The Columbia Lions basketball team is the basketball team that represents
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
in
New York City
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. The school's team currently competes in the
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an American collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference of eight Private university, private Research university, research universities in the Northeastern United States. It participates in the National Collegia ...
. The team's last appearance in the
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, or The Big Dance, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the NCAA Division I, Di ...
was in
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
. The Lions are led by head coach
Kevin Hovde. Their home games are held in the
Levien Gymnasium
Francis S. Levien Gymnasium is a 2,700-seat arena at Columbia University in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City. Named for New York lawyer-industrialist Francis S. Levien (1905–95), it is home to the Columbia Men's and Women's Bask ...
.
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
The Premo-Porretta Power Poll is a retroactive end-of-year ranking for American college basketball teams competing in the 1895–96 through the 1947–48 seasons.
The Premo-Porretta Polls are intended to serve collectively as a source of informa ...
, and as the 1904, 1905, and 1910 national champions by the
Helms Athletic Foundation
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.
Postseason results
NCAA tournament results
The Lions have appeared in the
NCAA tournament three times. Their combined record is 2–4.
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.
References
External links
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