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Columbia's '''Men's Basketball''' team is 110 years old. Home court is in [[Dodge Gym]], and the current coach is [[Kyle Smith]].
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The '''Men's Basketball Team''' is a NCAA [[w:Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] basketball program in the [[Ivy League]] conference, playing its home games in the [[Francis S. Levien Gymnasium]] on Columbia's [[Morningside Heights campus]]. The current head coach is [[Jim Engles]].
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== History ==
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The men's basketball team is over 100 years old, having played its first games in [[1900]]. Unlike [[Football]], which did not have a league or conference prior to the formal establishment of the Ivy League in [[1956]], Ivy basketball programs participated in the [[w:Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League|Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League]] (EIBL). The EIBL was founded [[1901]] by five now-Ivies (Columbia, [[Cornell]], [[Harvard]], [[Princeton]], and [[Yale]]), and membership grew and contracted through the leagues final season in [[1955]].
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While Columbia's basketball program has not finished over .500 in Ivy League play since [[1992]]-[[1993]], they're not nearly as awful as the [[Football]] team, and are arguably the more decorated team, despite lacking famous victories like Football's [[1934]] and [[1947]] triumphs over [[Stanford]] in the Rose Bowl, and defending national champion Army, respectively.
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The last [[basketball]] title claimed by the Lions was in [[1968]], just before protests rocked campus. This is somewhat more forgivable since a team other than [[Penn]] or [[Princeton]] has won the league title outright only eight times since 1956. Even Columbia's '68 title was shared with Princeton.
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== Recent performance ==
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Men's basketball finished .500 in the conference in 2006 and 16-12 overall for the team's first winning record since the 1992-93 season.
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== Honors ==
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=== Team honors ===
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The team has won 12 EIBL titles (1903-04, 1904-04, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1913-14, 1925-26, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1935-36, 1946-47, 1947-48, and 1950-51) and one Ivy League championship (1967-1968). The team has played in the [[w:NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA Basketball Tournament]] three times (1948, 1951, and 1968), and been nationally ranked in the [[w:AP Poll#College basketball|AP Poll]] during 4 seasons (1950-51, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70), finishing 3rd in the country in 1951, and 7th in 1968. The [[w:Helms Athletic Foundation|Helms Athletic Foundation]] retroactively recognized Columbia as national champions in college basketball 1904, 1905, and 1910.<ref>Later research by Patrick Premo and Phil Porretta endorsed the 1904 and 1905 honors.</ref>
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=== Individual honors ===
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Columbia's program has also featured 13 consensus first team [[w:NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|all-american players]], their 19 combined selections ranking Columbia 9th all time among college basketball programs, tied with Duke. The last all-american was [[Chet Forte]] in 1957, where his co-honorees included future NBA Hall of Famer [[w:Wilt Chamberlain|Wilt Chamberlain]] (whom Forte outscored over the course of the season), and future NBA all-star [[w:Rod Hundley|Rod Hundley]].<ref>[http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2012/Awards.pdf NCAA Awards] through 2011.</ref>
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The program also has its fair share of black sheep, most infamously, [[w:Jack Molinas|Jack Molinas]] CC'53, who bet on games while a student, leading to a lifetime ban from the NBA, and later was involved in a point-shaving scandal that led to his imprisonment.
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==Team Record==
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
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|-
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! rowspan="2" width="120" scope="col" | '''Year'''
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! colspan="2" width="150" scope="col" |'''Overall Record'''
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! colspan="2" width="150" scope="col" |'''Ivy League Record'''
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! rowspan="2" width="90" scope="col" |'''Ivy Finish'''
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! rowspan="2" scope="col" |'''Coach'''
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|-
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|W
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|L
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|W
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|L
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2014.html 2019-20]
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||6||24||1||13||8|| rowspan=4"  |Jim Engles 35-77 Overall; 16-40 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2019.html 2018-19]
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||10||18||5||9||7
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|-
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! scope="row" | [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2018.html 2017-18]
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||8||19||5||9||5
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|-
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! scope="row" | [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2017.html 2016-17]
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||11||6||5||9||5
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|-
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! scope="row" | [https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2016.html 2015-16]
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||25||10||10||4||3|| rowspan=6"  |Kyle Smith 101-82 Overall; 37-47 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2015.html 2014-15]
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||13||15||5||9||6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2014.html 2013-14]
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||21||13||8||6||3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2013.html 2012-13]
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|12||16||4||10||8
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2012.html 2011-12]
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|15||15||4||10||6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2011.html 2010-11]
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|15||13||6||8||T-5
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2010.html 2009-10]
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|11||17||5||9||T-5||rowspan="7" |Joe Jones 86-108 Overall; 39-59 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2009.html 2008-09]
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|12||16||7||7||T-4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2008.html 2007-08]
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|14||15||7||7||T-4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2007.html 2006-07]
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|16||12||7||7||4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2006.html 2005-06]
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|11||16||4||10||T-7<ref NAME="lastplacetie">Multiple teams tied with worst record in the league.</ref>
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2005.html 2004-05]
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|12||15||3||11||8
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2004.html 2003-04]
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|10||17||6||8||T-5
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2003.html 2002-03]
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|2||25||0||14||8||rowspan="8" |Armond Hill 72-141 Overall; 33-79 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2002.html 2001-02]
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|11||17||4||10||6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2001.html 2000-01]
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|12||15||7||7||T-4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/2000.html 1999-00]
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|13||14||7||7||T-3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1999.html 1998-99]
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|10||16||5||9||6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1998.html 1997-98]
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|11||15||6||8||T-4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1997.html 1996-97]
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|6||20||1||13||8
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1996.html 1995-96]
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|7||19||3||11||T-7<ref NAME="lastplacetie" />
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1995.html 1994-95]
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|4||22||1||13||8||rowspan="5" |Jack Rohan 197-248 Overall; 106-145 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1994.html 1993-94]
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|6||20||4||10||7
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1993.html 1992-93]
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|16||10||10||4||2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1992.html 1991-92]
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|10||16||8||6||3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1991.html 1990-91]
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|7||19||5||9||7
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1990.html 1989-90]
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|4||22||2||12||8||rowspan="3" |Wally Halas 18-60 Overall; 8-34 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1989.html 1988-89]
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|8||18||4||10||7
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1988.html 1987-88]
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|6||20||2||12||T-7<ref NAME="lastplacetie" />
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1987.html 1986-87]
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|12||14||6||8||6||rowspan="3" |Wayne Szoke 37-41 Overall; 21-21 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1986.html 1985-86]
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|12||14||6||8||T-6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1985.html 1984-85]
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|13||13||9||5||2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1984.html 1983-84]
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|8||18||5||9||7||rowspan="6" |Buddy Mahar 70-86 Overall; 41-43 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1983.html 1982-83]
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|10||16||7||7||T-3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1982.html 1981-82]
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|16||10||9||5||T-2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1981.html 1980-81]
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|9||17||5||9||T-4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1980.html 1979-80]
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|10||16||5||9||6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1979.html 1978-79]
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|17||9||10||4||2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1978.html 1977-78]
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|15||11||11||3||T-2||rowspan="4"| Thomas Penders; 43-60 Overall
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1977.html 1976-77]
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|16||10||8||6||3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1976.html 1975-76]
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|8||17||6||8||T-4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1975.html 1974-75]
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|4||22||6||8||4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1974.html 1973-74]
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|5||20||2||12||T-7<ref NAME="lastplacetie" />||rowspan="13" |Jack Rohan 154-161 Overall; 78-103 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1973.html 1972-73]
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|7||18||4||10||6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1972.html 1971-72]
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|4||20||5||9||6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1971.html 1970-71]
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|15||9||3||11||7
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1970.html 1969-70]
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|20||5||9||5||T-3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1969.html 1968-69]
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|20||4||11||3||2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1968.html 1967-68]
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|23||5||12||2||T-1<ref>Tie for best record with Princeton. Won playoff game.</ref>
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1967.html 1966-67]
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|11||14||6||8||5
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1966.html 1965-66]
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|18||6||10||4||T-2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1965.html 1964-65]
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|7||15||5||9||6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1964.html 1963-64]
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|11||12||6||8||T-5
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1963.html 1962-63]
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|10||12||4||9||7
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1962.html 1961-62]
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|3||21||1||13||8
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1961.html 1960-61]
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|8||15||4||10||T-6<ref NAME="lastplacetie" />||rowspan="3"| Archie Oldham 15-39 Overall; 4-2? Ivy League<br>Kenneth Hunter 5-11 Overall; 4-? Ivy League<ref>Oldham abruptly resigned mid-season on Janury 4, 1961 after two and a half rocky years. Hunter served as acting coach to finish the 60-61 season.[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19610105-01.1.1]</ref>
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1960.html 1959-60]
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|9||14||2||12||8
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1959.html 1958-59]
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|3||21||2||12||8
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1958.html 1957-58]
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|6||18||2||12||8||rowspan="8" |Lou Rossini 117-71 Overall; 63-43 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1957.html 1956-57]
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|18||6||9||5||T-3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1956.html 1955-56]
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|15||9||9||5||T-2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1955.html 1954-55]
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|17||8||10||4||T-2<ref NAME="firstplacetieloss">Tied for best record. Lost playoff.</ref>
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1954.html 1953-54]
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|11||13||6||8||5
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1953.html 1952-53]
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|17||6||8||4||2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1952.html 1951-52]
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|12||10||7||5||4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1951.html 1950-51]
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|21||1||12||0||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1950.html 1949-50]
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|21||7||9||3||2||rowspan="4" |Gordon Ridings 70-21 Overall;
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1949.html 1948-49]
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|14||6||8||4||T-2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1948.html 1947-48]
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|20||3||11||1||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1947.html 1946-47]
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|15||5||11||1||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1946.html 1945-46]
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|11||9||3||5||4||Paul Mooney 101-81 Overall; 64-52 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1945.html 1944-45]
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|9||10||1||5||4||rowspan="2" |Elmer Ripley 16-19 Overall; 3-11 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1944.html 1943-44]
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|7||9||2||6||T-3<ref NAME="lastplacetie" />
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1943.html 1942-43]
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|8||8||5||7||5||Cliff Battles 8-8 Overall; 5-7 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1942.html 1941-42]
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|2||13||2||10||7||rowspan="9" |Paul Mooney 90-72 Overall; 61-47 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1941.html 1940-41]
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|11||5||8||4||3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1940.html 1939-40]
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|5||12||4||8||5
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1939.html 1938-39]
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|11||5||9||3||2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1938.html 1937-38]
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|10||8||6||6||T-4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1937.html 1936-37]
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|14||6||7||5||T-3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1936.html 1935-36]
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|19||3||12||0||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1935.html 1934-35]
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|13||6||10||2||2<ref NAME="firstplacetieloss" />
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1934.html 1933-34]
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|5||14||3||9||6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1933.html 1932-33]
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|7||10||3||7||5||rowspan="8" |Daniel Meehan 94-56 Overall; 51-29 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1932.html 1931-32]
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|16||6||8||2||2<ref NAME="firstplacetieloss" />
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1931.html 1930-31]
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|20||2||10||0||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1930.html 1929-30]
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|15||5||9||1||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1929.html 1928-29]
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|9||9||5||5||T-3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1928.html 1927-28]
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|4||13||2||8||6
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1927.html 1926-27]
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|8||9||5||5||T-3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1926.html 1925-26]
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|15||2||9||1||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1925.html 1924-25]
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|10||7||6||4||T-2||rowspan="5" |Joseph Deering 47-40 Overall
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1924.html 1923-24]
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|15||4||6||4||T-2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1923.html 1922-23]
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|9||7||5||5||4
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1922.html 1921-22]
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|6||13||2||8||5
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1921.html 1920-21]
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|7||9||3||7||5
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1920.html 1919-20]
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|4||10||3||7||5||Bebe Benson 4-10 Overall; 3-7 Ivy League
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1919.html 1918-19]
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|3||7||2||6||5||Fred Dawson 3-7 Overall; 2-6 Ivy League
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1918.html 1917-18]
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|4||9||2||8||5||John Murray 4-9 Overall; 2-8 Ivy League
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1917.html 1916-17]
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|6||8||3||7||5||Carl Merner 6-8 Overall; 3-7 Ivy League
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1916.html 1915-16]
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|3||9||1||9||5||rowspan="10" |Harry Fisher 101-26 Overall; 46-28 Ivy League
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1915.html 1914-15]
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|11||5||6||4||T-3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1914.html 1913-14]
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|9||3||8||2||T-1<ref>Co-Champions with Cornell. The shared title in league history; all others ties were broken by a playoff game.</ref>
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1913.html 1912-13]
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|8||5||3||5||T-3
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1912.html 1911-12]
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|10||2||8||2||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1911.html 1910-11]
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|13||1||7||1||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1910.html 1909-10]
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|11||0||colspan="3" |No League Play<ref NAME="eiplcollapse">The EIBL collapsed after 1907-1909 and was re-founded in 1910-1911.</ref>
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1909.html 1908-09]
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|15||1||colspan="3" |No League Play<ref NAME="eiplcollapse" />
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1908.html 1907-08]
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|10||11||5||3||T-2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1907.html 1906-07]
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|11||2||8||2||2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1906.html 1905-06]
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|12||4||7||3||2||rowspan="6" |No coach
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1905.html 1904-05]
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|13||0||8||0||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1904.html 1903-04]
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|17||1||10||0||1
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1903.html 1902-03]
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|10||6||5||3||2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1902.html 1901-02]
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|5||3||3||3||T-2
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|-
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! scope="row" | [http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/columbia/1901.html 1900-01]
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|1||4||colspan="3" |No League Play<ref>Columbia's first season of basketball occurred prior to the formation of the EIBL in 1901-1902.</ref>
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The Men's Basketball Team is a NCAA Division I basketball program in the Ivy League conference, playing its home games in the Francis S. Levien Gymnasium on Columbia's Morningside Heights campus. The current head coach is Jim Engles.

History

The men's basketball team is over 100 years old, having played its first games in 1900. Unlike Football, which did not have a league or conference prior to the formal establishment of the Ivy League in 1956, Ivy basketball programs participated in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League (EIBL). The EIBL was founded 1901 by five now-Ivies (Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale), and membership grew and contracted through the leagues final season in 1955.

While Columbia's basketball program has not finished over .500 in Ivy League play since 1992-1993, they're not nearly as awful as the Football team, and are arguably the more decorated team, despite lacking famous victories like Football's 1934 and 1947 triumphs over Stanford in the Rose Bowl, and defending national champion Army, respectively.

The last basketball title claimed by the Lions was in 1968, just before protests rocked campus. This is somewhat more forgivable since a team other than Penn or Princeton has won the league title outright only eight times since 1956. Even Columbia's '68 title was shared with Princeton.

Recent performance

Men's basketball finished .500 in the conference in 2006 and 16-12 overall for the team's first winning record since the 1992-93 season.

Honors

Team honors

The team has won 12 EIBL titles (1903-04, 1904-04, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1913-14, 1925-26, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1935-36, 1946-47, 1947-48, and 1950-51) and one Ivy League championship (1967-1968). The team has played in the NCAA Basketball Tournament three times (1948, 1951, and 1968), and been nationally ranked in the AP Poll during 4 seasons (1950-51, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70), finishing 3rd in the country in 1951, and 7th in 1968. The Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively recognized Columbia as national champions in college basketball 1904, 1905, and 1910.[1]

Individual honors

Columbia's program has also featured 13 consensus first team all-american players, their 19 combined selections ranking Columbia 9th all time among college basketball programs, tied with Duke. The last all-american was Chet Forte in 1957, where his co-honorees included future NBA Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain (whom Forte outscored over the course of the season), and future NBA all-star Rod Hundley.[2]

The program also has its fair share of black sheep, most infamously, Jack Molinas CC'53, who bet on games while a student, leading to a lifetime ban from the NBA, and later was involved in a point-shaving scandal that led to his imprisonment.

Team Record

Year Overall Record Ivy League Record Ivy Finish Coach
W L W L
2019-20 6 24 1 13 8 Jim Engles 35-77 Overall; 16-40 Ivy League
2018-19 10 18 5 9 7
2017-18 8 19 5 9 5
2016-17 11 6 5 9 5
2015-16 25 10 10 4 3 Kyle Smith 101-82 Overall; 37-47 Ivy League
2014-15 13 15 5 9 6
2013-14 21 13 8 6 3
2012-13 12 16 4 10 8
2011-12 15 15 4 10 6
2010-11 15 13 6 8 T-5
2009-10 11 17 5 9 T-5 Joe Jones 86-108 Overall; 39-59 Ivy League
2008-09 12 16 7 7 T-4
2007-08 14 15 7 7 T-4
2006-07 16 12 7 7 4
2005-06 11 16 4 10 T-7[3]
2004-05 12 15 3 11 8
2003-04 10 17 6 8 T-5
2002-03 2 25 0 14 8 Armond Hill 72-141 Overall; 33-79 Ivy League
2001-02 11 17 4 10 6
2000-01 12 15 7 7 T-4
1999-00 13 14 7 7 T-3
1998-99 10 16 5 9 6
1997-98 11 15 6 8 T-4
1996-97 6 20 1 13 8
1995-96 7 19 3 11 T-7[3]
1994-95 4 22 1 13 8 Jack Rohan 197-248 Overall; 106-145 Ivy League
1993-94 6 20 4 10 7
1992-93 16 10 10 4 2
1991-92 10 16 8 6 3
1990-91 7 19 5 9 7
1989-90 4 22 2 12 8 Wally Halas 18-60 Overall; 8-34 Ivy League
1988-89 8 18 4 10 7
1987-88 6 20 2 12 T-7[3]
1986-87 12 14 6 8 6 Wayne Szoke 37-41 Overall; 21-21 Ivy League
1985-86 12 14 6 8 T-6
1984-85 13 13 9 5 2
1983-84 8 18 5 9 7 Buddy Mahar 70-86 Overall; 41-43 Ivy League
1982-83 10 16 7 7 T-3
1981-82 16 10 9 5 T-2
1980-81 9 17 5 9 T-4
1979-80 10 16 5 9 6
1978-79 17 9 10 4 2
1977-78 15 11 11 3 T-2 Thomas Penders; 43-60 Overall
1976-77 16 10 8 6 3
1975-76 8 17 6 8 T-4
1974-75 4 22 6 8 4
1973-74 5 20 2 12 T-7[3] Jack Rohan 154-161 Overall; 78-103 Ivy League
1972-73 7 18 4 10 6
1971-72 4 20 5 9 6
1970-71 15 9 3 11 7
1969-70 20 5 9 5 T-3
1968-69 20 4 11 3 2
1967-68 23 5 12 2 T-1[4]
1966-67 11 14 6 8 5
1965-66 18 6 10 4 T-2
1964-65 7 15 5 9 6
1963-64 11 12 6 8 T-5
1962-63 10 12 4 9 7
1961-62 3 21 1 13 8
1960-61 8 15 4 10 T-6[3] Archie Oldham 15-39 Overall; 4-2? Ivy League
Kenneth Hunter 5-11 Overall; 4-? Ivy League[5]
1959-60 9 14 2 12 8
1958-59 3 21 2 12 8
1957-58 6 18 2 12 8 Lou Rossini 117-71 Overall; 63-43 Ivy League
1956-57 18 6 9 5 T-3
1955-56 15 9 9 5 T-2
1954-55 17 8 10 4 T-2[6]
1953-54 11 13 6 8 5
1952-53 17 6 8 4 2
1951-52 12 10 7 5 4
1950-51 21 1 12 0 1
1949-50 21 7 9 3 2 Gordon Ridings 70-21 Overall;
1948-49 14 6 8 4 T-2
1947-48 20 3 11 1 1
1946-47 15 5 11 1 1
1945-46 11 9 3 5 4 Paul Mooney 101-81 Overall; 64-52 Ivy League
1944-45 9 10 1 5 4 Elmer Ripley 16-19 Overall; 3-11 Ivy League
1943-44 7 9 2 6 T-3[3]
1942-43 8 8 5 7 5 Cliff Battles 8-8 Overall; 5-7 Ivy League
1941-42 2 13 2 10 7 Paul Mooney 90-72 Overall; 61-47 Ivy League
1940-41 11 5 8 4 3
1939-40 5 12 4 8 5
1938-39 11 5 9 3 2
1937-38 10 8 6 6 T-4
1936-37 14 6 7 5 T-3
1935-36 19 3 12 0 1
1934-35 13 6 10 2 2[6]
1933-34 5 14 3 9 6
1932-33 7 10 3 7 5 Daniel Meehan 94-56 Overall; 51-29 Ivy League
1931-32 16 6 8 2 2[6]
1930-31 20 2 10 0 1
1929-30 15 5 9 1 1
1928-29 9 9 5 5 T-3
1927-28 4 13 2 8 6
1926-27 8 9 5 5 T-3
1925-26 15 2 9 1 1
1924-25 10 7 6 4 T-2 Joseph Deering 47-40 Overall
1923-24 15 4 6 4 T-2
1922-23 9 7 5 5 4
1921-22 6 13 2 8 5
1920-21 7 9 3 7 5
1919-20 4 10 3 7 5 Bebe Benson 4-10 Overall; 3-7 Ivy League
1918-19 3 7 2 6 5 Fred Dawson 3-7 Overall; 2-6 Ivy League
1917-18 4 9 2 8 5 John Murray 4-9 Overall; 2-8 Ivy League
1916-17 6 8 3 7 5 Carl Merner 6-8 Overall; 3-7 Ivy League
1915-16 3 9 1 9 5 Harry Fisher 101-26 Overall; 46-28 Ivy League
1914-15 11 5 6 4 T-3
1913-14 9 3 8 2 T-1[7]
1912-13 8 5 3 5 T-3
1911-12 10 2 8 2 1
1910-11 13 1 7 1 1
1909-10 11 0 No League Play[8]
1908-09 15 1 No League Play[8]
1907-08 10 11 5 3 T-2
1906-07 11 2 8 2 2
1905-06 12 4 7 3 2 No coach
1904-05 13 0 8 0 1
1903-04 17 1 10 0 1
1902-03 10 6 5 3 2
1901-02 5 3 3 3 T-2
1900-01 1 4 No League Play[9]

References

  1. ↑ Later research by Patrick Premo and Phil Porretta endorsed the 1904 and 1905 honors.
  2. ↑ NCAA Awards through 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Multiple teams tied with worst record in the league.
  4. ↑ Tie for best record with Princeton. Won playoff game.
  5. ↑ Oldham abruptly resigned mid-season on Janury 4, 1961 after two and a half rocky years. Hunter served as acting coach to finish the 60-61 season.[1]
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Tied for best record. Lost playoff.
  7. ↑ Co-Champions with Cornell. The shared title in league history; all others ties were broken by a playoff game.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The EIBL collapsed after 1907-1909 and was re-founded in 1910-1911.
  9. ↑ Columbia's first season of basketball occurred prior to the formation of the EIBL in 1901-1902.
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