talked about how great the Ivy League has been.
“The league’s good. I was really happy for Yale,” Smith said. “I feel like sometimes it’s like ‘if a tree falls in the forest’ thing because that’s how I feel about the Ivy League. I’ve been screaming at the top of my lungs that there’s really good teams and that helps prove that. Princeton got a horrible seeding in the NIT, should not have been on the road, and they almost advanced as it was.”
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Columbia Setting Records As It Advances In The CIT
The cracks were starting to show in Columbia’s season. The Lions were down seven points to Ball State with six minutes to play and Isaac Cohen was on the bench with four fouls. Continue reading “Columbia Setting Records As It Advances In The CIT”
Ivy League Weekly Roundup: #2BidIvy!
Recapping the news from a historic week in Ivy League basketball: Continue reading “Ivy League Weekly Roundup: #2BidIvy!”
Appreciate Columbia While They’re Still Here
There’s this restaurant I used to order from in Morningside Heights that would deliver to my apartment, but sometime over the summer they stopped delivering that far south. Now after every Columbia I stop by for takeout on the way home. Continue reading “Appreciate Columbia While They’re Still Here”
Ivy League Weekly Roundup: Release The Brackets
What Happened Last Week: Yale (NCAA), Princeton (NIT) and Columbia (CIT) learned who and when they will play next. Penn’s women topped Princeton for the outright championship. The Ivy League announced its postseason awards, and the 14-Game Tournament is no more. Continue reading “Ivy League Weekly Roundup: Release The Brackets”
The Shotties: Miscellaneous Ivy League Awards
Earlier this week, we published our picks for the Ivy League individual awards, and the conference announced its official selections. But I’ve been compiling shot location data for every team throughout Ivy play, which has allowed me to hand out some new extra-special bonus awards. These are the trophies that aren’t awarded in primetime, the small font that scrolls by before the commercial break. Presenting, the Shotties. Continue reading “The Shotties: Miscellaneous Ivy League Awards”
Big Apple Buckets’ 2015-16 Ivy League Awards
With the Ivy League’s 14-Game Tournament fully complete, it’s officially awards season. Here are our picks for the Ancient Eight’s individual honors, determined by our esteemed panel of Ray, John and me. If you think we’re wrong, tell us why! Continue reading “Big Apple Buckets’ 2015-16 Ivy League Awards”
Ivy League Weekly Roundup: Party Like It’s 1962
What Happened Last Week: Amid off-court controversy, Yale swept Cornell and Columbia to finish at 13-1, earning its first NCAA tournament bid in 54 years. The Bulldogs won’t need a playoff, thanks to Patrick Steeves. Continue reading “Ivy League Weekly Roundup: Party Like It’s 1962”
Jones, Yale Never Looked Back On Way To Breaking NCAA Hex
As far back as last August, Yale coach James Jones said he wasn’t thinking about the gut-wrenching way in which the chance for his program to qualify for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 53 years was ripped from their clutches on a cold Saturday night in the forests of New Hampshire.
When Yale opened the 2015-16 season by destroying Fairfield, Jones reiterated that last year was gone, these were different players. But as Ivy League play was finally about to begin in January, really, you must be haunted by last year still, James?
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