Columbia Lions men's basketball

Columbia Lions

2015–16 Columbia Lions men's basketball team

University

Columbia University

Conference

Ivy

Location

New York City, NY

Arena

Levien Gymnasium
(Capacity: 3,408)

Nickname

Lions

Colors

Columbia Blue and White^[1]

Uniforms

Home

Away

Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions

1904, 1905

Pre-tournament Helms champions

1904, 1905, 1910

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen

1968

NCAA Tournament appearances

1948, 1951, 1968

Conference regular season champions

1968

The Columbia Lions Basketball team is the basketball team that represents Columbia University in New York City, New York, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Ivy League. The team's last appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was in 1968. The Lions were last coached by Kyle Smith.^[2] Their home games are held in the Levien Gymnasium.

Columbia began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1901. The Lions were retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA Tournament 1904 and 1905 national champions by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll, and as the 1904, 1905, and 1910 national champions by the Helms Athletic Foundation.^[3]

Postseason results

NCAA Tournament results

The Lions have appeared in the NCAA Tournament three times. Their combined record is 2–4.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
1948	Regional Semifinal Third Place Game	Kentucky Michigan	L 53–76 L 49–66
1951	First Round	Illinois	L 71–79
1968	First Round Regional Semifinal Third Place Game	La Salle Davidson St. Bonaventure	W 83–69 L 59–61 W 95–75

CIT results

The Lions have appeared in two CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). Their combined record is 6–1. They were CIT champions in 2016.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
2014	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Valparaiso Eastern Michigan Yale	W 58–56 W 69–56 L 69–72
2016	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game	Norfolk State Ball State NJIT UC Irvine	W 86–54 W 69–67 W 80–65 W 73–67

References

↑ "Logo – Columbia University in the City of New York". Retrieved 2016-04-01.
↑ http://nymag.com/daily/sports/2010/05/post_62.html
↑ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 530–31. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

External links

Official Website

Columbia Lions men's basketball

Venues	University Heights Gymnasium Levien Gymnasium (1974–present)

Culture & lore	Roar, Lion, Roar

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

Ivy League men's basketball

Teams	Brown Bears Columbia Lions Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs

Championships & awards	No conference tournament Player of the Year

Seasons	1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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