Columbia had a season for the ages in 2013-14. The Lions won 21 games, won two games in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and finished in the top half of the Ivy League. It was the first major step in Kyle Smith’s rebuilding of a program that hadn’t won 20 games in a season since 1969-70. Continue reading “Columbia Lions – End of Season Recap”
I was unable to be at Levien Gymnasium for Columbia’s season finale, but Ray Curren (The Mid-Majority’s ambitious traveling writer and Big Apple Buckets contributor) helped us out with this guest post. Continue reading “Yale 72, Columbia 69 (CIT)”
One of the most interesting things about the CollegeInsider.com Tournament is that we don’t know the match ups before the prior round finishes. Unlike the NCAA tournament, which is locked into a Dayton-Stanford Sweet 16 game, the CIT reconfigures its bracket after each round.
The postseason came to Levien Gymnasium for the first time ever and it turned out to be a ton of fun. Continue reading “Columbia 69, Eastern Michigan 56 CIT”
No one heard whether or not Justin Sears called his shot, so it’s a good thing they don’t play by playground rules at Yale. Continue reading “Yale 69, Quinnipiac 68 (CIT)”
Almost every team in America was playing today thanks to either the wrapping up of conference season or tournaments. We’ve got tons of coverage from the MAAC tournament and the recap of Wagner’s semifinal loss. Here’s what else happened for New York City teams. Continue reading “New York City Round Up: March 8”
Alex Rosenberg lay back in his chair during Columbia’s postgame press conference. The Lions had just sealed their first winning season in the Ivy League since 1993. Tomorrow they will be playing for their 20th win of the season. Continue reading “Columbia 74, Penn 55”
Now that we’re nine or 10 games in for every Ivy League basketball team, it’s time to start thinking about postseason awards. With two full Ivy weekends remaining a group of players have separated themselves from the pack. Like I did in the MAAC and NEC I ran the numbers to see how teams performed with and without their star players on the court. The results were somewhat surprising. Continue reading “Ivy League Splits And Looking For Value”
As Steve Frankoski stepped behind the three-point line and lined up another attempt, the air was sucked out of Levien Gymnasium. The crowd frozen in time. Continue reading “Columbia Sweeps The Ivy Weekend”
Columbia, Manhattan and Iona all captured important victories on Friday night. Here are some thoughts from each. Continue reading “Quick Thoughts on Three Wins”
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