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2017–18 Columbia Lions Men's Basketball Team
The 2017–18 Columbia Lions men's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lions, led by second-year head coach Jim Engles, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium in New York City as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–19, 5–9 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fifth place and fail to qualify for the 2018 Ivy League men's basketball tournament, Ivy League tournament. Previous season The 2016–17 Columbia Lions men's basketball team, Lions finished the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, 2016–17 season 11–16, 5–9 in Ivy League play to finish in fifth place. They failed to qualify for the inaugural 2017 Ivy League men's basketball tournament, Ivy League tournament. Offseason Departures 2017 recruiting class Roster Schedule and results , - !colspan=9 style=, Non-conference regular season , - !colspan=9 style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Engles
Jim Engles (born August 18, 1968) is an American college basketball coach and the former coach of the Columbia Lions men's basketball team. He has also been the head men's basketball coach at the New Jersey Institute of Technology New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a Public university, public research university in Newark, New Jersey, United States, with a graduate-degree-granting satellite campus in Jersey City. Founded in 1881 with the support of local indust ... (NJIT). He replaced Jim Casciano. In Engles' first season (2008), the NJIT Highlanders snapped their Division I-record 51-game losing streak with a win over Bryant. Under Engles, NJIT reached the CIT semifinals in both 2015 and 2016. Engles had been an assistant coach at Columbia before taking over as head coach at NJIT. Head coaching record References 1968 births Living people Basketball coaches from New York (state) Basketball players from Staten Island College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |